{"id":18992,"date":"2021-02-16T15:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=18992"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:43:48","slug":"student-bar-association-2021-2022-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/student-bar-association-2021-2022-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Bar Association 2021-2022 General Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\"><b class=\"\">\u00a0<\/b>1Ls and 2Ls:\u00a0The\u00a0Student Bar Association is preparing to begin the elections for President, Vice President, the Executive Board, and Bar Governors. Please carefully read the following information. All elections will be held on TigerZone on the following dates:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">1. SBA President and Vice President Elections will be held from March 11-March 16, 2021.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">2. The Executive Board Elections will take place from March 18- March 23, 2021 for the following positions:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"x_MailOutline\">\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Director of Events<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Treasurer<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Bar Associations Representative\/Election Commissioner<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Community Service Liaison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">3. SBA 2L and 3L Bar Governor Elections will be held from March 25- March 30, 2021.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">You must comply with the <a href=\"http:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-SBA-Election-Rules.pdf\">2021 SBA Election Rules<\/a> to be eligible to run in the election. For information about the Student Bar Association in general or the responsibilities of a specific position, please consult the <a href=\"http:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SBA-Constitution-2020-2021.pdf\">SBA Constitution.<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">Per the election rules, all potential candidates must submit an <a href=\"http:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Authorization-of-Grade-Disclosure.docx\">Authorization of Grade Disclosure<\/a> form, a written statement of interests, and fulfill an initial signature requirement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">In light of the covid-19 pandemic, the signature requirement will be virtual and met by having students sign for candidates by using Outlook forms. <b class=\"\">This initial signature requirement is not a vote for the candidate, but rather a threshold requirement that each SBA candidate must attain to enter the election. <\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">The form should be shared by potential candidates and filled out by current students. On the form, students may select candidates that the student feels are fit to run, encouraging and supporting their classmates as they enter the election!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">Please read the above linked rules and election documents carefully, all of which are provided for easy download on the SBA TWEN page under SBA Materials &gt; Election Documents &gt; SBA General Election 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">Should you have any questions please reach out to the Election Commissioner Alexxas Johnson, <a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:Alexxas.J@memphis.edu\" href=\"mailto:Alexxas.J@memphis.edu\">Alexxas.J@memphis.edu<\/a>\u00a0or President Rachel Jackson, <a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:rrjcksn2@memphis.edu\">rrjcksn2@memphis.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a01Ls and 2Ls:\u00a0The\u00a0Student Bar Association is preparing to begin the elections for President, Vice President, the Executive Board, and Bar Governors.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18998,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions\/18998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}