PRESIDENT Paul Melican November PLAN

Theme  Collaboration  Working with all of our stakeholders and aligning our activities to compliment theirs  Advocacy  Advocating on behalf of law students nationally  Inclusive  Focus on all LSS/A’s needs regardless of size or maturity level

The Team Paul Melican President James Zhao VP Finance Andreena Kardamis Sponsorships Grace Norris Marketing Brendon Llyod Alumni & Scholarships Vacant Risk Michaela Olsson SA Officer Cassandra Page VP Administration Christian Slattey Competitions Lachlan Foster IT Vacant Policy Alex Bell-Row VP Education Chris Burch Ed officer Albert Patajo Ed officer Lachlan Robb Careers Andrew Lonergan Conference Convenor 2016 Max Stenstrom Conference Convenor 2017 (designate) Hannah McDonald Feb-16 Council Jacinta Kenward Feb-16 Council Conference Committee Alistair Booth IPP Executive Elected Officer Appointed

KNOWLEDGE SHARING PROGRAM Paul Melican

Knowledge Sharing Program  Conducted via Skype or other interactive medium sessions aimed at knowledge sharing on specific topics outside of and in addition to Council  Topics aimed at all skill levels of LSS/A officers  Program to include topics such as;  Intro to running a competitions portfolio  Judging and problem writing  Women's participation/recognition in competitions  Health & Well-being Best Practice LSS/A  Internal Advocacy – “how to right a policy for your law school”

Risk Officer  Officer to be appointed reporting to VPF  Applications due 30 November  Action the items on the risk register  Formalise the risk register  Conduct the first annual risk review of the organisation.

ADMINISTRATION Cass Page

Competitions  How to videos, more content on the website from the various member LSS/A’s  Problem Bank  Expanding the problems bank  Include videos, guides and other resources  Intervarsity Competitions Calendar  Calendar to be available in late February.  Communication Networking  National Skype forums to cover various competitions themes: competition organisation essentials, judging, problem writing and an end-of-term knowledge accumulation.  Review of ALSA Competition Rules  National Standardisation of Competitions Rules  Student Judge Accreditation Guide  Competitions Community  Will be responsible for reviewing: involvement of women in competitions and accessibility of competitions for remote-access students.

Policy Officer  Officer to be appointed reporting to VPA  Applications due 30 November  Role to review and update all existing by-laws, handover documents, document storage systems  Further action items in the risk report

EDUCATION Alex Bell-Rowe

Advocacy  Graduate Oversupply: We will be consulting with relevant stakeholders and releasing a series of guides and position papers regarding this.  Declarations in Admission: We will be examining the state of the law in this area, and releasing a position paper on possible changes for greater access and inclusion  Access to Education for Indigenous Australians: We will conducting an analysis with subsequent position paper on this issue.  Tax-Exemption Status: We will be advocating for a blanket tax-exemption for Student organizations.  PLT Requirements: We will issuing both a guide and position paper about the current state of requirements across different jurisdictions.

Higher Education  Internal Advocacy: We will producing a guide for LSSs on how to best deal with advocacy issues and their own faculties.  FEE-HELP: We will be producing a position paper on the current state of FEE-HELP restrictions and its effect.

Health and Wellbeing  Services Guide: We will be compiling a comprehensive, national guide to Mental Health services.  Signs of Illness: We will be issue a guide in what to look out for in yourselves and others.  Best Practice: We will look into advocating for the implementation of ‘best practice’ principles across LSSs and Law Schools.

Careers  Admissions Process: We will be creating a guide on the admissions process to hand out to students  Work-Experience: We will be advocating for a fair system, as well as producing a guide on the rights of students in obtaining work experience.  International Careers: We will be creating a guide detailing International Opportunities.  Academic Journal: Will be completed again.  Existing Guides: We will be updating the Judge’s Associates guide and Public Interest Careers guide inline with new opportunities.

Knowledge Sharing  Face-To-Face: Knowledge sessions at council meetings  Facebook: Knowledge sharing through the Facebook page  ALSA Website: Discussion forums and other useful databases.

COMMUNICATIONS Andreena Kardamis

ALSA Council Communications  Newsletter  Review of method of delivery, i.e. Mailchimp  Review of all modes of communication which ALSA used in 2015  Use of new ALSA Website – the portal section which Connor Hogg (previous Director of IT) showcased at September council.  Social Media

State Contacts QLD: Lachlan Robb & Grace Norris NSW: Andreena Kardamis & Simon McNamara ACT: Alex Bell-Rowe VIC: Cassandra Page TAS: Andrew Lonergan WA: Chris Burch & Blackstone Pres SA: Michaela Olsson  First port of call for any ALSA items  Organise the LSS/A Planning day  Disseminate information  Feedback loop to ALSA Committee meetings

Direct Law Student Communications  Use of the State based meetings. Information will be sent to the representatives, who can disseminate the information at the meetings and make sure that the members are aware of what ALSA is achieving  Utilise s, Facebook (especially the ALSA Knowledge Sharing page), flyers etc

External Communications  Communication with external organisations such as New South Wales Young Lawyers & New South Wales Law Society  Make contact with other Law Societies to publicise ALSA’s initiatives  Potential contact with the international legal community

CONFERENCE HOBART 4 TH – 10 TH JULY Andrew Lonergan

Accommodation Wrest Point Casino

Socials Opening Gala Cocktail Night Theme Night Closing Gala

Possible additional GD Activities MONA tour Cheese/Wine tasting Cascade Brewery tour Mt. Wellington trip

COUNCIL Andrew Lonergan

Feb-16 Council  Series of information sessions on ‘how to run a major organisation’  Leadership Training  Directors’ duties  Professionally lead marketing session  Committee to be setup in Nov-15 to start formulating the agenda  Videoconferencing to be investigated to facilitate people Esra Ozege will speak on “good corporate governance and their duties as quasi- directors of their societies”. Esra is the National Network Governance & Engagement Manager at Lion Dairy & Drinks and is also an Olympic archer.

Details  Accommodation Booked, Great Southern Hotel, Spencer Street Melbourne  Conformation of Registration rate of $230 per person for Council  Website and registrations soon

FINANCE James Zhao

Company Limited by Guarantee  Organised the creation of and transition of the operations of ALSA to the new entity  Review of Large / Mid / Boutique status of LSS/A’s

Budget (ALSA Main only)  Affiliation fees flat YOY  Objective to not run a surplus or loss  Includes increases to Insurance, Equity Grants and Finance Portfolio  Finance costs cover the costs of moving to a company limited by guarantee  Conference & Council Budgets excluded

Sponsorships  Benefits to LSS/A’s  Look into more innovate agreements i.e. Stripe payments  Sponsorship will focus on broadening its scope to non- law firms, encompassing consulting services, legal publishing companies and business which have a legal department and are expanding their graduate/clerkship programs.  The Commercial Sponsorship Prospectus is being re- written and re-designed, and will compliment ALSA's new approach.

Alumni & Scholarships  Add a life members section to the website, with a little profile piece with a picture

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Paul Melican

International Relationships Asia LSA