Although supporting the academic life of law students is fundamental to LSS activities, many students have happy memories of its role as a social body. The LSS has always had a fun, lighter side, having hosted traditional events such as Petting Sessions, At Homes and balls.

High jinks have ensued from the earliest times of the society. In 1890 uniforms of two Carlton policemen were borrowed for use at a smoke social, and one particularly rowdy Sherry Party in 1977 belied its polite title.

The 63rd Annual Report of the LSS provides a snapshot of the range of activities organised in the past by the LSS. It lists the seven events sponsored for 1949: a riverboat trip; 'petting sessions'; the annual ‘At Home’; the annual dinner; the annual criminal trial; the law revue – entitled 'The March of Crime'; and finally the Post-Exam Picnic. Thus law students have traditionally enjoyed a social calendar much enhanced by a membership to their society.