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Office of Student Life: Student Organizations
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Forming a New Group The following information is useful for forming a new group that will be officially recognized and eligible for funding.
Application and Review Process Student Organizations are a vital part of Student Life at Georgetown Law. There are a wide variety of student organizations that actively produce activities and events for the students and the community at Georgetown Law. New student organizations can be considered for official recognition and be eligible to receive funding from the Student Bar Association by completing the Application to Form a New Georgetown Law Student Organization and submitting a proposed constitution (see sample constitution). The Student Life Committee (consisting of students, staff and faculty) meets, as needed, to review the applications to form new student organizations and evaluates them on an individual basis. The committee reviews the application based on the following criteria: the organization will add value to the Georgetown Law community, there is no existing organization with the same or substantially the same name or purpose, and membership is open to all students. After their decision has been made, the applicant is notified of the committee’s decision. The Student Bar Association, the student government of Georgetown Law, consists of an Executive Board of Officers and a House of Delegates. These student representatives develop student services, articulate student concerns, organize co-curricular and extracurricular activities, and allocate funding to student organizations. The House of Delegates appoints interested students to serve on student-faculty committees that develop curriculum, formulate the Law Center’s budget, and establish the school’s long and short-term goals. Students serve on these committees in either a full-voting or an advisory capacity. Recruiting new members may be an organization’s most important activitiy, since it is through new members that an organization is perpetuated. The Office of Student Life assists organizations in their recruiting efforts by hosting an annual Fall Student Organization Fair. Student Organizations are encouraged to promote their organization and recruit new members by handing out information, answering questions, promoting upcoming events and activities, and collecting new member contact information at the fair. Funding for New and Reestablished Student Organizations The Student Bar Association sets aside a limited amount of money in their budget for allocation to new and reestablished organizations unable to submit requests during the budget process each Spring. Such an organization may submit a budget request to the SBA once it becomes an eligible organization. New organizations are subject to the same guidelines as established organizations and face the additional budgetary constraint of limited reserve funds.
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