Student Leadership
The Law Society has officially recognized Student Chapters at over seventy (70) law schools. Many students at schools without officially recognized chapters are also members of the Law Society’s regional At Large chapters. Individual student chapters are organized under student chapter leaders at the law school level. Both recognized chapters and student members of the At Large chapters receive direction, oversight, and aid from the Law Society via two leadership bodies: the Student Chapters Board (the “SCB”—students) and the Student Chapters Committee (the “SCC”—attorneys).
The SCB is a group of student leaders selected annually from the student chapter membership to facilitate training, communication, and support among the student chapters. It is generally responsible for addressing the specific needs of student chapters, communicating the problems and successes of student chapters, and planning regional, national, and international student events, conferences, and training for new presidents.
The Executive Committee of the Law Society, at the recommendation of the SCC and SCB, selects the Chair-elect of the SCB each year. The SCB Chair-elect then recommends for Executive Committee approval the other members of the SCB for the new year. The SCB consists of several regional liaisons and committee chairs. Each recognized student chapter is overseen by an SCB regional liaison. Additionally, throughout the year, student chapter presidents or members may be asked to participate on various SCB committees.
Each spring, the SCB Chair-elect will accept nominations for the SCB positions for the next school year.
The SCC is a group of attorneys commissioned by the Law Society to support the SCB and the student chapters.
First, the SCC is responsible for working with interested student leaders and select members of attorney chapter boards (“attorney advisors”) to create officially recognized student chapters. Second, the SCC serves as a staple of continuity for student leadership that changes annually. It works closely with “attorney advisors” at the attorney chapters who have responsibility for training student leaders, keeping distant chapters integrated with the attorney chapter, conveying announcements, and otherwise acting as the eyes and ears of the students in the area. Finally, the SCC helps connect students to attorneys. The SCC, working primarily through attorney advisers and the SCB, advises and assists in the preparation of student-attorney activities and events, facilitates student mentoring and networking, and helps prepare students to become active attorney members of the Law Society.
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Pre-Law |
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Publicity |
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Public Service |
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Women in Law |
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Annual Conference Chair |
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