There many opportunities for law students to get involved in activities that include both policy and practice. To participate, contact any of the individuals listed below or Melinda R. Saran, Vice Dean for the Office of Student Services.
Law Journals
Moot Court Boards
Student Organizations
ABA Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law
Editors: Matthew K. Pelkey, Melissa George, Michael Birkby
Faculty Advisors: Professor Lauren Breen
Animal Legal Defense Fund
President: Joanna McKeegan
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Group
President: Frances Kabat
Secretary: Liz Hersch
Treasurer: Heidi Jones
Faculty Advisor: Clinical Professor Suzanne E. Tomkins
Asian American Law Students Association (AALSA)
Room: 603
Phone: 645-3659
President: Mollie McCabe
Vice President: Stephanie Nott
Secretary: Chak Wong
Treasurer: Mudassir Hussain
Faculty Advisor: Professor John H Schlegel
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
President: Chenoa Maye
Vice President: Jonathan Pollard
Secretary: Jacqueline Mathurin
Treasurer: Wesley Miller
Representative to NEBLSA: Greg Hyde
Webmaster: Mitsie Smith
Community Services Director: Jonathan Gresham
Buffalo Criminal Law Society
President: Neil Pawlowski
Vice President: Christine Callanan
Secretary: Neil Campbell
Treasurer: Audrey Herman
Judges Chair: Danielle Smith
Competitors Chair: Pat Slagle
Recruitment/Events Chair: Natalie Munoz
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
Room: 403
Phone: 645-7342
Editor-in-Chief: Jennifer Thompson
Executive Editors: Michael Birkby, Thomas Johnson, Frances Kabat
Managing Editor: Jamie Caldwell
Articles Editor: Adam Wynn
Business Editor: Aileen Shao
Publications Editor: John Latella, Sean Mulligan, Miranda Sharlette
Book Review Editor: Ken Graham
Casenote Editor: Alexandra Buck, Kristin Farrell
Systems Editor: Forrest Hatch
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Editors-in-Chief: James Cassar, Sinead Daly
Managing Editor: Greg Verdibello
Submissions Editors: Allison Chan, Jayme Feldman
Casenote Editor: Elizabeth Salzman
Articles Editors: Jennifer Early, Melissa George, Tyler Hendry, Ethan Kraybill, Elise Malinowski, Stephanie Nott, Ashley Westbrook
Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Wende Knapp
Executive Managing Editor: Brittany Mazur
Executive Business Editor: Brendan James Gilbert
Executive Technology Editor: Gevork Arutunian
Executive Articles Editor: Jennifer Meldrum
Assistant Articles Editor: Justin Greatorex
Executive Notes Editor: Cosimo Fuda
Asst. Executive Notes Editor: Aaron Adoff
Executive Publications Editor: Jordan Walbesser
Asst. Executive Publications Editor: Robert Sparks
Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy
Room: 404
Phone: 645-3715
Editor-in-Chief: Heather Neu
Managing Editor: Chelsea Selby
Submissions Editor: Erin Caswell
Publications Editor: Maggie Russell-Shepherd
Casenote Editor: Stephanie Nott
Article Managers: Aditi Bhardwaj; Lisa Diaz-Ordaz; Sean Mulligan
Buffalo Law Review
Editor-in-Chief: Jon Lamberti
Executive Editor: Josh Agins
Executive Publication Editors: Melanie Beardsley, Mandy Carden, and Rich Scherer
Head Note & Comment Editor: Jenna Moran
Business Editor: Heather Wood
Managing Editor: Scott Iseman
Electronic Systems Editor: Richard Cheng
Buffalo Moot Court Board
President: Jeffrey V. Scherer
Vice President: Jennifer Thompson
Judges' Chair: Andrew Stimson
Treasurer: Thomas Johnson
Secretary: Elise Malinowski
Public Relations Chair: Michael Birkby
Outreach Chair: Michael Sabato
Mugel Co-Chair: Jacob Goldman
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Michael Gortakowski
Executive Editors: Ethan Kraybill, Michael Pelosi, Bradford Reid
Managing Editor: Lindsay Corbett
Submissions Editors: Danielle Smith
Publications Editor: Amanda Burns
Casenote Editor: Claire Sellers
Webmaster: Heather Strachan
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP)
Vice President Fundraising: Charles Mann and Emily Catalano
Vice President Outreach: Bernadette Koleszar
Managing VP: Laura Tirabasi
Corporate Law Society
Chair: Amanda Scarnati
Vice Chair: Kenneth Graham
Secretary: Jessica DeMichiel
Treasurer: Cory Weber
Domestic Violence Task Force
Room: 703
President: Katelyn Murray
Vice Presidents of the Spring Event: Natalie Munoz, Jon Falk
Treasurer: Erin Caswell
Faculty Advisor: Clinical Professor Suzanne E. Tomkins
Federalist Society
PPresident: Johnny Destino
Vice President: Edward Betz
Treasurer: Jonathan Pollack
Secretary: Domenic Lanza
Frederick Douglass Moot Court Board
Chief Executive Justice: Matthew Musial
Managing Executive Justice: Anant Kishore
Executive Fiscal Justice: Jonathan Pollard
Executive Communications Justice: Mitsie Smith
Evaluation Justices: Kathleen Ellis and Tiffany Lebron
Public Relations Judge: Nermin Jasani
UB Health Law Organization (HLO)
President: Neil Campbell
Vice President: Katelyn Dieffenderfer
Treasurer: Stephanie Scalzo
Secretary: Jenna Moran
Events Coordinator: Sarah Sullivan
International Law Students Association (ILSA)
President: Emma Buckthal
Vice President: Ryan Seher
VP Academics: Nate Bank
VP Employment: Jennifer Early
VP Entertainment: James Farrell
VP Fundraising: Maria Eydelman
VP Public Relationship: John Montesanti
Treasurer: Maryann Kang
Secretary: Mudassir Hussain
Irish American Law Student Association
President: James ("Jimmy") Farrell
Vice President: Forrest Hatch
Treasurer: Danelle McGinnis
Secretary: Joanna ("Jo") McKeegan
Jessup International Moot Court Board
Room: 607
Phone: 645-7337
Executive Director: Pasquale Bochiechio
Asst. Executive Director: Melissa Overbeck
Treasurer: Erin Cody
Secretary: Melissa George
Fasken Coaches: Jessica DeMichiel, Helen Root
Jessup Coaches: Max Lafer
Niagara Coaches: Jenna Piasecki
Jewish Law Students Association
President: Max Lafer
Vice President: Mara Blumenthal
Secretary: Zach Schurkman
Treasurer: Jon Pollack
Advisor: Vice Dean Ilene Fleischmann
Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
Room: 603
Phone: 645-2143
President: Tiffany Lebron
Vice President: Rena Snow
Secretary: Marlene Morales
Treasurer: Mitsie Smith
HBNA Coordinator: Michael Trujillo
National Lawyers Guild - UB Chapter
The Opinion (Newspaper)
Editor in Chief: Dan Aiello, Kristen Ng
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)
Room: 703
Justice: Dan Lesniewski
Vice Justice: Catherine McPherson
Clerk: Mike Donlon
Treasurer: Fernando Rivera
Marshal: Chris Kvam
Academic Chair: Brooke Youngwirth
Alumni Relations Chair: Alexandra Buck
Philanthropy Chair: Katie Ellis
Social Chair: Jamie Caldwell
Prison Task Force
Room: 704
Phone: 645-2161
Cassandra Daniels
Katelyn Murray
Beth Pacifico
David Panepinto
Faculty Advisor: Professor Teri Miller
Student Bar Association (SBA)
President: Joanna McKeegan
Vice President: John Robert Ford
Treasurer: Helen Root
Parliamentarian: Jack Niejadlik