Arguably one of the most, if not the most eagerly anticipated event in the calendar for most law students has finally ended. The Law Society Annual General Meeting certainly lived up to its expectation for being traditionally spicy and dramatic. Personally, through the perspective of a first year student, I felt that it showed the true colours of what a law student is made of. Tenacity, bold and vocal are just a handful of characteristics which makes us one of the most sought after graduates in the working industry. Aside from that, I had the opportunity to observe the eloquence of the previous leaders when articulating a particular issue towards the current leaders of the faculty while the aspiring candidates wait in the wings to take over the coveted (and perhaps demanding?) positions in the faculty. Three generations of leaders in a day? Popcorns please!
As expected, the current board was bamboozled and bombarded with queries one after another from students who are passionate in maintaining the standard of leaders in the faculty and from those who are aware of their rights to seek clarification. In my opinion, I feel that the questions raised were valid and not one which is of a personal attack to any particular individual. However, as the afternoon goes by, you could see that there were students who were leaving one at a time during the ‘isu berbangkit’ session. Not passionate or concerned enough you might feel? Well, not really. Based on my personal point of view along with the views of the other students (not all the students, mind you), we feel that some of the issues raised bears no relevance to the performance of the outgoing board and yet, there were students who were determined to prove a point. You have one side who says A and the other side says B. I mean, what is the point of going on and on with the argument? The fundamental value in the faculty as I was told by someone was TRUST. Both parties can say different things but at the end of the day, only you yourself know the truth of your statement. Can’t we just accept it that sometimes misunderstanding occurs? I’m not hiding in my shell but these are petty issues which could have been address in a better way.
The main reason why these issues were raised is to improve our law society! Not the high committee’s society, not the final year’s society nor the first years but it is OUR society! Most of us in attendance today were the ones who wish to contribute for the ‘betterment’ of this society. Yes I strongly agreed that as law students, we should be vocal enough to voice out our opinion, but what is the point if the ‘argument’ by both sides leads you to no conclusion or consensus? What I would actually preferred to see was the mutual understanding from both sides be it audience and high committee or seniors and juniors.
For a start, IF the outgoing board has choked up and made any error or mistake during their tenure, admit your mistakes and hold yourself accountable which I definitely saw during the AGM albeit after some exchange of words. (emphasis added) Besides, it is in my sincere hope and humble opinion that the floor could actually contribute suggestions and ideas rather than argue to a point where it looks as if we were in a trial having to hear witnesses from different batches. I’m not saying that it was not done but it would be nice if all parties were not that defensive when it comes to addressing the issues.
All in all, it was a great place to be this afternoon. I must say that the madam chairperson was particularly funny at times and this has definitely helped to ease the tension in the auditorium. Last but not least, a big congratulations to the new board of the law society and hopefully they’ll be able to shoulder the expectations from the ever demanding law students (that’s a good thing) and to those who were not elected, who says you need to hold a position or be in power in order to bring changes to the society?
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