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ABA Law Student Division

ABA Representatives

Making Your Case to Attending the Annual Meeting

Dear ABA Representatives:

A letter was forwarded to law school deans from the ABA President and Law Student Division Chair in an effort to help make the case to your law school administration to support your attendance at the ABA Annual Meeting.

The Law Student Division’s policy-making body, the Assembly, convenes once a year at the ABA Annual Meeting to review and vote on policy issues affecting law students, legal education and the legal profession. Each ABA-approved law school has two official voting delegates in the Assembly – the SBA President and the ABA Law Student Division Representative, or their proxies.

In addition to representing your school in the Assembly, the SBA Presidents and ABA Law Student Division Representatives may attend training and leadership workshops designed to meet your needs and develop your skills as well as numerous opportunities to exchange best practices with other law school leaders.
For example, the SBA and Representative training programs will include sessions on how to communicate effectively and to build relationships with administration, faculty and other students, how to work within the community, and how to plan and develop programs and activities for your law school student body.

Similarly, ABA Law Student Division Representatives will meet with representatives from the ABA Membership Department, as well as nationally recognized companies that serve as the member benefit providers to the ABA Law Student Division. These providers include BARBRI, Kaplan PMBR and United Healthcare Student Resources Health Insurance, to name a few. The ABA Law Student Division Representatives will also convene with their SBA counterparts to develop partnership opportunities.

In addition, you will be able to attend programs that address topics such as professionalism, ethics, technology, business, litigation, alternative dispute resolution, solo and small firm management, as well as a variety of career development programs. The ABA Annual Meeting also offers the opportunity to meet and network with attorneys new to the practice of law, as well as those accomplished in a wide range of practice areas and settings.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.

Galen Hair
ABA Law Student Division Vice Chair
Tulane University School of Law

Communications

Funding Sources

Grant Program
The ABA Law Student Division Grant Program provides financial and program support each year to student organizations of ABA-approved law schools to establish programs/activities which emphasize diversity, ethics, professionalism training and public interest/service activities.

Representatives and Membership Funds
A limited amount of funding is available to ABA Representatives through the ABA Law Student Division Representative Fund and Membership Fund.

Rep Rewards Program

If you haven’t already done so, be sure to send an e-mail to reprewards@abanet.org describing your fall term recruitment activity.  Be sure to include your name, street address (no PO boxes), phone number, and school and we’ll send you a $25 American Express gift card. Please note:  You must be the official ABA Representative at your school to be eligible for this gift card. Please allow 3-4 weeks for processing.

Resources

Law students can join the ABA Law Student Division for only $25 by completing an on-line application or by calling 1-800-285-2221.

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