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American Association for Justice (Formerly ATLA)
President: Catherine Fiorentino
Treasurer: Dean Coritsidis
The student chapter of the American Association for Justice (Formerly ATLA) encourages law students to become actively involved in trial advocacy and prepares them for real trial situations. ATLA's goal is to engage students to compete in the Hofstra Law School intra-school competition and win the national competitions held each year.
American Constitution Society (ACS)
Co-Presidents: George McAleese, Noel Mahlstadt
Faculty Advisor: Robin Charlow
The American Constitution Society (ACS) for Law and Policy is a progressive legal organization founded by law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, policy-makers and other individuals concerned about the modern trend in pervasively conservative views in American law and politics. ACS understands and supports the importance of the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice. ACS's goal is to encourage and foster a new discourse for the legal community, one based on reason, equality and justice.
Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
APALSA Web Page
E-mail: apalsa@hofstra.edu
Telephone: (516) 463-5923
President: Vivienne Nguyen
Vice President: Rosa Lee
Treasurer: Chris Hampton
Secretary: Kevin Nguyen
The Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) offers the opportunity for Asian law students to discuss issues relevant to the Asian community. Its goals include increasing the enrollment of Asian students at Hofstra and encouraging greater awareness of the political, social and legal concerns affecting Asians within the legal community. APALSA also works in conjunction with other organizations to further goals beneficial to all minority groups in the legal profession.
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
BLSA Web Page
E-mail: blsanews@yahoo.com
Telephone: (516) 463-5923
President: James Lewis
Vice President: Nia Jackson
Treasurer: Jason Gardner
Secretary: Monet Jones
Historian: Sabine Franco
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) is a national organization whose goals include increasing the number of African-American students in law school, encouraging a greater commitment of African-American attorneys to their community, and instilling a heightened awareness of the legal and non-legal problems facing the African-American community. In addition, BLSA struggles to encourage American law schools to increase recruitment of people of color, to help eradicate institutional racism, and to address disparate treatment of African-Americans within the judicial system.
Christian Law Students Association
President: Anthony Autar
Vice President: Nicole Glenn
Treasurer: Sam Jeong
Secretary: Danielle Thomas
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Vern Walker
The Christian Law Students Association, out of love to God and to people, is committed to providing students with opportunities for fellowship, encouragement, discipleship and service. For more information, please add us on TWEN.
Courtroom Advocates Project (CAP)
Environmental Law Society
President: Nicolas Ruberto
VP Alumni Aff.: Brian Bradley
VP Philanthropy: Brandon Harrell
VP Pub. Rel.:Krystle Gan
Secretary: Krystle Gan
Treasurer: John Leschak
The Environmental Law Society (ELS) sponsors environmentally-minded programs both on- and off-campus. The objectives of the ELS are to raise awareness about environmental issues, educate people about how they can help, and curb the environmental impact at Hofstra through the use of environmental technology. The organization promotes networking between students, alumni, and professionals in coordinating events and employment opportunities.
Family Court Review
Federalist Society
President: Nathan Shapiro
Vice President: Shawn Hough
Secretary: Kevin Kruse
Treasurer: Zach Malamud
The Federalist Society is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.
Health Law Society
Hofstra Intellectual Property Law Association
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
Hofstra Law Gentlemen
Hofstra Law Review
Hofstra Law Revue
Hofstra Law Wine & Food Club
Hofstra Law Women (HLW)
President: Bethany Adler
Vice President: Tricia Lynch
Treasurer: Meghan Horton
Secretary: Jeanette Dexter
Social Events Coor.: Diana Gambone
Charity Evts Crdr: Marcie Fronefield
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Charlow
Hofstra Law Women is a group whose membership is open to faculty, administration, students and staff. It meets on an informal basis whenever a member wishes to call a meeting to discuss a particular issue or proposal. Hofstra Law Women has participated in a number of conferences on women as victims of crimes, women in prison and other issues.
Human Rights Law Society (Formerly Amnesty International)
Amnesty International Web Page
President: Krystle Gan
Vice President: Angel DiPietro
Secretary: Nick Ruberto
Treasurer: Nick Ruberto
Amnesty International is a nongovernmental organization that specializes in advocating for the continuous education and protection of human rights, lobbying for the prompt establishment of the International Criminal Court, safeguarding women's equal rights and refugee rights, and organizing campaigns against torture. The Legal Support Network (LSN) is a national network of volunteer lawyers, law students, judges, and law professors that focuses on the legal aspects of Amnesty International's campaigns. Members of the Hofstra Law School Amnesty International Group may adopt a prisoner of conscience case, participate in urgent actions and help promote all of Amnesty International's objectives.
International Law Society
International Moot Arbitration Team (IMAT)
Co-President: Adam Bobkin
Co-President: Vanesa Sigala
The International Moot Arbitration Team (IMAT) trains for the annual Vis Arbitral Moot. The goal of the Vis Arbitral Moot is to foster the study of international commercial law and arbitration for resolution of international business disputes. Through its application of a concrete problem concerning a hypothetical client, the Vis Arbitral Moot trains law students in methods of alternative dispute resolution. The IMAT team prepares a memorandum for claimant, a memorandum for respondent and oral hearings for the Moot.
Italian Law Students Association (ILSA)
Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
E-mail: hofstrajlsa@yahoo.com
Telephone: (516) 463-5922
Co-Presidents: Asher Gulko, Steven Yuniver
Vice President: Yaakov Melen
Treasurer: Larry Samuels
The objective of the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) is to further Jewish communal interests. The Association works with various legal societies and Jewish organizations to help the poor, elderly, and others in need of legal services. JLSA regularly invites guest lecturers to speak at the Law School on topics of current interest to the Jewish community.
Journal of International Business and Law
Latino/a American Law Students Association (LALSA)
LALSA Web Page
Telephone: (516) 463-5923
E-mail: lalsa_hofstralaw@hofstra.edu
President: Roger Rodriquez
Vice-President: Glorisbel Garcia
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Herbie DiFonzo
The Latino/a Law Student Association (LaLSA) creates a family environment for students of color in general, and Latino students in particular. LaLSA exists to pursue academic excellence and the advancement of Latino students in the legal profession, to promote human rights, and to fight racism.
LaLSA's primary goals include becoming an organization capable of addressing the needs of Latino law students, improving the Law School environment for Latino law students, and creating partnerships with the Latino community regarding legal issues.
Law Brigades
Law & Language Association
Legal Emergency Aid Project (Formerly LSDRN)
President: Umair Shaikh
Vice President: Jeff Cain
Treasurer: Yoon Hee Hong
Secretary: Nicole Milone
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Akilah N. Folami
We are law students dedicated to providing legal assistance to victims of disasters across the United States including victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Our members will be traveling down to New Orleans over Spring Break to provide legal assistance to our neighbors in need on a variety of issues including: FEMA claims, insurance claims, social services benefits, mortgage foreclosures, criminal justice circumstances, housing for displaced residents, voters' rights, immigrant labor, and access to counsel. Please join us in our fundraising efforts.
Moot Court Association (MCA)
Moot Court Association Web site
E-mail: mootcourt@hofstra.edu
President: Sarah Crabtree
Vice President: Brad Horenstein
Managing Editor: George McAleese
Competitions Mgr: Joe Ciaccio
Business Mgr: Lisa Valletutti
Staff Mgr: Leah Saxtein
Alumni Aff. Dir.: Jackie Ionin
The Moot Court Association (MCA) is a student-run organization that has helps to develop students' appellate oral advocacy skills in preparation for upper-level courses and local and national moot court competitions. To this end, MCA organizes oral advocacy workshops in the fall semester for second-year students, to prepare them with the skills necessary to excel in Appellate Advocacy.
In addition, MCA sponsors, organizes and runs two intra-school competitions. In the fall semester, second-year students who write a brief are given the opportunity to hone their skills in an informal atmosphere prior to their arguments for Appellate Advocacy. In the spring semester, a competition is held for first-year students, based upon a brief prepared by the Moot Court Board, the governing body of MCA. In both cases, training is provided by third-year MCA members, with the preliminary rounds judged by a Board panel. Semifinal and final rounds are judged by faculty members and guest practitioners.
Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA)
President: Fariah Amin (3L)
Vice President: Usman Chaudhary (2L)
Secretary: Aneeba Rehman (3L)
Treasurer: Omer Shahid (2L)
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Gulino
The Muslim Law Students Association's (MLSA) mission is to increase effective Muslim participation and representation in the legal field by providing a supportive atmosphere for incoming and current Muslim students, as well as alumni. MLSA aims to provide professional networking opportunities, maintain a growing alumni network, and build a bridge between Muslims and non-Muslims through education and cultural exchange. Through these various forums, MLSA hopes to address common misconceptions and educate the Hofstra Law School community about Islam, Islamic law, Muslim society, and the social and legal issues Muslims face in the US and abroad.
Outlaw (formerly PRISM)
Out of Court Statements (formerly Conscience)
Conscience Web Page
Co-Editors: John Leschak, Evan Hess, Mariah Florkaski
Faculty Adviser: Prof. Hickey
Out of Court Statements (formerly Conscience) is the newspaper published by the students of the Law School. Topics covered range from local events to issues of general legal and social importance. Students, administration, faculty and alumni are encouraged to submit articles on selected topics and to consider Conscience as a medium of collective expression within the Law School community. Conscience also welcomes all students interested in reporting, editing, photography or layout to join the staff.
In its first year of publication, Conscience received the national prize from the American Bar Association Law Student Division for the best law school newspaper in its category. In the April/May 1993 issue of the National Jurist, Conscience was featured as one of four of the "nation's best law school newspapers."
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)
PAD Web Page
E-mail: padlaw@hofstra.edu
Telephone: (516) 463-5922
Justice: Dana Vassallo
Vice Justice: Marcie Fronefield
Clerk: Megan Lynch
Alumni/Prof. Ntw: Stephen Colianni
Service Chair: Elitsa Yotkova
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) creates a dialogue among law students, practicing attorneys, and judges. This interchange provides students with practical information and legal skills generally unaddressed by the academic community and curriculum. PAD encourages professional growth through programs designed to help survive law school, secure employment, make valuable professional contacts, develop leadership skills and increase awareness of ethical/professional obligations.
Public Justice Foundation (PJF)
Public Justice Foundation Web Page
E-mail: pjflaw@hofstra.edu
Co-Presidents: Ashley Lorance, Julie Schaul
Co-Vice Presidents: Felicia Bunbury, Ryan Hemphill
Treasurer: Elissa Jacobs
Co-Events Coord.: Phil Rydz, John Papadopoulos
Asst Eve Coord.: Jeffrey Miller
Faculty Advisors: Profs. Grossman, Silverman, Friedman, Hayden
The Public Justice Foundation (PJF) is the Law School's public interest law student organization. The objectives of PJF are twofold: first, to raise awareness about public sector law practice by facilitating student employment in the area; and second, to expose the Law School community to important legal issues through debate and discussion.
PJF holds various fundraisers, including an annual service auction. The auction is its principal fundraiser, with 100 percent of the money raised used to support summer fellowships for Hofstra Law School students. These fellowships enable recipients to take low or nonpaying jobs in the public sector that they otherwise would be unable to accept due to financial constraints. In furtherance of its second objective, PJF has sponsored debates on prisoners' rights, the policy and constitutionality of "hate crimes" legislation, the Clarence Thomas nomination and "Clintonomics."
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
President: Neel Patel
Vice President: Manju Sunny
Treasurer: Umair Shaikh
Secretary: Merry Manavalan
Faculty Advisor: Monroe Freedman
The North American South Asian Law Student Association ( NASALSA ) is a professional student organization comprised of local chapters at schools throughout the country. NASALSA is divided up into regional factions of leadership and Hofstra University's chapter is a member of Mid-Atlantic SALSA. The organization provides an academic, social, and professional support network for law students of South Asian descent as well as those that are interested in the networking possibilities that SALSA offers, regardless of their background. In fact SALSA's student body consists of South Asians as well as students from a diverse array of backgrounds. We are pleased to announce that this is SALSA's inaugural year at Hofstra Law.
As each year progresses, the diversity of Hofstra Law's student population grows. With that in mind, SALSA has been founded with the goal of helping to represent the expanding South Asian population that is beginning to make a greater impact on the legal community at Hofstra, in New York and across the nation. As a first year law student in this organization, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact on the course that this organization takes, helping it to grow in prominence within the Hofstra Law community and allowing it to flourish alongside other South Asian Law school organizations throughout the tri-state area and the rest of the country.
As South Asian attorneys of the future we recognize the responsibility and leadership roles we have in the legal community and the South Asian community at large. SALSA hopes that by providing a forum for students to become active while in law school, we will foster and develop future leaders who understand, care about, and support the history and concerns of the South Asian community.
SALSA is a strong network of students dedicated to bettering your first-year experience. We encourage you to take advantage of the many programs we will be holding in the upcoming months. We want to wish you the best of luck in the upcoming orientation process and to extend ourselves as resources available to you.
Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS)
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Bar Association (SBA)
SBA Web Page
Telephone: (516) 463-6563
President: Ashley Wyzan
Vice President: John Campo
Secretary: Jackie Ionin
Treasurer: Dina Demosthenous
ABA Rep: Zach Malamud
The Student Bar Association (SBA) is the Law School's form of student government. The SBA is composed of approximately 20 people, including officers, senators, Bar Association representatives and a Law School representative to the University Senate. Among other responsibilities, the SBA allocates student activity fees to clubs, coordinates club activities, acts as the liaison between the students and faculty and provides funding for many social functions.
Tax Law Society
President: Erin Dunn
Vice President: Jacqueline Calderon
Treasurer: Taylor Beaumont
The tax society provides future tax professionals the ability to network with current tax professionals as well as each other in order to answer questions and promote development. The tax society will do this through professional mixers where students can meet future employers. Monthly meetings will allow students to share experiences and advice with other students. Additionally, the tax society will assist the community through initiatives like VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Association).
President: Jamie Svenson (jamie.svenson@gmail.com or jsvens1@pride.hofstra.edu)
Vice President: Bryan Arbeit
Training Coordinator: Michael Park
Treasurer: Jose Hasbun
Faculty Advisor: Amy Bedell
The Unemployment Action Center (UAC) is a nonprofit, student-run corporation providing free representation on a volunteer basis to unemployment insurance claimants. Student advocates represent claimants before Administrative Law Judges and, when necessary, appeal to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Hofstra UAC has been operating since August 1991 and provides a unique experience for Hofstra law students. Student advocates independently argue real cases regarding actual claims and claimants. With a nominal time commitment (approximately 5-10 hours per case), the UAC is an unparalleled and amazing opportunity for some real world experience. Membership is open to all law students (day, evening, part time) of any year (1L, 2L, 3L, 4L).
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