One of our Society's main objectives is to build a legal community on campus, so we will be hosting a mixer on Thursday the 28th of September in the Hurler's. This will be a great opportunity to get to know other LawSoc members, and we can't wait to see you there!

As part of our Law Soc Freshers Week, we're hosting a pub quiz in Scholars. All years groups are welcome, and wear your county colours for extra rivalry!

On Monday the 25th we are hosting a Peer Mentoring session at 6pm in S114. This is a fantastic opportunity for our members to meet and make friends that they can turn to for guidance throughout the year. The session will be followed by food and drinks at Scholars. We hope to see you all there!

The UL Law Society's Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 20 April 2023 in the Courtyard meeting room. 

Hustings for the 33rd Session of the Society will take place and all members are encouraged to attend. Voting will open following the meeting and results for the election of the new committee will be announced 24 hours after this. 

A&L GOODBODY EXAM BREAKFAST

Finish off the semester by joining us in the Pavilion for an A&L Goodbody sponsored pre-exam breakfast. It's important to fuel up for all that study! 

THIS IS THE FINAL PAYMENT INSTALMENT FOR THE BRUSSELS TRIP. 

This brings the total cost of the trip to €75 which includes the deposit you have already paid. Please do not pay this unless you have also paid your deposit and have had your place on the trip secured.

THIS IS FOR MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PLACE ON THE BRUSSELS TRIP CONFIRMED. DO NOT PAY IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF YOUR PLACE. 

This is a €40 non-refundable deposit to secure your place on the Law Society's 2023 EU trip to Brussels. Further information will be circulated about the trip and the committee will be reaching out to members to receive passport details etc in due course. 

A&L Goodbody Charity Students v Lecturers Soccer Match 

This year our annual charity soccer match is in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. 

More information regarding the match and how you can get involved will be circulated soon. 

This evening we are hosting a Co-op and Erasmus talk in KBG14 (Kemmy Business School) from 6 - 7 pm. This talk will give you the chance to ask our older members about their experiences on Co-op and Erasmus! Please come along if you have any advice to give or questions to ask. There will be free pizza afterwards too.

??The announcement you’ve all been waiting for…??

Law Ball will take place this year on Thursday 9 March in the Castletroy Park Hotel. A huge thank you goes out to our sponsors Matheson for making Law Ball possible!

Tickets are €50 and will go on sale Tuesday 14 February. Tickets are strictly MEMBERS ONLY - membership must be renewed each year and can be requested through the link in our Instagram bio/email.

???This years theme is ‘A Starry Night’ so be ready shine bright on what’s bound to be the best night of the Law Soc calendar!???

This Wednesday we will be joined by Mr Cian O’Carroll. Mr O'Carroll is a specialist medical negligence solicitor who most notably represented Vicky Phelan during the cervical check scandal. 

This conference is held in collaboration with @ulfeministsociety and will focus on medical negligence in relation to women's healthcare. 

All are welcome to join us in KBG12 @6pm Wednesday 1/03 for what is sure to be an insightful discussion!

This is a must-attend event for anyone hoping to sit either the FE1 or the Bar! We will be joined by Val Corbett of LawSchool.ie for some tips and tricks on how to study and sit these exams. 

This event has been kindly sponsored by A&L Goodbody. 

Are you interested in becoming a Judicial Assistant or would you like to learn more about life in the Courts? If so this is the event for you! 

We will be joined by Judicial Assistant Sarah Devaney and Judge O'Connor and Judge Ferriter to learn more about the Judicial Assistants programme and opportunities within the Courts Service. There will be light refreshments before the information session. 

This year we are moving the Intervarsity Law Summit to Dublin. The Intervarsity Law Summit 2023 will take place over three days and will feature various interactive events such as the only Intervarsity Careers Fair in Ireland and various mixer events where students and sponsoring guests can mingle. This year QUB and TUD will also be in attendance. As well as this, the weekend will feature the National Moot and Mock Trial Finals, the Intervarsity Gala Dinner, a panel discussion by an esteemed panel of invitees and a Keynote Presentations from Lady Hale and Mary Robinson. Throughout the weekend we will also be raising money for a chosen charity. ?

For more information follow @intervarsity.law.summit on Instagram or https://www.intervarsitylawsummit.com. Information regarding ticket sales and accommodation will be provided via email to our members. 

This is for the train to the Intervarsity. Please attend the train station 15 minutes early so I can give you your ticket.  

Join us for some free pizza courtesy of McCann FitzGerald! 

All members are welcome, we’d especially love to see more First Hears in attendance!

Our Mooting 101 and Study Skills workshops will take place this evening, Tuesday 22 November at 6pm in KBG14 (Kemmy Business School). This will be our final event of Semester 1 so please attend if you can! There will also be free pizza which has been kindly sponsored by A&L Goodbody! 

Celebrate Christmas with the UL Law Society!

There's no better way to ease exam stress and get in the Christmas spirit than joining us for Skitmas! On the night we will host a number of skit debates on Christmas-related topics like whether Rudolf should need a licence and if Santa should be found guilty of employment rights violations with the elves. There's no preparation needed, just show up on the night in merry spirits wearing a Christmas jumper. 

GIVE US THE NIGHT 

We are delighted to announce that we will host our first conference of the year with special guest speakers from Give Us The Night. The conference will take place at 3 pm Tuesday 15 November in the library courtroom (floor 3). 

Give Us The Night have worked tirelessly to highlight the contribution of the night-time industry to culture, community and the economy in Ireland, and to raise the quality of nightlife to international standards. They have successfully influenced legislative change in Ireland as the government have recently announced that nightclub and pub opening hours are set to be extended in the new year. This is just one part of their mission.

Please join us for a discussion on Give Us The Night's journey and their plans for the future. 

We are hosting a LinkedIn workshop in conjunction with William Fry this coming Tuesday the 8th of November at 6pm in the library courtroom. 

Come along for tips on how to make your LinkedIn profile look its best and information on how to use the site to boost your future career. There will be a professional photographer in attendance who will be taking professional headshots free of charge after the workshop! This will be a great opportunity to network with your fellow members. 

This Tuesday, 1st November, we will be hosting our second workshop to our Mooting 101 Series. Any newcomers are welcome and we would encourage those who attended the first workshop to join us again Tuesday evening. This week we will be focusing on written submissions, specifically from different templates to research and authorities to use. As you go through your Law degree here in UL every Law student will be required to do a minimum of two compulsory moots, thus it is highly beneficial to gain these skills early as possible and be constantly up-skilling. We will also provide Printed Handouts as well as a QR code with useful resources to refer to when completing your moots. ???

Please join us from 6-7 pm in KBG14 this Tuesday the 1st! 

This evening at 6 the Arthur Cox Graduate Recruiter, Eimear Power, will be hosting a workshop on the Watson Glaser test. This test is part of the application process for many law firms so it's in your interest to attend if you're considering applying to any traineeships/internships this year. 

Eimear will also be running through Arthur Cox's application process. Trainee programme applications with the firm close Friday 28 October at 5:30pm. 

Join the Microsoft Teams meeting here: 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTBjMTQ1NWQtMDVhZi00MmUwLWJjZDYtMjViZjYxYzZiMDZm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22c7b69303-dcf0-406d-9713-893cb2b4184a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224f0831d3-345e-49b5-8043-af7e7a157f2a%22%7d

Meeting ID: 334 755 793 179 
Passcode: ew6RFn

Mooting 101 will be hosted by our very own Mooting Convenor, Claudia Clifford. A fundamental guide to mooting and courtroom etiquette will be provided. This is geared towards all students wanting to gain insight into advocacy. 

Please join us from 6-7 pm in SG18 this Tuesday the 18th! 

This Thursday, the 13th of October at 6 pm, A&L Goodbody will host their Full Disclosure event in the Appellate Courtroom. This event will give an insight into life in the firm and its culture along with application advice and interview tips. Information will be given on their Traineeship Programmes, Summer Internships, and LawStart days. 

Register for the event here -> https://algoodbody.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/brand-1/user-33/xf-4b6f024c274b/wid-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/2/opp/132-UL-Full-Disclosure/en-GB

Afterwards, at 8 pm, there will be a complementary bus to CASK in the Kilmurry Lodge where there will be free finger food and refreshments. 

Can't wait to see you all there!

On Wednesday the 5th we are hosting a Peer Mentoring session at 5pm in A1053. This is a fantastic opportunity for our members to meet and make friends that they can turn to for guidance throughout the year. All members will benefit from this session and we hope to see you all there.

We’re kicking off our Freshers Series today with How to be a Smart Cookie! Make sure to head down to EM010 at 4pm to get some tips on how to survive First Year along with some free SOS Cookies. If any non-First Year members have some advice they’d like to share feel free to join us too.

Thursday the 29th of September, McCann FitzGerald will be hosting a talk on their traineeship application process. This talk will be beneficial to any students hoping to apply for a position within the firm. 

Study Skills Workshop - Get the insider tips and tricks on how to nail upcoming exams and have your questions answered on conducting your first set of law exams at UL.

Mooting workshop to introduce first years and other law students about mooting. Basic run through of skills and career application. Guests will be zoomed in.

First Year Mixer. Opportunity for first years to meet committee members and members of the society from other years.

Peer mentoring event in which First Year Law Students will be assigned a peer mentor from later years in Law.

Our Mná and the Law event took place on International Women's Day and was a huge success. We had fantastic speakers from UL, UCC, and from Enactus UL, specifically from their project Anytime of the Month. 

Topics such as the Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, Article 41.2 of the Constitution and the Period Products (Free Provisions) Bill were discussed by our panellists, after which a Q&A took place.

To take a break from the stress of exam season and celebrate the festive time of year, we at the Law Society are holding a Christmas party featuring funny skit debates in Hurler's Pub! Festive dress (i.e. Christmas jumpers) are a must, of course. Donations will also be collected for Limerick Suicide Watch. Let's get the pints and celebrations flowing!!

To help get everyone in the mood for Halloween and take our minds a little off mid-terms, interviews etc., the University of Limerick Law Society has decided to host a private screening of 2018's blockbuster hit 'Halloween' in the lecture hall FB0428. We feel a communal break from study helps relax everyone's mindset and a bit of respite is required in these busy weeks. Free snacks and popcorn are also provided as a mandatory horror movie staple. Time to get spooky!

The UL Law Society together with the UL School of Law will host a Careers Networking Evening on Tuesday 15th of October from 6pm to 8pm in the Foundation Building.

The objective of this event is to bring students and graduate recruiters together in a professional and friendly environment. This event is organised with specifically Law Plus, Law & Accounting and LLM students who are seeking graduate and internship opportunities in mind.

Catering will be provided on the evening and so will light refreshments. Furthermore there will also be professional headshots taken on the evening.

It is essential for those seeking coop and graduate opportunities to take advantage of this event.

It is advised that attendees come in business casual dress.

Law Society Mixer - One of our Society's main objectives is to build a legal community on campus and with so few lecture hours it is difficult to get to know people. So we will be hosting your first class night out next Wednesday 25 September in the Hurler's. This will have an informal atmosphere, allowing you to get to know your coursemates outside of the lecture theater.

PIZZA PARTY - After an exhausting 2 hour lecture, LawSoc will be there to to give you a pickemeup with PIZZA!  Meet committee members and get to know your class reps! Membership will also be collected.

PEER MENTORING! It's always good to have an older buddy to ask for advice, so to kick off first year week we are having our annual peer mentoring event. Come along and be matched up with a wise older law student who can help you out during the year! Informal reception to follow in The Scholars!

Come along to an event on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday to find out what we have planned for Thursday! 

The Law Society will be holding a bake sale in order to raise funds for our upcoming events at 12 in the Courtyard on Monday the 17th of September. See you all there!