UNSW Faculty of Law - Student Organisation

Student Organisation

The UNSW Law Society is the representative body for all students in the Faculty of Law. It is responsible for coordinating a variety of activities and events for law students. It is divided into seven portfolios: Activities, Careers, Competitions, Education, JD, Services, and Social Justice.

Some of the student-organised social events include: an annual Law Ball, drinks and games nights, cocktail events, an annual ski trip, first-year Law Camp, UNSW Law Revue (organised by a separate society, the UNSW Law Revue Society), the valedictory dinner, and a law student talent quest ('Lawlapalooza'). The Society organises a number of competitions: Mooting, Client Interviewing, Negotiation, Trial Advocacy (witness examination), and Paper Presentation. Students of all years compete in three different levels of internal mooting competitions, depending on the stage of their degree. The winners of these competitions are supported to compete in intervarsity competitions, such as the National Australian Law Students Association competition. Adjudicators are drawn from a large pool of senior students, graduates, members of the profession (such as solicitors and barristers), and judges. Internal mooting finals are presided over by judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In recent years, the UNSW Law Society has dramatically increased its funding for students to compete in international competitions - with one team in 2007, two teams in 2010, and two teams in 2011. The Law Society also runs a mentoring program, supported by the Faculty of Law, which aims to assist first year students in their transition from high school to university life.

The Law Society attracts a variety of sponsorship from prominent national and international organisations. The Society is the first student organisation to attract sponsorship off-shore, with Allen & Overy and Linklaters becoming sponsors of the Law Society in 2001.