Undergraduate School: University of Delaware

Activities: Staff Editor, Moot Court Honor Society; Legal Intern, Civil Rights Clinic; Teaching Assistant, Lawyering and Legal Writing; President, LALSA; Research Assistant

Undergraduate School: University of Ghana
Activities: Heyman Scholar; Black Law Student Association; Cardozo International Comparative Law Review

Undergraduate School: Fordham University
Activities: Black Law Student Association; Intellectual Property Law Society; Civil Rights Clinic; U.S. Copyright Office; Teaching Assistant

Undergraduate School: Franklin & Marshall College

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Undergraduate School: The City College of New York (CCNY)

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Undergraduate School: NYU Steinhardt

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Undergraduate School: NYU College of Arts & Science

Activities/Extracurriculars: Treasurer, Black Law Students Association (BLSA); Clinical Intern, Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic; Staff Editor, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society

Undergraduate Major: General Studies and Psychology

Undergraduate College: University of Central Oklahoma and University of Houston

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Extracurriculars and Experience: Staff Editor, ADR Competition Honor Society; Witness, Trial Team; Treasurer/ Senator-At-Large & Fundraising Chair, Student Bar Association; OUTLaw; Entertainment Law Society; Intellectual Property Law Society; Cardozo Wine Society

Why did you choose to attend Cardozo? I chose to attend Cardozo because of our excellent Entertainment program, as well as our fantastic ADR team. I knew coming into law school that I was interested in the intersection of these two fields and I have the amazing opportunity to be part of both.

What do you like most about Cardozo? My favorite part about Cardozo is the people. Everyone is so kind and welcoming. There is a true comradery between the students, and the faculty truly wants you to succeed and become an amazing attorney. 

What are your career goals? My goal is to practice theatre law!

Undergraduate Major: Political Science

Undergraduate College: St. John's University

Hometown: Reno, NV

Extracurriculars and Experience: Staff Editor, Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society; 2024-2025 Co-President, Minority Law Student Alliance; Law Clerk, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer P.A.; Extern, BBB National Programs, Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Counsel; Law Clerk, SDNY Bankruptcy Court.

Why did you choose to attend Cardozo? I experienced Cardozo’s welcoming and supportive environment at Admitted Students Day and in conversations with current students, which made it clear that Cardozo offers the community and resources I needed to thrive throughout law school.

What do you like most about Cardozo? I experienced Cardozo’s welcoming and supportive environment at Admitted Students Day and in conversations with current students, which made it clear that Cardozo offers the community and resources I needed to thrive throughout law school.

What are your career goals? My career goal is to join a firm where I am continually challenged intellectually and can grow into a skilled litigator and advocate.  

SBA Position: President

Undergraduate School: University of Maryland

Undergraduate Major: History (concentration in American History) and Government & Politics

Areas of Interest: General Litigation, Criminal Law, ADR, Public Interest, and Transactional IP Law

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Symposium Editor, Arts and Entertainment Law Journal; Former Co-President and current Co-Social Chair, Sports Law Society; Member, JLSA; Former Teaching Assistant, Lawyering & Legal Writing and Constitutional Law. Internship/Externship Experience: Westchester District Attorney's Office, NYCLA Part 137 Fee Dispute Resolution Program, Brooklyn District Attorney Conviction Review Unit, New York City Law Department in the Labor & Employment Division.

SBA Position: Vice President

Undergraduate School: NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Areas of Interest: Healthcare Law, Immigration Law, Labor and Employment Law

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Moot Court Honor Society, Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic

SBA Position: Secretary, Student Director of Events

Undergraduate School: SUNY Geneseo

Undergraduate Major: Sociology; Biology

Areas of Interest: Corporate & Securities Law

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Arts & Entertainment Law Journal; Securities Arbitration Clinic; Heyman Scholar; NYC Bar Association Lawyer Assistance Program Student Member

SBA Position: Treasurer

Undergraduate School: University of Central Oklahoma and University of Houston

Undergraduate Major: General Studies (Musical Theatre and Education Concentrations) and Psychology

Areas of Interest: Visual and Performing Arts, Labor and Employment, and General Corporate Law

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Managing Student Ambassador, Cardozo School of Law Admissions Office; Staff Editor, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society; Visual and Performing Arts Co-Chair, Entertainment Law Society; Witness, Morelli Trial Team; Member of the following student organizations: OUTLaw, Business Law Society, Intellectual Property Law Society, Wine Society, Fashion Law Society, Art Law Society

SBA Position: Student Trustee

Undergraduate School: Wake Forest University

Undergraduate Major: Politics & International Affairs and Communication

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law, General Litigation, Sports & Entertainment Law, Public Interest

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Staff Editor, Arts & Entertainment Law Journal; 2L Representative, Sports Law Society; Mentor, Cardozo Mentor Program; Judicial Intern with Judge Richard G. Latin, Civil Supreme Court New York County; Law Clerk, Haworth Barber & Gerstman, LLC; Clinical Intern, Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic; Student Advocate, Sanctuary for Families Uncontested Divorce Project

SBA Position: Student Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Undergraduate School: Vassar College

Undergraduate Major: International Studies (Concentrations in Political Science + Anthropology); Minor in Women & Gender Studies 

Areas of Interest: Public Interest and Public Service Law; Criminal Prosecution and Defense; Anti-Gender Based Violence Advocacy 

Extracurriculars/Experiences: Staff Editor, Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice; Fellow, Public Service Scholars; Fellow, Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy; P*LAW Coordinator, Center for Public Service Law; Pro Bono Legal Assistant, Incarcerated Gender Survivors Initiative at Sanctuary for Families; Reproductive Justice Committee Member, Women's Bar Association of New York. 

Michael Pollack is a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Before joining Cardozo, Professor Pollack served as a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. He also worked as a Trial Attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, defending major legislative and regulatory initiatives from constitutional and statutory challenges. Professor Pollack clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Professor Alex Reinert is the Director of the Center for Rights and Justice. He teaches Constitutional Law and was part of the legal team that successfully fought to end solitary confinement in New York State Prisons. He is currently part of an ACLU suit against the federal government for the separation of immigrant children from their parents. 

Professor Jessica Roth is the Director of the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Law. She teaches Criminal Law and and has been a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC and elsewhere in the news on the Mueller investigation and the Impeachment Inquiry. She is a former prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York.

Professor Weinstein is the Co-Director, Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance. He began his career as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson in San Francisco, after serving as a law clerk to Judge Edward R. Becker of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Haverford College, and received both his J.D (Order of the Coif) and Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley. His research interests include antitrust, financial regulation, corporate law, and the history of the regulatory state. 

Saurabh Vishnubhakat is a Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Law Program at Cardozo Law.  He is also a Research Fellow at the Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy and was the 2024–2025 Visiting Scholar at the NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy. Previously, he held joint appointments as a Professor of Law and Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Professor Vishnubhakat’s expertise is in intellectual property, administrative law, and federal litigation, especially from an empirical perspective. His legal writings have been cited in federal judicial opinions, agency regulations and over two dozen Supreme Court briefs. His latest work is published or forthcoming in the Indiana Law Journal, the Washington and Lee Law Review, and the Iowa Law Review as well as in leading peer-reviewed life science and social science journals including Nature Biotechnology and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.