Elon School of Law - Student Bar Association

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As most of you know, the Olympics concluded yesterday afternoon at Country Park. Students from each class participated and competed in 6 events, and we couldn’t have asked for better weather. Thank you to everyone who participated, showed support for their classmates, and made the final day of the Olympics one to remember.

The final standings:

1) 1st PLACE - 3L Class - 80.5 points
2) 2nd PLACE - 1L Class - 60 points
3) 3rd PLACE - 2L Class - 39.5 points

Congratulations to the 3L Class for being the first ever Elon Law Olympic Champions. The ‘Class of 2009′ will be engraved upon the Elon Law Cup which will be featured in the Commons. Attached is a complete breakdown of point totals for each event.

With that said, we at SBA would like to thank each of you for your participation as well as support of your fellow classmates over the course of these 23 events. A special thanks goes out to everyone who helped with the Olympics and made what we hope will become a lasting and enjoyable tradition at Elon.

Today during lunch there will be BBQ (along with buns), baked beans, and peach cobbler left over from yesterday, for those who wish to partake.

Thank you again, and best of luck with the end of the semester and exams.

SBA

Elon SBA and ElonSBA.org hope that your studying for spring exams has and will continue to be productive.  This a friendly reminder that Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning in the Law currently hosts the Elon Law Outline Database.  If you have not visited the outline database please feel free to have a look and register.  All that is required is a quick registration so that you can share and download outlines for a multitude of subjects.  Please click here to be forwarded to the outline database.  Thanks for your interest and good luck studying!

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The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) invites you to attend its 3L Appreciation Banquet. This banquet seeks to honor the graduating third year law school students, who have served and participated in BLSA. We greatly appreciate our Charter Class members for establishing a chapter of the BLSA organization here at Elon University School of Law, and we would like to thank the Class of 2009 for their contributions during the last three years. The event is scheduled for May 1, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Cemala Commons of the law school. Please review the attached invitation and RSVP accordingly if you plan to attend. Sincerely, Nikki H. Feliciano BLSA Secretary, 2009-2010 Elon University School of Law

On behalf of the Honor Council, I would like to notify you that the Provost has approved the Elon University School of Law Honor Code. Our Honor Code therefore has officially been adopted and is now in effect. We have attached a copy of the Honor Code for you to read. The Code is also available at http://elonsba.org/documents/ .

The Honor Council will also be nominating a new elections committee. The elections committee oversees SBA and Honor Council elections in the fall and spring semesters. Due to the temporary nature of the currently sitting elections committee, the upcoming committee will only oversee the fall 2009 election.

Please email me at cgoodchild@elon.edu before midnight on Sunday April 26, 2009 if you are interested in a position on the Elections Committee or have any questions regarding the Elections Committee or Honor Code.

Thank you, and we look forward to serving you.

John Paschal ‘09
Michele Cybulski ‘09
Heather Quinn ‘09
Brian Baker ‘10
Michael Cowart ‘10
Camilla Goodchild ‘10
William Aycock ‘11
Megan Risen ‘11
Leslie Sherrill ‘11

The SBA Executive Council is currently accepting statements of interest from students interested in serving on the Appropriations Committee for the upcoming 2009-10 academic year.

The Appropriations Committee is primarily designed to manage the Phoenix Grant Budget Hearings in the Fall Semester. Accordingly, the committee also meets to discuss emergency funding requests and the creation of new programs under the office of the Treasurer. The Appropriations Committee voting members consist of two rising second year students and two rising third year students. The Treasurer acts as chair of the committee and shall not have a vote, except in the event of a tie. All decisions by the Appropriations Committee are subject to SBA Congress’ approval.

Interested students are requested to send a statement (300 words or less) detailing their interest and explaining why they believe they would be a good fit for the Appropriations Committee. Statements of interest will be accepted through Monday, April 27th at 11:59 PM. Selections will be announced by Friday, May 1st.

Interested students are strongly encouraged to apply. The Appropriations Committee offers an excellent opportunity to become involved and take part in helping to shape the future of Elon Law and its many outstanding Student Organizations and Committees. Please send all statements of interest and any questions to ccleaveland@elon.edu. Thank you.

Best Regards,

Chris Cleaveland, SBA Treasurer 

Dean Woodlief has graciously agreed to be present at a Graduation Town Hall this Thursday, at noon, in Room 207. At this meeting, he will hopefully be able to speak to all the concerns that everyone has regarding our upcoming graduation.
I hope everyone will attend; however, to be safe, I have contacted Christi to see about having this meeting recorded for anyone who is unable to make it.

If you have any questions that you would like answered at this meeting, please e-mail them to me ASAP (or by Wednesday, 5 p.m. at the latest), so that I may forward them on to the Administration.

Thank you and I’ll see you there!

Erin

The Elon Law Chapter of the Federalist Society is hosting “9/11 Revisited, An Act of War or An Act of Organized Crime?”, a discussion regarding national security and the law with participants: Professor Michael W. Lewis, Ohio Northern University & Professor Victor Streib, Elon University School of Law.   Expected topics to be covered include terrorism and related anti-terror measures such as the use of torture.    It will be held on Thursday, April 23, at 11:00 a.m. in Room 206.

Our visitor, Professor Lewis, is a graduate of the prestigious “Top Gun” pilot school and a veteran of Operation Desert Shield, where he flew F-14 fighter jets on behalf of the U.S. Navy.  He then graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude.

Lunch will be served.  Please rsvp to Ed Branscomb, ebranscomb@elon.edu, or Student Box 13, as space is limited.