2023 Gadigal Conference

Thank you to all those who attended our 2023 Gadigal Conference. We look forward to seeing some of you again next July, in Hobart!

Award Winners

LSA/LSS Awards

Best Careers Initiative: Adelaide University Law Students’ Society

LegalSuper Best Health and Wellbeing Initiative: Adelaide University Law Students Society

Best Student Engagement Initiative: Deakin (Burwood) Law Students Society

Spirit of Leadership Award: University of New England

Individual Awards

Julia Gillard Female Law Student of the Year: Lara Glasson - University of New England

First Nations Scholarship: Maggie Blanden - University of Melbourne

Pride in Law LGBTQIA+ Law Student of the Year: Lachlan McCauley - Flinders University

Grace Tame Award for Outstanding Advocacy: Amy Danek - University of New England

Competition Winners

Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot

Winner: Kurt Schenk & Jessica March - Adelaide University Law Students’ Society

Runner up: Farrah Mikhail, Sami Shamsi & Lucinda Goodwin - Macquarie University Law Society

Best Memorial Submissions: Kurt Schenk & Jessica March - Adelaide University Law Students’ Society

Best Oralist: Jessica Marsh - Adelaide University Law Students’ Society

Spirit of the Competition: Mina Storey & Bridget Spry Griffith University (Gold Coast) Law Students’ Association

LegalSuper National Championship Moot

Winner: Adithya Srivatsan, Sophie Gallagher & Tatvika Singh - University of New South Wales Law Society

Runner up: Emily Edwards & Charles Bergman - Bond University Law Students’ Association

Best Oralist: Sophie Gallagher - University of New South Wales Law Society

Best Memorial Submissions : Alex Bako & Lola Archibald - Australian National University Law Students’ Society

Spirit of the Competition: Frank Kabalu & Abhay Reissenberger University of Southern Queensland Law Society

National Negotiation Competition

Winner: Chandra Renouf & Emma Gaston University of Technology Sydney Law Students’ Society

Runner up: Fergus Pandy & Lachlan McInerney University of Wollongong Law Students’ Society

Spirit of the Competition: Daniel Good & Elnaz Pourandalibi Griffith University (Gold Coast) Law Students’ Association

King & Wood MallesonsnNational Witness Examination Competition

Winner: Brandon Velleley - Sydney University Law Society

Runner up: Katie Cooper - Adelaide University Law Students Society

Spirit of the Competition: Chloe Winkler Tasmania University Law Society

Australian Academy of Law National Paper Presentation Competition

Winner: Jaiden Tucker - University of Otago Law Society

Runner up: Rory Brown - University of Queensland Law Society

Spirit of the Competition: Rory Brown - University of Queensland Law Society

National Client Interview Competition

Winner: Angie Qiu & Bianca Barass BorzattiAustralian National University Law Students’ Society

Runner up: Paige Sullivan & Meg Byers - University of Cantebury Law Students’ Society

Spirit of the Competition: Lucas Spicer & Penelope Dwyer Notre Dame (Fremantle) Law Students’ Society