The executive board, made up of twelve students who are currently studying law, highlighted the salient points of GhSL’s hard work this past year. The thesis librarian, Martina Briffa, explained the plan implemented for the digitising of all theses to be made easily accessible to all students. Daniela Attard, Policy Officer, focused on her newly appointed role last year to initiate more exposure to students interested in legal, political and social affairs. With the help of the committee lead by the Policy Officer, a policy paper on the topic of Legalisation of Prostitution was published and presented to the Minister of Justice Owen Bonnici.  

For the first time, GhSL  successfully planned a visit to the "Jurisdiche Studenten Vereniging te Utrecht’ (JSVU) in the Netherlands. Luisa Cassar Pullicino, the International officer, described the trip in which both Maltese and Dutch students enjoyed a busy schedule of sightseeing and various activities. In the past year, GhSL  has also hosted a great deal of events including Doctor Death overseen by the External Relations Officer, Rebecca Cassar. The events officer, Robert Felice, went on to explain the events initiated through GhSL. The office also collaborated with other university organisations to help make these events possible.

Without a doubt, one of GhSL’s   most rewarding accomplishments this year was the setting up of their new website which the Publications Officer, Sarah Pace Warrington, spoke about. GhSL, under the guidance of the Marketing Officer, Charles Mercieca, revamped the sponsorship schemes that GhSL  offers. The marketing office gladly welcomed Fenech and Fenech Advocates as their legal partner, and the Institute of Legal Studies (ILS) Malta as their second sponsor which allows students to have access to the finest legal resources.

Luke Hilli, the Academic officer, was significantly busy this past year. The academic office introduced sub- committees which helped the office in administrating events such as "Law; The first step’, "Court Visits’ and "Dissertation Dilemma’. The office also provided the students with an insight into their future prospects as lawyers from Camilleri Preziosi Advocates spoke to students and   presented a refreshed outlook on the legal profession. Hilli went to say that the climax of his year as Academic Officer was GhSL’s very first legal week in which many events took place celebrating the profession; this was all possible with the help of students in the sub-committees.

Public Relations Officer, Jacob Portelli, highlighted GhSL’s importance to the holistic outlook of the organisation. The image of the organisation has improved significantly and as a result GhSL  has been featured in the media appealing to a national level. Freshers’ week was a pinnacle moment for the office as the new students received tours around campus, freebies, as well as all the information necessary for a smooth transition into the course. The Public Relations Office presided over the events of the organisation including "Wash out’,"Lawyered Up’ and most importantly the annual ball "Ballo Dei Signori ft Winter Moods’ which gathered students from different courses across campus.

Joshua Chircop, the Secretary General, explained the organisation’s active participation in student issues. In delegating its work through sub-committees and students representatives this has improved the quality of the organisation as a whole. The Secretary General also shed light on the stellar website GhSL  has setup for the Faculty of Law students. A website that will be at the convenience of many students in the many years to come. The website has provided a platform whereby students can order notes and past papers and keep up to date with all events happening in the course. The website has become an essential tool of GhSL  catering to all students of law.

Dirk Urpani, who has formed part of the organisation for last three years, ended the AGM on a corroborative note as President. He thanked his committed executive members for their hard work and all the efforts put into the organisation. Urpani stressed the importance of student activism within the faculty and also noted that GhSL  has around 100 students directly involved in the organisation. The president worked with Konnect to set up the Job Opportunities on the website. For the first time the organisation also spoke to sixth form students, enlightening them with the opportunities the course might make available to them.

Jacob Portelli was confirmed the new President for GhSL’s new term, and Charles Mercieca as the new Vice-President, a new role introduced by the organisation. The newly appointed president commented that “I am honoured to form part of such a prestigious organisation that continues to improve its resources, connections, and most importantly, relationships with the students of law. After two years of contributing to the organisation, I look forward to building upon the outstanding work GhSL  has already achieved and, with the help of the new executive board, I hope to make the organisation proud and work to the best of my capabilities. I look forward to guiding this organisation, which has been moulded by my predecessors, who have thought me a great deal and have proven that GhSL  is a reliable and relevant organisation at the disposal of all students. This year I intend on making GhSL  available to both the university and also on a more national level. Exciting times ahead!”

I would like to congratulate the past executive members for their diligence within the organisation. It was a pleasure to see active students, who take pride in providing the resources and opportunities for students, to fully experience law at the University of Malta. It is clear that this executive has strived to improve the organisation and refine the services available to students.   The Faculty of Law is one of the most popular institutions at the University of Malta, which appeals to hundreds of students each year.

Elections for the new executive board will be held this Friday from 8am till 6pm.  

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Later on, we’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we’ve made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

Nicely played Parson Brown…and here I was thinking I was singing about the joys of Christmas…

The festive season — a time when we all seem humbled by a renewed sense of gratitude. We tend to reflect about the year’s highs and lows, the rollercoaster year we’ve just survived, and incidentally, our relationship status. The Christmas holidays stand out as that time of the year when being single matters most, or matters least, depending on whether you’re a "glass-half-empty’ or "glass-half-full’ type of person.  

Being single during the holidays has its advantages: SAVING MONEY being one of them. Singletons are exempted from the laborious duty of finding their significant other the "ideal gift’, and can instead focus their time and money on spoiling themselves (after all, nobody else will). Think about how grades could shoot up for exams less than two months away. Alternatively, one could invest all his newfound time and energy in searching through Tinder like a kid looking for the toy in his cereal. Who knows, Mr Right may be a swipe away.

Start your New Year’s resolutions early. While all your couple friends are having tea at their in-laws you could hit the gym! You might be single, but at least you’ll be hot. After all, isn’t that what Christmas is all about? Christmas is an eventful month. This is your chance to mingle, and since you’ve been watching what you eat and hitting the gym regularly, you’ve never looked better. So what better a time than at staff party (or a random Tuesday night) to put on your party shoes and bust out those show-stopping moves? Create your own fun and live that single life you promised yourself you would. Who knows? I’ve heard that things always tend to happen when you least expect them.

Mistletoe? More like Mistle-NO.   Walk away from the leathery-leaved parasitic plant; this not a Bridgette Jones’ Diary movie. You’ll probably have more luck sneaking a quick snog next to the bar or the toilets. (Pro-Tip: People here tend to be more vulnerable).

Lastly…New Year’s Eve. By far the most notorious night of the year. Year in, year out, we attend yet another promising event hoping the night will redeem itself, however the majority of the time we end up regretting we ever went out in the first place, and wishing we stayed home in our onesies.

For all single people out there, that New Year’s Eve kiss is by far the most over-rated concept ever conceived. Screw avoiding a year of loneliness. The way I see it is that you’ve saved yourself from kissing one random person who probably won’t even remember you the morning after. There are better options to entertain yourself. You could always third wheel and interrupt your friend’s snog. Just blame it on loneliness or the numerous Jack-Cokes scoring percentage points in your blood stream.

Wherever you find yourself this Christmas season just be thankful for another year!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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Welcome to the next stage of your life, where you’re expected to mature like a fine wine, retain knowledge like a sponge and find the perfect balance between your social life and your academics. University, for most, is the last stage of their education; after years of exams leading up to this moment, you’ve finally made it! Give yourself a high five – you deserve it. As a third-year student myself, I feel I have some pearls of knowledge to pass on to fellow students, things I have learnt up till now which might be helpful, some UOM insight which might be of some use.

If there is one thing I can be certain of, it is that throughout your years to come at the University of Malta, one day or another your lectures will be cancelled. They will be cancelled abruptly, just like your plans on a Friday night when you’ve just about finished drawing on your brows and your friend cancels at the very last minute. As you arrive at University convinced that you will have to park miles away, in the distance, almost a mirage appears…parking in car park 6. That rare happiness you can’t help but feel, the kind you mention at least every hour – “I found parking right outside guys!” – the kind of parking which you gladly gloat about on your Snapchat story.

As you leave your car, smiling and with a hop in our step, your phone rings. No, it’s not your mom wishing you a great day or Facebook reminding you whose birthday it is, it’s your UOM e-mail: ‘Dear student, today’s lecture commencing at 8 a.m. is cancelled and will be postposed to a later date.’ I look down at my watch, it’s 7:40 a.m. – that’s right, waking up at 6 a.m., skipping breakfast and wasting half a tank of petrol in traffic all for nothing. You drag your feet back to your car; it doesn’t even matter where you parked at this point, its actually irrelevant. Back to bed.

This is your home for the next three to five years; most hours of the week will be spent at University, and you might as well create a pleasant environment. Apart from lectures and tutorials, University has a lot more to offer, you can join a student organisation where you have the opportunity to get directly involved and also meet new people, after all, it’s time to expand your horizons. Joining an organisation should not be seen as taxing, but rather as a platform to expressing yourself and your interests, to become that beautiful flower at the peak of spring.

Fresher, you can also take part in the yearly KSU Student’s Fest, which is a true testament of the students creativity and their dedication to the production; whether you can dance, sing, act, help out with props or even if you just like to run around in the dark wearing a black top and trousers or perhaps carrying a table or some other prop, there is surely a place for you.

READING. Dear fresher, if there is one thing that you can do for yourself is to read. Remember, knowledge is power and power is EVERYTHING…okay, maybe not everything. Read as much as you can as, in all honestly, it will only help you and you will reap the rewards long after you finish your degree. You can watch that episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ another day, catch up on your reading and be prepared for your lecture, because before you know it, it’s January and exams are round the corner. I learnt this the hard way, I failed to keep with a few of my lectures and as repercussion I had to re-sit some of my subjects in the hot summer months whilst my friends were at the beach. It’s not worth the stress, do yourself a favour and try to be organised with your subjects – you’ll thank yourself for it soon enough.

Treasure the next few years at university. Student life is the best life – work hard and find that balance between Friday nights out and early Monday mornings. Get involved at University, for, soon enough, you’ll graduate and you will not remember all the lectures you attended and all the assignments you lost sleep on, but one thing you will remember, as cliché as it sounds, are the memoires you made and the friends along the way…

WELCOME TO UOM.

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2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation; on a daily basis 1,000 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water or inadequate sanitation.

What if you could help millions of children just by simply not using your phone for 15 minutes a day?

Well, this is exactly what UNICEF has done . . . Can you go 15 minutes a day without using your phone, in order to provide a child with something they definitely cannot live without?

UNICEF, whose mission is to help children worldwide, have come up with an innovative way for everyone to get involved and help people around the world to have access to clean water. The UNICEF Tap project is a nationwide campaign, providing children with clean water and sanitization, currently working with over 100 countries. For the 6th year, Giorgio Armani Fragrances returns as national partner of the UNICEF Tap Project through its "Acqua for Life’ campaign. The company will donate $5 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for each Acqua di Giò & Acqua di Gioia fragrance sold in the US from March 1-31, 2015.

Although we are currently into the last few days of March, if every person who reads this decides to give their phone a break for a minimum of 15 minutes a day, for the rest of the week, we can help children worldwide. Sponsors from UNICEF can fund one day of clean water for a child in need.

Water is life, but when it is unsafe and sanitation is not in place, water can KILL.

Help now by visiting UNICEFTAPPROJECT.ORG

Every minute counts. Challenge your friends. Donate. Safe water, save lives.

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