General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division
Quentin L Marlin (Mercer University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: At the ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami, I attended a round-table discussion with the Division's leadership and the Membership Committee meeting.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I attended a liaison meeting at the Midyear meeting.
ISSUES: GP/SOLO is very interested in meeting the needs of law students. The Membership Committee is considering hosting a panel discussion for law students at its Fall Meeting in Philadelphia.
PROJECTS: I am working with GP/SOLO to create/develop a Law Student e-newsletter.
COMMENTS: I was very impressed with the Midyear Meeting. It was very informative and it was great to meet other liaisons.

Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
Kris Goss (University of Montana School of Law)
At the ABA Mid-year meeting the GPSLD held a council meeting. During the meeting I gave the Law Student Division Liaison Report. I updated the council members on the Law Student Division's efforts in the area of loan repayment and of the specific legislation that impacts public sector attorneys. I then solicited their assistance in helping the Law Student Division advocate on behalf of a loan repayment program. Many members of the council expressed a willingness to become involved and passed along that information to the Law Student Division leadership.

• I reported that the University of Montana School of Law would be hosting a Public Sector Attorney Career panel in March. Hosting these panel discussions for law students is encouraged of all council members. I also reported that I had emailed each student member of the GPSLD and encouraged all of them to host a panel at their law school. A few interested students replied and were directed to the GPSLD for further assistance.
• I also contributed to the discussion the council had regarding retaining student members. There is concern that law students don't remain engaged in an entity while in law school and once they graduate. I stated more opportunities for involvement are needed including publishing, career services, and council contact.
• A member of the committee reported that they had heard that the Law Student Division was planning a career fair for the annual meeting in August and asked me to report on that issue. I stated that I had been informed of that fair and that the Law Student Division leadership would be in contact with each entity. I offered to forward any questions from the council to the Law Student Division. The council was very excited about this possibility.
• Finally I reported that my report to the Student Lawyer Magazine has been submitted and will be forwarded to the council members when it is published. I also reported that the liaison application deadline was March 15 and that I would work with the next liaison to ensure a smooth transition for the Law Student Division and GPSLD.
• I attended the liaison meeting at the ABA Mid-year meeting. I reported on the fact that my entity may have an interest in loan repayment issues and I would find out if they were willing to partner with the Law Student Division on that issue.
• I attended the ABA Law Student Division 12th Circuit meeting in Salem, Oregon on February 16-17. I gave a report to the attending students about my time as a liaison and encouraged everyone to consider seeking a liaison position. I offered to answer any questions they may have as the application deadline approached.
• The GPSLD is in the process of transitioning to a free membership for students. They want to make sure students are notified of the change to free membership.
• The GPSLD would like a stronger relationship between the Law Student Division and the entities on the ABA website. As mentioned, I have been told that creating a link to the entities on the web page that lists the liaisons and their emails is a possibility.
• As previously stated, the GPSLD is willing to discuss assistance on the loan repayment issue. The entity is in the process of placing an internet link from the GPSLD site to the Law Student Division loan repayment projects.
  As mentioned, the GPSLD is excited about the career fair development and is willing to help with planning and wants to participate. The entity feels it can help by encouraging representatives from all levels of government to attend.
• I am hosting and moderating a GPSLD career panel at the University Montana School of Law on March 20.
  I held a meeting of University of Montana School of Law students interested in participating in the Law Student Division loan repayment advocacy efforts. Many students volunteered to submit their story to the website. Furthermore, the school of law has a handful of students that work as staffers for members of Montana's congressional delegation in the state and in Washington, D.C. who have volunteered to assist.
• I plan to send an email to the GPLSD student members asking for their impressions of the entity over the past year and how the entity could better serve them.
• I expected more meetings for attending Law Student Division members. Specifically, I felt more of an attempt could have been made to have at least one meeting with each student attending the Midyear. It could serve as information exchange between the Law Student Division leadership and the attending students about the issues students faced during the first semester.

Judicial Division
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Division for Public Education
Molly J Timko (Cuny School of Law at Queens College)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Standing Committee/Advisory Commission on Public Education spring meeting in Chicago from March 9-11. I participated in the discussion of the following presidential initiatives: Civic Education and Separation of Powers, Youth at Risk, and the Rule of Law. In addition, I was a member of two program planning groups.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I attended the Spring Roundtable Meeting for the Second Circuit of the ABA Law Student Division. The meeting was held at New York Law School on March 3, 2007. I was the 2006-2007 Lieutenant Governor for Public Interest Work-A-Day.
ISSUES: The Division would like the ABA Law Student Division members to participate in a Constitution Day activity in September 2007. The Division would like law students to develop educational programs in their communities and discuss current issues in constitutional law.
PROJECTS: I am a member of the Constitution Day (September 2007) Program Planning Group as well as the Law Day (May 1, 2008) Program Planning Group. In addition, I participated in a brainstorming session regarding ways in which the Division for Public Education can collaborate with other ABA Sections. I plan to submit an article for the Liaison Notebook section in the ABA Law Student Division publication, Student Lawyer in order to promote Constitution Day, Law Day, and other Division for Public Education initiatives. This year's Law Day theme is "Liberty Under Law: Empowering Youth, Assuring Democracy" and law day activities will be held across the nation on May 1, 2007.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The Division for Public Education is also working on a Juror Education Program, advocating for civics and social studies education in public schools, and is preparing for the 2007 Gavel Awards. Additionally, the Division has produced many new practical law publications and periodicals.

Senior Lawyers Division
Karen L Anslinger (William & Mary School of Law)

Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Phyra M McCandless (University of San Francisco School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Administrative Law Conference - 10/28-29 Midyear Meeting - 2/10-11 DIVISION MEETINGS:I was not able to attend my circuit meeting because it was the same weekend as the midyear meeting. I recommended different dates to my circuit governor, but he was not able to change it. While I could not be directly involved in the meeting, I actively encouraged my fellow students to attend (our school had a large attendance despite bad timing).
ISSUES: The Section Council has many in-depth debates, but there is very little of interest to law students as such. The Section has not asked for any input from the LSD. I have found the current chair not too interested in student involvement. I would like to get the Section involved in the career fair at the annual meeting.
PROJECTS: I wrote an article for the Student Lawyer which was published in the December issue. I also had the staff update the writing competition advertisement and made sure it was published in January. I had an ABA recruitment meeting at my school where I included a discussion of my experience with the Section. I have also gotten the word out about the Section's writing competition by emailing Administrative Law professors and Division Circuit Governors. I need to update the list of Administrative Law professors that last year's liaison gave me because many of the emails bounced.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: I would very much like to take on more projects to increase exposure to law students, but the Section only has two very busy staff members. I would like to change the law student website and increase the activities of the task force on Outreach to Law Students, but the Section does not seem to have the resources to take this on. I am going to work more with the past chair and the chair-elect as they are more interested in my contribution as a law student.
STUDENT LAWYER: Yes
MIDYEAR: I was told that there would be nothing for law students at the midyear meeting, but when I got there I found out that there was a liaison meeting. I was glad to go to this meeting, but if I had known about it sooner it would have made the meeting better because 1) I would not have been late to it and 2) I would have known to connect with other law students. I liked the meetings I attended, but I was disappointed in the shuttle service--it was terrible and it made it even more difficult for me to enjoy the meeting because my hotel was very far from where I needed to be for the Section meetings (I saved money by staying with someone else). I was thrilled to meet Janet Reno and Donna Shalala, though, as well as new people from around the country. This is a smaller meeting than the annual, so it is a great opportunity for law students to spend quality time with lawyers. Since there were actually other students there, I would have liked to know what they were doing ahead of time so we could get together more easily during the weekend.

Section of Antitrust Law
Robyn Rosen (University of Houston Law Center)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Monthly Conference Calls. I have participated in each of the calls and been in attendance.
ISSUES: Reducing the price for law students to join the antitrust section.
PROJECTS: Developed a survey to go out to law student members of the antitrust section in order to gauge their level of interest and the membership benefits they hope to get out of the section. Also to better understand the students purpose for joining the antitrust section.

Section of Business Law
Jermaine A Carroll (Brigham Young University J Reuben Clark Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I am currently attending the Business Law Section Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. (Mar 14-18). I have attended several meetings and receptions geared both towards law students and practicing lawyers.
ISSUES: There must be more proactive means of getting law students involved in the Law Student Division as well as the Business Law Section.
PROJECTS: In order to get more law students to the Spring Meeting, the Section had me work on a very vigorous program of marketing. I had to make a contact sheet of all of the law schools within a 3.5 hour drive of Washington D.C. I wrote down all of the Deans of Students and all of the Diversity Student Clubs so that the Section could contact these schools and invite them. Out of 1600 persons attending, approximately 100 of them were law students.

Criminal Justice Section Council
Joshua Larson (Hamline University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: March 6 Membership Committee meeting. Attended.
ISSUES: The 21st Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime was held March 1-2 in San Diego. This conference has become the preeminent gathering of criminal justice practitioners in the country. Over 1300 practitioners registered for this year s conference. One of the highlights occurred at the Section s White Collar Crime luncheon when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke about the priorities of the Department of Justice.
PROJECTS: I am now a member of the membership committee. Last year, there were 2,272 law student members of the Criminal Justice Section. This year, there are 6,021 law student members. That represents a 265% increase in student membership. At the recent membership committee meeting, we discussed the reasons for the increase membership, most notably the elimination of the membership fee for law students that took place this year. We also discussed ways to retain and excite the new student members.

Criminal Justice Section-Corrections and Sentencing Committee
Cassandra Hearn (Suffolk University Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I have not had a chance to partake in the Criminal Justice entity meetings, though I have participated in meetings for my division committees.
DIVISION MEETINGS: The division/committee I am assigned to is the Corrections and Sentencing committee. I attended a teleconference for the division in which I was actively partaking in the discussion and presented several ideas to the committee on how to increase student involvement. The committee found my ideas to fit right in line with a project they were hoping to get some research help on with students, and I have been working via email with representatives from across the country who belong to the committee in seeing if and how we can get students involved. I also attended one circuit law school division meeting via teleconference where I represented myself as lieutenant governor and liaison for the Corrections and Sentencing committee.
ISSUES: The committee might seek the input of the law student division after the research starts rolling in on the project described below, and after a uniform structure is created. The committee will need time to create a uniform sentencing structure, (I imagine it could take upwards of a year to develop the uniform structure) but when it does, it will likely look for input at that time.
PROJECTS: I am working on a project that I determined through my meetings and communications with the committee to be an area that the committee needs the help of student research. The project will combine the research of students in each federal district to locate and compare the local rules of each of the district courts in sentencing procedures. The idea is to create a uniform federal sentencing procedure; participating in this project will help provide students with an invaluable education about federal sentencing structures, and will connect students with a network of attorneys and other students who are interested in sentencing.

Criminal Justice Section-Defense Function Committee
Antonio S. Moore (University of Baltimore School of Law)
ISSUES: Juvenile Justice is still a hot topic...there has been a somewhat sort of resurgence in the inner cities related to this issue. The Crack vs. Cocaine issue is definitely still a hot topic...Black Males and how they are being viewed in society is a hot topic that results from the fact that there are still more young black males behind bars than there are in institutions of higher education. Of course, the rights of Hurricane Katrina Victims are still a hot topic and an issue that needs to be dealt with. Reparations is still a hot topic as well.
PROJECTS: The University of Baltimore just finished it's Annual "Litigation Week" which included workshops and seminars related to the Examination of the Expert Witness, Improving Law and Order, Global Ethics, and the Maryland Court of Appeals held session at the University listening to arguments on various topics. As a Litigation Fellow and head of the Litigation Week committee, we had an instrumental role in preparation for and during the week's events. In addition, I argued a case in the MD Court of Special Appeals on March 5, defending a juvenile in a second-degree assault and misdemeanor manslaughter case. I also wrote an legal research paper related to juvenile justice related to sufficiency and what it really should take (or not take) to convict a juvenile of a crime when that juvenile is acting in self-defense. In essence, how do you judge a subjective standard appropriately.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: On April 10, there is a lecture relating to Men as victims of domestic violence. This is another issue that is coming to the forefront, hot to defend men in domestic violence cases and avoid the stigma...is it possible? Throughout the year, we have brought in speakers related to baseball and civil rights, had roundtables with the states attorneys and public defenders, the "war on terror" and the fourth amendment, and many other things. In terms of the Criminal Justice and Public Defense Function Committee, the inner cities have a lot going on related to Public Defense. An ongoing issue is how backed up the Public Defenders Offices become, especially when you have folks sitting in jail waiting for their trials and then they are ultimately acquitted of whatever the charge was. It is a huge problem in many inner city offices.

Criminal Justice Section-International Crime Committee
Genevieve Whitaker (Stetson University College of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I have not attended any entity meetings, however the leadership recently changed and committee now has two new co-chairs one whom I know very well. I expect my level of involvement to increase.
PROJECTS: I am currently working on a establishing the committee's collaboration with AMICC, the American NGOs Coalition for the International Criminal Court. In addition, I plan on reaching out the student members to encourage them to attend the Spring Meeting in Michigan.

Criminal Justice Section-Juvenile Justice Committee
Stephanie Wynn (William Mitchell College of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Criminal Justice Section Meeting in New Orleans - spent a significant amount of time speaking with law school professors about volunteer opportunities for law students
DIVISION MEETINGS: Criminal Justice Meeting Section in New Orleans - introductions, discussions about youth-at-risk projects and volunteer opportunities for working with juveniles affected by Hurricane Katrina
ISSUES: An overarching questions seems to be looming about whether the court system is evolving the juvenile justice system to focus more on punishment than rehabilitation.
PROJECTS: Throughout the fall, William Mitchell spent time fundraising for the youth-at-risk initiative. Students spent time at local runaway shelters talking to juveniles about opportunities beyond the streets, including school alternatives and job options. Throughout the year, there has been ongoing notification about guardian ad item training. A group of students from William Mitchell spent their spring break working in New Orleans on legal projects.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Students have spent time observing juvenile drug court in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

Criminal Justice Section-Prosecution Function Committee
Carrie M Harris (William and Mary School of Law)

Criminal Justice Section-Rules of Criminal Procedure Committee
William Alan Nelson (University of Tulsa College of Law)
DIVISION MEETINGS:10th Circuit Meeting in Tulsa
ISSUES: Electronic discovery and the rules and procedures governing the discovery has been a very hot issue over the past year.
Federal sentencing guidelines have also been hotly debated over the past year.
PROJECTS: Working with ABA Law Student Division at University of Tulsa to plan events and increase membership in the Division. I also plan on having informational meetings to let potential applicants for the liaison positions know how to apply and what the position will entail.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Working with the ABA generally to increase membership in the Law Student Division.
Trying to get more people involved in the leadership of the ABA Law Student Division.

Criminal Justice Section-Victims Committee
Jason Baum (American University Washington College of Law)

Criminal Justice Section-White Collar Crime Committee
Peter A Feldman (George Washington University Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: While I was unable to attend the CJS-WCCC meeting in San Diego at the beginning of March, I did receive a copy of the agenda and have been briefed on the discussion by Committee members.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I attended and actively participated in the ABA 11th Circuit Spring Meeting at Georgetown University Law School. For this meeting, I arranged for a keynote speaker, Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Zeno, to present on white collar crime and the role of federal prosecutors which was very well received.
PROJECTS: I am working on institutionalizing the relationships between CJS-WCCC leaders, especially those in the national capital region, with law school student organizations.

Section of Dispute Resolution
Andrew J. Tig Wartluft (University of Akron School of Law)

Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Barbara Leiterman (Pace University School of Law)
ISSUES: The Section is offering a Membership Subsidy in order to attract more young lawyers, minority lawyers, and lawyers working in non-profits or government. This is a great program and one that many law student members stand to gain from in the future. I hope the Section will advertise it to law students, so they will know to apply after they graduate.
-There is an on-going discussion regarding the price of Section membership for law students. Some members feel that if membership was free the Section would have more law student members. I continue to hold that giving Section membership a price tag (that's affordable) reinforces its value. A referendum among our current Division members might be a good idea.
PROJECTS: Wrote a short description of the value of attending the Section fall meeting from a law student's perspective, for the Section's promotional purposes.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• Sent a list of law school litigation clinics to the entity's litigation sub-committee for their recruiting efforts.
• Participated in various committee membership teleconferences.
• Reviewed and ranked proposals for the entity's law school writing contest (with full disclosure of potential conflicts of interest).

Section of Family Law
Daniel M Lipschutz (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Since my last report, I attended the Fall Committee and CLE Conference in Santa Fe, NM on October 26 - 28th. I attended the council meeting and received voting rights for all motions. As Law Student Liaison I invited to participate in any of the committee meetings. I attended the Diversity Committee Meeting, Sponsorship and Fundraising Committee Meeting and the Product Development Meeting. I took minutes, and where applicable gave input from a law students perspective.
ISSUES: Joint Recommendation Regarding Attorney Independence and Pro Bono Services to Detainees, Thoughts on Dues and Membership, Proposals for publication concerning children in the family court room. Child advocacy and other child counseling related matters.
PROJECTS: Still attempting to organize a mentor/mentee program for law students interested in family law and practitioners. Various ideas in the works that will enhance ABA Family Law Section membership and awareness.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: There is an up coming spring meeting in Monterey, CA from April 25th to the 28th. Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest, submission deadline is May 1st, 2007. teleconference and live audio webcast on The Role of the Lawyer in Relation to the Client Boss, Humble Servant, or Dr. Phil on March 28th.

Section of Health Law
Katie Rose Fink (Saint Louis University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS:

• I attended the Washington Healthcare Summit in October 2006, and the Health Law Section Leadership included me in all of their events. At the Summit, I participated in the Council Meeting, the CLE sessions, and the Speaker and Council Dinners. I also joined the Breast Cancer Task Force, which recently completed the Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy Guide for lawyers who represent cancer patients.
• In February 2007, I attended the Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference (EMI). I had a wonderful experience at the conference, and had many opportunities to discuss law student matters with the Section's Leadership. Please see below for information about new projects we are starting. At the Conference, I attended numerous CLEs about all of the new issues in healthcare law. I also participated in the Council Meetings and dinners.
• The Health Law Section, Membership Committee, and Breast Cancer Task Force also have regular conference calls, and I participate in them when I do not have class.

DIVISION MEETINGS: I was unable to attend the ABA Midyear Meeting because the Health Law Section had their Emerging Issues Conference the following weekend. I was also unable to attend the 8th Circuit Spring Meeting because it was held in Omaha, NE, and I attend law school in Saint Louis, MO
ISSUES: I will email the Law Student Division Chair once I know if the Health Law Section plans to submit any resolutions at the ABA Annual Meeting in August. As I reported in October, one of the many goals of the Health Law Section is to increase membership. I am working with them to target law students who are interested in health law, and our efforts are described below.
PROJECTS:

• The Health Law Section currently provides an opportunity for law students to write about an article in the Health Lawyer, and the student pieces are posted on the law student website. Since there was such a great response from students who wanted to write for the Section, I am currently working with the Section leaders to expand the writing opportunities for law students who express interest in health law. We are creating Hot Topics in Health Law, which will be a monthly online publication written by law students, and emailed to all student members of the Section. The publication will include four sections: health law issues in the news, student health law papers and articles, a feature of health law events at law schools, and a health law professor s corner. Our goal is to have the first issue ready by mid April so that students may begin communicating and sharing their ideas with other law students across the country.
• I am also working to increase student membership in the Health Law Section by compiling a list of all health law professors and programs across the country. The goal is to collaborate with health law professors and directors of health law programs so that they may facilitate communication between the Section and potential law student members. I made flyers that will be sent to numerous schools encouraging students to join the ABA and the Section. One of the main incentives for health law students to join is the new opportunity to write for Hot Topics in Health Law.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: I am currently writing a Liaison Note for the Student Lawyer. I am also working with the Chair of the Health Law Section to write the Chair s Column in the April 2007 Health Law eSource. The topic of the column is about all of the opportunities for law students in the Health Law Section.

Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
Paula Shapiro (The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami, FL, where I participated in the IRR council meeting, gave a report, and attended their Father Drinan Reception on Friday evening. I have meet repeatedly with IRR staff to develop the law student newsletter that we will be sending out within the next month. I have also participated in conference calls for the Membership Committee of IRR. Finally, I attended the IRR-sponsored planning committee meeting for a national law student organization for law students with disabilities, which was incredibly well-attended.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I have attended the Law Student Division's 11th Circuit Spring Meeting, where I created and moderated a panel for students on Advocates for Justice: Fighting for Civil Rights. At this meeting, I also became Governor-Elect for the 11th Circuit.
PROJECTS: The law student newsletter - which is geared toward law students to let them know not only of the benefits of being a member of the ABA but also of joining IRR - with a ton of possibilities for law student involvement, including developing CLE panels, working on amicus briefs or other reports on various civil rights and civil liberties issues, becoming a Law student vice-chair of one of our 17 substantive committees, among other opportunities.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The Section's relationship to the new law students with disabilities organization is certainly something that the Law Student Division should get involved with. During this meeting, law student leaders from all over the US came together to develop the organization, and Law Student Division can lend support to them in a number of ways.
MIDYEAR MEETING: I unfortunately was unable to attend the law student caucus because I felt that my presence at the IRR's major reception, the Father Drinan Award Ceremony, would be important to them. I also attended a CLE for law students or practitioners by the GP Division, which was incredibly helpful and interesting. I was only in town for the IRR Council meeting Friday and Saturday so did not have any other opportunities to form an impression of the meeting, but I always enjoy ABA events and meetings.

Section of Intellectual Property Law
Matthew D. Asbell (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LAw Yeshiva University)
ENTITY MEETINGS:

• November - Fall Leadership Meeting - Attended Council Dinner, Council Meeting, Luncheon, Leadership Training Session, Perspective on What's Hot in IP Law.
• April 2007 - Registered to Attend Spring IP Law Conference DIVISION MEETINGS:2nd Circuit Governor and Lt. Governors Meeting for Planning Spring Meeting.
• Will attend Spring Meeting on March 3, 2007. I contributed 3 speakers in the field of IP for that meeting.

ISSUES: The Section has been considering changes to its membership fee and benefit structure. Until recently, Section membership for students was $10, and for that price, students were accorded full membership benefits including hardcopy mailings of newsletters, etc. With my input, the Section has decided to have free membership for students and to change to electronic mailings. In considering this, I raised several issues:

1. Whether students recognize payment of an additional Section membership fee as a real barrier to joining the Section or as providing additional value worth more than their $20 ABA membership;
2. Whether students who join the ABA realize the extent to which they can be involved in Section and Committee activities, and whether improved outreach to students would remedy a lack of awareness of this;
3. Whether the Section has an ability to offer non-uniform pricing such that those who do not have electronic mail or who wish to pay an additional amount in order to receive hardcopy newsletter by mail, can do so;
4. Whether the goal of retention of law student members after graduation is general and number-driven or specific and based on a desire to retain only active participating members;
5. Whether registration fees of approximately $200 for students to attend Section meetings are necessary and whether they serve as real barriers to student participation.

PROJECTS: In addition to helping the Section make a decision regarding its membership fee structure, I began building a database of student-run IP organizations on law school campuses to assist the Section with better outreach to students. To date, I have collected much of the relevant information for NY state, and I have been waiting for an opportunity to review the database further with a Section officer.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Another Section initiative from within its Young Lawyers Committee (as well as the Young Lawyers Division) is a 3 year fellowship available to young lawyers. The structure of this fellowship is much like that of the liaison position in which I currently serve. As such, I investigated into the possibility of applying for such fellowship as a graduating law student with the hope not only that I personally could apply, but also that other graduating law students could have the opportunity to do so. I learned that despite membership in the YLD and on the YL Committee of the IP Section, a graduating student could not apply for this fellowship. I feel that this should be remedied because one could easily not qualify as a third year law student at the time of the deadline for the fellowship application, but by the time of selection of Section fellows, such person would be a qualified young lawyer who could have served. Because graduating law students can not apply, there can be a loss of momentum for students who were actively involved in the Section (especially in my liaison position) who in their first years as a lawyer may not be able to pay the full fees in order to continue their active participation in the Section.

Section of International Law
Scott Mason (University of San Diego School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the International Law Section's fall meeting at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables Florida. While there I met with the leadership of the section for the first time. I focused on communicating with the law students who were present to understand their perceptions and impressions of the event and reported them back to the section leadership. I also attended the Section's Council meeting as a voting member and participated in the passing of several initiatives. I also discussed various ways to get law students more involved in the section, including waiving the fee for law students to join the section.
DIVISION MEETINGS: This February I attended the ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami Florida. While there I attended the Section's Council meeting as a voting member and voted on several initiatives. I also met with members of the section staff in order to discuss plans for a "Pathways" program in the Southern California Area.
ISSUES:

• The International Law Section has voted to waive law student fees in the coming year so that law students who are interested in the section can more easily get involved and wont be dissuaded by the membership fees. I am working with the Membership Committee within the section to develop ways for law students to be as involved as possible within the section. As part of that involvement, I have suggested creating a Co-chair position that will be filled with a law student on every committee.
• The Section also wants law students who are interested to join committees and to participate actively in them. Many law students think that they are unqualified to be a part of such committees but the section leadership is adamant that law students are wanted on the committees and are capable of being productive and contributing members of the committee.
• Also, the section has publishing opportunities in the International Section's publications available to law students. The contributions can be as simple as writing a simple summary of recent court decisions relating to topics of interest to the Section. Law students who are interested should talk to me.

PROJECTS: Right now I am planning a "Pathways" program at the University of San Diego School of Law, which will consist of a panel of international attorneys who speak to law students and LLM students about ways that they can pursue a career in international law and will be followed by a mixer type event for the students to meet with and talk to the attorneys.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The Section of International Law will be holding a Spring Meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington DC at the beginning of May. This is an excellent opportunity to meet practicing international attorneys and to attend meetings designed specifically for law students. There is a possibility for scholarships for interested students who will be willing to write a short essay on why they wish to attend. Please contact me if you are interested.
MIDYEAR MEETING: I thought that the meeting was excellent. The Liaison meeting was extremely useful. I took the ideas of the other liaisons that I spoke with and have begun to implement them in my section.

Section of Labor and Employment Law
Mary Ellen Jordre (Drake University Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Fall Council Meeting. I gave input when the discussion turned to law students and also discussed my involvement with the Law Student Outreach Task Force with the council.
ISSUES: The Division is currently planning the 2007-2008 Trial Advocacy Program and I have provided input on how to best reach law students to inform them about the competition.
PROJECTS: We are currently working on getting a Q & A article with a practicing labor and/or employment lawyer posted on the Section's law student webpage to provide students with more information regarding all of the opportunities that exist in the labor and employment field.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Attending the Spring Council Meeting in April.

Law Practice Management Section
Karen Taylor (Brigham Young University J Reuben Clark Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Midyear: attended section meetings
DIVISION MEETINGS: 15th Circuit Spring Meeting: helped plan, attended all meetings.
ISSUES: In general, the Law Practice Management Division is interested in students. They always enjoy having a student attend their meetings. I had one leader of LPM ask me what issues law students were interested in and I have an assignment to find out and report back to him.
MIDYEAR: The Midyear Meeting was great; very informative. It was a little difficult to find a hotel room in Miami. It would have been helpful to have a rooming list serve for liaisons/school reps who were attending and would be willing to share rooms.

Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Cesely M Hopper (Arizona State University)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Midyear Meeting in Miami. I attended all meetings my division (Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar). I submitted a report for the Law Student Division. I spoke on the Pipeline Imitative that was introduced at the Annual Meeting in Hawaii August 2006. I also spoke about my involvement in a pipeline program at my law school. This pipeline program includes attorneys, ASU law students, ASU undergraduate students, Phoenix high school students, and even their parents. The Council seemed very interested in this. I also spoke on the LRAP initiatives and mentioned that the liaison application process is under way.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I attended the Mid Year Meeting in Miami. Due to having to attend my entity's events, I was not able to attend any law student division meetings in Miami.
ISSUES: During this meeting, we continued to discuss the issue of diversity, law school, and bar passage rates. We also talked about the concern of law school debt for graduates, especially in terms of deciding whether to go into public or private practice.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The Council of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar's next meeting is in Charlottesville, Virginia in June.
MIDYEAR MEETING: It was a great opportunity to meet new attorneys and catch up with attorneys I have already met.

Litigation Section
Tessa King (Southwestern University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Membership Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. Attended every event. I also participated in a special 2 day publishing summit where the Section of Litigation analyzed their current periodicals. They wanted input from the "younger" people regarding whether their periodicals are keeping up with the times.
DIVISION MEETINGS: Participating and assisting in the 9th Circuit Spring Conference at Southwestern in Feb.
PROJECTS: I have finished appointing liaisons to different committees within the Section of Litigation. I am now working as a contact with the Council board and other co-chairs of committees working on how to get law students more involved in the Section of Litigation
OTHER ACTIVITIES: I am planning on attending the next leadership conference in San Antonio, TX.

Section of Public Contract Law
Elizabeth A Raines (George Washington University Law School)

Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law
Mary Goehring (Franklin Pierce Law Center)
ISSUES: Division sought input on generating interest in young lawyers for public utility, communications, and transportation law. Commented on and completed survey sent by Division to all Law Student Division members. Results of survey pending.
PROJECTS: Worked with Law Student Division of ABA on campus to brainstorm ways to generate more interest. Local ABA is not very visible to student body. Student body focus at school is on intellectual property with majority of student body being international. Most are not interested in ABA.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Submitted Liaison Notes to Student Lawyer magazine for publication. Response indicated likely publication in April 2007.

Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law-Probate and Trust Division
Anthony Marinaccio (Whittier Law School)

Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law-Real Property Division
James J Thorpe (St. Thomas University School of Law)

Section of Science and Technology Law
Clara R. Cottrell (Wake Forest University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the ABA Midyear Meeting in Miami, FL, from Wednesday, February 7th through Friday, February 09, 2007.

• I met with the new Section of Science and Technology staff person, Julia Gillespie, to discuss the Membership Committee. I had previously been invited to be a member of the Membership Committee because of the Section's continued goal of including law students in Section activities. Because I was already going to be at the meeting, I presented the Membership Committee annual report at the Council meeting Friday morning. The meeting with Julia also afforded me the opportunity to speak with the new editor of the SciTech Lawyer regarding student involvement and publication opportunities.
• I attended the Section s Long Term Planning Committee meeting on Thursday. At the meeting, we discussed more ways to utilize the law students; including asking committee chairs to be more pro-active in involving law students by appointing law student liaisons to the individual committees. The idea is that these students will be able to organize student activity within the individual committee. This work would be coordinated and overseen by the Law Student Division Liaison to the Section. I emphasized that keeping the dues at $0 for the students is still a valuable recruiting tool. We also discussed the success of integrating students into committees especially through the use the Section s student list serve to recruit for committee projects. Thursday evening I attended the Leadership Dinner.
• I attended the Council Meeting Friday morning. The Council Meeting involves the section division chairs and committee chairs presenting their reports on progress, goals, and projects. This is the one opportunity the Section officers and chairs have to hear where everyone within the Section is in terms of their progress, goals, and projects. I identified several interesting projects and goals during these reports and I have been contacting the committee chairs about in hopes that students can take part. I presented the work I had been doing as the Liaison, specifically the list serve to encourage law students to become more active in the Section and to recruit help for committees on their respective projects. The Section is still keen on increasing student involvement. The introduction of law student committee liaisons was well supported. I also encouraged the committees to work on their websites so that students would have more information. The Section members are interested in knowing what the law student members want the Section to provide.

PROJECTS: I have been working with the staff members to produce an online survey for the students to determine (1) generally, what they want from the Section, (2) how they would like to become active, (3) if and how the SciTech Lawyer is meeting their needs and what they would like to see in the magazine, (4) if they are interested in attending networking events in different regions, (5) how well received they were by the committees and how/if they have been able to participate actively in the committee, and (6) other questions regarding law student participation in the Section. I also have been contacting the individual committee chairs who have sponsored projects that included student help to determine how law students have been utilized, how well the law students worked/followed-up, and how receptive they are to more law student involvement. I am continuing to manage the SciTech Student list serve. For the Membership Committee, I am helping organize round table discussions for new attorneys and law students and provide a "path way" career guide for students and new attorneys.

Section of State and Local Government Law
Ross McLeod (Northern University School of Law)
Attended the Diversity and Minority Outreach conference call, December 21, 2006.

Section of Taxation
Heather McKee (University of Nebraska College of Law)
ISSUES: The Taxation section continues to be interested in increasing student involvement. Several programs have been implemented, including a tax planning contest. However, additional comments and suggestions are appreciated.
PROJECTS: I hope to complete and submit my Liaison Notes column for publication.

Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Terry C. Bruner (Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS:

• Fall Meeting in Pinehurst, NC very involved in meetings and establishing ties to TIPS leadership. I attended the Council dinner and interacted with the new generation of TIPS leaders, the first class of the TIPS Leadership Academy. This Academy is the Section's attempt at building the human capital of the Section through structured mentoring and leadership development. It is also an earnest attempt to support the ABA s diversity initiatives, as the first class increasingly looks like America.
• Midyear Meeting in Miami very involved. As noted below, I had an involvement in helping to plan the event at the University of Miami targeted to law students. Additionally, I had productive meetings with the Task Force on Outreach to Law Students regarding the formulation of a proposal to offer free or reduced cost tickets for law students to TIPS events.

DIVISION MEETINGS: Liaison Caucus in Miami. The caucus offered an opportunity to liaise with other entity liaisons. We were informed about the liaison list serve, as well as discussing occurrences within our own entities. I had a productive conversation with Christopher Casey regarding the implantation of a pro bono program within TIPS. I will follow-up that conversation in the coming weeks.
ISSUES: TIPS is greatly interested in the ongoing insurance/tort litigation in the wake of Katrina. The Section is watching with great interest the activities of the state government in Mississippi with regard to this issue. The Section wants more information on the Coffee with Experience program. With a slight decline last year in law student membership, this program might present an excellent outreach opportunity for the Section.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
Currently, I am preparing a presentation to TIPS Council on the matter of discounted events tickets for Law Student Division members. I am also working with the Law Student Board to increase membership and strategic involvement at targeted law schools through the Section s Student Vice-Chair Program and a newly fashioned Law Student Division initiative called Coffee with Experience. By far, my most ambitious initiative and signature project is to create a pro bono program within TIPS, modeled after the pro bono program fashioned by the Law Student Division in 2006. Such a program would match law student members of TIPS with TIPS members at a local level to deliver basic legal services to under served communities. My initial conversations with Christopher Casey, current member of the House of Delegates from the Law Student Division, offer solid hope that with the help of the Division, the Young Lawyers Division, and TIPS Task Force on Outreach to Young Lawyers, I can convince the TIPS Council to implement a formal pro bono program within the Section. A final project concerns a tentatively explored national conference on transportation, maritime, and international issues, which is tentatively scheduled for sometime next semester on the Gulf Coast. Although this program is in the early planning stages, and there exists some trepidation as to whether the program will ever reach fruition, the symbolism of having such a conference in the Gulf region in the aftermath of Katrina is worth noting.

PROJECTS Concluded:

• Student Lawyer Note, published in Student Lawyer Magazine [January issue]
• Participated and solicited law student involvement in the Section s Public Service Coat Drive for Russian children
• Membership outreach through multiple media and initiatives
• Explored ways to reach law students at local level, including helping to organize an outreach meeting at the University of Miami during the Midyear Meeting
• Involved in early, ongoing planning of deposition workshop for law students, planned for Los Angeles
• Sent personalized messages to law students at various schools, as well as timely answered particularized e-mails regarding upcoming initiatives in the Section
• Involved in planning International D&O Conferences with student involvement
• Attended numerous TIPS meetings advancing law students interests
• Involved in approval of funding for Student Hurricane Network
• Dovetailed initiatives with Rocky Mountain Black Law Students Association (BLSA) to help raise awareness of, and fundraiser for, the Save Darfur Coalition

MIDYEAR MEETIN REPORT: The Meeting was productive. Miami was a good location. I would like to have seen more opportunities for liaisons and other Law Student Division representatives to network with each other. I would also like to see broader efforts to bring more law students to the Midyear, as many professionals were present with whom students could network. Overall, I was pleased with the Meeting.

Forum Committee on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
Rafael Yaquian (UCLA School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Attended Governing Committee meeting in Miami, Florida on February 9-10
ISSUES: The entity is working with the Young Lawyer Division to start a series of programs geared toward new/young attorneys interested in affordable housing and or economic development. The project consists of teleconference meetings that interested persons can sign up for.
PROJECTS: I am working on a career options handbook to help students interested in the field get started. The handbook has advice, job resources, etc.

Forum Committee on the Air and Space Industry
Valerie Walker (Loyola University Chicago School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS:

• January 31st - Executive Session: I attended, took the minutes, and participated in the meeting of the leadership. I worked with India Pinkney, the Young Lawyers Representative, to find a joint topic of interest for our upcoming fall meeting.
• February 1- Update Conference: I attended the day long conference, which included a variety of different aspects of the Aviation and Space Law Community. I spoke with several of the law students present, and offered any assistance.

ISSUES: At our recent executive session, the Forum leadership discussed in detail the idea of helping students and generate interest in this very specific area of the bar. Our student membership totals have gone up, largely to my reaching out to schools with an aviation law program, but we are now trying to make sure we can retain and maintain their interest by offering certain types of programs without offending other members.
PROJECTS: Scholarships: The Forum debated offering a large scholarship to a deserving student, or scholarships in the form of assistance to attend Forum programs. A committee will be looking into this, but it would be good to hear what the Student Division would like to see.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: At our upcoming fall meeting, I was able to join with the Young Lawyers Division representative, and we are hoping to create a panel entitled "Growth Areas in the Aviation & Space Bar Job Market", that will appeal to both groups. Since we are having the meeting near the Ole Miss Campus, we are expecting a number of students, and wanted to provide some programming specifically for them.

Forum Committee on the Communications Industry
Adam Cooper (Duke University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Meeting in Key Largo, FL (Feb. 8) - gave a report on the Law Student Division
DIVISION MEETINGS: 4th Circuit Meeting at Duke University (Feb. 17)
ISSUES: The Forum on Communications Law is hoping to increase minority involvement in the forum, and is hoping to start a minority moot court competition to encourage minority law students to become interested in communications law.

Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
Evangelin Lee (University of Nevada-Las Vegas-William S. Boyd College of Law)
No activity this quarter

Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industry
Tara D Rose (Southwestern University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I recently attended the Entertainment and Sports Forum Governing Committee Meeting in Cancun, Mexico (March 8-11). I participated in all levels of the meeting. I took the official minutes for the entire 3-day meeting and was asked for my input on how to reach out to more law students and the law student impression of the Forum's Annual Meeting that took place in October in Los Angeles.
DIVISION MEETINGS: I also serve as the co-Executive Lt. Gov. of the 9th Circuit. As such, I attended the 9th Circuit's Spring Circuit Meeting. I worked closely with the Lt. Gov.'s of Programming in putting together the event and oversaw the entire event on the actual day. I was awarded a Silver Key by the 9th Circuit Governor based in part on my help in getting making the meeting a success.
ISSUES: While nothing has been decided, the issue of reduced law student fees for events and membership in the Forum is constantly passed around. Because law students consistently comprise almost half of the attendance at Forum events and law students receive a drastically reduced rate, the Forum has discussed, once again, raising the law student rate.
PROJECTS: I am currently helping the Forum plan the Presidential CLE that we have been awarded at Annual in San Francisco. I have been working with various Governing Committee Members on securing speakers and topics. I also helped the Chair of the Forum put on the past CLE in Los Angeles at the Screen Actors Guild.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: I attended the Grammy Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles in February as a guest of the Forum. It was a beautiful event and a great way to represent law students on behalf of the Forum as the purpose of the event was to promote and honor law students who excel in the area of entertainment law, specifically music law.

Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law
Bo James Howell (Gonzaga University School of Law)
No report at this time

Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services
Kelli Goodwin (University of St. Thomas School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago for executive directors and president-elects of state and local bar associations. I participated in the programming at the event and met with the committee to debrief the activities at the conclusion of the BLI program.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: One topic of interest to state and local bar associations is developing leadership among the upcoming generations of leaders in lawyers under 40 years old. I think this is an area where the Law Student Division can become more involved in encouraging student members to get involved at a local level and with the Young Lawyers when pursuing leadership opportunities after law school.

Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services and the Public
Juan Calzetta III (Santa Clara University Law School)
ISSUES: The Standing Committee is doing invaluable work spearheading initiatives and policy to bring legal assistance to the public, especially those with difficulty of access to and comprehension of the legal system. The Division has a significant interest in promoting the good work of the Standing Committee, and to that end, it also has room to expand and develop promotion of the Standing Committee's mission to upcoming generations of lawyers.
PROJECTS: I have been actively supporting a Community Service Committee at Santa Clara University School of Law which seeks to extend assistance to various organizations and communities every month. Past projects have included donating gifts to children's hospitals, Christmas "family adoption", Habitat for Humanity house building, and a volunteer Spring Break trip to New Orleans to witness and assist in persistent post-Katrina community issues.

Standing Committee on Election Law
Cindy Lewis (Drake University Law School)


Standing Committee on Judicial Independence
Joshua A Dorothy (Hamline University School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended, via teleconference, the Standing Committee's meeting at the Midyear Meeting. Much of the meeting was given over to reports and updates; I asked a few questions, as needed.
ISSUES: The Standing Committee has not sought Law Student Division input on issues. However, I did reach out to Miami-area law students, on the Standing Committee's behalf, to encourage their attendance at a program co-sponsored by the Standing Committee.

Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Lindsay Lyon Rodman (Harvard Law School)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Dec. 2 Board mtg. and Nov. 30-Dec. 1 Conference
DIVISION MEETINGS: 1st Cir. Board mtg. (end of Jan) 1st Cir. ABA Conference February 10
ISSUES: Mostly student involvement in entity projects, e.g. video career project, research projects, etc.
PROJECTS: Video Career diary. Collaborating on a book for those interested in national security careers.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The most interesting was a discussion about careers, where most of the board members were insistent that young lawyers put time in at firms before moving into nat sec careers. that was interesting, although not what those who aren't into working at firms wanted to hear.

Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
Nicole L. Chorney (University of Detroit School of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Midyear meeting on February 11th-13th. I prepared a report on the Loan Assistance Repayment Program (LARP). It included a brief overview of the educational debt problem and its impact on the legal profession and students.
ISSUES: The Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 06-441. This opinion was discussed at great length during SCLAID's committees meeting. The core of the opinion addressed the ethical obligations of lawyers who represent indigent criminal defendants and how excessive caseloads interfere with diligent representation. The essence of the discussion surrounded the opinions impact and whether it will have the intended results which are to give public defenders an avenues to reduce there caseloads. Additionally, the issue of whether or not the opinions language permits over zealous judges to interfere with case management.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: I have spoken to the Staff Director about continuing to report on the LARP issue. SCLAID will meet in April, however it will be in executive session for a majority of the meeting therefore, liaisons will not be in attendance.
MIDYEAR MEETING: The meeting was very informative, professional and well put together.

Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel
Stephen Charles Lessard (Georgetown University Law Center)
ENTITY MEETINGS: Attended committee meeting in March. Discussed involving student clinics in a military assistance pro bono clearinghouse that the committee is developing.
PROJECTS: Currently working to establish guidelines for law student groups and clinics to provide assistance to military legal services offices. Expect to draft a letter from the Law Student Division to ABA law schools promoting the LAMP committee's pro bono clearinghouse.

Standing Committee on Substance Abuse
Christopher M Meissner (Cleveland Marshall College of Law)
ENTITY MEETINGS: I attended the Substance Abuse Committee meeting held by teleconference on Friday, November 10th, 2006, and I actively participated. Our next meeting is on April 17th.
PROJECTS: I will be conducting my own research into the recent Pennsylvania alcohol and drug insurance parity legislation and writing a report advocating the adoption of policy that provides for equal insurance coverage for substance abuse disorders.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The Substance Abuse Committee is working on several issues. Attaining parity for insurance coverage for the treatment of alcohol and other drug use is high on the list of the Committee's priorities. Beyond that, a special focus on methamphetamine and prescription drug abuse and addiction has emerged. Also, broader national drug policy is a consistent topic. Consideration of other entities' recommendations and reports is also commonly on the agenda.