NUSL-BLSA Constitution & Bylaws 1NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, KEMET CHAPTER 400 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 CONSTITUTION Article I. Name and Affiliation (a) Name. This organization shall be known as the NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, KEMET CHAPTER (hereinafter referred to as the “Association” or “NUSL-BLSA”). Kemet is an ancient Egyptian word that means “black people.” (b) Affiliation. This organization shall be affiliated with National Black Law Student Association and Northeastern Regional Black Law Student Association, upon the payment of annual dues to the aforementioned organizations, unless a two-third majority of this association votes to end the affiliation.
ARTICLE II. Purpose (a) National Purpose. The purpose of this Association adheres to the following purposes of the National BLSA Constitution: (1) To articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black Law Students, including recruitment and retention of black law students, (2) To foster and encourage professional competence, (3) To focus on the relationship of the Black Law Student and the Black Attorney to the American legal structure, (4) to instill in the Black Attorney and Law Student a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the Black community, (5) to influence the legal community to bring about meaningful change to meet the needs of the Black community, (6) to adopt and implement a policy of economic independence, (7) to encourage Black Law Students to pursue careers in the judiciary, and (8) to do all things necessary and appropriate to accomplish these purposes. (b) Chapter Purpose. The Kemet Chapter adheres to the following additional purposes: It is the mission of the Kemet Chapter to serve the NUSL and legal community by increasing educational, racial and cultural diversity of students of African descent. In order to achieve this mission, members are encouraged to help foster recruitment as a means to remedy the small number of students of African descent and help with the retention of other members by supporting achievement of academic success in a majority Caucasian academic institution, experience social camaraderie and preserve the rich cultural history of those members who came before us especially since there is such a small number of us and losing a say if we integrate. The goals the Kemet Chapter strives to achieve are based on the following purposes: (1) To articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of students of African descent, including recruitment and retention of students of African descent, (2) to foster and encourage professional competence, (3) to focus on the relationship of students of African descent and attorneys of African descent to the American legal structure, (4) to instill in attorneys of African descent and students of African descent a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the African-American and African Diaspora community, (5) to influence the legal community to bring about meaningful change to meet the needs of the AfricanAmerican and African Diaspora community, (6) to adopt and implement a policy of economic independence,
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