Dear Law Students,


Welcome to the UCC Law Faculty!  We welcome you to our diverse
community, of which our proud partnership with the UCC Law Society is
a very significant part. We all learn about Law in different ways, at
different levels, for different purposes, and starting from very
different places, geographically and intellectually. We are all bound
together by a shared commitment to justice, and to giving a voice to
those who have none. We are ultimately a community of lawyers who must
find strength within and from each other, to communicate with each
other, and to utilise the privilege of a society dedicated to law
students, in order to forge acquaintances that will stand you in good
stead in the years ahead.

As the society grows more complex, it is all the more important that
the institutions within it work. I am acutely conscious of how much
Law has grown in the University context. That growth does not endanger
our sense of identity and collegiate if we also strengthen what holds
us together. The Law Society is your Society. It has a proud history.
You are now its present and future. Use it well to become involved on
behalf of, and with your colleagues.

I am delighted to act as Honorary President of the Law Society, as it
forms a vital part of the Faculty. As Dean I look forward to working
with you in the years ahead. I hope to continue the tradition of
listening to you, the students, and will strive to respond to your
ideas and needs. I look forward to meeting you all throughout the
year.

Enjoy this wonderful and privileged time in your lives.


Professor Steve Hedley
Dean of Faculty of Law and Head of Department of Law