Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2003-03-24

Kelly Fitzgerald of Madison, Miss., was elected president of the Student Bar Association for 2003-04 at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Fitzgerald, a second-year law student, was elected by the 488-member Cumberland student body. She will serve as the primary liaison between students and the law school administration.

Other newly elected SBA officers are: John Isaac Southerland of Kinston, N.C., vice president; Ashley Mims of Marietta, Ga., secretary; and Hans Schmidt of Nashville, Tenn., treasurer.

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.