MSBA
Law Student Section
Archived Meeting Minutes
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5/22/03 | 4/13/03 | 3/9/03 | 2/2/03 | 11/10/02
I. Amendments
A. Allow for Treasurer
1. passed
B. Description of Treasurer's duties
1. passed
C. Change Annual Meeting to end of school year
1. present bylaws say in conjunction with MSBA Convention
2. passedD. Change term for officers to June 1 to May 31
1. present bylaws would require graduates to remain officers until next school year
2. passed
II. Officer Elections
A. Co-Chairs
1. Brendan Tupa, WM
2. Andrew Jackola, HUB. Vice-Chair
1. Kara VanBockern, HU
C. Treasurer
1. Carrie Koudelka, UST
D. School representatives
1. Section decided to wait to select reps until the beginning of the school year in order to include first years
E. Committee Chairs
1. Social
a. Saran Jenkins, UST
2. Website
a. Emerald Gratz, U of M
3. Membership
a. Lesley Adam, WM
4. Law & Life
a. Sherrie Munson, UST
III. 2003-2004 School Year
A. Orientation
1. membership recruitment during orientation in the fall
2. Section members should plan to attend
3. coordinate with Jennifer Brinkworth
IV. Next Meeting
A. Beginning of September
1. Speaker? Food?
2. Survival guide for first yearsB. Possible organizational meeting in August
I. Committee Reports
A. Social Committee
i. Minneapolis Bar Review Event was successful.
B. Nothing else to report.
II. Speaker - Andy Luger. - Civil Litigation Committee Chair.
III. Meet the bar events - Success varied from school to school. U of M representatives
expressed frustration with the low turnout. Hopefully, we can make changes for
next year.
IV. Summer convention - Paula got a waiver for interested students.
V. New lawyer social - April 3rd had a great turn out.
VI. Elections and voting on bylaw revisions will he held at the May 22nd meeting.
After a formal meeting all active members are invited to dinner.
A. Submit a short written statement if you are interested in running for a position.
VII. Aaron Markus shared his ideas at the meeting to have a resource list accessible through the MSBA. There are several issues to work through regarding this idea. He asked for volunteers to work on a committee this summer.
I. Committee Reports
A. Social Committee
i. The O'Gara Bar review was a great success! We had a good turn out.
ii. Minneapolis Event - Heidi Weinzetl reported. Due to a scheduling mistake we were moved out of the room we planned on using. Heidi was going to ask for a discount on drinks or appetizers. Heidi was also going to speak with the bar about drink tickets….they don't have pitchers. We plan on spending $300. Thanks for the work Heidi.B. Web site improvement - the web site looks great. Carrie put together a page that includes all the school logos.
C. Law and life liaison - Nothing to report at this time.
D. Membership committee- Paula is going to write a welcome letter to include in the membership packet. The letter will include our meeting times.
II. Speaker - Next month - Andy Luger.
III. Meet the bar events - get the word out…there will be several attorneys and judges present, plus food and beer!
IV. Summer convention - Paula is working on a fee waiver for a number of students.
V. New lawyer social - April 3rd. See Carrie for more info.
VI. Next meeting at William Mitchell, April 13 at 6:30 for school reps.
VII. Treasurer elections - Lindsey Skoviera
I. School reports
All schools had basically the same report. There is a great deal of interest,
but also confusion in what MSBA does. We need to continue work to educate and
promote the group.
There is now a second William Mitchell Rep: Lesley Adam ladam@wmitchell
and a second St. Thomas Rep: Heidi Weinzetl hjweinzetl@stthomas.edu.
II. Committee Reports
A. Social Committee - We are going to have two combined bar reviews. (one
in St. Paul and one in Minneapolis).
February 20 - St. Paul. O'Gara's. Brendan Tupa will make necessary contacts
March 13 - Minneapolis - Kiern's. Heidi Weinzetl will make necessary contacts.
The event will begin at 9:00. One drink on us! We will have a set amount of money to spend and will cut off drink purchases at that point. Heidi and Brendan will call both bars to determine the best way to handle drink purchases. Carrie will check into a display to set up at the bar. We will have information and nametags at each bar.
Brendan also got an e-mail from James Sankovitz from the membership committee. Mr. Sankovitz wants to do an event at each of the law schools….he wants school rep ideas and opinions. School reps - please respond.
B. Web Site Committee - The web site looks good. Ideas for change on our opening page: useful links, calendar of events, mission statement (Carrie will write), pictures (from our bar reviews).
C. Law and Life - There was no one present to make a report. Paula and Heidi will follow up with this committee.
D. Membership committee - Fliers and table toppers were distributed to all the schools. Thanks Jessica!!!
III. Speaker -
Despite Carrie's best efforts the civil litigation section was less than responsive!!
Carrie is going to try one last time to get a speaker from the civil litigation
section. Back up: New Lawyers section.
IV. Community Service
We are going to wait until this summer
V. MSBA Summer Convention
It would be great to participate….but the $125 fee is a bit much. We
will lobby to waive the price…or have other sections sponsor students.
VI. Next meeting
U of M - March 9 at 7:00
I. Elect Board members
A. Chair.
We will have a Chair and Co-Chair to divide up the great amount of work to be done.
Paula Semrow and Carrie Koudelka were elected to be co-chairs.We also decided to elect a vice-chair. The vice-chair will be responsible for record keeping, and communications to the general members. Kara VanBockern was elected to this position. vanboc1@yahoo.com.
B. School representatives.
The students to represent their school in the MSBA:
HAMLINE Jessica Intermill jesicii@cs.com Andrew Jackola ajackola01@hamline.edu WILLIAM MITCHELL Brendan Tupa btupa@wmitchell.edu To be announced.
ST.THOMAS
Laura Steadman llsteadman@stthomas.edu To be announced UNIVERSITY OF MN Emerald Gratz emerald_gratz@hotmail.com Jessica Phares jbird311@hotmail.com
II. General Meeting
A. Establish Date, Time, Place for monthly meeting
We will meet the 2nd Sunday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
The school reps and chairs will meet at 6:30.
We will rotate our general meeting among the four law schools:
HAMLINE
ST. THOMAS
U OF M
WILLIAM MITCHELL
Finals, and holidays conflict with out next meeting time. Therefore, we will meet January 26th. (at St. Thomas)Kara will e-mail a meeting reminder and driving directions to all general members before each meeting.
III. Establish committees
SOCIAL COMMITTEE Brendan Tupa - chair- btupa@wmitchell.edu Kara VanBockern vanboc1@yahoo.com Kristy Fahland xBadgerz@aol.com Laura Steadman llsteadman@stthomas.edu Shannon Sullivan sullynmu@yahoo.com WEB SITE IMPROVEMENT Emerald Gratz emerald_gratz@hotmail.com Jessica Phares jbird311@hotmail.com Jessica Intermill jesicii@cs.com LAW AND LIFE LIAISONS Katie Reinhard katiereinhard@yahoo.com Shannon Sullivan sullynmu@yahoo.com Lindsey Skviera lin_skoviera@earthlink.net MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Lindsey Skoviera - chair - lin_skoviera@earthlink.net Andrew Jackola ajackola01@hamline.edu Carrie Koudelka carriekoudelka@yahoo.com
IV. Events/Activities the Membership would like to pursue
A. We decided that our first priority is to educate students about our group.
The school representatives will organize a "publicity campaign" for their individual school. Their proposed idea will be presented to Lindsey (the membership chair) before Thanksgiving. Lindsey will get the needed funding (through Paula or Carrie). Our goal is to conduct the "campaign" at each school as soon as possible.
B. Combined social / 1 year anniversary celebration
We decided to have a combined social the end of February. This event will be in conjunction with bar review (Thursday night.). This event will begin early enough to include those with evening obligations. We will provide appetizers, and drink tickets. We will provide information about MSBA to students that attend. Brendan (social chair) will report more on this at the next meeting.
C. A member of a Bar Association Section will be invited to speak at each of our meetings. We will choose sections according to interest. A member of the Civil Litigation Section will be at our next meeting.
D. We plan on organizing a Service committee next semester….possibly summer service projects.- Last Updated 11/11/04 -