Anna Scholin, President 

Anna Scholin, class of 2011 at Stanford University, is co-case management chair of the Social Security & Disability Pro Bono Project and co-founder of the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability Rights. She worked her 1L summer developing disability claims for indigent clients, eventually representing four at full hearings. She will spend her 2L summer working in the Disability Rights division of San Francisco\'s Employment Law Center. Anna has a BA from the University of Chicago in Visual Art, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with highest honors. Anna joined the disability community in January of her 1L year when she experienced sudden onset of severe rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that attacks the joints. 

Beth Kolbe, Vice President 

Beth Kolbe is currently a 1L at Stanford Law School. At Stanford, she serves as the Co- President of the Stanford Law Association and is an Associate Editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Beth is also active in Stanford’s Social Security and Disability Pro Bono Project. She has been a member of the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team and has competed all over the world, most recently in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. She graduated with Honors from Harvard in 2008 with a Special Concentration degree in Health Care Policy. Originally a native from Ohio, Beth has been active in disability rights organizations since high school. Beth has a spinal cord injury from an accident at the age of 14. 

Stephanie Enyart, Board Liaison 

Stephanie Enyart was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee that launched the National Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) and served as the first president of the organization. Today, she serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board of NALSWD and is organizing the launch of the first national organization for lawyers with disabilities. She is serving as a Commissioner on the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law. She recently won the Paul J. Hearne award given to emerging disability rights leaders. She will begin a Skadden fellowship this fall with Disability Rights Advocates. Stephanie graduated from UCLA School of Law in December 2008, where she was enrolled in the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. At UCLA, she was an Editor-In- Chief of Recent Developments for the Women's Law Journal, Chair of the Disability Law Society, and was elected by the student body to UCLA's Student Bar Association where she served as the UCLA American Bar Association representative. During law school, Stephanie worked for California's Protection and Advocacy Inc. in Los Angeles, in the Civil Rights Litigation Project for the Disability Rights Legal Center, and at Disability Rights Advocates. She graduated from Stanford University in 1999 with a B.A. in English and a secondary major in Feminist Studies. Stephanie has a form of macular degeneration called Stargardts and grew up in Nipomo, California. 

Steven Udick, Chief Financial Officer 

Steven Udick is currently a 1L at SMU Dedman School of Law. He holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to law school, Steve was an account executive at a top ten Fortune 500 company and served as the CFO/COO of a small retail start-up company. A resident of Texas, Steve has lived in seven different states and five different counties in his life. Steve was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as an adult. 

Greg Oguss, Chief Information Officer 

Greg Oguss, class of 2013 at the Northwestern University School of Law, graduated cum laude from Columbia University with a BA in Economics. Greg also has an MA in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California where he was an Oakley Fellow. At USC, Greg served as an assistant instructor in media studies and published several journal articles. In addition to working for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County in their worker's rights clinic, he has been a paralegal in New York and Los Angeles. In 1997, Greg was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy. 

Deepa Goraya, Membership Director 

Deepa Goraya is a 2L at the University of Michigan Law School. She graduated Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in English and a double minor in Classical Civilization and African American Studies. She became actively involved with the National Federation of the Blind as an undergraduate and helped build the West Los Angeles Chapter. She then served as secretary and eventually President of the California Association of Blind Students (CABS), the student division of the NFB of California. She established several student committees within CABS, including the Social Networking Committee to promote equal access to social networking websites which has become a national effort. Before entering law school, Deepa interned for Senator Christopher Dodd in Washington, DC. During her 1L summer, she interned at the White House for Kareem Dale, the Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy. Deepa was born with Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and is completely blind. 

Patrick Dennis, Conference Co-Director 

Patrick Dennis earned his BA in History and Humanities (Classical Civilizations) from the University of Oregon in 2003 and will be attending Lewis & Clark Law School. Prior to law school, Patrick worked in a number of fields including substantial time at credit unions and universities as well as shorts stints at a comedy club and veterinary clinic. Patrick joined the disability community in late 2004 when he was diagnosed with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis. 

Nora Devine, Conference Co-Director 

Nora Devine, Class of 2012 at the University of San Francisco Law School, is co-founder of the University of San Francisco's Association of Law Students for Disability Rights. She is also the USF Law Student Body Representative for Students with Disabilities. Nora worked her 1L summer at Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund in Berkeley, CA. She has a BA in Japanese from San Francisco State University and a certificate in Japanese language studies from Reitaku University in Japan. After college, Nora spent four years working and studying in Japan. While in Japan, she became active in the disability community by volunteering at the Japan Civil Liberties Union and a center for children with autism. Nora was born with nystagmus and has low vision.