The National LGBTQ+ Bar’s Law Student Division is one of the only national LGBTQ+ law student organizations in the nation. The Law Student Division promotes regional and national interaction between LGBTQ+ law students and lawyers and helps LGBTQ+ students build contacts within the profession. It also engages in activism of concern to law students and holds biannual meetings open to all LGBTQ+ and ally law students.
Administration
The Law Student Division is led by an executive board, with either one chair or two co-chairs, a secretary, a treasurer, and a number of at-large board members. The executive board sets the agenda for the Law Student Division, in conjunction with and with the support of the Advocacy Counsel, Mari Nemec, and Chief Program Officer, Judi O’Kelley, of the National LGBTQ+ Bar.
The executive board meets on a monthly basis from August through June. The Law Student Division also holds an annual meeting in person during the National LGBTQ+ Bar’s Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair, and at least one virtual mid-year meeting open to all student members of the National LGBTQ+ Bar. Any Law School Affiliate chair or any active law student member of the National LGBTQ+ Bar may contact the Chair/Co-Chairs or the Secretary to request a special meeting.
For more information about the Law Student Division, please contact the board at lsd@lgbtqbar.org.
Law Student Division Executive Board
2026-2027
Willow Culpepper (she/her)
Chair
University of Arkansas School of LawYear: 2L
Elliot Weber (he/him)
Chair
Florida State University College of LawYear: 3L
Zoe Hayes (they/them)
At-Large Member
University of Michigan Law SchoolYear: 3L
Samantha Hutz (she/they/he)
At-Large Member
University of San Francisco School of LawYear: 3L
Sophia Polisar (she/her)
At-Large Member
Northeastern University School of LawYear: 3L
Kaelea Shaner (she/her)
At-Large Member
Temple University Beasley School of LawYear: 2L
Javier Silva (he/him)
At-Large Member
Roger Williams University School of LawYear: 2L
Abby Wong (they/them)
At-Large Member
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawYear: 2L
