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Meet Emily

Emily is the 2024 SOULS president. 
Degree & Year: Fifth year Law and BA (Sociology and Psychology)
Hometown: Invercargill
Excited for: I cannot wait to see everyone getting amongst SOULS and of course the other amazing societies!
Soul animal but lecturer: Madam Margaret Briggs

Meet Sam

Sam is the 2024 vice president. 
Degree & Year: Fifth year LLB and BCom (economics) 
Hometown: Dunedin
Excited for: [hopeful] return of happy hour
Soul animal but lecturer: Andrew Geddis

Meet Jack

Role: Publications
Degree & Year: Third year LLB/BA (Politics/History)
Hometown: Hawkes Bay
Excited for: replacing my entire role with AI
Soul animal but lecturer: Jan Mihal (I've never had him as a lecturer but all the other funny ones were taken)

Meet Jackson

Role: Treasurer
Degree & Year: Fifth year LLB 
Hometown: Invercargill
Excited for: Finalist dinner!
Soul animal but lecturer: Jessica Palmer

Meet Tommy

Role: Sports Rep
Degree & Year: Fourth Year Law and BA (PPE)
Hometown: Cambridge
Excited for: The SOULS social Futsal team going undefeated
Soul animal but lecturer: Robert Patman (sorry law faculty, pols104 all the way)

Meet Seth 

Role:  Social Rep
Degree & Year: Fourth year LLB
Hometown: Auckland
Excited for: Running law camp!!
Soul animal but lecturer: Nicola Wheen (duh)

Meet Sophie

Role:  Social Rep
Degree & Year: Fourth year Law and BA (sociology and Māori studies)
Hometown: Swannanoa
Excited for: Using my position as an excuse to force everyone to listen to Taylor Swift.
Soul animal but lecturer: Shelley Griffiths (law revue)

Meet Germain

Role:  Competitions 
Degree & Year:  5th year Law and BA (stats)
Hometown: Auckland
Excited for: All of the social events!
Soul animal but lecturer: Nicola Peart

Meet Flynn 

Role:  Competitions
Degree & Year: Fourth year Law and BA (PPE)
Hometown: Auckland
Excited for: Using my position to increase the influence of the Otago Animal Law Association
Soul animal but lecturer: Stephen Smith Stephen Smith Stephen Smith

Meet Charlie

Role: Welfare and Education
Degree & Year: Third year Law and BA (Politics)
Hometown: Masterton
Excited for: weekly Just Dance/Jump Jam sessions!
Soul animal but lecturer: Lili Song (go musical theatre gals!)

Meet Renata 

Role:  Welfare and Education
Degree & Year: Third year Law and BA (Global Studies, French and politics)
Hometown: Valparaíso, Chile
Excited for: Meeting new people!
Soul animal but lecturer: Marcelo Rodriguez-Ferrere (we both have confusing Latino names)

Meet Ella 

Role:  Education and Careers
Degree & Year: Fourth year Law and BA (Philosophy)
Hometown: Wellington (Porirua but we don't talk about it)
Excited for: Law Camp antics
Soul animal but lecturer: Simon Connell (with man bun obviously)

Meet Eva

Role:  Education and Careers
Degree & Year: Fourth year Law
Hometown: Whangerai
Excited for: all the free food
Soul animal but lecturer: Stuart Anderson

Come say hi!

In the exec office

One of us will (most of the time) always be at the exec office, so come and have a yarn, a rant or a hug we’re happy to chat anytime.

Become a member

Joining SOULS gets you access to a lot of fun perks such as discounts on souls events and freebies throughout the year and at local Dunedin shops.

Get Involved

Follow us on the socials to stay up to date and check out the “get involved page” to find out how to get more connected into law school and the wider Dunedin community.

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Thank you to our sponsors with whom which we could not run SOULS without!

  • Chapman Tripp

    Sponsor of Souls

  • IPLS

    Institute of Professional Legal Studies

  • Simpson Grierson

    Sponsor of SOULS

  • The College of Law

    Sponsor of Souls

  • DLA Piper

    Sponsor of Souls

  • Dentons Kensington Swan

    Sponsor of SOULS

  • Marks & Worth Lawyers

    SOULS sponsor

  • Belly Gully

    SOULS sponsor

  • MinterEllisonRuddWatts

    SOULS sponsor

  • Anderson Llyod

    SOULS sponsor

  • Wesley Jones Law

    SOULS sponsor

  • Wynn Williams

    SOULS sponsor

  • Lexis Nexis

    SOULS sponsor