Student Organizations

Students at GW Law have traditionally been active and involved members of our academic community. Over the years we have established a great number of organizations that reflect our diverse interests and concerns. These organizations play an important role beyond that of fostering camaraderie. Indeed, by sponsoring speakers and panel discussions and encouraging dialogue on a wide variety of legal issues, the activities of our student organizations have become an important extension of the curriculum and have also afforded students the opportunity to make significant contributions to the Washington, D.C. area community and to the legal profession.

Starting a Student Organization

The Student Bar Association (SBA) serves as an umbrella organization for all student organizations at GW Law. Students wishing to create a new organization or re-launch an existing organization may not do so without consultation with the SBA Senate. The Charter Committee is the arm of the Senate tasked with: 1) creating, maintaining, and making accessible materials to aid students in forming a new student organization, 2) shepherding organizations through the charter process, and 3) investigating suspected violations of SBA rules by student organizations and submitting investigative reports to the Senate.

There are five steps to official recognition of a new student organization:
1) Prepare and submit statement of interest to the SBA Charter Committee
2) Prepare and submit constitution to the SBA Charter Committee
3) Approval of constitution by the SBA Charter Committee
4) Presentation before the SBA Senate
5) Official recognition vote by the SBA Senate

Below are links to relevant materials to help students create student organizations and comply, on an ongoing basis, with the SBA By-Laws. Students with questions may contact the Chair of the Charter Committee, Robert Russo, at any time: RRusso@law.gwu.edu.

Documents

SBA Charter Committee Student Organization Guide (PDF)
Sample Constitution (DOCX)
Relevant Bylaws (PDF)

List of Student Organizations (2011-2012)

Student Organization	President	Constitution
American Civil Liberties Union	Jared Rudolph
American Constitution Society	Harsh Voruganthi
Arab Law Student Association	Ramy Ramadan
Art Law and Entertainment Society	Shirley Liang
Asian/Pacific American Law Students Assoc.	Valerie Chang
Banking Law Society	Parisa Manteghi
Black Law Students Association	Blessing Omakwu
Corporate & Business Law Society	Sarah Fehm
Christian Legal Society	Nathan Bilyeu
Criminal Law Society	Hyrum Miller
Cyberlaw Student Association	Avonne Bell
D.C. Public Defender Service Recording Sealing Service	Mike Barfield
East Asian Law Society	William Barrett
Environmental Law Association	Rachele Treger
Equal Justice Foundation	Jessica Krupke
Entertainment & Sports Law Association	Maria Gray & Judd Lauter
Evening Law Students Association	Holly Trogdon
Federalist Society	Mike Gentine
Feminist Forum	Brynne Madway
Gulf Recovery Network	Tommy Hayne
GW Basketball Association	Carissa Tyler
GW Law Democrats	Kelly Archung
GW Law Softball Club	Danielle Rosborough
Hispanic Law Students Association	Caroline Jova
Human Rights Law Society	Matt Medved
Immigration Law Association	Jose Pitti
International Law Society	Rob Armstrong & Lisa Lederberger
Iranian American Student Bar Association	Farisa Dastvar
Iraq Refugee Assistance Project	Aseel Barghuthi
J. Reuben Clark Law Society	Clay Stephenson
Jewish Law Student Association	Daniela Murch
Lambda Law	Brynne Madway & Eric Shupin
Law Association for Women	Tasha Williams
Law Revue	Emilie Pinkham (director)
LLM Student Association	(none)
Law Students for Reproductive Justice	Katie Thompson & Bonnie Carlson
Military Law Society	Mike Gentine
Muslim Law Student Association	Yosra Shaaban
National Contract Management Association	Josh Prentice
National Lawyers Guild	Matthew Mihalich & Sarah Ann Lewis
National Security Law Association	Hayley Hoffman
Native American Law Students Association	Kelsey Reese
Phi Alpha Delta	Benjamin Balter
Phi Delta Phi	Stephen Asay
Political Law Society	Rachel Applestein
Promissory Notes	Daniela Murch
South Asian Law Students Association	Shiraun Jacob
Street Law	Megan Johnson & Chanell Autrey
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund	Deb Sengupta
Students for Sensible Drug Policy	Kellen Russoniello
Student Health Law Association	Betsy Rosen
Student Intellectual Property Law Association	Thara Russell