ARTICLE IX: AMENDMENT PROCESS

Section 1. An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a two-third majority roll call vote of the total membership of the Senate at a special session called for such purpose. The amendment's specific text shall be posted, or be made known by some other reasonable means, within the law school by the Executive Secretary of the Student Bar Association along with the date, time, and place of such special meeting not less than three days prior to such meeting.

Section 2. By written petition signed by no less than one-fourth of the total law student population, the Senate shall accept a call for a proposed amendment from the law student population, provided such petition is certified for validity by the Chief Justice of the Honor Court.

1. The Chief Justice of the Honor Court shall schedule, in consultation with the President of the Student Bar Association and the organizers of such amendment, a special session of the Senate.
2. The amendment's specific text shall be posted, or made known by some other reasonable means, by the Executive Secretary of the Student Bar Association following consultation with the organizers of such amendment, along with the date, time, and place of such special meetings not less than three days prior to such meeting.
3. The Senate shall facilitate a public hearing over the proposed amendment in accordance with Student Bar Association procedures.
4. Prior to the close of this hearing, the amendment's organizers will finalize the text of the amendment. The final version of the text shall be certified in writing by the Chief Justice of the Honor Court, and transmitted to the Senate. The amendment shall then be deemed formally proposed.

Section 3. An amendment proposed by either Sections 1 or 2 of this article shall be ratified individually as a valid part of this Constitution for all intents and purposes upon the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds majority of the law student population so voting, provided that at least one-half of the law student population shall have voted in such election.

Section 4. Each proposed amendment to this Constitution shall appear fully individually on the referendum ballot. Precise notice of each individual proposed amendment, as it shall appear on the referendum ballot, shall be presented to the law student population not less than ten calendar days prior to the referendum.