The Australian Law Students' Association ("ALSA") is the national representative body for all law students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. ALSA has a range of objectives including:

* To represent and promotes the interests and concerns of Australian law students;

* To gather and disseminate information of interest and concern to Australian law students;

* To promote and facilitate communication and the exchange of information between law student societies, particularly within Australia; and

* To promote and facilitate interaction and activities of a social, intellectual, and competitive nature among law students generally.

In achieving these objectives ALSA sets out to ensure that law students have a representative voice through reviews of the higher education sector. Whilst ALSA is a national body, you may come into contact with ALSA at the local LSS level by some of the services it provides, including career and competition handbooks and general support to the LSS.

ALSA has been operating since 1978 and has approximately 28,000 members. Each LSS President and ALSA Representative from each University sit on the "ALSA Council" and discuss issues facing law schools at large and associated legal issues.

In 2009, Aaron Ko and Kathryn Crossley sat on the ALSA Council as representatives of UTS.

Check out www.alsa.asn.au and www.alsanet.asn.au for more information.