American Bar Association Law Student Division

1. American Bar AssociationLaw Student Division Welcome Circuit Lt. Governors

2. Division Leadership Positions (Elected) Nomination Deadline: January 15 • Representative to the ABA House of Delegates (Represents law student interests to ABA Board) Nomination Deadline: February 1 • Chair • Vice Chair (membership) • Secretary-Treasurer (oversees budget/maintains meeting minutes) • Circuit Governor (oversees activities of circuit) • Student Editor (Student Lawyer magazine)

3. Division Leadership (cont’d) Application Deadline: February 15 (Appointed) • Liaisons to ABA Entities (represents the views of law students to assigned entity) • National Student Director (VITA and each competition) Nomination Deadline: June 1 (Elected) • Vice Chair-SBA (communication with SBA Presidents) • Delegates to ABA House of Delegates (3) (Votes and represents law student interests/positions in the House of Delegates)

4. Division 2009-2010 Governance (Effective 9/1/09) LSD National Officers Patty Brennan, Director Peggy Pissarreck, Assistant Director Carol Simmons, Marketing/Technology Katie Johnson, Administrative Asst. James Borkman, Chair Amanda Evanson, Vice Chair Mark Pascua, Secretary/Treasurer Brandon Sherr, Rep to ABA Board To be Elected, Vice Chair of SBAs Division Delegates 3 Positions To be Elected ABA House of Delegates Circuit Governors Lt. Governors ABA Marketing/Membership Michael Wynne Gary Alexander Ilene Breitbarth Sherion Reason ABA Representatives SBA Presidents Law Student Division Assembly

5. Circuit Cabinet Officers • Circuit Communications • Diversity • Legislative Advocacy • Membership/ABA Representatives • Programming • Public Interest • Student Bar Associations

6. Webpages for Lt. Governors: • Division: www.abanet.org/lsd • Lt. Governors: www.abanet.org/lsd/leadership/ltgovs.html

7. ABA Law Student Division Homepage www/abanet.org/lsd/

8. Benefits of Membership: Broad array of benefits including: • networking opportunities • services • CLE • scholarship • leadership positions • competitions

9. Publications: • Student Lawyer Magazine • Distributed to Law Student Division members each month • Opportunity for article and op-ed publication • Valuable information for studies/opportunities • http://www.abanet.org/lsd/studentlawyer/ • E-Newsletter • Distributed to Law Student Division members each month • Discounts on Career Series publications

10. Preparing for the Bar exam: PMBR discount from $50-$100 BAR/BRI Scholarship Opportunity • November Deadline • Application on ABA/LSD website

11. Leadership Opportunities: • National, Regional, & Local Opportunities: • Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Division Representative to ABA Board of Governors; elected at Spring Board of Governors Meeting (March) • Division Delegates & Vice Chair/SBA; elected at Annual Meeting (August) • Circuit Governor; elected at Spring Circuit Meeting by vote of SBA Presidents and ABA Representatives in each circuit (delegates to the ABA/LSD General Assembly) (March)

12. Leadership and Networking Opportunities (cont’d) • Regional • Lt. Governors; appointed upon application by Circuit Governor in the Spring (April-May) • Local • ABA Representative & SBA President; delegates by nature of elected position at each law school • Other LSD Positions: • Liaisons to various Sections & Practice Groups (Spring Application) • Student Editor for Student Lawyer

13. Leadership Poster/Flyer

14. Liaisons to ABA Sections/ Divisions / Forums: • Opportunity to join over 30 ABA specialty groups at discounted rate or for free • Receive publications from section • Serve in internal leadership position • Actively work with attorney members in practice interest area • All Access CLE Pass for Annual Meeting • Attend almost any meeting at Annual for free by virtue of being law student attendee • Entry into various practice section meetings and socials • Develop active network locally through section • Access to ABA listserves

15. Academic Enhancements: • Opportunity to participate in writing contests, competitions and Annual Awards program • Competitions: Arbitration, Negotiation, Client Counseling, and National Appellate Advocacy • Writing Contests (some with cash awards): • Over 50 subjects to choose from • Annual Awards Program: National Recognition in a variety of areas

16. Academic Enhancements (cont’d): • Access to Program Resources including: • VITA • Work-A-Day • Diversity • Law Student Mental Health • Study abroad, become a summer intern, or join a judicial clerkship program • Mentoring Programs for disabled students and support for distressed students

17. Insurance:

19. Member Advantage Pograms: • Credit Cards, AMEX and VISA with Worldpoints Rewards • Online membership management with MyABA • ABA Retirement Fund • Orbitz Travel Services, Hertz Rental Cars, and Starwood Hotels • Hertz Car Rental to ABA members under the age of 25 without surcharge • Computer Supplies • Office Depot, UPS and Sprint

20. Career Development: • Annual Career Fair & Resume Review • Career Counseling resources • Discount on Career Series publications • Opportunity for active involvement in practice area specific sections / divisions / forums • Online member directory/networking resources

21. American Bar Association Law Student Division Grant Program

22. Grant Program • Recognizing that law student groups need funding to sponsor new programs and activities, the ABA Law Student Division established a Grant Fund to provide financial assistance. • By assisting law student organizations in launching new activities, the ABA Law Student Division can ensure that law students’ academic experiences include a rich diversity of educational events run by their peers.

23. Grant Program The Division’s Grant Program was created to provide financial and program support to student organizations of ABA-approved law schools for newly established programs and other activities that: • Provide professionalism and ethics training • Promote diversity in legal education and the legal profession • Advance public interest efforts • Advance public service efforts

24. Grant Parameters • Student organizations that are developing “first-time” programs or activities promoting diversity, ethics and professionalism training, public service or public interest are eligible to apply for a Division grant. • Approved applications may receive up to $500 (maximum award), depending on the nature of the project and the availability of funds.

25. The Division grants are designed to “assist” student organizations achieve a successful first-time event. • The grants are not intended to serve as the full or primary source of funding. The student group is expected to bring some other funding to the table • By helping student groups achieve a successful first-time event, the Division anticipates that the student group will thereafter find financial support from the dean, SBA or other organization for the event in successive years.

26. Grant Exclusions The Grant Program is NOT intended to: • Support fundraisers (school golf outing to raise $$ for school scholarship fund) • Be used as a financial source for donating funds to charitable organizations (school auction to raise money for local charity) • Be a source for funding student travel to conferences, study abroad programs, etc

27. Grant Exclusions (cont’d) • Grant funds may not be used for staff time, attorney time, alcohol or honoraria. • To be used as an annual source for existing or established student programs (8th annual conference on ...)

28. Eligibility Requirements • Student organization must be officially affiliated with an ABA-approved law school • Program/activity must take place between September and May • Applications must be submitted a minimum of 4 weeks prior to event/project • Program/activity must be in its first or second year of trial presentation

29. Preparing Your Application Each application should include: Detailed background information – Present a thorough and detailed case about the program or activity, including: • Origin of the program/activity • Purpose program/activity seeks to fulfill & means by which this will be accomplished • Administration participation/support • Target audience • Proposed speakers/participants • Marketing plan • Funding sources being sought/secured

30. Preparing Your Application Provide a detailed budget of all anticipated expenses and funding. Don’t simply list $500 for a luncheon or marketing. Be specific about how you arrived at $500. Indicate the type of luncheon, cost per person. (Luncheon – catered from Ben’s Catering –sandwich box lunches at $6.50 per person plus tax for 70 ppl).

31. Conditions of Approval • If approved for a grant, the school organization must publicize and acknowledge the support of the ABA Law Student Division on all collateral materials. • This may include, but is not limited to, banners, posters, fliers, letters, brochures, announcements, etc. • The University of ABC Law School gratefully acknowledges the ABA Law Student Division for its support of its (name of program).

32. Approved Requests • Grant applications are reviewed on an individual basis throughout the year, and funds are awarded on a reimbursement basis only. • The reimbursement request must include: • A completed Division reimbursement form • A copy of the approval communication • Original receipts for all authorized expenses • A detailed summary of the actual event (not to exceed two pages), including number of attendees, a final accounting of the expenses/revenues and a list and copy of all mailings and materials produced including the acknowledgement of the Division’s support. • Reimbursements must be received within 30 days of the project completion date.

33. The Application Fund Criteria/Limitations

34. Applicant and Program/Event Information

35. Funding Request And Program Description

36. Program Description

37. Confirmation

38. Application Submission Patricia Brennan Law Student Division Director pbrennan3@staff.abanet.org Website: www.abanet.org/lsd/grant/home.html