Joining the ALSA executive is the closest you will get to professional work before you leave law school. Real responsibility, a team that takes it seriously, and a genuine path from intern to cabinet.
Two ways in, depending on where you are. Both put you on the same team and the same ladder.
First and second years and international students, no experience needed. You do not need a CV that already impresses. You need to want it. An officer mentors you directly, you get real tasks from day one, and you see how the profession actually works from the inside.
Start here →Second and third years ready to lead. Run events end to end, direct an intern, and report to a director. Real stakes, a real standard, and work you can point to in an interview. Read what we hold ourselves to, then apply.
See officer roles →We are not hiring to fill seats. We are hiring because we believe ALSA can genuinely change what law school is like for hundreds of students, and we are looking for the people who want to build that with us.
This is not a CV line. It asks for real commitment, and it gives back more than it takes. If you show up because you believe in the work and not the title, you will fit here. Read the standard we hold ourselves to, then decide.
ALSA runs five structured programmes, maintains corporate partnerships, and operates as an incorporated society. The executive team is responsible for making that work. It is a genuine leadership role, one that shapes how hundreds of law students enter the profession.
Most things at university are practice runs. This is not. When you manage a relationship with a law firm, the firm does not see you as a 'student'. When you run an event that over fifty people show up to, it either works or it does not. When you miss a deadline, the team feels it. That proximity to consequence is rare before you graduate, and it is the thing that actually builds professional judgment.
A semester here will also tell you something about yourself. You might find that you are better at logistics than you expected, or that public-facing work suits you, or that the role you assumed you wanted is not what you thought. Students regularly leave with a clearer sense of where they are headed, because they have actually done something, not just studied it.
Running events, managing people, writing for an audience, handling a budget, representing an organisation in a room of professionals. These are the things that separate capable graduates from the rest, and you cannot learn them from a reading list.
ALSA works directly with firms and practitioners. As part of the team, you are in those rooms, building the kind of network and visibility that is genuinely hard to manufacture on your own.
You are not left to sink. Interns are mentored by officers, officers by directors, and everyone is carried through a structured onboarding. You will be stretched, but always supported.
Most committee titles blur together on a CV. ALSA does not read as another university club. It reads as someone who has done real work with real stakes, who can talk about a firm relationship they managed or an event they salvaged, not just a position they held.
The roles are built as a natural pipeline that tracks with your degree. You start where you are, build confidence and competence as you go, and grow into more as the community grows with you. This is the path every leader here has taken.
Officer and intern roles begin with a two-week onboarding period at the start of Semester Two. At the end of those two weeks, cabinet votes to confirm your place. This is mutual: we assess fit, and you decide if this is right for you. Read our executive standards →
"You do not join ALSA for who you are. You join to find out who you want to become."
Six roles are open this intake across officers and interns. Read the roles, then apply when you are ready.
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