2024–2025
SENATE

“All legislative and final administrative authority of the Association shall be vested in and exercised by the SBA Senate, for the promotion of the welfare and interest of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, subject to the limitations enumerated in this Constitution.”

-Article III, Section 1 of the SBA Constitution

Scroll through the class Senators by using the right and left arrow keys, clicking anywhere on each main image, or by clicking on each thumbnail image.

To email a specific Senator, click on their email address.

1L SEnators

Josh Bergman (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Business

Campus involvement: Multimedia Committee; Sports Law Society; Business Law Society; Real Estate Law Association; Jewish Law Students Association

jbergma1@law.cardozo.yu.edu

John King (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: UC Santa Cruz, Computer Science

jking5@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Karen Correa

Undergraduate institution: College of Staten Island, Political Science

On-campus involvement: LALSA; IP Law Society; Gates and Martinidez Scholar

kcorrea@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Gold Iro (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Texas Tech University, Political Science

giro@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Nisha Gupta (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: New York University, Media, Culture, and Communication, Law & Society minor

On-campus involvement: SBA, Women's Law Initiative, IP Law Society, Business Law Society, Entertainment Law Society, Family Law Society

ngupta4@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Sophie Saydah (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: New York University, Art History & Sociology

ssaydah@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Jenny Kam (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: New York University

On-campus involvement: APALSA, Suspension Representation Project

jkam@law.cardozo.yu.edu

2L Senators

Kyle Cohen (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: University of Maryland - College Park, History (concentration in American history) & Government and Politics

Campus involvement: Co-President of Sports Law Society; Legal Writing Teaching Assistant; Arts and Entertainment Law Journal.

Internships: Westchester County District Attorney's Office; New York County Lawyers Association Fee Dispute Resolution Program

kcohen5@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Anwuli Onwaeze (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Syracuse University, Political Science

Campus involvement: BLSA; ADR; Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic

Internships: Maduegbuna Cooper LLP

aonwaeze@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Lindo Weiss (they/them)

Undergraduate institution: Northwestern University, Theatre & Gender Studies

Campus involvement: Law & Literature Journal; Unemployment Action Center; SBA Law & Equity Committee

Internships: Teaching Fellowship at Legal Outreach; Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic

lweiss10@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Rob Loeser (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: New York University, Political Science

Campus involvement: Staff Editor - Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice; Social Co-Chair - OUTLaw; Secretary/Affinity Group Liaison - American Constitution Society

Internships: Judicial Intern for Hon. Robyn F. Tarnofsky, Southern District of New York; New York City Housing Authority

rloeser@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Basya Bates (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Touro University, Political Science

Campus involvement: Cardozo Law Review; Heyman Scholar, May Mentor; Women's Law Initiative; JLSA Member, Antitrust Society

Internships: Federal Trade Commission, Northeast Region (Bureaus of Competition and Consumer Protection)

bbates@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Ryed Jadun (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: Rutgers University, Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Campus involvement: SALSA; Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocities Prevention Clinic

Internships: 1st Appellate Division NY

rjadun@law.cardozo.yu.edu

3L SenatorS

Matt Scaptura (he/him)

Undergraduate institution: Purchase College, Opera

Campus involvement: Moot Court Honor Society

Internships: Mischel & Horn, P.C.

mscaptur@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Lauren Phillips (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: University of Iowa; History & Political Science

Campus involvement: Law Review; Public Service Scholars

Internships: NYSDHR, NYC law department labor & employment division; Filmmakers Legal Clinic; Crowell & Moring

lphilli2@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Linzy Dineen (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Syracuse University; Forensic Science, Biology, and Psychology

Campus involvement: Public Service Scholars; Moot Court Honor Society; Trial Team Honor Society; Pro Bono Scholars; National Lawyers Guild

Internships: Innocence Project; Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

ldineen@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Avi Kiel

Undergraduate institution: Touro University, Management & Marketing

Internships: Prosecutor Practicum; State Criminal Prosecution Clinic; Queens DA

akiel@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Katie Negroni (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: University of Southern California, Public Policy

Campus involvement: Criminal defense clinic

Internships: The Brennan Center for Justice; The Innocence Project

cnegroni@law.cardozo.yu.edu

LLM Senator

Koral Bahat (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Bachelor of Laws LL.B (Israel)

Campus involvement: Suspension Representation Project (SRP Club), JLSA Club, Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA)

Kbahat@law.cardozo.yu.edu

SENATORS-AT-LARGE

Leila Abdul-Malak (she/her)

Northeastern University

Campus involvement: The Innocence Project, Clinic Intern; Minority Law Student Alliance, President; Public Service Scholar; Trial Team

Innocence Project

labdulma@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Sheridan Berry (she/her)

Colgate University

Political Science major, English minor

Campus involvement: SAL Events Committee 1L; 1L Representative, Family Law Society; Wine Society

mberry1@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Elizabeth Bulat (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Northwestern University, Economics and Journalism

Campus involvement: Law Review, Christian Law Student Association, Antitrust Society

Internships: Ballon Stoll LLP, Special Education Law and Advocacy Field Clinic

ebulat@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Michael Burstein (he/him/his)

Undergraduate institution: Wake Forest University, Politics and International Affairs and Communication

Campus involvement: Sports Law Society, Family Law Society, Courtroom Advocates Program, Uncontested Divorce Project

mburste1@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Natalia Palacino Camargo (She/her)

Undergraduate institution: New York University; double major in Studio Art and Philosophy

Campus involvement: LALSA, Cardozo Art Law Society, Gates and Martinidez Scholar

npalacin@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Felicia Fortel (She/Her)

Undergraduate institution: Baruch College, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Campus involvement: EPC Student Representative, VP of Cannabis Law Society

ffortel@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Michele Kallo (She/Her)

Undergraduate institution: CUNY Baruch College, B.A. in Digital Communications and Culture

Campus involvement: Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution; Cardozo Art Law Society; Women's Law Initiative

Internships: Clyde & Co. LLP

mkallo@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Wanny Mei (she/her)

Undergraduate institution UC Berkeley, Sociology

Campus involvement: Public Service Scholars, Unemployment Action Center

wmei@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Sean Neligan (He/Him)

Undergraduate institution: University of Miami, FL - Political Science

Internships: Redmond Law PLLC

sneligan@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Jake Sheckter (He/Him)

Undergraduate institution: Yeshiva University, Sy Syms School of Business. Majors: Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Data Analytics

Campus involvement: Business Law Society, JLSA, SBA Budget Committee

Sheckter@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Stacey Turabelidze (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate institution:Boston University, Psychology

Campus involvement: Senator at Large, Student Life Committee

sturabel@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Alexandra Wallace (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate institution: University of California, Irvine; Political Science & Criminology

Campus involvement: 1L Representative for the Women's Law Initiative

awallac2@law.cardozo.yu.edu