Dean's Student Advisory Board

The purpose of the Dean's Advisory Board is to assist the Dean of the George Washington Law School and the Dean's suite in an effort to build stronger relationships with the student body. The Advisory Board serves the law school by representing diverse views amongst the student population in monthly meetings with the Dean. The Board serves as an unelected independent body that advises the Dean on the issues and concerns of the students. The matters range from, but are not limited to, pedagogy, academic policy, racial equity, and social justice on campus. The Board bridges the aperture between the Dean and students by providing a communal environment where student and administrative perspectives are shared.

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Members

Mary Ameringer

Mary Ameringer, Chair

Mary Ameringer is a 3L at the George Washington University Law School focused on National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where she double majored in International Relations and French. She also worked as a Legislative Director, Communications Director, and Committee Clerk at the Texas State Capitol, where she enjoyed serving others in the public sector. At GW Law, Mary has acted as President of the Uyghur Human Rights Initiative, a clinic intern with the Domestic Violence Project, and a moderator on the International Law and Policy Brief. Mary hopes to transition to a career in the security sector where she will blend her love for national security, foreign affairs, and civil service. In her spare time, Mary enjoys cooking, volunteering with the Junior League of Washington, and spending time with her Shetland Sheepdog outdoors.

 

Sawyer McDuffie

Sawyer McDuffie, Vice-Chair

Sawyer McDuffie is a 2L at the George Washington University Law School concentrating in Government Procurement Law. He is originally from Little River, South Carolina, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of South Carolina in 2022 with a BA in Political Science. At GW Law, Sawyer serves as a Dean’s Fellow co-instructor for Professor Iselin Gambert’s 1L Fundamentals of Lawyering class, is a member of Lambda Law, the Government Contracts Student Association, and is a Student Ambassador. He currently works part-time at lululemon, where he meshes his passions for communication, connection, and client service. Sawyer is currently externing at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the Office of the General Counsel, has previously externed at the General Services Administration in the Office of the General Counsel’s Personal Property Division, and will spend his 2L summer as a summer law clerk at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. 

 

Anthony Brown

Anthony Brown

Anthony Brown, Jr. is a 3L evening student at the George Washington University Law School. He is from Charlotte, NC, and a graduate of Howard University, where he studied Journalism. For the last 8 years he has worked in the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Inspector General, where he is a Communications Specialist focused on congressional and public affairs, internal communications and policy. Anthony is a former White House Correspondent Scholar, an Urban Health Media Fellow, and a recent graduate of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. He is married to his partner, Tiffany. They are parents of two young children, a son and daughter.

 

Evelyn Pereira

Evelyn Pereira

Evelyn Pereira is a fourth-year evening student at the George Washington University Law School. Evelyn is a North Bergen, NJ native and graduated from the College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in 2014, double majoring in Biology and Women’s and Gender Studies. After graduating from TCNJ, she moved to Washington DC where she earned a Master of Public Health from the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health in 2016. Evelyn began her law school studies in the Fall of 2020 at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and transferred to GW Law in the Fall of 2021. Since 2016, Evelyn has served as a Biologist at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, where she coordinates with international, federal, state and local regulatory and public health agencies to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks.

 

Kailee Vick

Kailee Vick

Kailee Vick is a 3L at the George Washington University Law School. They graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Kailee currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Volume 56 of the George Washington International Law Review. Throughout their time at GW Law, Kailee has been heavily involved in gun violence prevention law, first interning at Brady United, interning for Global Action on Gun Violence (GAGV), and working this year as a Student Attorney in the Civil and Human Rights Law Clinic. Kailee has previously served on Lambda Law’s Executive Board as Political Chair and 1L Representative for Cardozo Inn. Kailee is pursuing a career in complex civil litigation in any area of the law affecting the public interest.

 

Cordell Campbell

Cordell Campbell

Cordell Campbell is a 2L at the George Washington University Law School with an interest in Private Client and Corporate & Business Law. In 2019, he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas with a BA in Politics. Cordell was a Miller Center Service Scholar, served as Hendrix’s Pre-Law Society President, interned at the U.S. House of Representatives, and participated in Model United Nations, Mock Trial, and Student Congress. After graduation, Cordell worked as a legal assistant for a real estate development company and as an administrative clerk for the Arkansas Supreme Court. Cordell currently serves both as a Dean's Fellow and a 1L tutor and will be spending his 2L summer as a summer associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He is also a proud member of Brandeis Inn, the Moot Court Board, the Business and Finance Law Review, and enjoys cooking, exercising, reading, and spending time with his fiancé. He enjoys being a voice for his fellow students on the Dean’s Student Advisory Board.

 

Shray Tapiawala

Shray Tapiawala

Shray Tapiawala is a 2L at the George Washington University Law School focused on Energy Law. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin double majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and History in 2021. He is originally from Plano, TX. Prior to law school, Shray worked as an International Engineer at Invenergy developing solar and battery storage projects in Texas, Midwest, Israel, Greece, and Mexico. Fun fact: he has climbed wind turbines on multiple occasions. In the summer after his 1L, he summered at Rath, Young, and Pignatelli as an Energy Summer Associate working on renewable project transactions. At GW, Shray is a part of the South Asian Law Student Association, Environmental and Energy Law Association, a member of the George Washington Journal of Energy & Environmental, and a Teaching Assistant for Climate Change and Policy. Shray is a transfer student from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law where he completed his 1L. In his free time, Shray enjoys baking, kayaking, and dabbling in the world of airline points and miles.

 

Zack Minsk

Zack Minsk

Zack Minsk is a 1L from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2015, he graduated from Miami University (Ohio), where he majored in Sports Management with a minor in History. After graduation, he owned and operated a small ice hockey training facility in Northern Virginia. He earned a master’s degree in history from Tufts University and graduated in 2022. His MA degree specifically focused on US-Mexico relations during the 1960s and more broadly on Latin America during the Cold War. Zack is a member of Lambda, Latin American Legal Students Association (LALSA), and is Jackson Inn’s 1L Representative for Street Law. In his spare time, Zack enjoys playing the guitar, practicing his Spanish, and walking his dog, Louie.

 

Victoriana Smith

Victoriana Smith

Victoriana Smith is a 1L at the George Washington University Law School. She is from Columbia, SC and graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. After graduation, she received a post-graduate certification in paralegal studies and worked as a paralegal for a law firm specializing in employment and education law. At GW Law, Victoriana is a member of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), the GW Lawmakers and American Civil Liberties Union of the George Washington University Law School. She is excited to advocate for her peers on the Dean’s Student Advisory Board.

 

Huba Zaman

Huba Zaman

Huba Zaman is a 1L from Karachi, Pakistan. She went to Bard College, NY, for her undergraduate studies, earning a BA in Literature and Human Rights. Huba is a New York State Emergency Medical Technician, and fluent in Urdu. In undergrad, she was the President of the International Students Organization, the co-director of the Bard College Emergency Medical Services, and a Lead Peer Counselor with Bard Residence Life and Housing. She founded a self-defense club, Fierce Fighters Alliance, on campus, and worked as a writing fellow at the Bard Learning Commons where she combined her love for writing and being a mentor. Huba served on Bard's Senior Council for the Class of 2023 and is excited to help facilitate a welcoming and equitable environment at GW Law for people from all backgrounds.

 

Elgun Ganizade

Elgun Ganizade

Elgun Ganizade is an international student, originally from Azerbaijan pursuing LLM in Business and Finance degree as a GW Law Merit Scholar at the George Washington University Law School. He graduated cum laude from ADA University with an LLB degree, which includes an exchange semester at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Elgun has worked in Dentons’ Baku office before moving to the United States for his LLM studies. He currently serves as the Special Projects Editor of the GW Business and Finance Law Review, as a Staff Member on the Guide to International Legal Research of the GW International Law Review, as the Rapporteur on Azerbaijan for the Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts of the Oxford University Press and as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Corporate Responsibility at GW Business School. He is excited to represent his fellow LLM students on the Dean's Student Advisory Board.

 


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