Organizations & Teams

Our student organizations are the lifeblood of your experience here at Thomas Jefferson. The more than 30 organizations can offer you professional workshops in your areas of interest, amazing networking opportunities, community service projects and lots of social activities.

You also will have the opportunity to join one of our extraordinarily successful competition teams, the Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Mock Trial Team and the Moot Court Team. All three teams have an outstanding track-record of success against teams from the nation’s top-ranked law schools.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Team: Competes in negotiation and mediation competitions, and students develop dispute resolution skills applicable to virtually any area of practice.

Mock Trial Team: Competes in trial advocacy competitions, and students develop courtroom skills of particular value to a trial lawyer, such as a criminal prosecutor or defense attorney, a personal injury or medical malpractice plaintiffs’ lawyer, or an insurance defense lawyer.

Moot Court Team: Competes in appellate advocacy competitions, and students develop persuasive writing and oral argument skills relevant to practice areas in which legal writing is a critical component, such as a criminal law attorney focusing on appellate practice, a death penalty litigator, a business law litigator, or an intellectual property law litigator.

Visit the Student Bar Association (SBA).

American Constitution Society (ACS)

President	Brandon Theus
Treasurer	Brittany Brewer
Secretary	Liku Madoshi

acslaw@tjsl.edu

Armenian Law Student Association (ALS)

President	Meline Grigoryan
Secretary	Anna Dzhabaryan

alsa@tjsl.edu

Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)

President	William Remo
Co-President	Resa Tsuneyoshi
Vice President	Christopher Kim
Treasurer	Suzanne Hinckle
Secretary	Geraldine Garcia

palsa@tjsl.edu

Black Law Students Association (BLSA)

President	Constance Perry
Vice President	Gabrielle Williams
Treasurer	Monique Larmond
Secretary	Dominique Parris
Diversity Chair	Nicolos Spinger

blsa@tjsl.edu

Business Law Association

President	Sunil Ali
Vice President	Norell Manning
Secretary	Marina Kabanoyskaya
Treasurer	Andrei-Valdmir Dumitrescv

bls@tjsl.edu

Criminal Law Society (Crim Law)

Co-President	Laura Matteis
Vice President	Ana Nino
Secretary	Kelli Brown

crimlaw@tjsl.edu

Justice & Re-entry Society

President	Shahidah Lacy
Vice President	Nicolas Spinger

cers@tjsl.edu

Delta Theta Phi

Dean	Briana Berg
Vice-Dean	Randy Rivas
Treasurer	Travis Strachota
Clerk of Rolls	Derek Herrera
Social Committee	Norell Manning

Entertainment Law Society (ENT)

President	Andrea Simmons
Vice President	Robert Lopez
Secretary	Marina Kabanoyskaya

entertainment@tjsl.edu

Environmental Law Society (ENV)

President	Morgan Karalash
Vice President	Will Hall
Secretary	Rebecca Orloff
Treasurer	Ivana Duarte

environmental@tjsl.edu

Family Law Society (FLS)

President	Daniel Blattner
Vice President	Kelli Brown
Secretary	Adam Martin

fls@tjsl.edu

Immigration Law Society (ILS)

President	Oscar Rojas-Fuentes
Vice President	Noelia Ferreyra
Secretary	Vanessa Valenzuela
Treasurer	Jenny Kumar

immigrationlaw@tjsl.edu

Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA)

President	Donny Sampora
Vice President	Rachelle Law
Secretary	Mordechai Wolowitzch
Treasurer	Joshua Hauptman

iprop@tjsl.edu

International Law Society (INTLS)

President	Christopher Asmar
Vice President	Laura Rose Matteis
Treasurer	Lauren Pavenhouse
Secretary	Lilia Rodriguez
Social Events	Diksha Vadan

ils@tjsl.edu

J. Reuben Clark Law Society (JRC)

President	Ross McKissick
Vice President	Melanie Anderson
Scribe	Taylor Rawlings

jrcls@tjsl.edu

Jewish Student Union (JSU)

President	Rachel Baum
Vice President	Melissa Madrid
Secretary	Melissa Madrid
Treasurer	Raquel Mor

jsu@tjsl.edu

Labor & Employment Law Association

President	Amber Zendejas
Vice President	Rachel Fisher
Treasurer	Brandon Theus
Secretary	Karen Richards

lela@tjsl.edu

La Raza Student Association (LARAZA)

President	Maggie Gaan
Vice President	Antonio Estrada
Secretary	Kim Cruz
Treasurer	Jennifer Gandara

laraza@tjsl.edu

Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ)

Co-President	Jessica Ayala
Co-President	Shahidah Lacy

lsrj@tjsl.edu

Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)

President	Natasha Francisco
Vice President	Eva Kobi
Treasurer	Kevin Retoriano
Secretary	Raquel Mor

melsa@tjsl.edu

National Lawyers Guild (NLG)

Co-President	John Simone
Vice President	Brittany Green
Treasurer	Laura Zuniga-Huizar
Secretary	Maria Espinoza

nlg@tjsl.edu

Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)

President	Ruby Faagau
Vice President	Geraldine Garcia
Secretary	Evelyun Medina
Treasurer	Maria Esponiza

nalsa@tjsl.edu

Outlaw Society

President	Jeffrey Carr
Co-President	June Fan
Treasurer	Erin Panichkul
Secretary	Ruby Faagu

outlaw@tjsl.edu

Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)

Justice	Amanda Wang
Vice Justice	Stephanie Delaney
Treasurer	Gurmilian "Millie" Kang
Clerk	Alexandria Jones
Marshal	Toni Ramos

http://www.tjsl.edu/phialphadelta

pad@tjsl.edu

Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)

President	Rebecca Orloff
Treasurer	Ayola "Ciera" Renguul

http://www.tjsl.edu/pilf

pilf@tjsl.edu

South Asian Law Students Association

President	Gurmilian Kang
Co-President	Geraldine Garcia

salsa@tjsl.edu

Sports Law Society (Sports)

President	Decker Cady
Vice President	Jennifer "Pua" Uyehara
Secretary	Brendan Dlubalba
Treasurer	Phillip Mauriello

sportslaw@tjsl.edu

Students Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)

President	Katelynn Meidl
Vice President/Secretary	Resa Tsuneyoshi

saldf@tjsl.edu

Student Veterans of America (SVA)

President	Melissa Madrid
Vice President	Franklyn DeCoteau
Treasurer	Erica Ronquillo

sva@tjsl.edu

Tax Law Society (Tax)

President	Whitney Pilch
VP of Administration	Scott Smith
VP of Communications	Lisa Field
VP of Operation	Luiza Vannucci Dias
VP of Research	Philip Mauriello

tax@tjsl.edu

Women's Law Association (WLA)

President	Janate Valenzuela
Vice President	Kelly Bell
Secretary	Elizabeth Hanson

wla@tjsl.edu