2023–2024
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

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

1L SEnators

Leila Abdul-Malak (she/her)

Section A

Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University

On-Campus Involvement: Minority Law Student Alliance; Black Law Student Association; E. Nathaniel Gates Scholar; Public Service Scholar

labdulma@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Grace Shulman (she/her)

Section B

Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan

On-Campus Involvement: Public Interest Law Student Association; Criminal Law Society

gshulman@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Lindo Weiss (they/them)

Section C

Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University

On-Campus Involvement: Unemployment Action Center

lweiss10@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Kyle Cohen (he/him)

Section D

Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

kcohen5@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Baysa Bates (she/her)

May Senator

Undergraduate Institution: Touro University, Lander College (Political Science)

Campus Involvement: Dispute Resolution Society; Women's Law Initiative; JLSA; Sports Law Society

bbates@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Mark Galinovsky (he/him)

Section E

Undergraduate Institution: New York University

On-Campus Involvement: Entertainment Law Society; OUTLaw

mgalinov@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Ryed Jadun (he/him)

Section F

Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University

On-Campus Involvement: South Asian Law Student Association

rjadun@law.cardozo.yu.edu

2L Senators

Peri Ayzidor (she/her)

Undergraduate Institution: Brandeis University

On-Campus Involvement: May Mentor, Student Ambassador, JGSI Member, Cardozo's Journal of Conflict Resolution (Vol.25)

Internship(s): New York State Division of Human Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Wigdor LLP

payzidor@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Linzy Dineen (she/her)

Undergraduate Institution: Syracuse University

On-Campus Involvement: Criminal Law Society; National Lawyer’s Guild; Public Service Scholars Program; Moot Court Honor Society

Internship(s): The Innocence Project

ldineen@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Isaac Kim (he/him)

Undergraduate Institution: Baruch College

On-Campus Involvement: APALSA Events Co-Chair; Moot Court Staff Editor; Civil Procedure, Teaching Assistant

Internships: The Sanders Law Firm

ikim2@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Matt Petrouskie (he/him)

Undergraduate Institution: Adelphi University

On Campus Involvement: SBA, Start-Up Society, Cardozo Law Review

Internship(s): Pechman Law Group PLLC

petrousk@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Matt Scaptura (he/him)

Undergraduate Institution: SUNY Purchase College

On-Campus Involvement: Moot Court Honor Society

Internship(s): Law Clerk at JLC & Associates

mscaptur@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Nicholas Wynne (he/him)

Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University

On-Campus Involvement: Gates Mentor; Black Law Students Association; Staff Editor, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

3L SenatorS

Molly Barth (she/her)

Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas (Government)

On Campus Involvement: Jewish Law Student Association, Women’s Law Initiative

Internship(s): Schmit Law Firm PLLC; Richman Law Firm PLLC; Perlmutter Freedom Clinic; New York State Insurance Fund

mrbarth@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Adela Cojab (she/her)

Undergraduate Institution: New York University

On-Campus Involvement: Jewish Law Student Association; Louis Brandeis Center

Internship(s): Queens District Attorney’s Office; King’s County District Attorney’s Office; New York State Unified Court System

cojabmoa@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Katia Idiri (she/her)

Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

On-Campus Involvement: Criminal Law Society; Lexis Associate Student Representative

Internship(s): The Safe Center, Long Island, The Bronx Defenders Gertrud Mainzer Family Defense Clinic; Cardozo Criminal Defense Clinic

idiri@law.cardozo.yu.edu

Annie Lelonek (she/her)

Undergraduate institution: Queens College, CUNY
On campus involvement: Cardozo Law Review; Brandeis Center; Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF);
Previous externships: Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch; The Authors Guild; New York State Unified Court System

aflelone@law.cardozo.yu.edu

James Stitt (he/him)

Undergraduate Institution: University of Mississippi

On-Campus Involvement: Advocate, Suspension Representation Project; Cardozo International Law Society; National Lawyers Guild; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review

Internship(s): XWELL; Kings County Supreme Court; Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic; Research Assistant to Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

jstitt@law.cardozo.yu.edu