About Us: ALSA

The ALSA Conference is the highlight of the ALSA Calendar. Held from the 9^th – 16^th July, the Conference will be attended by more than 500 law students from Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. It is one of the largest student conference in Australia, and the only conference of its kind for law students. Hosted through the combined efforts of all six Victorian Universities in 2012, the theme for the Conference is ‘Advancing Australia’s Future Leaders’.

The Conference is home to the national finals of 6 legal competitions. Over 350 legal professionals evaluate the performance of our competitors each year ranging from solicitors to Chief Justices. The ALSA Conference will feature a range of other activities, including Australian Legal Education Forums, meetings of ALSA Council, Opening and Closing Gala Dinners with keynote speakers, Speakers’ Forums, social events and

day trips.

For more information visit www.alsaconference.com.au. We can also be found at www.facebook.com/alsa2012 and on twitter @ALSAConference.

Our lovely friends over at ALSA have put out a monthly newsletter for law students with all things law related for the Australian Law Student. Click here to see what you national representatives have been up to!

• Director of Logistics
• Assistant Director of Logistics
• Director of Functions
• Events Coordinators
• Functions Coordinators
• Publications Coordinator
• Marketing Coordinator
• IT Officer
• Competitions Coordinators

The 2012 ALSA Conference will take place in Melbourne in 2012, so there has never been a better time to be involved!

For position descriptions and application information please click here.

Nominations for the 2nd ALSA Education Officer position have opened to all Australian law students.

Please click here for more information.

www.alsa.asn.au

ALSA is a national not-for-profit association comprising all Law Student Societies and Law Students Associations, representing approximately 28,000 law students and acts as the peak representative body for law students in Australia.

As an Australian law student, you are an ALSA member. Your interests are represented by the Law Students' Association President and Vice President (Education), who form part of the ALSA Council.

The core functions of ALSA are: 

• To advocate the interests and concerns of Australian law students;
• To gather and disseminate information of interest and concern to Australian law students;
• To facilitate communication and the exchange of information between law student societies, within Australia and abroad; and
• To initiate activities of a social, intellectual, and competitive nature among law students at a national level.

In 2011 La Trobe Law Students’ Association is also represented on the ALSA Committee through Claudia Pirvu (President) in her elected position as ALSA Marketing Officer.  

ALSA council meets three times a year, twice for council meetings and once for conference. Council meetings last for 3 days and consist of the President and Vice President (Education) from each university LSA. Conference lasts for 8 days and all Australian law students can get involved, whether it be as a competitor representing their university or as a general delegate.