ABA Law Student Division
2011 Circuit Spring Meetings and Elections
Meeting Dates, Locations and Circuit Governor Candidates
Each of the Law Student Division's 15 circuits host a Spring Meeting to include the election of the Circuit Governor. These Spring Meetings provide an opportunity for students to network, attend substantive programming and participate in the election of the Circuit Governor. If you are interested in becoming involved in the activities of the ABA Law Student Division, attending your Circuit's Spring Meeting is the perfect venue for you to experience first-hand what the ABA Law Student Division can offer.
Join Our Leadership Team
If you like a good challenge and are ready to roll up your sleeves and work toward improving the legal education experience of your fellow classmates, not just on your campus, but on a local, regional or national level, then we strongly encourage you to submit your nomination or application for an ABA Law Student Division leadership positions. Tell me more
The SBA President and primary ABA Representative at each of the ABA-approved law schools in the circuit will vote in the election of the 2011-2012 Circuit Governor. Tell me more
Circuit 1
February 19, 2011
Harvard University School of Law
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
www.law.harvard.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 2
February 26, 2011 (Tentative)
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-9846
http://www.brooklaw.edu
Circuit 3
February 12, 2011
Widener University School of Law - Delaware
Wilmington, DE 19803-0474
www.law.widener.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 4
February 26, 2011
College of William and Mary
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
613 South Henry Street.
Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
(757) 221-3800
http://law.wm.edu/
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 5
February 12, 2011
Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
(held in conjunction with the ABA Midyear Meeting)
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 6
February 26, 2010
University of Louisville
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Louisville, KY 40292
www.louisville.edu/brandeislaw/
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 7
February 19, 2011
Valparaiso University School of Law
Valparaiso, IN 46383
http://www.valpo.edu/law/
Details and registration information to be released shortly
Circuit 8
February 26, 2011
University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE 68583-0902
http://law.unl.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 9
February 26, 2011
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
2121 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, CA 92110
www.tjsl.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 10
February 19, 2011
University of Tulsa College of Law
3120 East Fourth Place
Tulsa, OK 74104
www.utulsa.edu/law
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 11
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The George Washington University Law School
2000 H Street, NW
Washington DC, 20052
http://www.law.gwu.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 12
February 19, 2011
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122-4340
www.law.seattleu.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Circuit 13
February 19, 2011
Loyola University -- New Orleans
School of Law
7214 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
http://www.law.loyno.edu
Details and registration information to be released shortly
Circuit 15
February 26, 2011
University of New Mexico
School of Law
1117 Stanford Drive, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1431
http://lawschool.unm.edu
Agenda
General Information
Registration Form
Voting and Elections
Who Should Attend the Spring Meeting?
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 leaders 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.
Voting and Elections
The ABA Law Student Division Circuit Governors will be elected during the Circuit Spring Meeting and Elections by the Delegates in that circuit. The delegates are the SBA President and the primary ABA Representative from each of the ABA-approved law schools in that circuit, who are members of the ABA Law Student Division and who have reported their status to the Division.
Circuit Governors
Elizabeth R. Bailey, First Circuit
Harvard Law School
Boston, MA
Stephanie Diemer, Second Circuit
Pace University Law School
White Plains, NY
Paul D. Edger, Third Circuit
Widener University School of Law-Harrisburg
Harrisburg, PA
Garylene Javier, Fourth Circuit
Appalachian School of Law
Grundy, VA
Ronald H. Morris, Fifth Circuit
Mississippi College School of Law
Jackson, MS
Sara Hawkins, Sixth Circuit
Thomas M. Cooley School of Law
Lansing, MI
Janice Dantes, Seventh Circuit
DePaul University School of Law
Chicago, IL
Adam W. Landstrom, Eighth Circuit
University of North Dakota School of Law
Grand Fork, ND
Jessica R. Williams, Ninth Circuit
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
San Diego, CA
Shawn Yancy, Tenth Circuit
Washburn University School of Law
Topeka, KS
Ethan C. Ashley, Eleventh Circuit
Howard University School of Law
Washington DC
Ryan Mansfield, Twelfth Circuit
Gonzaga University School of Law
Spokane, WA
Trevor Hall, Thirteenth Circuit
St. Mary's UniversityLaw Center
San Antonio, TX
Nakul Patel, Fourteenth Circuit
Boyd School of Law - UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
Cassandra C. Fava, Fifteenth Circuit
University of Denver - Sturm College of Law
Denver, CO
What Circuit Am I In?
The Law Student Division is comprised of fifteen circuits (not to be confused with the federal judicial circuit system) to better serve the needs of students on a regional, as well as national level.
- 1st: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- 2nd: New York.
- 3rd: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
- 4th: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia (except George Mason University-11th Circuit), and West Virginia.
- 5th: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and Tennessee.
- 6th: Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.
- 7th: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
- 8th: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
- 9th: Southern California and Hawaii (see the 14th Circuit for Northern California).
- 10th: Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
- 11th: District of Columbia and George Mason University.
- 12th: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
- 13th: Louisiana and Texas.
- 14th: Northern California and Nevada (see the 9th Circuit for Southern California).
- 15th: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
