Publications

M A T T H E W L O

Director (Publications) A N G E L A D E L A C R U Z

Executive Officer (Editor) B R I N D H A S R I N I V A S

Executive Officer (Brief Editor-in-Chief)

Led by Matthew Lo, the 2021 Publications Department has maintained its reputation as an innovator and leader in producing informative and high-quality content for members.

In early 2021, Matthew, the MULS Editor, Angela Dela Cruz and MULS’ Competitions Director, Phillippa, collaborated to bring members the inaugural MULS Competitions Guide. This Guide was highly informative and engaging, including segments such as ‘Which Competition Are You?’ . By featuring testimonials from past competitors and judges, it effectively demystified MULS’ competitions and encouraged students to get involved. This proved successful, given the dramatic increase in our Competition registrations in 2021.

The Publications team also worked to publish the 2021 First Year Guide and Clerkship Guide. Both of which are incredibly resourceful and engaging to read.

Brindha Srinivas, Editor-in-Chief of The Brief has upheld our flagship publication’s strong reputation in the legal sphere with Edition 1 of The Brief: Resilience. Keep an eye out for Edition 2 and Edition 3, which are coming out shortly.

"It was great to collaborate with the Competitions Portfolio and produce a guide to encourage students to get involved with MULS competitions and support them to do well.

" - Matthew Lo

The Brief Edition 1: Resilience

Left to right: First Year Guide; Competitions Guide; Clerkship Guide

MARKETING

E T H A N I N C H E S

Director (Marketing) J O S H Y O E

Executive Officer (Publicity) R A N I R A V I N T H R A N

Executive Officer (Publicity) M E L V I N H A R I M A N

Executive Officer (IT)

In 2021, our Director (Marketing), Ethan Inches, has been working tirelessly with our Executive Officers (Publicity) Josh Yoe and Rani Ravinthran to grow our social media presence and the awareness of MULS on campus. The success of their marketing efforts is seen in the growth of following on all our platforms, with Instagram now having over 1500 followers. We also have over 7500 likes on Facebook and over 800 followers on LinkedIn. The Marketing Team have also worked to launch new Merchandise, including the much loved MULS Bucket Hat.

I want to highlight the marketing team’s work in collaborating with the Career Engagement portfolio on the Allens Instagram Takeover, which has been our most viewed Instagram story to date. The innovative nature of this initiative led to it being recognised as the Best Online Event by the Australian Law Students’ Association for 2021.

I also want to give a special mention to Melvin Hariman, Executive Officer (IT) for his tireless efforts in keeping our website up to date and helping out the MULS team on their events.

Allens Instagram takeover

"This year has seen the society's most innovative marketing to date. We've been able to really connect with our members through new and creative ways!" - Josh Yoe

Anti-clockwise: Law Cruise; Sports Gala Day; Competitions Grand Final Calendar; Clerkship Fair; Pride&Diversity Moot

EVENTS

J A Z C R E M E N T A Y L O R M C C O Y J E S S I C A G O C H A R L O T T E P E T R I E

Director (Events) Executive Officer (Socials) Executive Officer (Socials) Executive Officer (Sports)

In 2021, our Events Department have worked tirelessly to overcome the setbacks of 2020 and work very closely with the University and the MULS Administration Department to bring their events back to Life. As a replacement for Law Camp, we were able to run the aMULSing Time at Macquarie University ’s Ubar, which was a great success! We were also able to hold Law Cruise, Start of Semester Drinks, Social Sport and the MULS Gala Day. We have also been closely working with Law Revue to help support their show and be able to hold it on-campus in 2021. It has been inspiring to see the flexibility, resourcefulness and resilience of the Events Department in 2021.

I can’t wait to see what you do in Semester 2!

Top: Start of Semester Drinks Middle: Law Cruise | Disco Bottom: Sports Gala Day

"Our first Start of Semester drinks night sold out almost instantly! It was great to see the MULS events come back in full force. " - Jaz Cremen

CONCLUSION

MULS would not exist as it does today without its dedicated members. It is your passion and love of MULS which drives our team to consistently deliver high quality initiatives and events. I also want to extend my gratitude to our corporate sponsors. It is through their sponsorship and support that MULS can run such a large variety of high-quality initiatives to enrich the personal and professional development of our members.

I want to thank Professor Marc De Vos, Dr Lise Barry, Dr Andrew Burke, Ilija Vickovich, Debbie Loo, Chindy Praseuthsouk, Colleen Green and others from Macquarie Law School, along with Sami Uddin and Lilia Draganov from Macquarie University for their ongoing support. MULS is deeply grateful to each of you for your invaluable assistance, guidance and advice. I also want to thank Tasia Doukakis and the Cult Eatery team for their catering support of all of our initiatives.

I wish to also express my sincere gratitude and thanks to the MULS Directors, Executive Officers, Representatives and Sub-Committee members. MULS operates and succeeds as a result of your enthusiasm, dedication and hard work. To say that I am proud of you all is an understatement. I have had the time of my life working with you and being able to form genuine friendships with you all. I commend you all for your individual and team successes so far this year, and I am excited to see what we can achieve together in Semester 2, 2021.

As President, I am committed to ensuring the continued improvement of MULS and I welcome any feedback, suggestions or questions relating to MULS. I am proud of how MULS has grown in 2021, and the work the society has done to enhance the student experience at Macquarie University.

I wish you the best for the remainder of 2021.

Lucy Sheppard

President, Macquarie University Law Society president@muls.org