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BLSA Alumni Spring Weekend

The Black Law Students Association, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI), is pleased to invite you to the 2022 BLSA Alumni Spring Weekend! As a follow-up to our fall 2021 Banquet, BLSA Alumni Spring Weekend will take place the weekend of March 25-26, 2022. Come reconnect with fellow alums, honor our outgoing 3Ls, and meet our incoming admitted students!

You’ll hear from prominent alumni speakers, enjoy a March Madness game watch, have an opportunity to gain CLE credits, and more! For questions please contact Max Gaston ’13 J.D., Director of ODEI, at mgaston1@nd.edu.

Register here

Registration closes March 11.

Schedule for Friday, March 25

  • 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Registration
  • Daytime tours of Law School and campus
  • 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. – Cocktail hour with admitted students
  • 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. – Greetings and welcome by DEI Director Max Gaston ’13 J.D.
  • 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Fireside chat with BLSA President Monica Bell, Fitness Connection USA General Counsel Mauri Miller ’13 J.D., and other young alumni on finding success as a young Black lawyer
  • March Madness game watch with NDLA Board members and admitted students

Schedule for Saturday, March 26

  • 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. – Continental breakfast
  • 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. – State of the Law School Address by Joseph A. Matson Dean & Professor of Law G. Marcus Cole
  • Inter-journal Symposium (offered for CLE credit)
    • 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. – Panel 1, “Race and the Judiciary”
    • 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Panel 2, “Race and Policing”
    • 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch  
    • 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Panel 3, “Race, Technology, and Human Rights”
  • 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Daytime tours of Law School and campus
  • 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. – Cocktail hour
  • 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. – Alumni Banquet
    • Welcoming remarks
    • Student awards, recognition of outgoing 3Ls, and presentation of incoming BLSA Executive Board
    • Keynote address from Danisha Hall ’11 J.D., Director of US Leadership and Business Communications at McDonald’s, followed by fireside chat with Danisha and 1L Representative Jazmyn Ferguson