Fall 2011 Elections

There are twelve Senate seats open to the J.D. Class of 2014, one Senate seat open for transfer students in the J.D. Class of 2013, and four seats open to LL.M. and J.S.D. students. Elections for these positions will occur online on September 8.

What do Senators do?

(1) Represent the student body to administration and generally;
(2) Listen to student concerns and voice those concerns before the Senate and administration;
(3) Help foster an environment of cooperation, community and respect among the members of the student body;
(4) Attend Senate committee and general meetings; and
(5) Assist and participate in Senate functions, including but not limited to student activity fee disbursements to student groups and social functions such as Blawck Party, Barrister's Ball, and Grad Ball

How To Run:

To apply, simply submit the completed and signed candidate form along with a candidate statement. The candidate statement can contain anything you want, subject to these constraints:

It must fit on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.
It must include your full name and class (1L, 2L Transfer, LL.M., or J.S.D.)
The electronic copy you submit must be in PDF format (Most people create it in MSWord, then convert it to PDF).
- If your MSWord.doc contains a hyperlink (e.g. to a Facebook group?), you can preserve the hyperlink using this online converter, or using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, which is on the computers in the 3rd floor lab in JGH.
It also helps to include a photo (either color or black and white).

Email your candidate statement to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with elections as the subject. You must also deliver one copy of your SIGNED candidate form, and two copies of your candidate statement, to the Student Senate Mailbox (where's that?). No staples please!

We distribute the candidate statements as follows:

Paper copies will be posted on the Senate bulletin board by the restrooms.
Students will be emailed a hyperlink that permits them to view the .pdfs.
- Statements are mostly viewed in this fashion -- i.e. while goofing off in class
On the day of the election, paper copies will be posted on an easel in Jerome Greene Hall.