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The following chart details AAJ's Law School Chapters, Presidents and Ambassadors.

A | C | DF | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W 

* Note: Not ABA Accredited

Law School(s) Chapter Status Student Contact Chapter Presidents Ambassadors
ALABAMA
University of Alabama Active   Jason Wilson Emily Hawk Raley
Tom Henderson
Samuel Junkin
Courtney French
Erik Heninger
Birmingham School of Law* Active   Allison Medlock

Margie Alford
Courtney French
Erik Heninger

Samford University
Cumberland School of Law
In Formation

Dawn Mooney

 

Chris Glover
Erik Heninger
Lyle Griffin Warshauer
Leigh King Forstman
Margie Alford
Courtney French

Faulkner University—Thomas Goode Jones School of Law

Active

 

John Levi Nichols

Margie Alford

ARIZONA

Arizona State University (Tempe) Active   Jalayne Arias

Geoffrey Trachtenberg
Scott Palumbo

University of Arizona (Tucson) None     Dev Sethi
John Proper
ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)

None

   

Bob Estes
George Niblock

University of Arkansas (Little Rock) Active   Casey Carder Darryl Baker
CALIFORNIA

California -Berkeley

Active   Ilham Hosseini Peter Hinton
Gerson Smoger

California -Davis

In Formation Adam Rosenthal   Phil Bourdette

California -Hastings

In Formation Francis Shehadeh  

Edward Lau
Claude Wyle

California -Los Angeles

Active   Sherry Powell Steve Glickman
Ian Herzog
California Western Active   Michael Martin Brian L. Burchett

Chapman University

In Formation Michael De Rose   John P. Blumberg
Empire School of Law Active   Julia Donoho  

Golden Gate University

None

 

 

Althea Kippes
Rob Cartwright
Edward Lau
Sepi Ghafouri

Lincoln Law School of San Jose* None      

Loyola Marymount University

Active   Craig Borison

Gale D. Pearson
Gary Paul

McGeorge School of Law

Active

 

 Sean Patrick Robin Brewer
Ingrid Evans
New College of California University None     Althea Kippes
Northwestern California Active   Tiffany Amo  
Pepperdine University Active

 

Armin Azod Lisa Maki
Robert Allan

University of San Diego

Active   Victoria Reierstad Dave Casey

University of San Francisco

Active   Josh Davis Elise Sanguinetti
Ingrid Evans
San Francisco University* None      

Santa Clara University

None     Mary Alexander

University of Southern California

None     Bruce Brusavich
Southern California Institute* None      

Southwestern University

Active   Maryam Farvid Jim Vititoe
Christa Haggai

Stanford University

Active   Mark Baller Mary Alexander
Bruce Highman
Chris Palamountain

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Active   Tegan Hurst
Ventura College of Law* None      

Western State University

Active   Alexzander Adams Jon Mitchell Jackson
William Howard Taft
School of Law
In Formation Richard Lu    
Whittier College Active   Aaron Villalobos John P. Blumberg
*San Joachin College of Law In Formation

Robin Kaufman

 

 

Miriam Bourdette
Phil Bourdette

COLORADO
University of Colorado None    

W. Harold "Sonny" Flowers
Lance Sears

University of Denver None     Robert Schuetze
CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut Active   Emily Dean

Robert I. Reardon
Tracy Poppe

Quinnipiac College Active   Nicole Augenti Eric G. Blomberg
Yale University None     Hugo Harmatz
DELAWARE
Widener University Active    Damiano Presley del Pino Bernard Smalley
Rhonda Hill Wilson
Beverly L. Bove
Joseph W. Weik
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
American University None     Bruce Plaxen
Catholic University None    

Bernard Corbett

University of the District of Columbia None    

Patrick Regan
Thanos Basdekis
Thomas Fay

George Washington University None

 

  Doug Catts
Patrick Donoghue
Georgetown University None     Rich Hailey
Howard University Active   Jaaye Person-Lyn

Dearich Hunter
Sandra Robinson

FLORIDA
Stetson University Active   Jeffrey Sirmons Eric Romano
Florida State University None     James McKenzie
Daryl Parks
University of Florida None     John Elliott Leighton
Bill Hoppe
Howard Coker
University of Miami Active   Stacy Marczak Julie Kane
Jeff Liggio
NOVA Southeastern University Active   Laura Burkhart Garrett Biondo
Jeff Liggio
St. Thomas University Active   Jane Bolin Herman Russomanno
Florida Coastal School of Law Active   Thomas Hatcher James McKenzie
Rodney Gregory
Dianne Weaver
Richard Alexander
Florida International University None     Garrett Biondo
Jeff Liggio
Florida A&M University Active   Harold Bacchus James McKenzie
C. Richard Newsome
Barry University of Orlando Active   Sultana Haque William Artigliere
GEORGIA
Emory University None     Mike Eidson
Lyle Griffin Warshauer
The John Marshall Law School None    

David Crawford
Stan Chervin
Lawrence Allyn Stockton
John Snyder

Georgia State University None     Herald Alexander
Lyle Griffin Warshauer
University of Georgia None  

 

Lyle Griffin Warshauer
Ryan Koppelman
Mercer University None     Lyle Griffin Warshauer
HAWAII
University of Hawaii None     Mark Davis
IDAHO
University of Idaho None     Bill Mauk
Darrel Aherin
ILLINOIS
University of Chicago None     Paul Komyatte
Phillip Steans
DePaul University None     Keith Hebeisen
Brian LaCien
Chicago-Kent College of Law-Illinois Institute of Technology None    

Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
Joseph Lyon
Jill Webb

University of Illinois Active   Lauren Waidzunas Brad Prochaska
John Marshall Law School Active

 

Edward Samuelson

Phil Maher
Michael Block
Scott Palumbo

Loyola University-Chicago None     Robert Harrington
Todd A. Smith
Martin Healy
Northern Illinois University None     Kenneth Chessick
Northwestern University Active   Jacob Smith Eugene Pavalon
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Active   Catherine Sheets John Womick
INDIANA
Indiana University-Bloomington None     Fred Schultz
Betsy Greene
Indiana University-Indianapolis None     Susannah Hall-Justice
Rich Hailey
Jana K. Strain
Notre Dame University None     Joseph Shannon
Jana K. Strain
Valparaiso University None     Jana K. Strain
IOWA
Drake University None    

Karen Sisson
Rob Tully

University of Iowa None     Scott Brown
John Riccolo
KANSAS
University of Kansas None     Derek Potts
Washburn University None     Brad Prochaska
Ron Pope
Dan Lykins
KENTUCKY
American Justice School of Law* None      
University of Kentucky None     William Garmer
University of Louisville Active   Sean Deskins Erwin Sherman
Richard Breen
Northern Kentucky University None    

Robert E. Sanders
Derek Humfleet

LOUISIANA
Louisiana State University None     Scott Yarnell
Lawrence Gettys
Loyola University-New Orleans Active   Michael Plaisance Steven Lane
Southern University None     Scott Yarnell
Lawrence Gettys
Tulane University None     Ken Carter
Stephen Herman
MAINE
University of Maine None     Terrance Duddy
MARYLAND
University of Baltimore In Formation Debra Salim   Augustus Brown
Richard Neuworth
Eric Schloss
Kristen Brinster
University of Maryland None     Marcus Shar
Leonard A. Orman
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston College Active   Kelly Reardon Leo Boyle
Doug Sheff
Lauren Barnes
Boston University None     Kristen Fritz
Doug Sheff
Harvard University Active   Stephen Barnes K. Chittur
Hugo Harmatz
Doug Sheff
New England School of Law None     Jeff Padwa
Doug Sheff
Northeastern University None     Kristen Fritz
Doug Sheff
Suffolk University None     Myong Joun
Doug Sheff
Anthony Tarricone
Jen Lemire (NH)
Southern New England Law School* Active  

Patrick Sullivan

 

Ann McGuire
Western New England School of Law Active   Jessica Levy Bruce H. Stanger
Stephen Angell
Massachusetts School of Law None     Stan Helinski
MICHIGAN
MSU School of Law None     Randy Miller
Jules Olsman
University of Detroit-Mercy Active   Andrew Goodenough Michael J. Morse
Shalina D. Kumar
University of Michigan None     Clifford H. Hart
Mark J. Bernstein
Thomas Cooley Law School Active   Claudia Castro David Mittleman
Wayne State University Active   Stephen Sinas Sheldon Miller
Linda Turek
Michael Pitt
MINNESOTA
Hamline University In Formation Meilin Obinata   Gale Pearson
Chris Messerly
University of Minnesota Active   Jason Ahn Gale Pearson
William Mitchell College of Law Active   Melanie Johnson

Kathleen Flynn Peterson
Gale Pearson
Yvonne Flaherty

St. Thomas Law School* None     Sharon Van Dyck
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi College Active   Joey D. Dumas Jim Kitchens
Wilbur Colom
Jeffrey Ellis
Rebecca Langston
University of Mississippi None     Jim Johnstone
Jay Carmean
MISSOURI
University of Missouri-Kansas City None     Stephen Bough
Unviersity of Missouri-Columbia None     Bryan Scheiderer
St. Louis University None     Bryan Scheiderer
Royce Deryl Edwards
Washington University Active   Stephen Geday Bryan Scheiderer
MONTANA
University of Montana Active   Jennifer Crane Mark Connell
Bill Rossbach
Cynthia Smith
NEBRASKA
Creighton University None     Douglas Milbourn
University of Nebraska None     Douglas Milbourn
NEVADA
William Boyd School of Law-University of Las Vegas None    

Neil Galatz

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Franklin Pierce Law Center None     Maureen Manning
Roger Phillips
NEW JERSEY
Rutgers University-Newark None     Ronald Spevack
Donald Caminiti
Rutgers Unviersity-Camden None     Steven Blader
Gilbert Scutti 
Seton Hall University None     Barbara Comerford
NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico None     Stephen Durkovitch
David Stout
Pia Salazar
NEW YORK
Albany Law School In Formation

Michael Pendell

  Leslie Kelmachter
April Wilson
Brooklyn Law School None  

 

Ruth Bernstein
City University of New York None     Rich Binko
Columbia University None     Gary Pillersdorf
Stephen Mackauf
Cornell University None     William Friedlander
Joseph C. Dwyer
Fordham University None     Howard Richman
Hofstra University None     Deborah Truhowsky
New York University None     Gary Pillersdorf
K. Glenda Cameron
Alan Fuchsberg
New York Law School None       Lawrence Simon
Michael Newton
Arthur H. Rosenberg
David Fish
Gerald P. Goldsmith
Charles Hymowitz
William Beinin
Paul C. Garner
David Pollack 
Pace University None     Gary Pillersdorf
Bruce Schonberg
St. John's University None     Steven Miller
Alfred Odom
Thomas Stock
Greg Guercio
Michael Duffy
State University of New York-Buffalo None     David Civilette
Francis Letro
Rich Binko
Syracuse University None     James Weeks
William Friedlander
Touro College In Formation Patrick Finley   Gary Pillersdorf
Brad Rosken
Yeshiva University None     Howard Richman
NORTH CAROLINA
Campbell University None     John McCabe
Duke University None    

Donald Beskind
Robert Burford
Kyle Smith

North Carolina Central Active  

Lisa Alumbaugh Kamarchik

Michael Barnes
Robert Burford
University of North Carolina In Formation Russell Pate   Michael De Mayo
Robert Gage
John Steel
Wake Forest University Active  

Boyce Richardson

Clifford Britt
NORTH DAKOTA
University of North Dakota None     David R. Bossart
Tom Dickson
OHIO
University of Akron None    

Paul Perantinides
Rhonda Gail Davis

Capital University In Formation Derek Rouse   Barbara A. Roubanes
Case Western Reserve University None     Ed Kramer
Andrew Krembs
Peter Weinberger
University of Cincinnati None     Robert Perez
Joseph Lyon
Alfred Nippert
Janet Abaray
Cleveland State University In Formation Daniel Sherwin   Frank Piscitelli
Ed Kramer
University of Dayton None     Victor Hodge
Elliott Richardson
Michael Buckwalter
Ohio Northern University In Formation Jamie Kaltz   Justin Madden
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law None

 

  Janica A. Pierce
University of Toledo None     Gary Osborne
E. J. Leizerman
Michael Leizerman
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City University Active   Colin Colgan J.P. Longacre
University of Oklahoma Active   David Proctor, II Ray E. Tompkins
Joe White
University of Tulsa In Formation L. Ruggles   Ray Runyon
OREGON
Lewis & Clark College Active   Julia Williams Bill Gaylord
University of Oregon In Formation Neil Weingart   David Jensen
Willamette University None     Craig Crispin
Bron Rammell
PENNSYLVANIA
The Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson School of Law None     Carmen Belefonte
Duquesne University None      
University of Pennsylvania None     Leslie Nixon
University of Pittsburgh None     Ellen Doyle
Vicki Kuftic Horne
Villanova University None     Carmen Belefonte
Peter Dicce
Widener University-Harrisburg Campus Active   Alyssa Knisely Rhonda Wilson
Temple University None     Ezra Wohlgelernter
PUERTO RICO
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Active   Neyza Roman Mireya Baltazar-Suazo
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico None     Orlando I. Martinez
University of Puerto Rico None     Jorge M. Suro
Benny Agosto
Luis Fidalgo Cordova
RHODE ISLAND
Roger Williams University Active   Erin Steadman Jeff Padwa
Mark B. Morse
Vince Green
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Charleston School of Law* None     Stephen Suggs
Ken Suggs
Natasha Hanna
University of
South Carolina
None     Stephen Suggs
Ken Suggs
Natasha Hanna
SOUTH DAKOTA
University of South Dakota Active   C. Hunter Roberts Clint Sargent
TENNESSEE
Nashville School of Law* Active   Philippa T. Thompson Alfred Nippert
University of Memphis Active   Augusta Akpotu Timothy Holton
Sadler Bailey
University of Tennessee Active   Todd I. Heird  
Vanderbilt University None    

Staci Yandle
Phillip Miller
Anna Williams
Alfred Nippert

TEXAS
University of Houston None     Robert Talaska
Baylor University None    

Craig Cherry
Fadra Day
Ed Hohn

South Texas College of Law None     Jack Baldwin
Southern Methodist University None     Ryan Greene
Greg Jones
Les Weisbrod
Pat Stein
St. Mary's University None     Laura Tamez
Frank Herrera
Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law Active   Leo Iruke Edward H. Moore
Domingo Garciak
Texas Tech University None     John Simpson
Brian Heinrich
Joe L. Lovell
Scott Summy
David Glass
Texas Wesleyan University None     Greg Jones
University of Texas-Austin Active   Brian Dupree Fred Baron
Frank Herrera
UTAH
Brigham Young University In Formation Todd Leishman   Curtis Webb
Kevin Sutterfield
University of Utah None     Richard Henriksen, Jr.
VERMONT
Vermont Law School None     Jerry O'Neill
John Evers
VIRGINIA
Appalachian School of Law Active  

Sarah McKinney

Mary Lynn Tate
J. Franklin Long
George Mason University Active   Jamie Lukes Barbara Williams
Regent University None     Abigail McCracken
University of Richmond None     Mary Lynn Tate
Jason Konvicka
Wyatt Durrette
University of Virginia None      
Washington & Lee University None     Randall Trost
William and Mary School of Law Active   Brooke Williams

Stephen M. Smith
Joseph Smith

WASHINGTON
Gonzaga University None     Kenneth Coleman
Don Davis
Jim Rogers
Seattle University Active   Stephanie Boehl Mike Withey
University of Washington None     Mike Withey
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University None     Sandra Harrah
T. C. McCarthy
J. Franklin Long
WISCONSIN
Marquette University Active   Joseph LaDien

Christine Esser
Frank Crivello
Frank Pasternak

University of Wisconsin None     Jason Studinski
Rhonda Lanford
WYOMING
University of Wyoming None     Rhonda Woodard
Robert W. Tiedeken


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