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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:  Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu

Program Director:  Virginia Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu

Georgia Chapter Liaison:  Restricted

Marketing Director:  Jacob Reif, jakereif@uga.edu

1L Section Representatives:  Jordan Peeler, Andy Shin, Hannah Alise Rogers, Sarah Hill, Robert Arrington, and Tianna Bethune

 

Asian Law Students 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: John Kim, johnhkim@uga.edu

Vice President: Yoo Jin Kim, yjkim@uga.edu

Treasurer: Bu Rui, burui@uga.edu

Secretary: Jim Xiao, fanxiao@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: Joel Buchanan, joel07@uga.edu

Vice President: Robyn Flegal, rflegal@uga.edu

Secretary: Courtney Mauge, cmauge@uga.edu

Treasurer: Matt Gregory, mattg06@uga.edu

1L Representatives:  Michael Sullivan, Cole Phillips, Ben Newell

 

 

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:  Dennis Vann, dvann16@uga.edu

Vice Presdient:  Lauren Allen, law1@uga.edu (2012)

                          Yasmine Antoine, yasminea@uga.edu (2013)

Treasurer:  John Kim, johnhkim@uga.edu

Event Coordinator:  Sarah Bellacicco, sbella@uga.edu

Associate Event Coordinator:  Suzanne Timmons, stim@uga.edu

Prayer Group Leader:  Yasmine Antoine, yasminea@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:  Andrea Baker, adbaker@uga.edu

Vice President: Antoinette Newberry, anewberr@uga.edu

Executive Board Chair: 

Secretary:  Yasmine Antoine, yasminea@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Candace Cliatt, ckcliatt@uga.edu

Community Service Chair:  Joshua Porter, jporter2@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: Katie O'Shea, koshea@uga.edu

Vice President Membership:  Clay Knowles, cknow11@uga.edu

Vice President Events:  Catherine Williams, cawillia@uga.edu

Secretary:  Morgan Klinzing, mklinzi@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:  John Kim, johnhkim@uga.edu

Vice President: 

Publicity & Outreach Director: Emma Paige, ecpaige@uga.edu

Community Service Coordinator:  Kristy Choi, kchoi@uga.edu

Current Events Coordinator:  Courtney Mauge, cmauge@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:  Michael Salter, mikey@uga.edu

Vice President:  Jill Hollingsworth, jshollin@uga.edu

Treasurer:  David Reed, dmreed@uga.edu

Secretary:  Jennifer Williams, jenwil@uga.edu

Red Clay Conference Co-Chairs:

Jill Hollingsworth, jshollin@uga.edu

Jennifer Williams, jenwil@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:  Chris Van Rossem, cvnrssm1@uga.edu

Vice President:  James Reeves, reevesjr@uga.edu

Secretary:  Molly Moyer, mlmoyer@uga.edu

1L Section Representatives:  Chelsea Ivey, Alicia Luncheon, Alex McKee, Carey Miller, Ann Tipton Lesslie, Amanda Butterworth

 

 

Federalist Society: Encourages debate on the current status of public policy and the law through the sponsorship of debates and prominent speakers.

President:  Sarah White, smwhite@uga.edu

Vice President:  Scott McAfee, sfmcafee@uga.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:  Wesley Mathieu, wmathieu@uga.edu

Publicity:  Michael Orta, mporta@uga.edu

Events Coordinators: 

          Caroline Arbaugh, carbaugh@uga.edu

          Gregg Conley, gjconley@uga.edu

          Mark Smith, ipencil@uga.edu

 

  

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:  Alan Poole, abp357@uga.edu

Vice President:  David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Matt Gregory, mattg06@uga.edu

Secretary:  Lauren Farrar, lfarrar@uga.edu

Publicity Chair:  Shelley Kreimer, skreimer@uga.edu

Logistics Chair:  Courtney Coons, ccoons24@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: Kaitlin Ball, kball14@uga.edu

Vice President:  Elliot Engstrom, elliot@uga.edu

Secretary: Erin Tatum, eetatum@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Gina Kim, gkkim@uga.edu

ASIL Liaisons: 

          Tina Cheng, tcheng87@uga.edu

          Daniel Olds,  dolds1@uga.edu

Event Coordinators: 

          Brian Abrams; Will Hamby-Hopkins; Gina Kim; John Kim; Shelley Kreimer; Dene Terry

 

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: Ben Levy, blevy@uga.edu

Vice President:  Ross Gordon, rgfb21@uga.edu

Chairperson:  Gregg Jacobson, gregg@uga.edu

Secretary:  Hannah Jarrells, hejarr@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:  Chris Smith, csmith98@uga.edu

Vice President:  Ellen Clarke, erclarke@uga.edu

Secretary:  Bryan Fox, bafox@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Blake Tanase, btanase@uga.edu

Events Coordinator:  James Roberts, jrobe548@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:  Lorrin Mortimer, lorrinm@uga.edu and Michele Torsiglieri, mttorsig@uga.edu

Vice President:  Christina Antalis, cantalis@uga.edu

Vice President of PR/Events:  Victoria Garel, vg2006@uga.edu

Secretary:  Natalie Hall, nat135@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Samantha Bily, sbily@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.

President:  David Mullens, bobo@uga.edu

Vice President:  Blake Evans, blakeevans1775@gmail.com

Treasurer:  Antoinette Newberry, anewberr@uga.edu

 

 

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:  Joe Reynolds, jrey@uga.edu

Vice President:  Shawn Chang, shawn@uga.edu

Vice President of Events:  James Reeves, reevesjr@uga.edu

Vice President of Media and Communications:  Jonathan Bright, jbright@uga.edu

Vice President of Recruitment and Fundraising:  Mark Magaro, magaro@uga.edu

Treasurer: 

1L Section Representatives:  Alan Lanier, Sarah Kessler, and Joshua Stein

 

 

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: 

Vice President:  Stuart Halpern, halpern6@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Steven Strasberg, sstras@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:  Spencer Malley, smalley3@uga.edu

Vice President:  Kenny Bentley, kbentley@uga.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:  Devin Rees, drees@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:  Tawny Mack, tdmack@uga.edu

Vice President of Programming:  Dan Dresselhaus, dresselh@uga.edu

Vice President of Organizational Affairs:  Alaina Anderson, anders28@uga.edu

Vice President of Outreach:  Robyn Flegal, rflegal@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Dave Balajthy, balajthy@uga.edu

Recruitment Chair:  John Morhart, jmor52@uga.edu

Public Relations Chair:  Andrew Masak, masak@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:  Abbey Martin, abbey@uga.edu

Vice President: Gray Reilly, wgreilly@uga.edu

Chairperson for Events: Cameron Lewis, cameronl@uga.edu

Chairperson for Public Relations:  Ellen Clarke, erclarke@uga.edu

 

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

 

 

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:  David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu

Vice President: 

Secretary:  Samantha Barrett, sbarr@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Matt Wilmot, mwilmot@uga.edu

Public Relations Coordinator:  Ann Norman, norman@uga.edu

Political Affairs Coordinator:  Jordan Arkin, jarkin@uga.edu

President Emeritus:  John Eunice, jaeunice@uga.edu

1L Section Representatives:  Caroline Bradley, Emily Scheible, Andrew Mason, Jordan Mitchell, Joshua Dorminy, and Andrew Whittaker

 

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.

Chair:  Kelly Wegel, kwegel@uga.edu

Vice President:  Melissa Conrad, mconrad@uga.edu

Secretary:  Kaitlin Ball, kball14@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Robert Abrunzo, rabrunzo@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:  Emir Sehic, esehic@uga.edu

Vice President:  David Reed, dmreed@uga.edu

Vice President:  Adam Choate, aechoate@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Danish Amin, drockman@uga.edu

Secretary:  John Hubert, johnhubs@uga.edu

 

 

OUTLaws:  Promotes education and discussion of legal and societal issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Presidents:  Cari Hipp

Vice President:  Laura Burnett, lburn@uga.edu

Secretary:  Burke Doherty, burked12@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Abbey Martin, abbey@uga.edu

 

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:  Christo Troutman, troutman@uga.edu

Vice President:  Robert Abrunzo, rabrunzo@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Bryan Lutz, lutz0807@uga.edu

 

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity:  Organizes social activities and food drives, as well as presents legal education programs in local schools.

Justice:  Keri McCrary, kme@uga.edu

Vice Justice:  Savannah Bray, slbray@uga.edu

Clerk:  Megan Cox, megcox@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Sam Britt, sebritt@uga.edu

Marshall:  Ron Sassano, rsassano@uga.edu

1L Section Liaisons:  Nicole Kahle, Daniel Campen, Matt Rochlin, Sarah Hill, Jill Hauserman, and Alex Smith

 

 

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:  Molly Moyer, mlmoyer@uga.edu

Vice President:  Emma Paige, ecpaige@uga.edu

Program Director:  Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu

Community Outreach Director:  Amanda Miller, lamiller@uga.edu

Communications and Networking Director:  Joshua Porter, jporter2@uga.edu

Publicity Director:  Vasu Abhiraman, vasu108@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Morgan Klinzing, mklinzi@uga.edu

Service Chair:  David Balajthy, balajthy@uga.edu  

Career Development Chair:  Catherine Williams, cawillia@uga.edu

Community Recognition Chair:  Jan Margaret Rogers, jmrogers@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: Blake Evans, blake13@uga.edu

Vice President:  Paige Boykin, pboykin1@uga.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:  Keri McCrary, kme@uga.edu

 

Sports & Entertainment Law Society:  Hosts speakers, sponsors, and field trips concerning legal issues in the sports and entertainment industries.

President:  Victoria Mathias, vsmath88@uga.edu

Vice President of Sports:  Justin Respress, justin37@uga.edu

Vice President of Entertainment:  Kimberly Scott, kimberly@uga.edu

Protect Athens Music Chair:  Walker Beard, wwbeard@uga.edu

Secretary:  

Treasurer:  John Morhart, jmor52@uga.edu

1L Liaisons:  Michelle Gilzenrat Davis, Amanda McDowell, Brian Stoltz

 

 

Street Law:  Street Law UGA conducts community outreach geared primarily towards familiarizing youth about prevalent legal concerns and basic rights. 

President:  Ryan Heron, rheron@uga.edu

Vice President:  Caroline McGlamry, cmcglam@uga.edu

Placement Coordinator:  Amanda Siegal, alsiegel@uga.edu

Public Relations Chair:  Kelsey Holden, kcholden@uga.edu

Lesson Plan Chair:  Cari Hipp

 

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

 

Student Bar Association:  Law school student government organization and primary liaison between students and the administration.

President: Ryan Scates, rscates1@uga.edu

Vice President:  John Eunice, jaeunice@uga.edu

Secretary:  Maggy Randels, randels@uga.edu

Treasurer:  Stuart Halpern, halpern6@uga.edu

3L President:  Jordan Arkin, jarkin@uga.edu

3L Vice President:  Kelsey Donnalley, kelseypd@uga.edu

2L President:  David Dove, dbdove@uga.edu

2L Vice President:  Alex Seay, aseay@uga.edu

1L President:  Carey Miller, camiller@uga.edu

1L Section X Vice President:  Caroline Bradley, cbrad@uga.edu

1L Section Y Vice President:  Sarah Richards, srich12@uga.edu

1L Section Z Vice President:  Paige Braddy, pbraddy@uga.edu

 

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: Emily Cook, emacook@uga.edu

Vice President: Michele Torsiglieri, mttorsig@uga.edu

Secretary:  Katie O'Shea, koshea@uga.edu

Treasurer: Lindsay Jones, lsjones1@uga.edu

Publicity Chair:

 

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:  David Bartholomew, barthol@uga.edu

Deputy Director:  Courtney Coons, ccoons24@uga.edu

Panels Director:  Rose Priddy, rpriddy@uga.edu

Logistics Director:  Kathyrn Clark, kaclark@uga.edu

CLE Director:  Alan Poole, abp357@uga.edu

Public Relations Director:  Cari Hipp

 

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.

The content and opinions expressed student organization websites linked from this web page do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the University of Georgia or the University System of Georgia.

 

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