Elections

2025-2026 Election Information

The 2025-2026 Law Student Elections Application Period is now open through January 13, 2025. Apply here.

Our student leaders are the voice of law students in the American Bar Association. Council members can learn leadership skills, advocate on behalf of their peers, and make connections with attorneys across the nation.

Members of the council represent law students of the United States from the east coast to the west. You can attend the next two ABA Annual Meetings, the ABA Midyear Meeting, and other events such as attending the Young Lawyers Division conferences.

All candidates or potential candidates should be familiar with the Law Student Division Election Code and Bylaws.

2024-2025 Election Candidates

The election winners are denoted by a ✓ next to their name.

Chair

•  ✔ Jeremee Henry, Southern University Law Center

• Thomas de Xavier, Georgetown University Law Center

Vice-Chair

•  ✔ Justyce Yuille, University of Arkansas School of Law

Law Student at Large on the ABA BOG

•  ✔ Loandria "Andi" Dahmer, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Delegate of Diversity and Inclusion

•  ✔ Francesqa Kaggwa, Tulane University Law School

Delegate of Communications

•  ✔ Aubrey Mys, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

Delegate of Programming

•  ✔ Uniqua Smith, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Education Director

•  ✔ Education Director: Christiana Burnett, University of Chicago Law School

Q&As

• LSD Chair Q&A session

2023-2024 Election Results

The election winners are denoted by a ✓ next to their name.

Chair

• Imara Joroff - Boston University School of Law

• ✓ Malak Tehaili - University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Vice-Chair

• Patricia Herrera - St. Thomas University School of Law

• ✓ Gabriella Cepeda - St. Louis University School of Law

Delegate of Diversity and Inclusion

• Kinya Grambling - University of New Hampshire School of Law

• Samantha Sanchez - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University

• ✓ Yousef Ziyadi - Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law

Law Student at Large on the ABA BOG

• Deborah Williams - Boston University School of Law

• Max Albanese - Pace University School of Law

• ✓ Brian Plaut - Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Delegate of Communications

• Stephanie Haumschild - California Western School of Law

• ✓ Jeremee Henry - Southern University Law Center

Delegate of Programming

• ✓ Jaskirat Thind - Mississippi College School of Law

Education Director

• ✓ Jehan Worthy - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law

• Cassandra Weck Wun - University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration for one of these positions, you must complete this form in its entirety, including the required attachments — your Required Certification Form PDF, statement/resume PDF, headshot image, publicly available video statement link (optional, 5-minute maximum time limit, and not needed for editorial positions), and for editorial positions only links or single PDF of three non-academic writing samples (blog, news, or social media).