{"id":12021,"date":"2013-03-14T09:16:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2013-03-15T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T16:47:51","slug":"stetsons-black-law-students-association-honored-at-national-black-law-students-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2013\/03\/14\/stetsons-black-law-students-association-honored-at-national-black-law-students-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson\u2019s Black Law Students Association honored at National Black Law Students Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Black Law Students Association was honored with the National Most Improved Chapter Award during the 45th annual National Black Law Students Convention in Atlanta, Ga., March 6-10. Out of more than 200 chapters in BLSA, Stetson\u2019s BLSA was the only chapter to receive the coveted award.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11567\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BLSA.Executive-Board-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11567\" title=\"Stetson's BLSA Executive Board L-R: Angelica Jones, Keyara Franklin, Brannon Gary, Lakeisha Simms, Valeria Obi, Cindy Cumberbatch and Charis Campbell.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BLSA.Executive-Board-Picture-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Stetson's BLSA Executive Board L-R: Angelica Jones, Keyara Franklin, Brannon Gary, Lakeisha Simms, Valeria Obi, Cindy Cumberbatch and Charis Campbell.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stetson&#8217;s BLSA Executive Board L-R: Angelica Jones, Keyara Franklin, Brannon Gary, Lakeisha Simms, Valeria Obi, Cindy Cumberbatch and Charis Campbell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stetson BLSA member Andrenette Sullivan was installed as Advocacy Specialist for the BLSA Southern Region Executive Board.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan attended the convention along with Stetson BLSA member Pavielle Bookman, and BLSA chapter delegates Charis Campbell, Brannon Gary, Angelica Jones, Valeria Obi, and BLSA president Lakeisha Simms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur accomplishments over this past year make me extremely optimistic about the future of Stetson\u2019s BLSA,\u201d said Simms.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Stetson\u2019s BLSA was named Chapter of the Year for the Southern Region for outstanding community activism from a pool of 43 law school chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Black Law Students Association was honored with the National Most Improved Chapter Award during the 45th annual National Black Law Students Convention in Atlanta, Ga., March 6-10. 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