Owen Bonnici, Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government joined GħSL this Saturday for a beach clean-up at Pretty Bay.
The event was hosted by the Malta Law Student’s Society (GħSL) and welcomed the Minister as well as members of staff within the Ministry, and fellow law students.
Around 35 law students came together and gathered around forty bags of waste. The waste varied from cigarette buts, plastic bottles to organic waste and The Cleansing and Maintenance Division eventually gathered it. Minister Bonnici personally awarded certificates of participation to all those partook and congratulated GħSL for such taking such an initiative.
This event was one of many charity events GħSL’s Legal Aid Committee held this year, said GħSL President, Celine Cuschieri Debono.
Successive members of the Executive Boards have recognised the duty of this law student organisation to branch out of its comfort zone, but rather take a more active role within the society that we live in.
We encourage fellow student organisations, law students, as well as the general student body, to seek out further avenues for collaboration, with all interested bodies. We, students, are some of the most active members of our society, and it is high time that our charitable efforts expand further, and not simply remain within University and SixthForm grounds.
In turn, GħSL’s External Relations Officer Michela Galea Seychell stated that the role of the GħSL Legal Aid Committee was to be the charitable arm of the organisation.
As students, and as future members of the legal profession, we recognise that events such as the one of today do not only leave an immediate beneficial impact but also serves as a wake-up call to the rest of the student body to continuously strive towards a more proactive approach. Hopefully, this event will serve as the spark for further initiatives down the line.
GħSL also hopes that such a clean-up event will be used as a springboard for further discussion from an academic and policy point of view on the legal aspects related to waste management and other related issues.
