SBA Board Meeting Minutes
S301
Entering class keeps getting better. LSAT score up one point, 11,800 applications. Over 5 years applications have almost doubled. Lot of new visiting professors and hope to make a few new appointment to the faculty this year.
Graduation date change. 7 years ago we graduated with the undergrads but then we separated. Dean Young would like student impact on this change & wants to make a decision by the end of September. For advantages and disadvantages of this date change please refer to last meetings minutes. There was much discussion on this issue and the 3L students expressed many concerns since they have already been told a certain date. 2L students are more open to the idea since we have not made any graduation plans yet.
Computers are
very slow. It is a result of the move. We are working on getting them all up to
speed but long-term plan is to phase them out because
of the new laptop requirement.
III.
President’s
Report
1.
Result of
LLM vote: email vote – reps voted for
LLM representation
IV.
VP
Reports
1.
Day VP
2.
Evening VP: the
ELSA President and VP were working on a proposal to abolish ALL Friday classes.
Spoke with Dean Trangsrud and it does not look
plausible.
V.
Secretary
Report
1.
Cabinet members pictures: b/c of high absence today they will
take place Sept 23.
2. Office Hours sign-up: Tuesday 2-6, Wednesday 10-3, Thursday 1-5. Will be in the SBA Office.
3.
Contact
Sheet: hard-copy will be distributed at the next SBA meeting.
VI.
Treasurer
Report
1.
Locker
Sales: $12,600 in sales, we want to make a little more so if anyone doesn’t
have a locker spread the word.
2. Office Computer: Word is working
VII.
Class
Representative Reports
1.
3L Reps
a. Library Door: why isn’t it open late anymore? Perhaps shortage of staff, our deal wasn’t an unconditional long-term deal (info from Sharmese Hodge).
b.
LLM
Resolution (Mike Silver and Chris Herndon): we passed a resolution giving
the LLM’s one representative until that
representation is Constitutionalized.
2.
2L Reps
a.
Rebecca Carvalho is
working on the computer problems.
VIII.
Committee
Reports
1.
2.
Academic
Affairs: we will have email terminals in the Burns Alcove. There is some
talk of eliminating journal membership as fulfillment of the writing credit.
There are proposals for 14 new courses.
3.
Alumni
Relations: there will be more information about the mentor program coming
soon. The first event is planned for October 1st.
4.
Budget &
Finance
5.
Commencement: we need input on graduation date change.
Please email jgerhard@law.gwu.edu.
6.
Community Service: going to clean up the park again this weekend. .
7.
Elections: there
will be 5 1L reps and one LLM rep. There was a good turn out at the info
session, 45 ppl.
8.
First Year
Programs
9.
Graduate
Affairs: some contact has been made with the
10.
Interviews
11.
Judiciary
12.
Minority
Affairs
13.
Pro Bono
Programs: There is a Pro Bono fair on Oct 21. Also more info about the
Animal Welfare project can be found on the portal. An alternative spring break;
going to FL to do pro bono work – will raise money so that it wouldn’t be too
expensive to go.
14.
Program
Board: This week Big Hunt, next week City-Wide at Lulu’s. Thirsty Thursdays
will resume shortly we are just having some problems completing the mountains
of paperwork required by the undergrads.
15.
Public
Relations
16.
Student
Services
IX.
Old
Business
1.
Constitutional
Convention: we are getting people together and there seems to be quite an
interest.
2.
Journals
3.
GPA/Class
rank issue: new curve affects everyone; not only entering students.
4.
Printing
5.
CDO
Committee – vote: passes. We should use this to refine CDO services,
alternative programs to FIP.
X.
New
Business
XI.
Kudos
XII.
Adjournment