Newcastle University Law Society Law Ball
Newcastle University Law Society - annual Law Ball
One of the society’s largest social events, the Law Ball is an annual event held to celebrate reaching the halfway point of the students’ academic year.
On the 15th of March 2024, the Law Society held the annual Law Ball at St James Park. The annual Ball is a strong society tradition to celebrate reaching the halfway point of that year of studies. Throughout the years it has been held at venues across Newcastle including the Hilton in Gateshead, the Grand Central Hotel and the Civic Centre. Each year the ball hosts an average of 400 attendees making it one of the society’s largest social events by far!
This year, the society decided to choose St James Park as the venue as it is a location deeply embedded into the history of Newcastle Upon Tyne. On the day of the event, the Law Ball Committee headed to the venue at 9am to begin setting up. We blew up balloons, hung banners and set out the table plans to make this year’s theme of Murder Mystery come to life. The evening began with a drinks reception at 7:30pm before attendees were called to sit for dinner, by the nights host Si Beckworth, at 8pm. Whilst sitting the Newcastle University Jazz Band played a 20-minute set to keep the guests entertained. After dinner, the entertainment came on which was a local comedian Al Stevenson. He performed a 20-minute comedy set which had the whole room laughing!
The last event of the evening was, the annual Law Ball Raffle which took place in aid of the People’s Kitchen. Throughout the evening the host, Si, had been gathering ticket sales which resulted in the society raising £346 for the Charity. After this, attendees took to the dance floor where a DJ was playing, and the event ended at 1am.
The Law Ball this year was a massive success, and it was amazing to see the event come together after months of planning!
