Middle Temple Students’ Association Elections

This event is taking place in person AND will be streamed live. This page is for tickets to attend IN PERSON. To book a ticket to attend online CLICK HERE. 

The Middle Temple Students’ Association (MTSA) represent the interests of student members of the Inn. As a student member of Middle Temple, you are automatically a member of the MTSA.

The MTSA is run by 7 elected student members chosen by their peers:

•       President
•       Vice President
•       Mooting Officer
•       Debating Officer
•       Social Secretary
•       Communications Officer
•       Equality, Diversity & Social Mobility Officer

From now until the election date, you should consider whether you wish to run for any of the positions.

You can contact the outgoing committee members if you have questions. You then nominate yourself for one or more positions at the beginning of the Election event.

Each nominee will give a brief speech before a vote is held.

Even if you are not planning to run for a position, we encourage you to attend and vote for your representatives within the Inn.

Refreshments will be provided. 

It is free to attend this event, however please book a place so that we can keep track of numbers attending.

Roles & Descriptions

President

• Leading events & supporting your team
• Fostering an environment where team members can come to you for help
• Streamlining contact with the Events team and Education Department
• Supporting Inn events
• Appearing on various wider Inn Standing Committees
• Supporting wider Inn initiatives and members’ projects

Vice-President

• Oversee budget and spending
• Engaging with students
• Supporting the President and the rest of the committee with events
• Proposing new idea to the committees
• Sitting on the Membership and International Committees

Mooting Officer

• Find mooters for competitions
• Highlighting mooting opportunities and working with the Communications Officer to promote them
• Assisting with the annual Inter-inn mooting competition.
• Answering any mooting enquiries.
• Working as part of the wider committee to put on events for students.

Debating Officer

• Debating competitions (Munroe Cup, Inter-inn Debating Competitions)
• Debating workshops (eg in collaboration with California Spars)
• Finding teams for external debating opportunities
• Spreading the word and educating students about the benefits of debating

Social Secretary

• Christmas &  Summer Parties
• Social events (whether in or out of the Inn)
• Helping plan/ execute other people’s events if they need assistance
• Furthering interaction between students of the Inn
• Proposing ways to increase student interactivity

Equality Diversity & Social Inclusion Officer

• Events for Black History Month, Disability History Month, International Women’s Day & Pride Month
• Sitting on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Furthering the interests of those underrepresented at the Bar

Communications Officer

• Run the Committee’s social presence across our various forms of social media
• Maintain communications between the Inn’s other departments
• Foster interconnectivity between students
• Support the other members’ events by both promotion and assistance