Running for an Officer Position

The Federalist Society is looking for leaders. Below you will find the available positions and their duties. Other than President, all positions are open to be filled.


OFFICER DUTIES


President

• preside over the Executive Board
• supervise chapter officers
• oversee coordination among chapter officers
• elicit student feedback
• invite speakers
• set agendas for events
• send event notifications to listserv members with attached flyer one day before each event
• preside at events
• introduce speakers at events
• send appreciation notes to speakers after events
• coordinate with the Dean
• coordinate with the faculty advisor
• coordinate with the lawyer's chapter president
• encourage participation of the faculty advisor and lawyer's chapter president
• coordinate with National
• check and maintain the fedsoc@lclark.edu e-mail account

Vice President (Speaker Relations)

• assist chapter President in all presidential duties
• coordinate with speakers on traveling, lodging, parking, transportation, etc.
• recruit debate partners for events
• coordinate with co-sponsoring organizations regarding debate partners
• gather biographical information on speakers
• collect student input on debate topics
• research debate topics
• develop relevant and controversial legal questions on debate topics

Vice President (Public Relations)

• assist chapter President in all presidential duties
• create flyers
• get flyers approved and stamped one week before each event
• post flyers on campus one week before each event
• remove flyers after each event
• write "today" on all flyers the morning of each event
• write event announcements on all classroom white boards the morning of each event
• place announcement memos on all classroom podiums the morning of each event
• update the bulletin board
• check and maintain the fed-soc@lclark.edu listserv, including subscribing and unsubscribing

Vice President (Event Administration)

• assist chapter President in all presidential duties
• check, maintain, and update the www.law.lclark.edu/org/fedsoc webpage
• check, maintain, and update the lclarkfedsoc@gmail.com blog
• schedule room reservations and request podcasting equipment two weeks in advance at http://law.lclark.edu/dept/lawevent
• e-mail calendar updates to National one week in advance
• e-mail law school announcements one week in advance to announce@lclark.edu
• complete and turn in the food services waiver form one week in advance
• call to remind scheduling and facilities departments regarding room and parking details one day before each event
• e-mail event summaries to National within one week after each event
• e-mail podcast summaries to Carla Almaraz at almaraz@lclark.edu within one week after each event

Vice President (Event Coordination)

• assist chapter President in all presidential duties
• bring the banner and all other supplies to each event
• set up classroom before each event
• pick up and deliver parking passes to speakers on the day of the event
• get all speakers bottled water
• collect, distribute, and recycle food and drink products
• pass out and collect the listserv sign-up clipboards at events
• explain the podcast concept to speakers
• get speakers to sign speaker release forms for podcasting
• moderate the Q&A session at the end of each event
• store the banner and all other supplies after each event

Treasurer

• assume responsibility for the budget
• create an annual budget
• submit a budget request in the fall
• advocate budget before budget hearings
• record all budget expenditures
• complete all reimbursement forms
• update budget after each event
• give chapter President budget updates after each event
• inform the law school of all fund-raising activities or donations

The Federalist Society Speaker Series

February 18, 2009

Thomas Sansonetti
Partner, Holland & Hart
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Environmental and
Natural Resources Division
Solicitor, Department of the Interior
JD, Washington & Lee University Law School
MBA, University of Virginia

Topic:

Klamath Reservoir, the Spotted Owl and Indian Gaming in the Gorge.

The Bailout!

The Federalist Society Panel Series
February 5, 2009

*Title*:
The Bailout: Government Responses to Economic and Fiscal Decline

Issue questions:
Where is my $700 billion? Should the government be in the mortgage
business? Did the free market fail?

Speakers:

John McGinnis
Professor, Northwestern Law School, Law and Economics
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Office of
Legal Counsel
Clerk, Judge Ken Starr of the US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
JD, Harvard Law School

Justin Elardo
Visiting Professor, Lewis & Clark College, Economics
Senior Lecturer, Ohio State University
PhD, University of Utah, Economics

What do you think about the bailout?

The Philosophy of Individualist Environmentalism

The Federalist Society Speaker Series 1/27/09
Tibor Machan

Issues:
Why is a collectivist, anti-market stance environmentally wrong?

How do we address the central human problem with the environment: the tragedy of the commons?

How would only a philosophy of individualism provide the
foundation for solving that problem?

Why must we avoid utopianism?

Thoughts?

Debate: Pilon v. Kanter: Natural Law and the Constitution

Debate on January 21, 2009 12pm

How did we go from a government with few and defined powers to today's leviathan – under a Constitution that hasn't changed much?

Thoughts?

Improvements?

With any organization, improvements need to be made as we learn about what works and what does not work as well. Feel free to let us know your thoughts on how we can improve as an organization.

Time to Share Your Thoughts!

Welcome everyone! We are attempting to establish a forum to continue discussions from various events that have come up over the semester. Please feel free to comment about any event, relaying your feelings, questions, or comments. I will attempt to answer them if necessary, but hope to encourage ongoing discussion.