NBLSA Announces Its 2010-2011 National Board

Washington, DC (May 1, 2010) - The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 National Board. The National Board is the policy-making body of NBLSA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of the organization's affairs.

The formation of NBLSA's 2010-2011 board ensures that the organization continues to benefit from diverse talents, backgrounds, opinions, and expertise. Since 1968, NBLSA has been committed to developing talented, conscious black attorneys. Through its programming and initiatives for the upcoming year, the newly formulated board will continue the NBLSA tradition of advocating for increased representation of black law students in law school and black attorneys in the legal profession.

The board will be sworn in at the NBLSA Fourth Annual Joint Board Leadership Retreat. The retreat will take place June 4th through 6th, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. A list of the National Board, Staff, and Advisors may be found on the NBLSA website at www.nblsa.org.

Press Contact:
Erica Washington
National Director of Public Relations
The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA)
publicrelations@nblsa.org

About The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA):

Founded in 1968, the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a national, non-profit organization created and designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students; foster and encourage professional competence; focus upon the relationship of the Black attorney to the American legal system; instill in the Black attorney and law student a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the Black community; utilize member expertise to initiate a change within the legal system that will make it more responsive to the needs and concerns of the Black community; and do any and all things necessary and lawful in order to accomplish these goals. NBLSA is the largest student-run organization in America and has approximately 200 chapters at law schools throughout the country. This represents almost every ABA accredited law school, plus several non-accredited law schools. These chapters represent nearly 6,000 Black law students in six regions that encompass 48 states including Hawaii and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Recently, NBLSA has established an international connection with Black law students in Canada, England, South Africa, and the Bahamas who have decided to model their student organizations after NBLSA.

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