senators & representatives

Toni Woods is from Easton, PA. As a 2L in law school, she was a Financial Editor on the Managing Board of the Virginia Law & Business Review and the Firm Relations Chair on the Executive Board of the Black Law Students Association. Toni was also elected to serve as a Mentorship Chair of the Peer Advisors, a 1L and 2L Senator and a Diversity Advisory Council Member of the Student Bar Association, and a Section Representative of the First Year Council. As a 3L, she will be the Special Projects Editor on the Managing Board of the Virginia Law & Business Review and the Diversity and Inclusion Chair on the Executive Board of the Virginia Law Wine Society. After law school, Toni will be working in New York City at a BigLaw firm.

Simeon is from Winter Haven, Florida. He was fortunate to be awarded the Virginia Public Service Scholarship in 2022, and aims to be a Public Defender or Civil Rights litigator upon graduation. Currently, he serves on the Admitted Students Open House Cabinet, where he works with admissions to execute the school’s largest event for prospective students. He also serves as the Academic Chair for LPS where he has created initiatives to give access to academic and professional resources for LPS Members. Simeon is also involved as a member of BLSA and PILA. Last summer, he worked at the Bronx Defenders in New York City.

Chloe Chiles is a 3L Senator from Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2021 and worked at law firm in Charleston, S.C. prior to starting law school. During her 1L summer, she interned at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. This past summer, she was a summer associate at Milbank in New York City. In addition to her role as 3L Senator, Chloe is involved in the International Human Rights Clinic and serves on the Managing Board of the Virginia Law & Business Review.

Jarrett is from Fayetteville Georgia, where he lived before attending Rhode Island College in the northeast. He is currently involved as a student ambassador, student panelist, and peer advisor. He spent his 2L summer working as a Summer Associate at Porter Wright in Columbus, Ohio.

Nadeen Kattan is from Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently the Production Editor of the Virginia Tax Review. During her second year of law school she was the Vice President of the Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association, and was part of the Peer Advisor program serving as one of the Academic Programming Chairs. During her first year of law school, Nadeen was part of the Student Bar Association as her 1L section’s representative and was on the Private Practice Committee of Virginia Law Women. Next summer, she will be at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in the firm's New York office where she will focus on corporate practices.

Marilyn is from Saida, Lebanon. She has been a student at UVA Law since 2019 completing both her masters and PhD here. She has served as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Co-Chair of Virginia Law Women and was the first female President of the Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association (MENA). She is a legal academic and scholar having taught French Civil Law at her alma matter in Beirut for two years. Marilyn's aim is to teach taxation law in the a law school in the U.S.

Marissa is originally from Ellicott City, MD but spent the four years before sje came to law school split between Nashville, TN where she was a high school teacher and Richmond, VA where she later worked for a homelessness nonprofit. She is the President of Lambda Law Alliance and she is also on the boards of ACS and BLSA. She serves as a Student Life Panelist and as a Peer Advisor. Marissa is pursuing Public Interest and spent her 1L summer at New York State United Teachers.

Yoselyn is from Miami, Florida. She is involved in SBA, the Latin American Law Organization, and Women of Color. During her 1L summer, she worked as a civilian for the Army JAG.

Steve was born in Ilsan, South Korea and lived there until he moved to Atlanta when he was 6 years old. He is involved in APALSA (Asian Pacific American Law Student Association), the Student Bar Association, and will be joining the Virginia Tax Review. During his 1L summer, he worked at Mayer Brown's Houston office as a 1L summer Associate.

Will is from Richmond, Virginia, is active in SBA, the Black Law Students Association, and the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Society, and is an LCLD 1L Diversity Champion Clerkship holder at Hunton Andrews Kurth for the summer of 2024.

Elizabeth is a 2L from Kenosha, Wisconsin. Before coming to UVA Law, she studied philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. At the Law School she is involved in VLW and ECVC; she also designed the 41st Annual Virginia Law Softball Invitational Merchandise. For the 2024 summer she is participating in a judicial internship in Puerto Rico.

Jackson is a native of Virginia Beach, VA and is involved at UVA Law as the Co-director of Programming for the American Constitution Society, the Co-workout Coordinator for the North Grounds Track Club, and as a member of the Lambda Law Alliance. Last summer, he worked at Kaufman & Canoles in Norfolk, VA.

Julia is from Charlottesville, VA, and a proud 1L Senator. Her planned future involvement is child advocacy work and mock trial.

Biography

Lily was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Last year, she graduated from Northwestern University where she studied Communications, Legal Studies, and Psychology. Lily is thrilled to be a 1L representative for the Student Bar Association and hopes to be a voice for her classmates during their first year at UVA.

Alana is from Chesapeake, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before beginning law school, she was a communications consultant in DC and a political press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign. As a skilled communicator in nonprofit and progressive spaces, Alana takes pride in providing communications expertise to organizations dedicated to voting rights, racial and reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ equity. As a UVA 1L, Alana is a member of the Black Law Student Association, American Constitution Society, and Virginia Law Wine Society and a proud Section E representative. She is also excited to join FIRSTGEN and Virginia Law Women and become more involved in the Charlottesville community.

Tyler is a 1L from Freeport, New York. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2021. Prior to law school, he worked as a litigation paralegal at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in New York City and as an investigative journalist and legal assistant for Georgetown's Prison and Justice Initiative's Program, "Making an Exoneree." He is currently involved in the Black Law Students Association and is a first-year council representative.

Sophia Weglarz is from Chicago, IL and recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked previously in community organizing and activist archival preservation in West Philadelphia. She is passionate about community building, reparations policy, and building meaningful connections across different perspectives. She is a member of UVA’s Black Law Students Association.

Biography

Ayda is from Frederick, Maryland. She is one of the law school representatives at the Honor Committee. In this role, she works along with others work on bylaws and adjucates honor cases.

Cassidy is a member of the Class of 2026 from Amherst, New Hampshire. She graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a degree in International Studies and Modern Languages and Cultures and serves as one of the two Honor Committee Representatives from the Law School. She is thrilled to be apart of the deep-rooted tradition of Honor, which is central to the spirit of collegiality the Law School is known for. She is also apart of the National Security Law Forum, J.B. Moore International Law Society and serves as a Peer Advisor for Section D. Following graduation, she will serve as an Air Force JAG Officer.

Jeronimo is a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Candidate and President of the Legal Research Forum at UVA Law School. He is also a Professor of Constitutional Law in Argentina, and has real-world litigation experience in law firms. He holds a J.D. and LL.M. from Universidad Austral (Argentina) and an LL.M. from Georgetown Law. He serves as Vice Chair for Graduate Students in the University Judiciary Committee.

Andrew Bender ’26 is from Snohomish, Washington. He graduated from Northwest University in 2018 with his bachelor’s degree and in 2019 with his MBA. Before law school, Andrew served in the United States Marine Corps for eight years, serving as a Communications Chief and Joint Fires Observer both on active duty and in the reserves. Andrew also worked at Fidelity Investments for six years where he led a team of financial advisors as a Director of Planning and Guidance. He spent his 1L summer with Kirkland & Ellis in Dallas, TX, and will spend his 2L summer with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, NY. Outside of his academic and professional endeavors, he is involved in many student organizations throughout the law school and the broader UVA community. Andrew serves as the School of Law University Judiciary Committee Representative, he is an active member of the Virginia Law Veterans, Rivanna Investments, and the Federalist Society. Andrew is also a member of the Virginia Law Review and the Virginia Tax Review. 

Kasey is from Boca Raton, FL and attended college at the University of Miami. On grounds, he is involved in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, the Black Law Students Association, and the Virginia Law Review. After law school, he hopes to work in Washington, D.C.