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Law students from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont are invited to attend the ABA Law Student Division 2010 Spring Meeting and Governor Election on Saturday, February 19, 2011 in the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Join your fellow law students in a substantive discussion of law, leadership, and marketability.

There is no registration fee to attend this meeting yet just look at all the valuable opportunities available to you during the Spring Meeting:

• Learn from practicing attorneys about how to thrive in the legal profession;
• Cultivate your leadership skills through practical approaches and tips from other student leaders and experienced attorneys;
• Learn about the scope and future of the profession and take home tips for finding your first legal job, internship or clerkship;
• Take home valuable tips and strategies for adjusting and thriving in the legal profession; and
• Begin establishing relationships within the legal profession with members of the bar from every practice setting, both veteran and new to the profession, that will prove invaluable to you not only now but in the future, and on a professional, and many times personal level. Many members have commented that the relationships they established during their time in the Law Student Division have resulted in lifetime friendships and professional collaborations.

We hope you will join us February 19, 2011 for the ABA Law Student Division 1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election at Harvard Law School. If you have any questions about the Spring Meeting, please feel free to contact me.

Elizabeth Bailey
1st Circuit Governor
Harvard Law School

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Additional information regarding Spring Meeting speakers and topics will be posted as arrangements are finalized. All meetings will be held in the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard University Law School unless otherwise indicated.

ABA Law Student Division
1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Harvard Law School
Austin East Room (Austin Hall)
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Friday, February 18, 2011

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Welcome Reception
M.J. O’Connor’s Irish Pub
27 Columbus Avenue
Next to Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 482-2255

Saturday, February 19, 2011

8:30am - 9:30am
Breakfast and Registration, Sign Up for Resume Review

9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome Address

• Andrew L. Kaufman, Vice Dean for Academic Programming at Harvard Law School
  

9:15am - 10:00am
Presentation: The Life of a Trial Judge – Perspectives from the Bench

• Pamela M. Dashiell, Associate Justice, Boston Municipal Court Department
  

10:00am - 10:45am
Panel Discussion: Careers in Academia: What Law Students Need to Know

• Professor Michael McCann, Vermont Law School
• Robert Sloane, Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School (from Boston University School of Law)
• Cora True-Frost, Climenko Fellow, Harvard Law School
  
  

10:45am - 11:00am
Break

11:00am - 11:30am
Panel Discussion: Why Should Students and Lawyers Join Bar Associations?

• Russell Hilliard, Delegate, ABA; Past President, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Stephanie McCoy Loquvam, Vice Chair, ABA Law Student Division
• Denise Squillante, President of the Massachusetts Bar Association

11:30am - 12:00 Noon
Legal Rebels: Non Traditional Legal Career Options

• Aaron Agulnek, Director, Massachusetts Association of Jewish Federations
• Rachel B. Goldman, collaborative law attorney with Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
• Christopher Marston, Founder and CEO of Exemplar Companies, Inc. 

12:00 Noon - 1:00pm
Lunch with Experience

• Loretta T. Attardo, Loretta Attardo, Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator (Arbitrator, Mediator, Investigator - Labor and Employment Law)
• Daniel M. Berman, Professor of the Practice of Tax Law; Director of Graduate Tax Program, Boston University School of Law (International Taxation)
• Tom Druan, Druan IP Law, PLLC (Intellectual Property Law)
• Richard M. Gelb, Partner, Gelb & Gelb LLP (Civil Litigation, White Collar Crime and Regulatory Proceedings)
• Richard D. Glovsky, Partner, Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye, LLP (Employment Law)
• Elizabeth H. Lange, Bingham McCutchen LLP (Securities - Investment Management)
• Richard E. Mikels, Chairman Bankruptcy Department, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Bankruptcy, Workouts and Restructurings)
• Anthony Mirenda, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP (Litigation/White Collar)
• Paul L. Nevins, Paul Nevins, Attorney at Law (Employment Law and Litigation, including discrimination claims)

12:00 Noon - 1:00pm
Resume Review (by appointment sign-up during registration)

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Presentation: Mental Health Issues Affecting the Legal Community

• Barbara Bowe, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Massachusetts

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Keynote Speaker 

• John T. Broderick Jr., Dean of University of New Hampshire School of Law and former chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
  

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Roundtable Discussion and Service Project

3:30pm - 3:45pm
Break

3:45pm - 4:15pm
Election of 2011-2012 Circuit Governor

4:15pm - 4:30pm
Awards Presentation and Announcement of New Circuit Governor

4:30pm-4:45pm
Closing Remarks

4:45pm
Adjournment

The Spring Meeting is designed to bring law students together to exchange ideas and develop camaraderie. If you are an outgoing circuit member who will be graduating soon, the Spring Meeting will provide you with an opportunity to share your ideas with law students new to the law school experience. For those of you who are in the midst of your first or second year of law school, you will find that the Spring Meeting will provide you with a tremendous amount of information for beginning or adjusting your legal education strategy.

You should attend the Spring Meeting if you are a law student interested in:

• Discussing important issues facing law students and legal education;
• Learning how to get the most from your legal education;
• Building a network to launch your career after graduation; and
• Obtaining an inside look at the current scope of the legal job market.

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The 1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election will be held in the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, February 19, 2011.

Advance Registration
Step 1: Complete the registration form no later than Friday, February 12, 2011. You will receive an automatic confirmation that your registration has been received. If you are unable to register by February 12, you may register on-site at the meeting. If you decide to register when you get to the meeting, please be sure to have your registration form completed before you arrive and your ABA membership number readily available in order to expedite the process. An onsite registration form will be posted at this location after February 12 for your convenience.

Step 2: Once you arrive at the meeting, attendees should stop at the registration table to sign-in, pick-up their badges and a final schedule of events before proceeding to the meeting room. Registration for the meeting begins at 8:00 a.m. immediately outside the in the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard Law School.

• Spring Meeting Registration Form

On-Site Registration
Meeting registration will open at 8:00am on Saturday, February 19, 2011 immediately outside the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard Law School. The exact meeting room location will be announced as soon as confirmation is received from the law school. Attendees should stop at the registration table to sign-in and pick up their badge and a final program.

If you are unable to complete the Advance Registration Form before the February 12 deadline, you may register on site at the meeting. To register at the meeting, please print out the onsite registration form (posted after February 12) and have it completed before you arrive in order to expedite the check-in procedure.

Saturday, February 19, 2011
Harvard Law School
Austin East Room (Austin Hall)
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Meeting Agenda
Law School Website
Law School Visitors Website

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The 1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election will be held in the Austin East Room of Austin Hall at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, February 19, 2011.

When planning your trip, ABA members are reminded to take advantage of their ABA membership benefits to obtain discounts on airfares, hotels and rental cars.

• ABA Member Advantage Travel Discount Program

Hotel Accommodations
ABA members are eligible for discounts on room rates from Starwood Hotels. The Planning Committee recommends that students seek accommodations in their price range from the list of hotels provided by Harvard University on their website.

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Finding a Roommate or Carpool
Law Student Division members seeking a roommate or carpool to share expenses to attend the 1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election will be posted on this webpage as requests are received. Contacting perspective students in this regard and agreeing upon arrangements are the responsibility of the individual parties involved. The American Bar Association, the Law Student Division, and/or the 1st Circuit leadership assumes no responsibility or liability for making such arrangements or agreements.

Law Student Division members seeking a roommate, driver or passengers to share expenses before and after the Spring Meeting and Election may complete and submit the Roommate and Carpool Request Form.

Transportation and Driving Instructions
Parking at Harvard University is extremely limited and Harvard Parking Services recommends not bringing a car to campus. Harvard University is very well served by public transportation, allowing access to South Station, Logan International Airport, downtown Cambridge and Boston, and most points of interest. After hours visitors can pay and park at the Harvard Business School. The fee is $8 per calendar day not per 24-hour period. Parking is also available at the Harvard Square Parking Garage for $21 per day. This garage is not affiliated with the university.

• How to Get to the Campus (public transportation)
• Driving Instructions
• Parking at Harvard

Making Airline Reservations
As a member benefit, ABA Law Student Division members can fly to ABA meetings with unbeatable savings on airfares when you purchase your tickets through Orbitz Business. Click here for more information about the ABA Discounted Meeting Airfares Program. For additional savings, be sure to select the "ABA Calendar Meeting" option.

Cambridge is serviced by Logan International Airport located in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Logan International Airport

Ground Transportation Options from the Airport
There are several options for obtaining ground transportation between the airport and your hotel or Harvard Law School.

• Ground Transportation from Logan International Airport

Other Information About the Meeting
For information about the American Bar Association Law Student Division, visit our website at www.abanet.org/lsd. Updates about this meeting will be posted on the 1st Circuit webpage as additional details becomes available.

Saturday, February 19, 2011
Harvard Law School
Austin East Room (Austin Hall)
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Meeting Agenda
Law School Website
Law School Visitors Website

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Election of the Circuit Governor:
Certified Delegates (SBA Presidents, ABA Representatives or their proxies) who wish to participate in the election of the 1st Circuit Governor must be certified in order to vote. Please check in with the ABA Law Student Division Election Proctor as soon as you arrive at the meeting in order to be certified. Election results will be announced at the conclusion of the meeting on Saturday.

• Who Votes for the New Circuit Governor?
• Sample Proxy Language
• Print complete proxy instructions
• Tell me more about the responsibilities of the Circuit Governor
• Who are the Division's current leaders?
• Link me to the Nomination Form for Circuit Governor (deadline February 1)
• Tell me about the Candidates for Circuit Governor (posting date to be announced)
• Link me to the list of Student Bar Association Presidents and ABA Representatives

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Who Votes for the New Governor?
The primary ABA Representative and the SBA President (hereafter referred to as Delegates) from each ABA-approved law school who are current members in good standing of the ABA Law Student Division (a member in good standing is one who has paid his/her 2010-2011 ABA Law Student Division dues in full) are eligible for certification to participate in the election.  A principle delegate who is not an ABA Law Student Division member, but wishes to vote in the election must join the ABA in order to be certified to vote.  Otherwise, he/she may proxy his/her vote to another law student from his/her law school, provided that law student is a fully paid member of the ABA Law Student Division.  Proxies must present signed, written authorization from the principle delegate, preferably on school letterhead stationery, in order to be certified.  See complete proxy instructions

Sample Proxy Letter Language
I, {principle delegate’s full name}, {title: ABA Representative or SBA President} of the {full official name of law school} and a principal delegate in the Assembly of the American Bar Association Law Student Division, in accordance with ABA Law Student Division Governing Rules, hereby designate as my proxy {name of student to whom proxy is being given}, to cast my vote(s) at the 1st Circuit Spring Meeting and Governor Election, to be held on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA.

{Signature and date}

NOTE TO DELEGATES: In order to vote in the election, SBA Presidents, ABA Representatives or their proxies must be ABA Law Student Division members in good standing. An ABA member in good standing is one who has paid his/her 2010-2011 ABA Law Student Division dues in full. If you wish to join the ABA Law Student Division or bring your member status up-to-date, please visit MyABA or contact the ABA Service Center at 800.285.2221.

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The ABA Law Student Division is unable to provide funding to law students for travel to the Spring Meeting.  However, ABA Representatives attending their Circuit’s Spring Meeting may request Rep Funds (if available) to offset some of their travel expenses.  Representative Funds are limited in size and all reimbursement requests are processed on a first-come, first- served basis.

To be eligible to receive Rep Funds to attend the Spring Meeting, you must be the primary ABA Representative at your school and the application must be received by the Secretary Treasurer and Division Director three weeks prior to the date of the Spring Meeting you are attending.  The amount of funding Representatives are eligible to request is based on available funds for your school.

Tell me more about ABA Rep Funds

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Updates about the 2011 Spring Meeting and Governor Election will be posted on the 1st Circuit webpage as they become available.

• Contact the 1st Circuit Leadership
• Contact the Law Student Division Leadership
• Contact the ABA Law Student Division

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