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Pre-Law Advising Interest Group Post-Conference Reports

NACADA Commission and Interest Group Division

2004 Post-Conference Unit Report

Interest Group:  Pre-Law Advising Interest Group

Co-Chairs:  Julie Givans and Sandra Voller

Section 1: Identify the leadership within your unit.

List members of your steering committees, committee members, task force members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.

No Leadership information provided.


Section 2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions and strategies.

Mission 1 : Address the academic advising needs of higher education.

Strategies:

1-B
Collect information about the environments in which academic advising operates. Through surveys, focus groups or other means, determine how academic advising best operates in higher education and determine if success is determined by particular variables - delivery model by institutional type, intrusiveness, processes for specific populations, etc.

Task (Activities Planned) Person/committee assigned the task Target Date Date Completed Assess progress or completion
Create list serve for interest group. Julie Givans 0000-00-00 2004-11-29 completed 

1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver professional development activities and resources to meet the needs of the academic advising community - including institutions, central administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors, and peer advisors.

Task (Activities Planned) Person/committee assigned the task Target Date Date Completed Assess progress or completion
Improve Interest Group website: expand FAQ's, include links/downloads to 'useful handouts for pre-law students,' and overall information Web Improvement Volunteers: Peter Baxter, Amy Luchsinger, Henry Cook 2005-10-01 0000-00-00 in progress 
Identify, develop and deliver presentations on pre-law topics at regional and national NACADA conferences; surpass number of national and regional conference presentations given in 2003-04. Use list serve and website to share ideas and basic presentation outlines Presentation Volunteers: Julie Givans, Peter Baxter, Amy Luchsinger 2005-10-31 0000-00-00 in progress 

Mission 2 : Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.

No Activity entered

Mission 3 : Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development in a diverse world.

Strategies:

3-A
Identify and develop strategies for fostering collaboration with various advising constituencies. Seek collaborative relationships with academic and student services related associations, discipline specific organizations, higher education associations, and accrediting agencies to promote the importance of academic advising.

Task (Activities Planned) Person/committee assigned the task Target Date Date Completed Assess progress or completion
Seek collaborative relationship with Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC) and the regional Associations of Pre-Law Advisors (APLAs). Sandra Voller, Julie Givans 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 The Executive Board of the Western Association of Pre-Law Advisors (WAPLA)sponsored a member of their executive board to attend the NACADA National Conference in 2003. A proposal has been made to WAPLA to hold their annual conference in Las Vegas immediately following the NACADA national conference in 2005. A proposal is in the works requesting that PLANC elect or appoint a liaison to NACADA.

Mission 4 : Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional mission and vitality.

No Activity entered

Mission 5 : Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.

Strategies:

5-C
Expand growth opportunities. Identify and promote opportunities for involvement by new members and leaders. Identify methods for reaching new populations with advising professional development opportunities.

Task (Activities Planned) Person/committee assigned the task Target Date Date Completed Assess progress or completion
Identify and promote ideas for conference presentations and articles on pre-law topics; use list-serve and website to share ideas and basic presentation outlines so that members who do "just a little" pre-law advising and those who have never presented before at a conference will embrace these opportunities for professional development. Surpass number of pre-law presentations and articles given/published in 2003-04. Julie Givans, Sandra Voller 2005-10-31 0000-00-00 in progress 


Section 3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board of Directors.

No Issues.


Section 4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.

Volunteer Opportunity Details
Write for NACADA Newsletter Write a content article on a topic related to pre-law advising for the September 2005 NACADA Newsletter (submission deadline June 15, 2005).

Section 5: Summary of Annual Interest Group Meeting

Summary of Annual Pre-Law Advising Interest Group Meeting, held on October 8, 2004 at the NACADA national conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. There were approximately 20 interested people in attendance.

Our agenda included a (brief) history of our group and a review of goals achieved in 2003 - 2004. Those in attendance shared program ideas. The group agreed that a list serve would be a useful means of communication for Pre-Law Interest Group members and that one should be established in a timely manner. Additional goals were discussed for the 2004-2005 year, and volunteers were identified who will contribute to the completion of those goals.

 

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