Nominations & Elections

Here is a refresher for how the elections will work. The following posts have the information for who will run for each position. Please read through and select who you would like to hold each position. The actual election will be held from February 24th - 26th. All votes should be emailed to byulawpartners@gmail.com. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Nominations:

All nominations for the 2010-2011 Law Partners Board Members must be received by me (Sam at byulawpartners@gmail.com) no later than midnight on February 10, 2010. You may nominate yourself or another Law Partner for any position you are interested in (according to the rules listed below). I will need a summary (no more than 200 words) of why you would like to fill the position and what you would like to improve about Law Partners as well as a 100 word bio no later than February 15, 2010. These will be listed for 1 week prior to the election on the blog, the google group and will also be sent via email.

Election:

The election will be open for 48 hours (2 days) from February 24^th – 26^th and all ballots will need to be turned in electronically to byulawpartners@gmail.com. If there is a tie, there will be another election for that position only for 24 hours following the election.

Notification:

Elected Board Members will be notified by March 1, 2010 and must accept (or decline) their position no later than March 7, 2010. Law Partners will be notified of the new 2010-2011 board via email, the google group and the blog by March 10, 2010.

Changing Hands:

The new board will take over the duties and responsibilities of the Law Partners board by March 31, 2010 with the out-going (2009-2010) board finishing their responsibilities (the planned activities) through the end of April.

Rules:

1. President must be an incoming 3L (graduating in April 2011).

2. Each member may only vote once per person per position.

3. Current board members cannot run for (or hold) the same position more than once.

4. The elections will be blind for everyone but the out-going President.

5. All board members must be a spouse of a current law student.

6. You may only nominate yourself or someone else for 1 (one) position.