Law student selected as Regents rep

January 31, 2008

Ross Meyer, a first-year law student at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, has been selected for a two-year term as student representative on the Arizona Board of Regents.<separator></separator>Meyer’s selection by Gov. Janet Napolitano must be confirmed by the Arizona Senate, and his term would begin this summer. Each student representative serves two years, the first year as a non-voting member. The voting seat rotates through each of the three state universities.<separator></separator>As an undergraduate, Meyer chose ASU because of Barrett, the Honors College. He majored in economics at the W. P. Carey School of Business and was student body president.<separator></separator>“I’m excited about politics because of the opportunity to make a positive change,” Meyer says. “Students have a different perspective, and we need to allow the student voice to be heard.”<separator></separator>While at Barrett, Meyer wrote an honors thesis on retention and graduation rates and hopes to work on those issues as a student regent.<separator></separator>He says that, as student body president, he worked with ASU President Michael Crow and looks forward to the opportunity again.<separator></separator>“He knows what he wants,” Meyer says. “When he’s working on a subject, he knows all the information. You feel like he reads all night.” Meyer became interested in law after working at an attorney’s office as a freshman, but says he hasn’t decided what kind of law he would like to practice.<separator></separator>“I’m working through my classes and crossing things off,” he says.<separator></separator>Judy Nichols, <a href="mailto:judith.nichols@asu.edu">judith.nichols@asu.edu</a> (480) 727-7895 College of Law

Student Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law