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Tricia Jonas Hackleman
Student Affairs Advisor
University of Georgia
School of Law
104 Hirsch Hall
Athens GA, 30602
Phone: (706) 542-5167
Fax: (706) 542-2489
Email: tjhlaw@uga.edu
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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: Karen Bemis
Director of Events: Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu
National Liaison: Kathryn Clark, kaclark@uga.edu
Vice President: Terrence Wilson, tlwilson@uga.edu
VP of Strategic Growth: Caroline McGlamry, cmcglam@uga.edu
VP of Communications: Jacob Reif, jakereif@uga.edu
Collaborations Coordinator: Virginia Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu
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: Tina Cheng, tcheng87@uga.edu
Vice President: Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu
Treasurer: Kera Perello, kperello@uga.edu
Secretary: Azi Golshan, agolshan@uga.edu
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: Alan Pryor, apryor@uga.edu
Vice President: Marie Smith, mcsmith@uga.edu
Secretary: Jenifer Curtis, jcurtis@uga.edu
Treasurer: Ben Carter, cartebh@uga.edu
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: Ben Thomsen, DRANU86@uga.edu
Vice Presdient: Jessica Conrad, jconrad@uga.edu
Treasurer: Eric Nelson, nelsone@uga.edu
Events Coordinator: Lauren Allen, law1@uga.edu
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: Robert Kelly, rhk@uga.edu
Vice President: Lindsey Buckner, lbuck@uga.edu
Executive Chair: Marie Smith, mcsmith@uga.edu
Secretary: Jasmine Dixon, dixonj13@uga.edu
Treasurer: Tiffany Ragland, tjanene@uga.edu
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: Lindsey Blackwell, lmb3x@uga.edu
VP of Events: Alessandra Backus, abackus@uga.edu
VP of Recruitment: Will Keyes, will2060@uga.edu
Secretary: Jan Margaret Rogers, jmrogers@uga.edu
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: Jennifer Newport Nix, jnewport@uga.edu
Vice President: James McGehee, jamesm1@uga.edu
Secretary: Emma Paige, ecpaige@uga.edu
Treasurer: Jehae Kim, jehae@uga.edu
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: Jill Hollingsworth, jshollin@uga.edu
Vice President: Michael Salter, mikey@uga.edu
Treasurer: Dan Wolcot, dwolcot@uga.edu
Secretary: Cynthia Rouf, ncrouf@uga.edu
Red Clay Conference Co-Chairs:
Ian Calhoun, calhoun@uga.edu
Michael Salter, mikey@uga.edu
Cynthia Rouf, ncrouf@uga.edu
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: Andrew Grace, agrace1@uga.edu
Vice President: Amanda Kay Seals, akseals@uga.edu
Auction Co-Chair: Chris Van Rossem, cvnrssm1@uga.edu
Auction Co-Chair: James Reeves, reevesjr@uga.edu
Secretary: Molly Moyer, mlmoyer@uga.edu
Treasurer: Michael Deariso, mdeariso@uga.edu
Fall Fundraising Director: Madison Jackson, jacksom2@uga.edu
Webmaster: Sarah White, smwhite@uga.edu
Federalist Society: Encourages debate on the current status of public policy and the law through the sponsorship of debates and prominent speakers.
President: Jennifer McNeely, jenmcn@uga.edu
Vice President: John Henry Theiss, janami@uga.edu
Secretary: Elliot Engstron, elliot@uga.edu
Treasurer: Scott McAfee, sfmcafee@uga.edu
Event Coordinator: Sarah White, smwhite@uga.edu
Georgia Association of Law and Politics:
Co-President: Chadrick Mance, cmance@uga.edu
Co-President: Clarke Nash, nash02@uga.edu
Symposium Chair: David Bell, belluga@uga.edu
Secretary: Alan Poole, abp357@uga.edu
Georgia Society of 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: Elliot Engstrom, elliot@uga.edu
Vice President: Alex Welsh, awelsh@uga.edu
Secretary: Tina Cheng, tcheng87@uga.edu
Treasurer: Lindsey Buckner, lbuck@uga.edu
Symposium Coordinator: Khaleedah Johnson, khaleed@uga.edu
External Relations Coordinator: Kendall Thompson, kmt412@uga.edu
Fundraising Manager: Christopher Smith, csmith98@uga.edu
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: Christopher Breault, cbreault@uga.edu
Vice President:
Treasurer: Ross Gordon, rgfb21@uga.edu
Secretary:
Representative: Ben Levy, blevy@uga.edu
Chairperson: Morgan Duncan, mduncan1@uga.edu
German American Law Society: The mission of the German American Law Society at UGA shall be to form a platform for interested students to exchange ideas and learn about the differences and similarities between the legal systems of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America.
President: Brittany Bolton, bbo@uga.edu
Vice President: Chris Smith, csmith98@uga.edu
Secretary: Ellen Clarke, erclarke@uga.edu
Treasurer: Blake Tanase, btanase@uga.edu
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.
President: Sarah White, smwhite@uga.edu
Vice President: Lorrin Mortimer, lorrinm@uga.edu
Secretary: Kat Racz, katracz@uga.edu
Treasurer: Alan Boehme, aboehme@uga.edu
VP of PR/Events: Michele Torsiglieri, mttorsig@uga.edu
MBA Healthcare Club Liaison: Katie Shaub, mkshaub@uga.edu
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.
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: Andrew Regan, adregan@uga.edu
Vice President: Rob Hunziker, rnh9@uga.edu
Co-Secretaries:
Erin Griffith, griffite@uga.edu
Lindsey Blackwell, lmb3x@uga.edu
Treasurer: Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu
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: Josh Weiner, sonic86@uga.edu
Vice President: Lawrence Winsor, winsor@uga.edu
Treasurer: Ben Levy, blevy@uga.edu
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: Alan Boehme, aboehme@uga.edu
Vice President: Aaron Christensen, turbo9@uga.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Doyle Johnson, doylej@uga.edu
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: Michael Hill, mmhill@uga.edu
Vice President: Karim Jetha, kjetha@uga.edu
Vice President: Robbie Jacques, jacques7@uga.edu
Public Relations & Recruitment Chair: Lexi Hamilton, alexis86@uga.edu
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: Jasmine Rice, jarice1@uga.edu
Vice President: Gray Reilly, wgreilly@uga.edu
Chairperson for Events: Ben Thorpe, bthorpe@uga.edu
Chairperson for Public Relations:
Abbey Martin, abbey@uga.edu
David Bartholomew, barthol@uga.edu
1L Section Representatives:
Section X-Will Hamby-Hopkins
Section Y-Jordan Seal
Section Z-Matthew Wilson
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.
President: John Eunice, jaeunice@uga.edu
Vice President: Amanda Floyd, acfloyd@uga.edu
Treasurer: Scott McAfee, sfmcafee@uga.edu
Public Relations Chair: Rob Beckwith, rjbec@uga.edu
Political Committee Chair: Ben Brighton, brighto1@uga.edu
1L Coordinator: Steve Faivre, faivre1@uga.edu
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-chair: Anne Watson, amw2012@uga.edu
Co-chair: Kelly Wegel, kwegel@uga.edu
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: Carolyn Carmody, clgrif02@uga.edu
Vice President:
Emir Sehic, esehic@uga.edu
John Hubert, johnhubs@uga.edu
Treasurer: James Purcell, james@uga.edu
Secretary: Danish Amin, drockman@uga.edu
Negotiations Competition Team: The Negotiations Competition Team exists to develop the negotiation skills of its participants through training sessions, exercises, and competitions centered around mastering the art of negotiating.
Chair: Kate Ensor, kensor@uga.edu
Administrative Chair: Laura Pinon, lpinon@uga.edu
Recruitment Chairs:
Nate Hill, nhill85@uga.edu
Cary Burke, burkec@uga.edu
Training Chairs:
Meghan Plantz, mplantz@uga.edu
Rachel Hudgins, rhudgins@uga.edu
OUTLaws: Promotes education and discussion of legal and societal issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Co-Presidents:
Erica Gilbert-Wason, gilbertw@uga.edu
Chris Stokes, cstokes@uga.edu
Vice President: Lauren Farmer, lcfarmer@uga.edu
Secretary: Cari Hipp
Community Liaisons:
Khaleedah Johnson, khaleed@uga.edu
Laura Burnett, lburn@uga.edu
Social Chair: Jasmine Rice, jarice1@uga.edu
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity: Organizes social activities and food drives, as well as presents legal education programs in local schools.
Justice: John Henry Theiss, janami@uga.edu
Vice Justice: Mary Beth Martinez, mbm@uga.edu
Clerk: Daniel O'Connor, doconnor@uga.edu
Treasurer: Jenni Weaver, jenweav@uga.edu
Marshall: Christopher Smith, csmith98@uga.edu
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: Jeanmarie Tankersley, jtankers@uga.edu
Vice President: Sarah Bryan, bryansj@uga.edu
Community Outreach Director: Molly Moyer, mlmoyer@uga.edu
Programming Director: Terrence Wilson, tlwilson@uga.edu
Publicity Director: Karen Bemis
Communications and Networking Director: Jan Margaret Rogers, jmrogers@uga.edu
Finance Director: Emma Paige, ecpaige@uga.edu
Career Development Chair: Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu
Community Recognition Chair: Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu
Service Chairs:
Ben Cramer, bcramer@uga.edu
Lauren Allen, law1@uga.edu
Rural South Law Society: This society was founded to bring students together who are interested in practicing law outside large metro areas. The Rural South Law Society has networking functions with Georgia's rural lawyers and political leaders, in order to offer our members guidance for their own careers in similar areas.
President: Bert Noble, bnoble@uga.edu
Vice-President: John Eunice, jaeunice@uga.edu
Secretary: Lauren Warbington, ltw33@uga.edu
Treasurer: Emily Cook, emacook@uga.edu
Sports & Entertainment Law Society: Hosts speakers, sponsors, and field trips concerning legal issues in the sports and entertainment industries.
President: Kate Ensor, kensor@uga.edu
Vice President of Sports: Sadie Craig, sadiec@uga.edu
Vice President of Entertainment: Christina Peterson, cjpjd@uga.edu
Treasurer: Brad Proctor, bprocto3@uga.edu
Chairperson of Protect Athens Music Program: Jessi Samford, trin1013@uga.edu
Street Law: Street Law UGA conducts community outreach geared primarily towards familiarizing youth about prevalent legal concerns and basic rights.
President: Caroline McGlamry, cmcglam@uga.edu
First Vice President, Molly Moyer, mlmoyer@uga.edu
Second Vice President, Claire Ellis, Cellis@uga.edu
Community Liaisons:
Tawny Mack, TDMack@uga.edu
Megan Vonk, MLVonk@uga.edu
Public Relations: Jonathan Pyle, JonPyle@uga.edu
Communications Officer: Jenifer Curtis, JCurtis@uga.edu
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: Jennifer Gathercoal, jengath@uga.edu
Vice President: Eric Garber, ejgarber@uga.edu
Treasurer: Nicole Babcock, setien77@uga.edu
Public Relations: Savannah Nolan, savnolan@uga.edu
Student Bar Association: Law school student government organization and primary liaison between students and the administration.
President: Jeanmarie Tankersley, jtankers@uga.edu
Vice President: Jan Margaret Rogers, jmrogers@uga.edu
Secretary: Brooklyn Veasey, bsveasey@uga.edu
Treasurer: Emily Cook, emacook@uga.edu
3L President: Rebekah McCorvey, mccorvey@uga.edu
3L Vice President: Micah Engler, engler@uga.edu
2L President: Ryan Scates, rscates1@uga.edu
2L Vice President: Jordan Arkin, jarkin@uga.edu
1L President: David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu
Section X Vice President: Alex Seay, aseay@uga.edu
Section Y Vice President: Katie O'Shea, koshea@uga.edu
Section Z Vice President: Stuart Halpern, halpern6@uga.edu
Internal Affairs Chair: Kendall Thompson
Academic Affairs Chairs: Karen Bemis and Daniel Olds
Faculty Recruitment Chairs: Brad Harris and Jennifer McNeely
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: Elizabeth Stell, cestell@uga.edu
1st Vice President: Rachael Ivey, rachael7@uga.edu
2nd Vice President: Michele Torsiglieri, mttorsig@uga.edu
Secretary: Stephanie Goddard, sgoddard@uga.edu
Treasurer: Tiffany Ragland, tjanene@uga.edu
Publicity Chair: Kendall Thompson, kmt412@uga.edu
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: Karen Bemis
Deputy Director: David Bartholomew, barthol@uga.edu
Panel Directors:
Jeff Huong, jhuong@uga.edu
Sarah Wooten, swooten@uga.edu
Publicity Director: Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu
Outreach Coordinator: William Tomlin, wtomlin@uga.edu
Logistics and Finance Director: Kathyrn Clark, kaclark@uga.edu
Logistics Co-Director: Alan Poole, abp357@uga.edu
CLE Directors:
Sara Fish, sfish7@uga.edu
Andrei Ionescu, andrei@uga.edu
Hospitality Directors:
Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu
Brooklyn Veasey, bsveasey@uga.edu
Registration Director: John Walker Rick, jwrick@uga.edu
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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