The Law Society, University College Cork
The Law Society, University College Cork is an academic student society in University College Cork. It aims to represent the views and cater for the needs of its members. It functions include House Meetings, Debating, Education, Moot Court and Social. The society hosts the annual Law Conference in UCC which is attended by students and local practitioners alike. The society is responsible for editing and publishing the annual Cork Online Law Review (COLR). The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland, The Hon. Mr. Justice John L. Murray said of the Society in 2005,
"It has been said that the greater aim of education is not knowledge, but action. For the students of UCC's Law Faculty, it is certainly true that the Law Society has brought that goal within reach."
Sessions
Each academic year of The Society's existence is referred to as a "Session". The Society is currently in its 80th Session. Thus the founding of the Society can be traced back to the year 1929.
Constitution
The Law Society is governed by a Constitution. The Constitution has existed in various guises throughout the history of the Society, having frequently been redrafted or amended. The Constitution provides for a Society consisting of a President, a Patron, Fellows, an Auditor, An Executive Committee, Sub Committees, Honorary Life Members and Ordinary Members.
Executive Committee
The Society is run by an Executive Committee consisting of 15 students, who are elected at either the end of the academic year or the beginning of the new academic year, depending on position.
The Committee for the 80th Session (2009/2010) are:
Auditor: Christine Ní Ríain
Vice-Auditor: John Sugrue
Finance Officer: Michelle Dalton
Education Officer: Mark McMahon
Social Secretary: Tara Copplestone
Public Relations Officer: Julia O'Halloran
Recording Secretary: Cormac Gilroy
Internal Convenor: Barry Murphy
Editor in Chief of the Cork Online Law Review: Anna Marie Brennan
Conference Director: Aisling O'Donovan
Moot Convenor: Cathal Malone
Final Year Class Representative: Aoife Hegarty
Second Year Class Representative: Kim Egan
First Year Class Representative: Chris Murnane
Post Graduate Representative: Gina Keating
References
The Society
House Meetings
Education
Debating
Social
Moot
Law Conference
Cork Online Law Review
The Law Society Constitution