Meet the Board: Emily Milnes

For the next couple of weeks, we'll be introducing (or re-introducing) the members of the OBCLAA's 2012-2013 Board. We're hoping that this will give you some insight into who's leading the OBCLAA and where we hope to take the Association over the next year. As always, if one of these bios gives you an idea for how YOU can get involved, don't hesitate to post a reply or contact individual Board members. Enjoy!

Today we'll be meeting Emily Milnes, the Student Liaison. After doing a great job in her 2011-2012 term, Emily was reelected for another term.

I am a third year JD student (09B), living in Washington state.  As a current student, I find it a real privilege to be studying at OBCL, where the emphasis in each class is that the field of law is the harvest field where God's redemptive work of justice and the ministry of the Gospel takes place.  

In the coming year, I'm looking forward to continuing as student liaison, working with current students, TAs, professors, and OBCL alumni, while organizing the First Year MBE Program and the Baby Bar Mentoring Program for first year students, as well as scheduling alumni-mentoring conference calls for second and third year students -- and if the mentoring program is something that sounds interesting to you, I'd love to have you join us!

• We're always looking for alumni who would be interested in hosting an MBE conference call with first year students.  (These calls review material from Torts, Criminal Law, and Contracts.  The set of MBE questions and the corresponding detailed answer guides are provided prior to the call -- all you have to do is show up!)

• And for each class, there is always a need for alumni who are currently practicing in a field of law and who would be interested in sharing their experiences by meeting with students via conference call during the semester to answer any questions that the students may have about the real-world practice of law for each particular subject that they're currently studying -- whether it's Immigration, Constitutional Law, Bankruptcy, etc.  (Retired OBCL exams and answer guides are available for most subjects, and these can be provided prior to these conference calls as well, if helpful.)

So whether it's working through a set of MBEs or expounding the rule against perpetuities, if working with current OBCL students by occasionally volunteering your time and experience is something that sounds interesting to you, please send me an email!  It's fun.  And we'd love to have you on board.  Thank you! 

Emily may be reached by email at:  milnese@gmail.com