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Tricia Jonas Hackleman
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University of Georgia
School of Law
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American Constitution Society: The American Constitution Society of the Georgia School of Law is a nonpartisan society whose mission is to harness the values of compassion and respect for each individual, and to incorporate them into American law and politics, in order to build a stronger and more decent national community. The Society's role is to influence the debate on the law, both in its interpretation and its creation, and to restore these traditional American values to their rightful place in legal and political debate. Our goal is a rekindling of the hope that by reason and decency, we can create an America that is better for us all.
President: Kelly Wegel, kwegel@uga.edu
Vice President: Benjamin Levine, blevine@uga.edu
Program Director: Tianna Bethune, tbeth@uga.edu
Georgia Chapter Liaison: Sarah Hill, shill@uga.edu
Marketing Director: Nick St. John, nstjohn@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Erica J. Hashimoto
Asian Law Student Association: The mission of the Asian Law Students Association is to provide social and academic support to Asian/Asian-American students at the University of Georgia School of Law during their time in law school and beyond. Through various events and activities, we strive to promote cultural awareness and facilitate exchange between students of different cultural backgrounds within the law school. While ALSA is an organization designed for Asian/Asian-American law students, we welcome anyone who is interested in joining, regardless of race, nationality, or cultural background.
President: Andy Shin, andyshin@uga.edu
Vice President: John Kim, johnkim@uga.edu
Treasurer: Jim Xiao, fanxiao@uga.edu
Program Coordinator: Yoo Jin Kim, yjkim@uga.edu
Advisor: Greg Roseboro
Business Law Society: The Business Law Society was formed, and continues to exist, to help bring together law students interested in corporate and business law for educational and professional development, including the sponsoring of events involving corporate and business law firms and organizations.
President: Robyn Flegal, rflegal@uga.edu
Vice President: Demetrius Padgett, padgett1@uga.edu
Secretary: Alexa Miller, alexam@uga.edu
Treasurer: Cole Phillips, cphil5@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Carol Morgan
Christian Legal Society: The University of Georgia chapter of Christian Legal Society is a group of sinners committed to loving, serving, and proclaiming Jesus Christ through the practice of law. CLS provides many opportunities for fun-filled fellowship, Christ-centered charity, and thought-provoking discussion on what it means to be a Christian and a lawyer. All law students are welcome at CLS.
President: Sarah Bellacicco, sbella@uga.edu
Vice Presdient: Yasmine Antoine, yasminea@uga.edu
Treasurer: Dennis Vann, dvann16@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Randy Beck
Davenport-Benham: Black Law Student Association: The purpose of this organization shall be to utilize the collective resources available to the chapter, including members, alumni, and friends (person/organization who favors and/or supports the organization), for the creation and maintenance of a Pre- law school environment that is conducive to Black students with intentions to study law.
President: Whitney Judson, wjudson1@uga.edu
Vice President: Antonio Sangueza, sangueza@uga.edu
Secretary: Ashley Wright, wright4@uga.edu
Treasurer:
Advisor: Greg Roseboro
Dean's Ambassadors: The Dean's Ambassadors shall be focused first toward the promotion of the University of Georgia School of Law in the public arena and second toward the provision of maximum service for the betterment of the University of Georgia School of Law.
President: Emily Cook, ecook@uga.edu
Vice President Membership: Bradford Patterson, comet7@uga.edu
Vice President Events: George Ray, gsr@uga.edu
Secretary: Laughlin Kane, kaneml8@uga.edu
Advisor: Heidi Murphy
Education Law Student Association: Assist members interested in Education Law as they seek professional development within the Law School, the community, the state, and throughout the nation. Provide a body in which students interested in Education Law can discover, debate, and design policies affecting both the education system and the study of the rules which govern it. Establish and promote the University of Georgia School of Law as an institution of note in the field of education law, by producing scholarship, participating in academic events in other schools, and hosting the same.
President: Robert Goff, rgoffjr@uga.edu
Vice President: Josh Porter, jporter2@uga.edu
Treasurer: Rebecca White, rcw34@uga.edu
Publicity & Outreach Director: Amanda Butterworth, abutter@uga.edu
Community Service Coordinators:
Michael Macbride, macbride@uga.edu
Antonio Sangueza, sangueza@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Kent Barnett
Environmental Law Association: The purpose/mission of the Environmental Law Association (ELA) is to provide a forum for those interested in environmental law. ELA presents the annual Red Clay Conference, sponsors speakers, and conducts community beautification efforts.
President: Jim Xiao, fanxiao@uga.edu
Vice President: Katie O'Brien, obrienk@uga.edu
Treasurer: Jill Hauserman, jth@uga.edu
Secretary: Elliott Gillooly, gillooly@uga.edu
Red Clay Conference Executive Chair: Suzanne Timmons, stim@uga.edu
Red Clay Conference Co-chairs:
Brian Easley, easlebt0@uga.edu
Mark Grafton, grafton@uga.edu
Hunter Jones, hljones@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Peter A. Appel
Equal Justice Foundation Board: EJF's primary objective is to provide fellowships for students who volunteer for public interest organizations during the summer. These fellowships enable students to work in positions that would not otherwise be funded. EJF fellowship recipients receive practical experience in public interest law and provide organizations with valuable and necessary resources to expand their services.
President: Edgar Callaway, edgar@uga.edu
Vice President: Alex McKee, amckee16@uga.edu
Auction Chairs:
Chelsea Ivey, chels128@uga.edu
Alicia Luncheon, alicianl@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Alexander W. Scherr
Federalist Society: Encourages debate on the current status of public policy and the law through the sponsorship of debates and prominent speakers.
President: Gregg Conley, gjconley@uga.edu
Vice President: Michael Orta, mporta@uga.edu
Treasurer: Wesley Mathieu, wmathieu@uga.edu
Secretary: Alexandra Smith, acsmith7@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Michael L. Wells
Georgia Association of Law and Politics: The purpose of the Association is to explore emerging political issues and their intersection with the law, especially with regard to Georgia's legal system.
President: Matthew Wilson, mwdawg@uga.edu
Vice President: Amy Detisch, aldeti2@uga.edu
Secretary: Lauren Farrar, lfarrar@uga.edu
Treasurer: Thomas Buscemi, tbuscemi@uga.edu
Website Director: Kory Verdonck, verdonkm@uga.edu
Symposium Logistics Director: Courtney Coons, ccoons24@uga.edu
Legislative Day Co-Directors: Patrick Leed, pwleed@uga.edu, and George Ray, gsr@uga.edu
Food Frenzy Director: Joe Reynolds, jrey@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Thomas A. Eaton
Georgia Society for International & Comparative Law: The purposes of the Society are: to promote the study of Public and Private International Law; to promote the comparative study of the legal systems of the world; to promote greater understanding of international organizations and institutions; to educate ourselves and others in these areas of knowledge through participation in and sponsorship of discussion, speaker programs, and other projects designed to stimulate and advance these goals.
President: Dene Terry, dterry73@uga.edu
Vice President: Lia Melikian, lgm@uga.edu
Secretary: Stephany Sheriff, sheriff1@uga.edu
Treasurer: Brian Abrams, babrams@uga.edu
Event Coordinators:
Eric Heath, heathea@uga.edu & Lee Deneen, ldeneen@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Diane Amann
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Student Chapter: The Student Chapter for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association is dedicated to providing an opportunity for students interested in a career as trial lawyers to begin the process of learning about those aspects of the legal profession related to representing plaintiffs in civil litigation. Additionally, SGTLA will provide its members opportunities to attend specialized educational programs, to network with practicing plaintiff's lawyers, and to work in conjunction with the GTLA to strengthen and preserve Georgia's Civil Justice System and the rights of Georgia's citizens and consumers to access to the courts to resolve tort claims.
President: Hannah Jarrells, hejarr@uga.edu
Vice Presidents: Ashley Wright, wright4@uga.edu & Zack Kelehear, zjkele@uga.edu
Chairperson: Peyton Bell, bellp@uga.edu
Representative: Sakeena Leben-Yearwood, scleben@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Thomas A. Eaton
Health Law Society: The Health Law Society will provide UGA Law School students with the opportunity to be involved with and exposed to the growing field of health and biomedical law. The goals of the Health Law Society are to enhance law students' knowledge of current health and biomedical law issues; promote and facilitate students' careers in health and biomedical law; and provide a forum for UGA Law School students to share ideas, knowledge and experience with others interested in health and biomedical law.
Co-presidents: Samantha Bily, sbily@uga.edu & Jim Xiao, fanxiao@uga.edu
Vice President: Max Horowitz, mhorowi1@uga.edu
Vice President of PR/Events: Katie O'Brien, obrienk@uga.edu
Secretary: Charissa Morningstar, charmor@uga.edu
Treasurer: Chelsea Smith, cgrace11@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Elizabeth Weeks Leonard
Hispanic Law Students Association: The purpose of the Hispanic Law Students Association (HLSA) shall be to serve as a conduit for a collective Latino/Latina law student voice. We are a non-partisan organization driven by a progressive agenda that protects and advances the civil rights of Latinos and Latinas in law school and in our respective communities. HLSA is dedicated to promoting and sustaining the academic success of Latino and Latina law students. HLSA acknowledges the diversity within the Latin American community, and recognizes that our civil rights are furthered when we build coalitions with other communities.
President: Imani Carter, ijc015@uga.edu
Vice President: Maria Rivera-Diaz. marichar@uga.edu
Treasurer: Woroma Ejiowhor. woro208@uga.edu
Professional Outreach Chair: Alicia Luncheon. alicianl@uga.edu
Community Outreach Chair: Amy Detisch. aldeti2@uga.edu
Secretary: Sakeena Leben. scleben@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Kent Barnett
Intellectual Property Law Society: The Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) serves the needs of law students that are interested in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets, and Publicity areas of the law. The IPLS strives to enable student-members to stay informed of current issues and advancements in the law by organizing panels, lectures, social events, and informational meetings with law firms. IPLS membership is open to all UGA Law students interested in this exciting and growing field.
President: Alan Lanier, alanier1@uga.edu
Vice President: Sarah Kessler, skessler@uga.edu
Vice President of Events: Gina Kim, gkkim@uga.edu
Vice President of Media and Communications: Michael Ong, maong@uga.edu
Vice President of Fundraising: Josh Stein, jstein1@uga.edu
Treasurer: Jingshi Shi, js15@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Josseph S. Miller
Jewish Law Student Association: The Jewish Law Student Association (JLSA) at the University of Georgia School of Law is an organization designed for Jewish students, but open to all students regardless of their religion, nationality, or race. JLSA provides many opportunities to its members for entertainment, education and networking. During the school year, JLSA hosts numerous social events including happy hours, and student mixers with other Jewish graduate students from around the state of Georgia. JLSA also hosts a bi-weekly lunch & learn series with Chabad of Athens, Jewish holiday celebrations, lectures and seminars, and opportunities to meet and mingle with Jewish faculty.
President: Dov Preminger, dov@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Harlan G. Cohen
J. Reuben Clark Law Society: We affirm the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious conviction. We strive through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.
President: Spencer Malley, smalley3@uga.edu
Vice President: Kenny Bentley, kbentley@uga.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Devin Rees, drees@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Jared Ruiz Bybee
Labor & Employment Law Association: Provides a forum to discuss issues related to the area of labor and employment law and network among students and practitioners interested in this practice area.
President: Alaina Anderson, anders28@uga.edu
Vice President of Programming: Dave Balajthy, balajthy@uga.edu
Vice President of Organizational Affairs: Crighton Allen, ctallen@uga.edu
Vice President of Outreach: Eric Schultz, schultz4@uga.edu
Treasurer: Chelsey McDade, chelsmac@uga.edu
Public Relations Chair: Ann Tipton Lesslie, alesslie@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Jaime L. Dodge
Land Use & Planning Organization: This organization provides a forum for the discussion of issues surrounding land use law, urban planning, and real estate development. The organization is committed to an inter-disciplinary forum that involves thoughts and ideas from inside and outside Georgia Law.
President: Nick Sexton, npsexton@uga.edu
Vice President:/Treasurer: Bryan Lutz, lutz0807@uga.edu
Vice President/Secretary: Spencer Milton, spence96@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Christian Turner
Law Democrats: Law Democrats is a student organization that is dedicated to fostering support among Democrats at the law school. We volunteer with both local and national elections. Law Democrats also occasionally works with Young Democrats on volunteering initiatives .
President: Gray Reilly, wgreilly@uga.edu
Vice President: Corey Goerdt, cgoerdt@uga.edu
Executive Board:
Brittney L. Parks, bparks08@uga.edu
Courtney Broussard, clbrou@uga.edu
Cameron Roberts, camro15@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Lisa Milot
Law Literary Society: The purpose of the Law Literary Society is to provide students at the University of Georgia School of Law with a sense of culture and community and to provide a forum for students to improve writing skills.
President: Michael Snow, mikesnow@uga.edu
Vice President: Suzanne Timmons, stim@uga.edu
Treasurer: Katie O'Shea, koshea@uga.edu
Advisor:
Law Republicans: The Law Republicans exists to serve the conservative, moderate, and libertarian members of the law school community. Additionally, the organization provides grassroots support for Republicans running for local, state, and national offices.
Chairman: Andrew Mason, amason13@uga.edu
Vice President: Spencer Farmery, farmery@uga.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Carey Miller, camiller@uga.edu
Political Affairs Coordinator: Josh Dorminy, vishual@uga.edu
President Emeritus: David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge
Law Students for Reproductive Justice: Law Students for Reproductive Justice is a national nonprofit network of law students and lawyers. Our organization educates, organizes, and supports law students to ensure that a new generation of advocates will be prepared to protect and expand reproductive rights as basic civil and humant rights. We welcome all different opinions and views.
Co-chairs: Veronica O'Grady, vogrady7@uga.edu & Hannah-Alise Rogers, haroger@uga.edu
Secretary: Sarah Hegener, sh12@uga.edu
Treasurer: Charissa Morningstar, charmor@uga.edu
Event Planning Committee:
Robert Abrunzo, rabrunzo@uga.edu
Kaitlin Ball, kball14@uga.edu
Kelly Wegel, kwegel@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Lisa Milot
Military Justice Society: The Military Justice Society is for anyone with an interest in working as a Judge Advocate in the military, current and past members of the military, and anyone with an interest in military law. We meet monthly to discuss issues of military law. We have also hosted a forum with active-duty members of the Judge Advocate Corps of several of the services for students interested in that career path.
President: Adam Choate, aechoate@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor J. Stephen Shi
OUTLaws: Promotes education and discussion of legal and societal issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
President: Andrew Wills, awills@uga.edu
Vice President: Matthew Ramsey, ramsey87@uga.edu
Community Outreach Chair: Sarah Hill, shill@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Sonja R. West
Older Wiser Law Students: Provides guidance, support, networking, and social events to those students at the law school who self-identify as non-traditional students.
President Elect: Robert Abrunzo, rabrunzo@uga.edu
President: Christopher Troutman, troutman@uga.edu
Vice President: Matt Traut, mgtraut@uga.edu
Treasurer: Corey Goerdt, cgoerdt@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Diane Amann
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity: Organizes social activities and food drives, as well as presents legal education programs in local schools.
Justice: Nicole Penn, npenn@uga.edu
Vice Justice: Niki Kahle, nkahle@uga.edu
Clerk: Sarah McMahon, smcmahon@uga.edu
Treasurer: Daniel Campen, dcampen@uga.edu
Marshall: Daviana Garcia, dmgarcia@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Andrea L. Dennis
Public Interest Law Council: Public interest students at Georgia Law founded the Public Interest Law Council (PILC) this year to increase collaboration among student groups and to expand public interest career programming. It is also PILC's mission to broaden the concept of public interest work at Georgia Law. The organization is a council of student organizations who support public interest careers and promote pro bono work from within the private sector.
President: Catherine Williams, cawillia@uga.edu
Vice President: Morgan Klinzing, mklinzi@uga.edu
Community Outreach Director: Spencer Schold, seschold@uga.edu
Program & Career Development Directors:
Amanda Miller, lamiller@uga.edu
Samantha Bily, sbily@uga.edu
Publicity Chair: Chad McCranie, cmccran@uga.edu
Secretary & Social Chair: Hanna Meiron, hannahm@uga.edu
Service Chairs: Blake Feldman, bfeldman@uga.edu & Stephany Sheriff, sheriff1@uga.edu
Community Recognition Chair: Evelyn French, efrench7@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Eleanor Crosby Lanier
Sports & Entertainment Law Society: Hosts speakers, sponsors, and field trips concerning legal issues in the sports and entertainment industries.
President: Kimberly Scott, kimberly@uga.edu
Vice President of Sports: Amanda McDowell, amm87@uga.edu
Vice President of Entertainment: Brian Stoltz, bdstoltz@uga.edu
Vice President and Chair of Protect Athens Music: Michelle Davis, MGDavis@uga.edu
Secretary: Hillary Kinsey, hill12@uga.edu
Treasurer: Alan Lanier, alanier1@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor David E. Shipley
Street Law: Street Law UGA conducts community outreach geared primarily towards familiarizing youth about prevalent legal concerns and basic rights.
President: Amanda Butterworth, abutter@uga.edu
Vice President: Haley Chafin, haleyec@uga.edu
Placement Coordinator: Candace Farmer, candacf@uga.edu
Community Outreach Chair: Sakeena Leben-Yearwood, scleben@uga.edu
Public Relations Chair: Rachael Etheridge, 1rach@uga.edu
Lesson Plan Chair: Rebecca White, rcw34@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Russell C. Gabriel
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund: This group of animal lovers works to increase awareness about animal rights issues both on-campus and in the greater community. Because this is a law school affiliated organization, our legal knowledge and desire for change will work towards improvements in how both federal and state legislatures view animals. We are a student chapter of the national group the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
President: Savannah Nolan, savnolan@uga.edu
Vice President:
Secretary: Chivon Smith, chiven@uga.edu
Treasurer: Stephanie Kenney, sckenn4@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor J. Stephen Shi
Student Bar Association: Law school student government organization and primary liaison between students and the administration.
President: David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu
Vice President: Maggy Randels, randels@uga.edu
Secretary: Caroline Welden, cwelden@uga.edu
Treasurer: Peyton Bell, bellp@uga.edu
3L President: Alex Seay, aseay@uga.edu
3L Vice President: Jeremy Dailey, dailey89@uga.edu
2L President: Carey Miller, camiller@uga.edu
2L Vice President: Sarah Richards, srich12@uga.edu
1L President: Ty Adams, tadams33@uga.edu
1L Section X Vice President: Erin Deitrich, edeit90@uga.edu
1L Section Y Vice President: Kevin Langley, klangley@uga.edu
1L Section Z Vice President: Jack Gibson, jcgibson@uga.edu
Advisor: Tricia Jonas Hackleman
Women Law Students Association: The Women Law Students Association at the University of Georgia exists to serve the women within the law school by providing mentoring, networking, and other resources to its members and the law school community.
President: Haley Chafin, haleyec@uga.edu
1st Vice President: Kelly Wegel, kwegel@uga.edu
2nd Vice President: Keri Brooks, kab13@uga.edu
Secretary: Adrienne Mayfield, adm14@uga.edu
Treasurer: Laughlin Kane, kaneml8@uga.edu
Publicity Chair: Lien Hernandez, lhern1@uga.edu
Advisor: Kristin Lowery
Working in the Public Interest: Working in the Public Interest is a student-run conference in its fourth year at the UGA School of Law. Every spring public interest law students bring practitioners from around the world to Athens, Georgia to speak about pressing issues of the day in public interest law. The purpose of WIPI is to create a forum where public interest law students can bring the issues that matter to them to the table. Furthermore, organizers and attendees of the conference are given great networking opportunities with professionals in various fields of public interest law.
Executive Director: Courtney Coons, ccoons24@uga.edu
Deputy Director: Elliott Gillooly, gillooly@uga.edu
CLE Director: Joseph Kim, jwkim86@uga.edu
Logistics Director: Imani Carter, ijc015@uga.edu
Hospitatlity Director: Nicholas Sexton, npsexton@uga.edu
Panels Co-directors: Sarah Bellacicco, sbella@uga.edu & Kyle Ference, kference@uga.edu
Advisor: Professor Alexander W. Scherr
Student organizations are not a part of nor are they agencies of the University of Georgia School of Law or the University of Georgia. Neither the University of Georgia School of Law nor the University of Georgia direct, supervise, or control these organizations. Each organization is a separate and independent organization and is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University of Georgia School of Law and the University of Georgia are not responsible for any of these organizations’ contracts, acts or omissions.
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