[citation needed] This is one of the main activities of the society, typically taking place on Tuesday evenings in the Fitzgerald Chamber in the UCD Student Centre.

[4][better source needed] The Law Society organised the first live Irish presidential debate which took place on nominations day 2011.

A society debate on the second Lisbon Treaty referendum, on 28 September 2009, saw an attendance of over 1,000 students in O'Reilly Hall, Belfield.

Guest speakers have included former Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell in October 2009[6] and the former lead prosecutor of Slobodan Milosevic, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC in March 2010.

[citation needed] Recipients of Honorary Life Memberships have included actors Patrick J. Adams, Sir Christopher Lee, Martin Sheen, John C. McGinley,[9] Dirk Benedict,[10] Jeremy Irons,[11] David Kelly and Leslie Nielsen,[12] comedians Colin Murphy, Dan Antopolski and Bill Bailey,[13] authors Tucker Max,[14] Jung Chang[15] and Noam Chomsky,[16] political figures Ken Livingstone[17] and Bill Clinton, sportspeople Cristiano Ronaldo, Pauleta, Jimmy White,[18] Brian O’Driscoll[19] and Paul O’Connell,[20] dancer Michael Flatley,[21] supermodel Erin O’Connor[22] and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney.

[citation needed] In 2008, the radical French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen was invited to address the society concerning the federalisation of the European Union.

[24] This event was essentially struck down by university authorities after it denounced the move in response to queries from the national media.

[30][failed verification] Initiated in 2005, the competition is organised in a knockout format and the grand final is held in the UCD Sutherland School of Law in February each year.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the society grew and reached a virtual saturation point in 2010, when prior to the awarding of Honorary Life Membership to television presenter Jeremy Kyle, it signed up its 5,000th member for that session.

[citation needed] In the 2010s, the society gained national news coverage when welcoming figures such as Judge Judy and Donald Tusk.

At the society's annual general meeting, the results of the auditorial election are declared and the new auditor appointed following the passing over of the chain of office.

[citation needed] There are a number of vice-presidents, who are almost exclusively all international legal figures and address the society upon their appointment to the position.