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Oxford's practical student legal community for events, careers access, socials, and publishing.
One-off membership fees: £50 for degree students, £30 for postgraduate and visiting students.
President's address
Trinity Term 2026
Hi everyone!
My name is Sophia Ysobelle Roda, I am a 2nd Year Undergraduate Law Student at Trinity College, and it is my absolute pleasure to welcome all our members to Trinity Term 2026.
After serving as events officer and secretary, I am incredibly grateful to be your President for this upcoming term. Since joining, the Oxford Law Society has grown substantially in members and with that, our past committees have dedicated themselves to provide everyone with outstanding opportunities and allow our members to explore the legal profession, develop their skills and connect with a diverse community.
Over the Easter vacation, your stellar Executive and General Committee have worked incredibly hard to prepare a diverse and creative term card.
Trinity Term is highly customisable, allowing students to shape their experience around their own interests, priorities, and pace. Our wide range of events will allow members to choose what areas of law they want to explore and develop their skills and interests.
Trinity Term is a uniquely personal and varied experience for each student, so we have worked hard to give you the best variety of events to suit your curiosities. This term we will be covering a variety of legal areas:
Our panel talks will discuss hot topics from the classic practice areas to new areas like fashion and media law.
Our series of workshops will cover "Bar Basics" for the barrister route and simulate solicitor roles from Dispute Resolution to Contract Confidentiality Reviews, giving everyone the chance to experience their potential career paths.
We have also created some fun socials including our: Diversity Garden Party, Punts and Pimm's Day and a joint Pink Party Social with OXWILS to celebrate women in law! We would like to show gratitude to all the societies we have partnered with this term to deliver these amazing events.
We are also excited to announce that this term's President's Drinks will be held at the beautiful Blenheim Palace!
As our largest social event, for the final term, it is only fitting that we have our members enjoy a night of unlimited drinks, delicious food and the chance to dance around the endless lawns and terraces of a castle.
Whether you are set on a career or exploring your options, we encourage you all to branch out this term. This is your chance to go beyond your usual interests and soak up all the new areas of law and skills our term card will give you.
On behalf of our committee, we look forward to meeting you and we hope you enjoy this term to the fullest!
Yours truly,Sophia Ysobelle RodaPresident, Oxford Law Society
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A practical membership model for each Oxford term
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1870
A long-running Oxford society with a stable committee handover model each term.Membership access
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Degree membership is £50 and postgraduate or visiting student membership is £30.Open audience
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Oxford's practical student legal community for events, careers access, socials, and publishing.Current term card
Trinity Term 2026
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- Networking events with firms and chambers
- Careers presentations and application workshops
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- Members' socials, including access to President's Drinks
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- Programming relevant to both law and non-law backgrounds
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- Entry into the same society community, socials, and sponsor events
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Trinity Term 2026
I'm Sophia Roda, President of Oxford Law Society. We are keeping term-card information, opportunities, and resources up to date throughout term.Questions about events or membership are always welcome via society contacts, and we look forward to seeing members at our term programme.Credibility
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Sophia RodaPresident
Sage NohVice-President
Avely Maria SanthoshTreasurer
Harry MinderidesSecretary
Member perspective“Law Society has been extremely useful in helping me explore different career paths as a law student. Meeting lawyers across year groups also helped me settle into Oxford generally.”First year law student, St Hilda's
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