BLSA's COMMITTEES
BLSA Career Services
The BCSC is dedicated to the professional pursuit of BC BLSA students regardless of whether they intend to enter the public or private sector upon graduation. This committee will focus on cover letter and resume writing, as well as navigating all job search systems such as NALP, Martindale-Hubble, LexisNexis, and Westlaw. The BCSC also focuses on connecting with BC alumni in our search for networking contacts in the professional world. The committee also focuses on how to recruit for "out of state" positions, keeping in mind that not all BLSA students want to remain in the Boston area.
Executive Board Contact: Jennifer Nichols
BLSA Northeast Consortium (BNC)
The BNC Committee is responsible for coordinating networking sessions with the other BLSA chapters in the state to insure that the local chapters: (1) Meet each other and socialize, (2) Stay in regular contact, (3) Inform each other of what each group is working on and share information, and (4) Use each other for support.
Executive Board Contact: Vanessa Olivier and Marilyn James
Community Service
The primary goal this year for the community service committee is to be proactively involved in the lives of students at Codman Academy Charter School. Codman Academy is a charter high school located in Dorchester, MA and has a student body that is made up of 98% students of color. Working with these young people gives BLSA members an opportunity to break out of the Newton/Law School bubble and become involved in a positive educational and community effort to help mentor bright, young people of color who have many of the same career and life goals that many of us BLSA members had as high school students. Other community service projects include voter registration and voter mobilization.
Executive Board Contact: Juma Crawford
Foreign Service
We in BLSA firmly belive that service is an essential element of the Catholic and Jesuit traditions upon which Boston College and Boston College Law school were founded. In addition to providing much needed humanitarian assistance to the citizens of other countries, we are hopeful that the trip will serve as an opportunity for those students who participate to educate themselves; and the larger BC community about the current social, political and legal systems in other countries and in someway make a contribution to the rebuilding of that country.
Executive Board Contact: Orville Thomas
Fundraising
The fundraising committee will be responsible for coming up with and executing fun fundraising events throughout the year.
Executive Board Contact: Jennifer Nichols
Heritage Dinner
The Heritage Dinner committee will be responsible for the planning of BCs annual heritage dinner (held in April). The dinner is BLSAs farewell to the graduating 3Ls.
Executive Board Contact: Meagan Garland and Chiquisha Robinson
Kwanzaa Dinner
"Kwanzaa was created to introduce and reinforce seven basic values of African culture which contribute to building and reinforcing family, community and culture among African American people." The BC Kwanzaa celebration will showcase talents between BLSA CD students (Black Law Students Association College Division) and the graduate BLSA students to reaffirm 7 principles of KWANZAA -- unity, self determination, collective work, responsibility, faith, purpose, creativity and cooperative economics.
Executive Board Contact: Vanessa Olivier
Mentoring
The mentoring committee is responsible for planning events that will nurture the mentor/mentee relationships throughout the year. Further, the committee will assist in keeping the 2Ls and 3Ls abreast of the academic needs and concerns of the 1L students.
Executive Board Contacts: Eleanor Williams and Andrew Greenidge
Newsletter
The BLSA newsletter committee will be responsible for two publications annually. The committee will be responsible for collecting submissions and will assist in editing.
Executive Board Contact: Sarah Jane Forman
Recruitment & Retention
Social
Too tired, too stressed out, overworked, and definitely not paid? Well don't worry...BLSA's social committee is exactly what you need in your life. BLSA will be hosting some exciting social functions this semester as a stress reliever from law school .
Executive Board Contact: Chiquisha Robinson
Speaker Series
The speaker series committee is responsible for bringing speakers to Boston College throughout the year. We have a great line up of speakers, but are definitely looking for YOUR input.
Executive Board Contacts: Meagan Garland and Sarah Jane Forman
Website
This is a smaller committee, which be responsible for the upkeep of the website to ensure that the BLSA general body and the outside community are well-informed about BLSA activities.
Executive Board Contact: Tiffany Buckley