October 6, 2025

Written By Creighton Law Student Bar Association

Call to Order 

  1. Roll Call 

    1. Present: Lauren, Jancyn, Ethan, Keana, Haylie, Rich, Ella, Samme, John, Anna, Sayler, Shaniah, Sadie, Nyagoa, Ciara, Alicia, Margi 

    2. Absent: Benji,   

  2. Approval of the Agenda 

    1. Motion: Ella 

    2. Second: Samme 

    3. All in Favor: 12 

    4. All Oppose: 0 

    5. Abstain:  

  3. Approval of the Minutes 

    1. Motion: Ella  

    2. Second: Samme 

    3. All in Favor: 12 

    4. All Oppose: 0 

    5. Abstain:  

  4. Open Forum 

  5. Guest Speaker 

    1. No speaker today 

  6. Reports 

    1. SBA President: 

      1. Order trash bags for the SBA office 

        1. Ranges from $13-20, need budget approval, and I'll order from Amazon.  

          1. Motion: Ciara  

          2. Second: Samme 

          3. All in Favor: 13 

          4. Oppose: 0 

          5. Abstain: 0 

      2. Creighton Closet Pop-up w/ Judge Keim 

      3. If you have business clothing that you no longer wear, please donate them to the closet 

        1. Be mindful of the quality of the clothes that you are donating. 

        2. Make sure to bring the clothes in a clean, washed state 

        3. Bring donations to Dean Summers  

        1. Inns of the Court – Omaha Chapter, Networking opportunity  

          1. Talk to Keana for any questions regarding the closet  

       

      1. SBA Office Closet: 

        1. Limited access and limited number of members authorized to access the closet  

    2. Vice President of Internal Affairs:  

      1. Funds Request:  

        1. Website and domain renew on October 28th  

        2. Square Space Subscription  + Domain: $336 + $20 = $356.00 

          1. Motion: 

          2. Second: 

          3. All in Favor: 

          4. All Oppose:  

          5. Abstain:  

      2. Merch Store 

        1. Merch store now open (pick up only)  

          1. I will write up a message for everyone to send out.  

          2. Social Media Post 

        2. How to do merch sales 

          1. Sales policy .docx 

        3. Approved payment methods.  

          1. The website  

          2. Paypal  

          3. Cash 

    3. Vice President of Finance:  

      1. Funds request:  

        1. SELS: 

          1. Asking for $150 for pizza (Godfathers), for a meeting they are having with a guest speaker. This money would come out of the $300 they are allocated for the semester, which would leave SELS with $150 of CSU funds for the semester. 

          1. Motion: Lauren  

          2. Second: Keana  

          3. All in Favor: 12 

          4. All Oppose: 0 

          5. Abstain: 2 

        2. ILSA: 

          1. Asking for $175.98 for pizza (Godfathers), this would be a reimbursement they already had their meeting and Billy paid with his personal card, since they didn't have SLIC cards yet. This would come out of their semester allocations they would have $124 remaining for the semester.  

          2. Motion: Samme 

          3. Second: Keana 

          4. All in Favor: 12 

          5. All Oppose: 0 

          6. Abstain: 1 

      2. Student Club Disbursement club 

        1. Instead of giving every club $300 off the bat, we keep the $300 and wait for them to ask 

          1. Table for executive meeting 

            1. Motion: Margie 

            2. Second: Second 

    4. Vice President of Communications: 

      1. Be mindful of your time in the office: clean up after yourself, do not stuff the trash full, instead take it out, do not put liquids or food waste in the trash either  

        1. Whatever liquid was in the trash ruined this VP's shoes 

      2. If you arrive early to the office, and you see the janitor, kindly ask the janitor to vacuum our office. 

    5. Vice President of Student Organizations:  

  7. Committee Chairs 

    1. Barristers' Ball:  

      1. Committee still in the works 

    2. Events:  

      1. FAC this Friday @ Sips on 10th  (7-9) 

        1. $1620 total, Sips is also catering! 

          1. Live music (8:00 pm), yard games, open patio 

          2. $250 for tip 

          3. $100 for food 

          4. $1250 for tab  

        2. Sober monitors: 

          1. Ella  

          2. Anna  

          3. Margi 

        3. Motion: John 

        4. Second: Ella 

        5. All in favor:  12 

        6. All Oppose: 0 

        7. Abstain: 2 

      2. Barrister's location + approval – Luminarium $11,000 ($10,500 + extra fees) 

        1. Saturday, March 28, 2026  

        2. Save the Date  

        3. Security provided – the "Lumineers" (for extra fee?) 

        4. Expecting at least 600 people 

        5. The enter facility is rented, so all of the exhibits will be open and available to us. 

        6. Approving $11,000 today: 

          1. Motion: Ella 

          2. Second: Samme 

          3. All in Favor: 12 

          4. All Oppose: 0 

          5. Abstain: 2 

        7. Overall budget to be discussed next meeting  

      3. FAC Safety: 

        1. Monitors, be expected to be approached on topics about other students making others uncomfortable at SBA events 

          1. John and Alicia volunteer to help in situations like these if they are present at the FACs 

          2. Any reports of situations like this will be reported to Dean Summers 

        2. Include this in the flyers and FAC emails moving forward 

    3. Fundraising:  

    4. Merchandise: 

    5. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: 

    6. Cura Personalis:  

  8. Old Business 

  9. New Business 

    1. SELS Merch 

      1. Proposal: Using Ethan's personal company to print merch for SELS vs having SELS go through Creighton's CLC licensing. 

        1. Motion: Samme 

        2. Second: Margi 

        3. All in Favor: 13 

        4. All Oppose: 0 

        5. Abstain: 1 

      2. There is an already an agreement between the SBA and Ethan Bennett regarding distribution of merchandise.  

      3. The law school is already okay with this arrangement.  

    2. Bailiff: 

      1. Thank you for the 1Ls reps for getting the Bailiff volunteers increased! 

    3. Lift-o-thon 

    1. Tabling at KFC Wednesday 

    2. Tabling at the law school after fall break  

    3. 20 sign-ups 

      1. T-shirts, prizes, books! 

  10. Advisor’s Report 

  11. For the Good of the Order 

  12. Adjournment 

    1. Motion: Ethan 

    2. Second: Samme 

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