2024–2025
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Maria Kayser (she/her)
Class of 2025
Legislative & Procedural Committee Chair
Undergraduate Institution: University of Iowa, Political Science and Communication Studies
Internships: Judicial Intern with Justice Danziger, Civil Supreme Court, Bronx County; Clinical Intern, Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office, Office of the New York State Attorney General; Senior Supervisory Law Clerk, Prisoner’s Legal Advocacy Network; Student Attorney, Cardozo Criminal Defense Clinic
Email: mkayser@law.cardozo.yu.edu
Vice President
Alyssa Taylor Ruhlen (she/her)
Class of 2026
Student Life Committee Chair
Undergraduate Institution: Montclair State University, Psychology
Internships: Office of Public Integrity and Accountability within the New Jersey Attorney General; Xylo AI Corp.
Activities: Staff Editor, Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review; Communications Chair, Women's Law Initiative; Events Director, Women in Tech Law; Director, May Mentorship Program
Email: aruhlen@law.cardozo.yu.edu
Secretary
Casey Rosen (she/her)
Class of 2026
Treasurer
Andrew Ricks (he/him)
Class of 2026
Budget Committee Chair
Undergraduate Institution: University of Central Oklahoma, General Studies; University of Houston, Psychology
Internships: Richman Law Firm (Civil and Commercial Litigation)
Activities: Staff Editior, Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society; Witness, Trial Team; Student Ambassador, Cardozo School of Law Admissions; OUTLaw; Entertainment Law Society; Intellectual Property Law Society; Cardozo Wine Society
Email: aricks@law.cardozo.yu.edu
Student Trustee
Julia Ferro (she/her)
Class of 2026
Career Services Committee Chair
Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University, Political Science and Classical Studies
Internships: Justice David B. Cohen at New York Supreme Court, New York County; Appellate Advocates clinic
Activities: SBA, Antitrust Society, Staff Editor for Cardozo Law Review
Email: jferro@law.cardozo.yu.edu
Student Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Breana Beaudreault (she/her)
Class of 2025
Law & Equity Committee Chair
Undergraduate Institution: Barnard College, English and Human Rights
Internships: Bronx Defenders, The Children's Village, Kakalec Law LLC
Activities: PSS fellow and Gates Scholar
Email: bbeaudre@law.cardozo.yu.edu