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UNLV Student Bar Association* |
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President: |
Tyna-Minet Ernst |
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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 |
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Email: |
LawSBA@unlv.edu |
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Student Organization Handbook 2008-2009 |
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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. |
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Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)* |
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President: |
Lisa Lee |
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Email: |
Lisa.Lee@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Vice President: |
Crystal Tatco |
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Email: |
Crystal.Tatco@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Secretary: |
Sharon Jones |
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Treasurer: |
Raymond Chau |
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Events Coordinator |
Kim Leung |
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| 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.
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Black Law Students Association (BLSA)* |
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President: |
Kareema Mitchell |
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Vice President Day: |
Amber White-Davidson |
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Email: |
amber.white-davidson@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Vice President Night: |
Emelia Allen |
| Email: |
emelia.allen@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Secretary: |
Chata Holt |
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Email: |
Chata.Holt@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Treasurer: |
Nicholas Buford-Crews |
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Email: |
nicholas.buford@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Mentoring/Social Chair: |
Jessica Goodey |
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Email: |
Jessica.Goodey@students.law.unlv.edu |
| SBA Liaison |
Jeremy Robins |
| Email |
jeremy.robins@students.law.unlv.edu |
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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. |
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Christian Legal Society (CLS)* |
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President: |
Jennifer Koonce |
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Email: |
Jennifer.Koonce@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Web Site: |
Click Here |
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| 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?"
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Criminal Law Society (CLS)* |
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President: |
Douglas Nutton |
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Email: |
samuel.mirkovich@students.law.unlv.edu |
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VP of Events: |
Dana Oswalt |
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Email: |
Dana.Oswalt@students.law.unlv.edu |
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VP of Recruitment: |
Mark Weisenmiller |
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Email: |
Mark.Weisenmiller@students.law.unlv.edu |
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VP Administration: |
Jordyn Raimondo |
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Email: |
jordyn.raimondo@students.law.unlv.edu |
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| 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.
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william.miller@students.law.unlv.edu
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| Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)* |
| President: |
Kim Leung |
| Email: |
kim.leung@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Vice President: |
Inku Nam |
| Email: |
inku.nam@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Executive Director: |
Koa Perlac |
| Email: |
koa.perlac@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Finance Director: |
Raymond Chau |
| Email: |
raymond.chau@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Executive Assistant: |
Brian Shin |
| Email: |
joo.shin@students.law.unlv.edu |
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| The Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) is an organization of law students interested in intellectual property law. Our mission is to encourage and facilitate student excellence in the field of intellectual property. We accomplish this through maintaining a network of interaction between students, alumni, and IP practitioners; educating law students on the latest substantive IP issues; and helping law students interested in IP law find their IP niche. |
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J. Reuben Clark Law Society (JRCLS)* |
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President: |
Lindsey Sommer |
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Email: |
lindsey.sommer@gmail.com |
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Vice President |
Tyna-Minet Ernst |
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Email: |
tynaminet@yahoo.com |
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Secretary |
Joshua Nielsen |
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Email: |
joshuainvegas@yahoo.com |
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Treasurer: |
Robert Stephens |
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Email: |
elrbert@hotmail.com |
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Activities: |
Ryan Andrus |
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Email: |
ryanlandrus@gmail.com |
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| 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.
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Nevada Law Journal* |
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Editor-in-Chief: |
Barbara McDonald |
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Managing Editor: |
M. Magali Calderon |
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Web Site: |
Click Here |
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| Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA)* |
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President: |
Mark Smith |
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Email: |
mark.smith@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Co-Vice President |
Ace Van Patten, Chelsea Monfalcone |
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Email: |
ace.vanpatten@students.law.unlv.edu,
cpmonfalcone@gmail.com |
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Secretary/Treasurer |
Danielle Tarmu |
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Email: |
danielle.tarmu@students.law.unlv.edu |
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| 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.
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| Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)* |
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Justice: |
John Piro |
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Email: |
John.Piro@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Vice Justice |
Jessica Hendricks |
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Email: |
Jessica.Hendricks@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Treasurer |
SooRan Jones |
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Email: |
SooRan.Jones@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Marshall |
Jordyn Raimondo |
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Email: |
jordyn.raimondo@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Secretary |
Lindsay Demaree |
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Email: |
Lindsay.Demaree@students.law.unlv.edu |
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| 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."
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| Real Estate Law Society (RELS) |
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President: |
Steve Parke |
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Email: |
Steve.parke@students.law.unlv.edu |
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Executive VP |
Brandon Johansson |
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Email: |
Brandon.johansson@students.law.unlv.edu |
| VP - Finance |
Dan Riggs |
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Email: |
Daniel.Riggs@students.law.unlv.edu |
| VP - Communication |
Alva Byron Clarke |
| Email: |
Alva.Clarke@students.law.unlv.edu |
VP -
Special Events |
Amy Baker |
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Founded in 2008, the UNLV Real Estate Law Society (RELS) is a student-run organization which seeks to provide:
- A forum for students interested in real estate to exchange ideas and share experiences.
- Frequent events related to real estate which will assist participants in pursing professional careers in real estate.
- Opportunities for students to interact with practicing real estate attorneys.
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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. |
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| Technology in Law Practice (TILPA)* |
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President: |
Gabriel Raviv |
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Email: |
gabriel@macasylum.com |
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Secretary |
Scott Wiser |
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Email: |
Scott.Wiser@students.law.unlv.edu |
| Treasurer |
Laina Tzvetansky |
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Email: |
tjlaina@gmail.com |
| 1L Rep, Section 1 |
David Thoman |
| Email: |
thomand@unlv.nevada.edu |
| 1L Rep, Night |
Melissa Munro |
| Email |
munrom3@unlv.nevada.edu |
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The Technology in Law Practice Association will:
- Help entering students achieve a minimum level of computer literacy with respect to Soft Test, using pleading templates on word processors, and knowing what software is available for managing research in LP, software for briefing and note taking, and the like.
- Expose students to the software that is used in law firms, including case management software.
- Expose students to the technology standards that lawyers are expected to maintain in practice, such as having independent calendar systems, regular backups, security, etc.
These goals will be accomplished through instructional on campus meetings. The Technology in Law Practice Association will strive to bring representatives from software companies to demonstrate their products to law students and faculty.
Boyd School of Law students can join here.
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