Juridisk Selskab is a student organization at University of Aarhus

University of Aarhus

Aarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...

. The organization was founded on February 10, 1977. , Juridisk Selskab has 1200 members.

Juridisk Selskab is a non-political organization for law students at the Faculty of Law at Aarhus University in Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

, Denmark

Denmark

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. The organization's primary job is the planning of "JUS-fester" and planning study trips to such places as Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Brussels

Brussels

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, München, New York

New York

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, and Beijing

Beijing

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. The organization also arranges meetings with lawyers and large companies, to give the students a chance to meet with their potential future employers. In addition, Juridisk Selskab arranges guided tours across the country to show law students a more broad perspective of possible future jobs, e.g. visiting prisons, the Danish Supreme Court, unions, ministries and the like.

The newest addition is a 'Legal Fair'. JUS invites 15 law firms, ministries and legal organisations to Aarhus University for a day thus giving the students first hand information and direct contact to a possible future employer.

Leadership committee

The leadership committee consists of 11 students. The most notable positions are:

President: Søren Buskbjerg Sneftrup

Vice-president: Adam Heckscher

Treasurer : Anders Søborg Olsen

Master of Clubs: Ole Bille Petersen

Editor: Louise Blichfeldt

International relations: Henrik Madsen

Fundraiser: Marie-Louise Michaelsen

Academic Secretary: Ann-Cathrine Buskbjerg Flarup

Secretary: Mille Vedel Drews

Friday-bar responsible: Kristian Braun Jepsen

PR/IT Manager: Niels Peter Steenholt Pagh

Candidate member: Brian Jacobsen

Candidate member: Rikke Poulsen

Honorary members

• Torben Jensen
• Carl Åge Nørgaard
• Robert Pourvoyeur.
• Steffen Ebdrup
• Jesper Aa. Rasmussen
• Jesper Hedegaard
• Henrik Skaarup