ARTICLE I: THE STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION SENATE

Section 1. The legislative power of the Student Bar Association shall be vested in one law student Senate.

Section 2. The Senate shall consist of elected Senators and five elected Officers.

1. Senators and Officers shall be students currently enrolled in academic programs at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
2. Each academic class shall elect a number of Senators, based upon the population of the academic class, by majority vote to serve at large for their respective class.
   1. An academic class with one hundred and eighty law students or less shall elect six Senators.
   2. An academic class with greater than one hundred and eighty law students, but fewer than two hundred and thirty law students, shall elect seven Senators.
   3. An academic class with two hundred and thirty law students or more shall elect eight Senators.
3. Each graduate law program shall elect one Senator by majority vote to serve at large for its respective program.
4. The entire law student population shall also elect five Officers by majority vote to serve at large for the entire law student body within the Senate: a President, a Vice-President, an Executive Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Senate Counsel.
5. The actual population of each academic class, as it exists on the second Tuesday of September during its first year of law school matriculation and as officially recorded by the university registrar or its successor office, shall determine the precise number of Senators each respective class shall be entitled to elect for the duration of that academic class' tenure at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
6. The number of Senators representing an academic class, once determined, shall not be increased or diminished by subsequent gains or losses in the population of that academic class.

Section 3. The term of office of each Senator and Officer shall be one year, or until a Senator's or Officer's successor shall take office. All Senators and Officers shall be given an oath of office prior to assuming office.

Section 4. The President shall be the Presiding Officer of the Senate, and each Senator and Officer of the Senate shall have one vote, provided that the President shall only vote when the Senate is evenly divided.

Section 5. The Senate shall meet regularly, but not less than twice each calendar month during the academic year.

Section 6. Provided reasonable prior notice is given, special sessions of the Senate may be called by:

1. Direction of the President; or
2. The request of two officers; or
3. The request of at least six Senators, provided at least one Senator is from each of the three academic classes or a graduate law program.

Section 7. A simple majority of the Senators and Officers who have been duly elected at any given time shall constitute quorum to legally conduct any and all business.

Section 8. The legislative power of the Senate shall be:

1. To investigate, act, and conclude any and all agreements relating to any matter which affects and promotes the rights, obligations, services, and overall welfare of the law students at Case Western Reserve University and elements thereof; and
2. To establish, fund, and regulate a central Law Student Activities Fund, which shall primarily be funded through the regular collection of a law student activities fee in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and all other relevant documents;
3. To regulate, fund, and provide access to benefits to any and all law student activities and organizations, with such funds originating from the Law Student Activities Fund, and in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and all other relevant documents;
4. To establish, fund, regulate, and approve the budget of the Student Bar Association, which shall be funded from the Law Student Activities Fund, and in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and all other relevant documents;
5. To organize, hold, and certify elections and returns;
6. To establish all committees, councils, commissions, boards, task forces, and agencies of the Student Bar Association, both standing and special;
7. To elect, by majority vote, the law student Justices of the Honor Court;
8. To promulgate, jointly with the governing body of the law school faculty, both a law student code of conduct and procedures necessary for its operation and enforcement;
9. To adopt Bylaws to provide for governance in matters not expressed in this Constitution, to the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with this Constitution; and
10. To act in any other way which is necessary and proper to execute the foregoing powers, as well as all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Student Bar Association.

Section 9. Every act which has been adopted by the Senate shall enter into full force and effect, and no Senator or Officer shall be privileged to exercise a veto of any kind over actions of the Senate.

Section 10. The Senate may establish the rules of its proceedings, compel the attendance of absent Senators and Officers, and, by a two-thirds vote, expel any Senator or Officer for failure to attend three or more sessions of the Senate without the prior written excuse submitted to the President.

Section 11. All sessions of the Senate shall be open to the public, and votes shall not be taken by secret ballot, nor shall proxy votes be permitted, provided that the Senate may utilize a secret ballot when electing the law student Justices of the Honor Court. A recorded roll call vote may be taken on any issue by order of a majority vote of the Senate present.