The Oval Office Blog

 

My Response to the Page 5 Article in Nota Bene

Hey GW Law: Nota Bene has done a great job in producing the 2012 SBA Election Issue. However, I feel compelled to respond to a misleading account, made in the article on page 5, of one student’s interaction with me regarding the SBA budget. If you’re interested in getting a fuller picture of that interaction,...

 

2012 SBA Spring Elections

Interested in running for an SBA elected position? Spring 2012 Election information has been posted HERE.

 
2012 Class Gift Scholarship Campaign

2012 Class Gift Scholarship Campaign

Hey all: At some schools, graduating classes donate a bench or a plaque to their school. At GW, graduating classes contribute to a scholarship fund endowed in the name of that class year so that future students can enjoy the benefits of a GW Law education in the heart of the District. A one-time donation of $20.12 will...

 
In Memoriam: Ben Gupta

In Memoriam: Ben Gupta

The GW Law Student Bar Association expresses its deepest sympathies to the family of Ben Gupta, our classmate, who died suddenly on Monday, December 19, 2011. I encourage you all to read more about Ben at GW’s In Memoriam page here and attend the memorial service in his honor on Monday, January 30th at 4:30pm in...

 

State of the SBA

September 18, 2011 Good afternoon members of the SBA Executive Board and Executive Directors and Assistant Directors, SBA Senators and members of the SBA Supreme Court. Thank you for being here this afternoon. In the months since the transition from last year’s Student Bar Association administration to the current administration,...

 

First 2011-2012 General Assembly Minutes

On Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 1:15pm, the SBA convened its first General Assembly of the 2011-2012 academic year in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room. In attendance were the President, Executive Vice President, Supreme Court Chief Judge, Executive Board, Executive Committee Directors and Assistant Directors, Senators and...

 

SBA Executive Appointments

Dear GW Law: As I mentioned in almost all of my orientation speeches, we wouldn’t be law students if we didn’t create a huge and dramatic bureaucracy through which we govern ourselves. There are more than 50 officers, directors and assistant directors in the SBA, and there are a number of executive committee...

 

Welcome to the new GWSBA.com

Dear GW Law: Well, it’s Tuesday, August 23, and the second official day of classes for 1L JD students. In a few days, everybody else will return to GW Law. The hallways will be buzzing, the hard lounge will once again fill with the smells of food being heated in microwaves and stories being told at lunch tables. The...