Queensland Law Students’ Association

In March 2008 Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) Council meeting, Bond and Griffith University law societies, UQ, QUT and the relevant Queensland ALSA office bearers voted to form the Queensland Law Students’ Association.

Objectives

The Association has two short-term objectives. The first is to provide a knowledge-sharing forum for the executives of Queensland’s law students’ societies. This will involve helping to establish a society at the University of Southern Queensland’s two campuses (Springfield and Toowoomba), and helping out JCU. It is envisaged that there will be 2-3 meetings a year of Presidents and Vice Presidents (Education) to facilitate this.

The second short-term objective is to establish a Queensland law competitions championship (mooting, client interviewing, negotiation, witness examination and paper presentation). This would most likely occur in the lead-up to the Australian Championships that occur in July at the ALSA Conference.

This second objective has already been achieved through the inaugural QSLA Conference which was held by the Griffith Nathan Law Society in the July of 2008 and the second annual Conference recently held at Bond in May 2009.

The final objective is for the QLSA to act as a liaison between students and other peak bodies such as the Queensland Law Society and the Queensland Bar Association.

Competitions

The winners of QUOTALS Internal Competitions have to first right of refusal to represent QUT at the QLSA Conference.  If the winners of the decline the invitation, it then becomes the discretion of the respective runner–ups.  If they decline the invitation, the process will be conduct by general application open to all Bond Law Students.

Contact

For more information on QLSA, please contact alsa@quotals.com or become a member of the QLSA group on Facebook.

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