At the recent ABA Spring Board of Governors Meeting in New Orleans, Steven Cometa (2L) was elected by the Board of Governors to serve as the ABA- Law Student Division’s next Vice Chair. For the past year, Steven had the pleasure of serving as the ABA-Student Governor for the 9th Circuit and after he handed over the position to his successor, Steven was elected to the second highest ranked position at the ABA-Law Student Division.

“When the announcement was made that the Board of Governors had selected me to serve as their Vice Chair, I was elated,” said Steven. He will soon be responsible for all membership and marketing campaigns for the ABA-Law Student Division throughout the country. As an incredibly accomplished second- year law student, he is excited for the new challenge. “It is a high honor to serve in this capacity and I am happy to represent Chapman while doing it,” Steven added.

Steven will be officially sworn into office at the ABA Annual Meeting in front of the Law Student Division Assembly–that includes ABA Representatives and SBA Presidents from every U.S. ABA approved law school–this August in San Francisco. “I look forward to working with the rest of my executive team to hear and remedy student concerns as well as promoting the overall goals of our division, which include student debt reform and law school transparency,” Steven said. Law students, especially those at Chapman, are very lucky to have an experienced leader representing them at the ABA-Law Student Division for the 2013-2014 term.