William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas
 
































 
UNLV Student Bar Association*
President: Tyna-Minet Ernst
VP, Day Division: Seth Floyd
VP, Evening Division: Kareema Turner
Secretary: Caroline Song
Treasurer: Kelly Przestwor
2L Rep F/T Elana Graham
2L Rep P/T Sepideh Sayedna
3L Rep Ryan Leary
4L Rep Ryan Reeves
 
Email: LawSBA@unlv.edu
 
Student Organization Handbook 2007-2008
 
The purpose of the Student Bar Association is to act as a means for student self government. It provides an effective medium for the expression of student views and serves as a liason between students, faculty, and administration.
The SBA also sponsors such activities as may be deemed beneficial to the Law School community and specifically to the students.
 
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)*
President: Lisa Lee
Email: Lisa.Lee@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President: Crystal Tatco
Email: Crystal.Tatco@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary: Sharon Jones
Treasurer: Raymond Chau
Events Coordinator Kim Leung
 
The Asian Pacific American Law Student Association’s (APALSA) purpose is to promote Asian Pacific American topics and to contribute to the multicultural awareness at the William S. Boyd School of Law. APALSA is concerned with connecting Asian Pacific American law students with other professional organizations and the Asian Pacific American community. APALSA membership is open to all interested law students and members are encouraged to become leaders and active participants in community issues.
 
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)*
President: Kareema Mitchell
Email:  
Vice President Day: Amber White-Davidson
Email: amber.white-davidson@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President Night: Emelia Allen
Email: emelia.allen@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary: Chata Holt
Email: Chata.Holt@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer: Nicholas Buford-Crews
Email: nicholas.buford@students.law.unlv.edu
Mentoring/Social Chair: Jessica Goodey
Email: Jessica.Goodey@students.law.unlv.edu
SBA Liaison Jeremy Robins
Email jeremy.robins@students.law.unlv.edu
 
We, the Black Law Students Association of William S. Boyd School of Law, exist for the support, guidance and direction of Black students in academic, professional and social endeavors. Our main function is to assist members in the development of their legal careers and to provide opportunities for exposure to various areas and aspects of the legal profession.
We recognize the need to act positively in the development of the Black community, to encourage cooperation and closer ties between members of the law school's Black community and to establish a vehicle through which our concerns are brought to bear on Boyd policy and the community at large.
The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a national organization designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students. As the largest student run organization in the country, NBLSA encourages the development of talented, socially conscious, lawyers of tomorrow. NBLSA is compromised of six regions, representing over 6,000 members across the nation.
 
Business Law Society (BLS)*
President: Nicole Cannizzaro
Email: nicole.cannizzaro@students.law.unlv.edu
Executive Vice President: Brianna Issurdutt
Email: Brianna.Issurdutt@students.law.unlv.edu
VP-Finance: Nathan Ring
Email: Nathan.Ring@students.law.unlv.edu
2L Rep: Brian Ramsey
Email: brian.ramsey@students.law.unlv.edu
3L P/T Rep: Emelia Allen
Email: emelia.allen@students.law.unlv.edu
 
Christian Legal Society (CLS)*
President: Jennifer Koonce
Email: Jennifer.Koonce@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President: Bret Meich
Email: bret.meich@gmail.com
Secretary: Michelle L’Hommedieu
Email: mal_tacandunlv@yahoo.com
 
Web Site: Click Here
 
The Christian Legal Society is a national grassroots network of lawyers and law students committed to proclaiming, loving, and serving Jesus Christ through the practice of law. Guided by the Threefold Ministry Model, we engage in: Spiritual Formation: Cultivating our faith through communal prayer, fellowship, worship, and devotional study of the Bible and other Christian works; Compassionate Outreach: Showing the love of Christ by proclaiming the gospel in word and in deed, through charitable good works and community outreach; and Christian Calling: Beginning to make the law our ministry and addressing the question, "What does it mean to be a Christian in law?"
 
Criminal Law Society (CLS)*
President: Douglas Nutton
Email: samuel.mirkovich@students.law.unlv.edu
VP of Events: Dana Oswalt
Email: Dana.Oswalt@students.law.unlv.edu
VP of Recruitment: Mark Weisenmiller
Email: Mark.Weisenmiller@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Administration: Jordyn Raimondo
Email: jordyn.raimondo@students.law.unlv.edu
 
The Criminal Law Society is an organization that brings together students interested in criminal law, providing its members the educational opportunity to learn about criminal law and the United States criminal justice system. The Society strives to cultivate interest and networking occasions in the various fields that criminal law has to offer. The Society also encourages its members to aspire to the highest standards of personal integrity, diligence, and individual responsibility in their study and practice of criminal law.
 
Federalist Society*
President: Matthew Seaton
Email: lisa@physics.unlv.edu
VP Mark Bell
Email Mark.Bell@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer: Gabrielle Angle
Email: Gabrielle.Angle@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary: Suzanne Hyte
Email: suzanne.hyte@students.law.unlv.edu
 
Sponsors debate on both sides of current issue in the law via organized debate and monthly news-letter.
 
Gaming Law Society (GLS)*
President: Amber Davis
Email: amberleadavis@gmail.com
Vice President Leslie Fidance
Email: leslie.fidance@students.law.unlv.edu
Programming Chair: Margo Chernysheva
Email: margo.chernysheva@students.law.unlv.edu
Philanthropy Chair Brian Ramsey
Email brian.ramsey@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer: Meghan Goodwin
Email: Meghan.Goodwin@students.law.unlv.edu
 
The Gaming Law Association provides its members with an excellent opportunity to achieve a better understanding of what gaming attorneys do and what issues they may face on a day-to-day basis. We accomplish this by: Inviting guest speakers to give on-campus presentations; Sponsoring field trips to various locations such as hotel/casinos and equipment manufacturers; Hosting a gaming law career fair; and more!
william.miller@students.law.unlv.edu
 
Health Law Society (HLS)*
President: Chris Kircher
Email: chris.kircher@hotmail.com
 
International Law Society (ILS)*
President: Sarig Aremenian
Email: sarig.armenian@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President SooRan Jones
Email: sarig.armenian@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President of Programs Sepideh Sayedna
Email: Sepideh.Sayedna@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary: Alva Byron Clarke
Email: Alva.Clarke@students.law.unlv.edu
 
La Voz*
President: Siria Gutierrez
Email: Siria.Gutierrez@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President Corina Rocha
Email: Corina.Rocha@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary Ellie Roohani
Email: ellie.roohani@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer: Leslie Fidance
Email: leslie.fidance@students.law.unlv.edu
Philanthropy Chair: Jayme Martinez
Email: jayme.martinez@students.law.unlv.edu
 
J. Reuben Clark Law Society (JRCLS)*
President: Lindsey Sommer
Email: lindsey.sommer@gmail.com
Vice President Tyna-Minet Ernst
Email: tynaminet@yahoo.com
Secretary Joshua Nielsen
Email: joshuainvegas@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Robert Stephens
Email: elrbert@hotmail.com
Activities: Ryan Andrus
Email: ryanlandrus@gmail.com
 
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society is an international organization of lawyers who are devoted to helping the lawyer and law student recognize the strength that can be brought to the law by the lawyer's personal religious convictions.
 
Minority Law Students Association (MLSA)*
President: Jeffrey Haywood
Email: uzurioso@yahoo.com
Vice President James Griffin
Email: james.griffin@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary Mia Ji
Email: mia.ji@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer: Raymond Jereza
Email: rajereza@gmail.com
Community Service Liason: Leslie Fidance
Email: legallybrunette78@cox.net
Activities Coordinator: Deanna Molinar
Email: deanna_molinar@yahoo.com
 
To promote and encourage diversity at Boyd School of Law and encourage majority and minority student to explore their cultural identies.
 
Nevada Law Journal*
Editor-in-Chief: Barbara McDonald
Managing Editor: M. Magali Calderon
   
Web Site: Click Here
 
Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA)*
President: Mark Smith
Email: mark.smith@students.law.unlv.edu
Co-Vice President Ace Van Patten, Chelsea Monfalcone
Email: ace.vanpatten@students.law.unlv.edu,
cpmonfalcone@gmail.com
Secretary/Treasurer Danielle Tarmu
Email: danielle.tarmu@students.law.unlv.edu
 
The Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA) is an organization of independent lawyers who represent consumers and share the common goal of improving the civil justice system. The NTLA Student Chapter helps prepare law students to engage in the fulfillment of this goal upon entering practice by teaching students how to become powerful courtroom advocates for their clients.
 
Organization of Part-Time and Non-Traditional Law Students (OPLS)*
President: Kali Fox Miller
Email: KaliFoxMiller@aol.com
VP - Programming Jerimy Kirschner
Email: Jerimy.Kirschner@students.law.unlv.edu
VP - Philanthropy Sepideh Sayedna
Email: sepideh.sayedna@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer Joanna Myers
Email: joanna.myers@students.law.unlv.edu
Publicity Chair Brandi Segura
Email: bsegura@unlv.nevada.edu
4L P/T Rep Corinne Wurm
Email: wurmc@unlv.nevada.edu
 
The mission of OPLS is to empower and represent the interests of part-time and non-traditional law students at the William S. Boyd School of Law.
 
Organization of Women Lawyers (OWLS)*
President: Kelly Stout
Email: Kelly.Stout@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Night Brandi Segura
Email: bsegura@unlv.nevada.edu
Secretary Sara Almo
Email: Sara.Almo@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer Felicia Quinlan
Email: felicia.quinlan@students.law.unlv.edu
Philanthropy Chair Sepideh Sayedna
Email: sepideh.sayedna@students.law.unlv.edu
Social Chair Chata Holt
Email: Chata.Holt@students.law.unlv.edu
2L Rep Day Lindsey Lee
Email: Lindsey.Lee@students.law.unlv.edu
2L Rep Night Tenesa Houdek
Email: tenesa.houdek@students.law.unlv.edu
3L Rep Day Lindsey Bennett
Email: lindsey.bennett@students.law.unlv.edu
3L Rep Night Berdette Clark
Email: berdette@mvdsl.com
4L Rep Venicia Considine
Email: venicia@cox.net
 
Promote women's views from all points.
 
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)*
Justice: John Piro
Email: John.Piro@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice Justice Jessica Hendricks
Email: Jessica.Hendricks@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer SooRan Jones
Email: SooRan.Jones@students.law.unlv.edu
Marshall Jordyn Raimondo
Email: jordyn.raimondo@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary Lindsay Demaree
Email: Lindsay.Demaree@students.law.unlv.edu
 
The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the Bench and Bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice under law; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire the virtues of compassion and courage; to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members; and to encourage their moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement; so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable professional and public service. "Service to the Student, the School, the Profession and the Community."
 
Public Interest Law Association (PILA)*
President: Brian Ramsey
Email: brian.ramsey@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Philanthropy Ofelia Monje
Email ofelia.monje@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Finance Krissta Kirschenheiter
Email: krissta.kirschenheiter@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Communications Krystal Gallagher
Email krystal.gallagher@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Gen Auction Amber White-Davidson
Email: Amber.white-davidson@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Auction Donations Sarah Kohl
Email: Sarah.Kohl@students.law.unlv.edu
Co-VP’s of Community Outreach Sherri Walton, Dana Oswalt
Email: Sherri.Walton@students.law.unlv.edu,
Dana.Oswalt@students.law.unlv.edu
Chair, Auction Publicity Lisa Lee
Email Lisa.Lee@students.law.unlv.edu
Co-Chairs, Auction Closure Tenesa Houdek, Geneva Lemon
Email tenesa.houdek@students.law.unlv.edu, Geneva.Lemon@students.law.unlv.edu
 
General public interest law.
 
Real Estate Law Society (RELS)
President: Mark Bell
Email: Mark.bell@students.law.unlv.edu
Executive VP Steve Parke
Email: Steve.parke@students.law.unlv.edu
VP - Finance Brandon Johansson
Email: Brandon.johansson@students.law.unlv.edu
VP - Communication Eric Allen
Email: Eric.allen@students.law.unlv.edu
 
Founded in 2008, the UNLV Real Estate Law Society (RELS) is a student-run organization which seeks to provide:
  1. A forum for students interested in real estate to exchange ideas and share experiences.
  2. Frequent events related to real estate which will assist participants in pursing professional careers in real estate.
  3. Opportunities for students to interact with practicing real estate attorneys.
 
Saltman Dispute Resolution Society (SDRS)*
President: Alva Clarke
Email: Alva.Clarke@students.law.unlv.edu
 
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund/Environmental Law Society (SALDF/ELS)*
President: Tara-Lynn Adams
Email: tara-lynn.adams@students.law.unlv.edu
Vice President Margo Chernysheva
Email: chernmargo@yahoo.com
Secretary Ace Van Patten
Email: ace.vanpatten@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer Lindsey Bennett
Email: lindsey.bennett@students.law.unlv.edu
Special Events Coordinator Holly Cheong
Email: holly.cheong@students.law.unlv.edu
Student Representative Nadin Cutter
Email: cutternadin@yahoo.com
 
Society of Advocates*
The William S. Boyd School of Law Society of Advocates (SOA) is an honorary, co-curricular organization whose members represent the school in interscholastic advocacy competitions all over the country. It seeks to foster in its members superior written and oral advocacy, counseling and dispute resolution skills by providing inter-scholastic competition experience.

Click here for the SOA website.
 
Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELA)*
President: Raymond Jereza
Email: rajereza@gmail.com
VP of Sports Wade Carner
Email: wade.carner@students.law.unlv.edu
VP of Entertainment Nathan Ring
Email: Nathan.Ring@students.law.unlv.edu
VP Events & Publicity Daniel Martinez
Email: Daniel.Martinez@students.law.unlv.edu
Secretary Gabrielle Angle
Email: Gabrielle.Angle@students.law.unlv.edu
Treasurer Brianna Issurdutt
Email: Brianna.Issurdutt@students.law.unlv.edu
 
To foster educational and networking opportunities for those interested in AET, Entertainment, Sports, Intellectual and related issues.

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