Our annual Charity Liferaft Debate took place in March, and - thanks to the fantastic lecturers who volunteered to participate in the event - was a huge success. Six brilliant departments (Geography, Sociology, Law, Criminology, French and Maths) battled it out to determine for why they - and they alone - ought to survive the hypothetical sinking of the SS Maynooth. Each Department representative had 7 minutes to prove to the audience why their department deserved that all-important single liferaft remaining on the ship. There were phenomenal speeches all around, with the popular vote revealing the Geography Department as the crowd's winner. The judges, on a split between the between the Geography Department and the Sociology Department, gave Sociology the edge in their vote. A huge well done to all departments involved and a special congratulations to the Geography Department and the Sociology Department! The proceeds from this event, €110.02, went to Ataxia Foundation Ireland. Tha

On the closing day of the International Negotiation Competition the final was held.During the final all competitors were welcome to view and support the finalists in their final negotiation. We held the final in the Board Room of the John Hume Building. All present were thoroughly impressed by the talent demonstrated by the finalists and all viewers remarked that it would be a difficult call for the judges to choose a winner.

At the conclusion of the competitor's first day of negotiations ELSA committee members brought all competitors to the venue for the final to debrief all competitors and announce the semi-finalists for the proceeding rounds to be held the next day.We also used this opportunity to answer any questions which arose and congratulate all participants for their excellent display of negotiation skills which had been remarked by the judges. 

On the second day of the International Negotiation Competition the competition officially began.The day was divided into 2 rounds with 3 negotiations being held per round allowing all participants to compete throughout the day and allowed the judges to tally up scores to announce the semi-finalists for the proceeding rounds to be held the next day. The judges were highly impressed by the negotiation skills of all competitors.

The International Negotiation Competition was a 3 day event beginning on the 6th of March 2020. We were delighted to welcome competitors from all over the world including, but not limited to, Limerick, India and France. ELSA committee members and volunteers began by preparing the venues for the following events and were delighted to present our competitors with goody bags kindly sponsored by Matheson.

On the 2nd of March 2020 the ELSA Society held and EGM in JH2 in order to appoint members to the following positions: Treasurer, Vice President and Vice Treasurer. We were delighted to make the following new additions to the Society:Vice President- Adam O'CarrollTreasurer- Tommy HennessyVice Treasurer- Shmuel Barron

On Wednesday the 27th of November 2019 we celebrated ELSA day by way of collaboration with the Lit and Deb Society which was an excellent success with all participants and spectators thoroughly enjoying the persuasive arguments put forward in discussing the motion of Closer EU Integration.