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!!APPLICATIONS FOR NMLSA's 2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD - ACCEPTED NOW!!
NEW DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2008!!

As-salam Alaikum,

The start of a new academic year is here and so are NMLSA's E-board Elections!  NMLSA's mission is to help create a network of Muslim Law Student across the country and facilitate the building of a strong network of future Muslim lawyers.  Board members play an integral role in shaping the direction of NMLSA, as it is a young group in its formative stages.  This is an exciting time to make a difference in organizing Muslim law students across the country.  We hope you will consider taking a leadership role in helping shape the Muslim legal community.  No prior NMLSA experience is required.

The E-Board consists of the following positions:
- President
- Vice-President
- Director of Finance
- Secretary
- Director of Communications
- Director of Academic and Professional Development

The duties and responsibilities of each position is listed in the NMLSA's Bylaws: http://www.nmlsa.org/bylaws.htm

All interested applicants, please submit a current resume and answer the following questions in the form of a cover letter:

1. What Position do you want and why (i.e. what will you bring to the position)? If you are interested in being considered for more than one position, please rank the desired position in order of preference (with "1" as the most desired).

2. What is your vision for the National Muslim Law Students Association?

3. How have you contributed to either NMLSA and/or to your own MLSA or any other law student organization/Bar Association? If you have already served on the NMLSA Exec-Board, please state what position you held, how you contributed to NMLSA, and what you would like to do to improve NMLSA.

4. What school and year are you in (e.g. 2L, full time, year of graduation)?

5. Additional comments that will aid us in the selection process.

As NMLSA is not at the stage where it is feasible to implement the election procedures set in our Constitution and By-laws, we have devised the following election procedure. We have enlisted the assistance of three well-known and active Muslim attorneys, Asaad Siddiqi (Muslim Bar Association of New York), Engy Abdelkader (New Jersey Muslim Attorneys), and Rufiath Yousuff (NMLSA President, 2006-07) to ensure NMLSA's continuity and activism, while establishing stronger ties with other Muslim bar associations and attorney organizations. All applications are to be emailed to Asaad, Engy, and Rufiath - who will collectively select the most appropriate person per position.

InshaAllah, as NMLSA reaches its potential in the following years, we shall utilize the process outlined in our Constitution/Bylaws.

Potential candidates should use the following subject line to email their applications: "NMLSA Elections - Candidates"
All those interested in running for the E-board, please email Asaad Siddiqi (asaad.siddiqi@gmail.com ), Engy Abdelkader (engy.abdelkader@gmail.com), and Rufiath Yousuff (rufiath@hotmail.com) with your cover letter and resume attached.

Application NEW DEADLINE: Wednesday, September 3, 2008

InshaAllah, the 2008-09 E-Board will be announced in September. We look forward to your applications. Good luck to everyone.

(Learn more about our past events by clicking the link on the left toolbar!!) Law students and Muslim Law Student Associations from around the country are getting organized to form a unified national network. This is the first time that representatives from law schools around the nation have formed a national network of Muslim law students, with the aim of setting up the National Muslim Law Student Association (NMLSA).

NMLSA hopes to play a key role in facilitating dialogues to promote understanding, tolerance, and the exchange of ideas among law students of all religions, races, and backgrounds. We also aim to encourage the active involvement and integration of Muslims into the American legal system and to promote greater diversity in the legal profession. Through its activities, NMLSA plans to promote the balanced and comprehensive professional, spiritual, cultural, and academic development of all law students, regardless of their religious or racial background.

NMLSA hopes to play a key role in encouraging and promoting the active involvement of Muslim law students in shaping the American legal landscape. At the same time, NMLSA will encourage Muslim law students to be proactive and push to set up new chapters in their law schools to give Muslims a voice in the American law school scene.

So far, NMLSA has received strong encouragement and assistance from MSA National, the National Black Law Student Association’s Executive Committee, the National Association of Muslim Lawyers as well as from individuals in the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division.

Contact us if you want to join the NMLSA list-serve, start a chapter of NMLSA in your law school, be a law school rep, be a circuit coordinator for NMLSA, or if you want to hook up your local law school organization with the national network.

For more information on NMLSA or any of our upcoming meetings/events, please email NMLSA at nmlsa_org@yahoo.com.