Tuesday, March 18
6:00am Tuesday through 6:00am Wednesday
Blackboard
The Student Bar Association will hold an election for 12 total positions.
Four of these positions are 2L class officer spots (current 1L students):
2L President, 2L Vice President, and two 2L Class Representatives.
Four of these positions will be 3L class officer spots (current 2L students):
3L President, 3L Vice President, and two 3L Class Representatives.
The remaining four positions are SBA executive positions:
President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.
SBA Executive Positions
SBA Executive President
The executive president of the SBA plans and facilitates SBA meetings, checks in with SBA
class officers, assigns committee members for various school committees and corresponds closely with Dean Pearce and Dean Brummond along with other student organization leaders. He/she may attend the ABA annual conference in the summer and/or other circuit meetings. In addition, the executive president works with the treasurer to monitor SBA finances.
SBA Executive Vice President
The executive vice president of the SBA works in coordination with the President to oversee
the SBA meetings and events. In addition to providing general assistance to the SBA President, the Vice President is also tasked with writing up an informational letter to the incoming 1L Class to be included in their August information packet, overseeing the membership drive both at Orientation and during the first few weeks of school in the Fall, coordinating and administering the elections of\ SBA executive and class officers, maintaining a current and accurate spreadsheet of SBA and/or ABA members, and working with the East Campus Union Bookstore to ensure they have the current and accurate SBA member roster for purposes of the 8% textbook discount.
SBA Treasurer
The treasurer analyzes, updates, and maintains the operating budget for the SBA. The
treasurer also coordinates payment associated with events and ensure that each event is properly
funded and financially feasible.
SBA Secretary
The secretary is responsible for soliciting material for the agenda, approving the agenda with
the president, and distributing the agenda before the meeting. They then need to reserve a room with the dean’s office, and notify the other officers of the time and place. Finally, the secretary is
responsible for taking minutes during the meetings and then distributing them to the officers after the meeting has concluded.
SBA – ABA-LSD Representative
The American Bar Association (ABA) Representative serves as the liaison between the ABA
and the University of Nebraska. The ABA Representative's primarily responsibilities include
membership recruitment for the ABA Law Student Division (LSD), supporting ABA initiatives,
particularly Mental Health and Diversity, and serving as an ABA resource for any ABA-LSD members at the University. The ABA Representative is strongly encouraged to attend or find a proxy to attend the ABA Annual Meeting, Fall Super-circuit Meeting, and Spring 8th Circuit Meeting. Finally, the ABA works with other ABA Representatives and Student Body Association Presidents on the regional and national levels to develop or strengthen ABA policies impacting law students and improve ABA initiatives on law school campuses.
Remember that you must be an SBA member to run for all offices.
If you would like to run for one of these positions or have any questions regarding the election process, contact Michael Boal at boal.michael@gmail.com or any other current SBA executive officer for the needed documentation:
A candidate information sheet. This gives you an opportunity to educate your peers why you would be a qualified and valuable SBA officer.
A signature sheet. To be placed on the ballot for the March 18 election, you will need ten (10) signatures from current SBA members.
A disclosure sheet acknowledging that you understand the most pertinent SBA bylaw provisions pertaining to elections prior to running for office.
A current copy of the SBA bylaws.
Paper work is due by Friday, March 7 at 12:00pm (SBA office).
The SBA highly encourages anyone who is considering running to give it a shot. SBA is a great organization of which to be a part, and provides a great opportunity to interact with both students and faculty at the law school!