Black Law Students Association
Executive Board
2010 - 2011
President: LaDawn Burnett
Vice President: Nyeri Ahmed
Treasurer: Isidora Iluonakhamhe
Secretary: Alvin Adjei
Academic Chair: Linda Ubokudom
Admissions Liaison: Shari Taylor
Community Service Chair: Arthur Pitts
1L Reps: Maudess Fulton & Jihan Williams
Events:
"In the Civic Republic:
Arms, Crime, the Black Community, and the Police"
Tuesday, April 19
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Eck Hall of Law
Rm 1130
Professor Raymond Diamond of LSU Law Center will discuss the Second Amendment and the Black community. He has written widely in the area of constitutional law, race relations, and legal history. His scholarship in the area of the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms has been cited twice in Supreme Court jurisprudence, most recently in McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) (Justice Thomas concurring).
Free pizza will be served!
Co-Sponsors:
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
&
The Federalist Society
The Mission of BLSA shall be as follows:
a. To promote academic success of and among African-American students;
b. To promote professional success of and among African-American students;
c. To promote the successful integration of African-American students into the Notre Dame Law School Community;
d. To assist in the recruitment, admission, and enrollment of African-American students and in the selection and hiring of African-American faculty. Membership shall be open to all currently enrolled students of the Notre Dame Law School
The Notre Dame BLSA Chapter is one of more than 200 local chapters of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA). Representing more than 6,000 students in law school chapters throughout the United States and in six other countries, NBLSA is the nation’s largest student-run organization.
Links:
National Black Law Students Association
