our 2023-2024 LEADERSHIP
JAMES A. LEWIS V
PRESIDENT
HOFSTRA UNIV. SCHOOL OF LAW
CIVIL RIGHTS / ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
KENYA TYSON
PRESIDENT ELECT
WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION / JUSTICE REFORM
CANDACE JOHNSON
VICE PRESIDENT
SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL
INSURANCE LAW
JOEL CLYMER
TREASURER
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION & COUNSELING
DOMINIQUE J. CARROLL
SECRETARY
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
NATALYA G. JOHNSON
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL
SENIOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aymen A. Abushi, Esq.
Sobande F. Afolabi, Esq.
Alan Babbitt, Esq.
Portia Downing, Esq.
Trina L. Glass, Esq.
Cameryn Hinton, Esq.
Joyce Malliet, Esq.
NaSheena Porter, Esq.
Cheyne Scott, Esq.
Maury Winkler, Esq.
Jason Redd, Esq.
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Regional Director (North) - Malcolm X. Thorpe
Regional Director (Central) - Courtney A. Johnson
Regional Director (South) - Nilaja S. Ford
Government Affairs Chair - Jason Holt
Scholarship Chairs - Sobande F. Afolabi & Alan Babbitt Jr.
Social Justice Committee Chair- Leonard V. Jones
Labor & Employment Committee Chairs – Cheyne Scott & Daniel Pierre
Mental Health & Wellness Chairs – Cheyne Scott & Natalya Johnson
Young Lawyers Division Chairs - Lauren B. Jones & Janika Best
Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee Members:
Carolyn Chang, William Rogers, Dean Burrell and Jason Foy
committee chairpersons
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION
Dominique Caroll, Lauren B. Jones, Victoria Salami
MEMBERSHIP
Kenya Tyson
FINANCE
JAMES A. LEWIS, V
CURRENT EVENTS
NATAlyA G. JOHNSON
GALA (48TH ANNUAL)
James A. Lewis
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
Nilaja Ford & Cameryn Hinton
NOMINATIONS
Natalya G. Johnson
SCHOLARSHIP
SOBANDE AFOLABI
JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
Carolyn Chang, WILLIAM T. ROGERS, Dean Burrell
SOCIAL JUSTICE
JAMES A. LEWIS V & Kenya Tyson
Pro Bono
Aymen Aboushi & Joyce Malliet
Technology
Joel Clymer
Wellness and Mental Health
Natalya Johnson, Cheyne Scott, Renada Willaims, Cedric Ashley
