Student Staff | Professional Staff | Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
JURIST is a public service project powered by over 80 law students at 30 law schools across five continents working under the guidance of professional staff and academic leadership based in Pittsburgh PA, USA.
JURIST’s North American staff in the United States and Canada are law students at:
- Boston University School of Law
- Harvard Law School (Cambridge)
- University of Calgary Law School
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
- University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Vermont Law School (South Royalton)
JURIST’s South American staff in Peru are law students at:
JURIST’s European staff in the UK and Ireland are law students at:
JURIST’s African staff in Kenya, Mauritius and Uganda are law students at:
- Kenya School of Law
- Makerere University School of Law (Kampala)
- Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (Quatre Bornes)
- Uganda Christian University Faculty of Law (Mukono)
- University of Nairobi School of Law
JURIST’s South Asian staff are law students at:
- Amity Law School (Delhi)
- Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (Aligarh)
- Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok)
- Government Law College (Mumbai)
- Gujarat National Law University (Gandhinagar)
- Hidayatullah National Law University (Nava Raipur)
- Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat)
- National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) (Hyderabad)
- National Law University, Delhi
- National Law University, Jodphur
- National Law University, Odisha
- National University of Advanced Legal Studies (Kochi)
- Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (Patiala)
- School of Law, Christ University (Bangalore)
- Symbiosis Law School (Pune)
JURIST’s Australasian staff in New Zealand are law students at:
Student Leadership Team
JURIST’s Student Leadership Team is composed of experienced student staffers who take leading roles in managing and writing JURIST.
Deputy Executive Editors
JURIST’s Deputy Executive Editors are Katherine Gemmingen and Akshita Tiwary. Katherine is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Akshita is a fifth-year law student at Government Law College, Mumbai (IN).
Managing Editors
JURIST’s News Managing Editor is Hannah Brem. She is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
JURIST’s Deputy News Managing Editor is Sarah Kimball Stephenson. She is a 3L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law.
JURIST’s Commentary Managing Editors are Viraj Aditya and Hayley Behal. Viraj is a fifth-year law student at Hidayatullah National Law University (IN). Hayley is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
JURIST’s Deputy Commentary Managing Editor is Rebekah Malkin. She is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
JURIST’s Social Media Managing Editor is Robert Kaufman. He is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
JURIST’s Digital Content Managing Editor is Khushali Mahajan. She is a fifth-year law student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (IN).
Deputy Features Editor
JURIST’s Deputy Features Editor is Jaimee Francis. She is a 2L at Boston University School of Law.
Deputy Dispatches Editor
JURIST’s Deputy Dispatches Editor is Sambhav Sharma. He is a fifth-year law student at Amity Law School, Delhi (IN).
Bureau Chiefs
JURIST’s South Asia Bureau Chief is Anushka Sahay. She is a fifth-year law student at National Law University, Delhi (IN).
JURIST’s Australia/New Zealand Bureau Chief is Nadia Murray-Ragg. She is a fourth-year law student at Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law (NZ).
JURIST’s US Bureau Chief is Lauren Ban. She is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
JURIST’s Deputy US Bureau Chief is Tamia Perez. She is a 3L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law.
Senior Editors
JURIST’s Senior News editor is Shifa Qureshi. She is a fourth-year law student at Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (IN).
Correspondents
JURIST Staff Correspondents file exclusive first-hand reports from locations around the world.
Canada
Melanie Cantin is a second-year law student at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
Ian Profiri is a third-year law student at the University of Calgary Law School, Calgary (CA).
India
Neelabh Bist is a 2020 graduate of Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. He is currently a law clerk at the Supreme Court of India.
Vedika Kakar is a fourth-year law student at Jindal Global Law School (IN).
Myanmar
JURIST has a number of law student correspondents filing regularly from Myanmar. Due to security concerns during the military coup we cannot reveal their names or their law school affiliations.
Afghanistan
JURIST has a number of law student correspondents filing regularly from Afghanistan. Due to security concerns under the Taliban government we cannot reveal their names or their law school affiliations.
Ukraine
Justin Esiobu is a third year law student at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
Anna Tymoshenko is a fouth year law student at Kyiv-Mohlya Academy.
Associate Editors
JURIST’s Associate Editors are experienced anchors, editors, researchers and technical specialists.
Andrew Cobi Burnett is a 3L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law.
Gaurav Gupte is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Kashish Khandelwal is a fifth-year law student at National Law University, Delhi (IN).
Demi Kuczala is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Edgar Odongo is a third-year law student at the University of Nairobi School of Law (KE).
Shakira Yazdani is JURIST’s Afghanistan Desk Editor. She is currently a student at the University of Calgary Law School, Calgary (CA).
Assistant Editors
JURIST’s Assistant Editors are new anchors, editors, researchers and technical specialists.
Lawrence Alado is a second-year law student at the Makerere University School of Law (UG).
Samara Baboolal is a third-year law student at the University of Nottingham School of Law (GB).
Miteau Butskhrikidze is a law student at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (CA).
Audrey Cheng is a 1L at Harvard Law School (US).
Brooke Chmura is a 3L at Vermont Law School.
David DeNotaris is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Ciara Dinneny is a trainee at the Law Society of Ireland.
Nandini Dwivedi is a third-year law student at National Law University, Odisha (IN).
James Ekin is an MA student at Keele University (GB).
Sarah Ethington is a 3L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law.
Dustin Foley is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Niamh Forgie is a third-year law student at the University of Auckland (NZ).
Raghu Gagneja is a third-year law student at Symbiosis Law School (IN).
Aynsley Genga is a third-year law student at the University of Nairobi School of Law (KE).
Sarthak Gupta is a fifth-year law student at the Nirma University Institute of Law, Ahmedabad (IN).
Elizabeth Haigh is a 1L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law.
Caleb Keraka is a fourth-year law student at the University of Nairobi School of Law (KE).
Yahng Lan is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Amanda March is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Casey McGowan is a 3L at Vermont Law School.
Pooja Mehta is a fifth-year law student at Gujarat National Law University (IN).
Anjana Meza is a law student at the Facultad de Derecho PUCP (PE).
Nwe Mon Mon Oo is a law student at Chulalongkorn University (TH).
Hope Morris is a 1L at Harvard Law School (US).
Marvin Nuwe Ahareza is a second-year law student at the Makerere University School of Law (UG).
Brian Otieno is a finalist at the Kenya School of Law.
Patrick Slater is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Samantha Smith is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Luke Torrance is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Ananya Upadhya is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi (IN).
Cornelius van Haperen is an LLM student at the University of Nottingham School of Law (GB).
Graduated Staff
Several of JURIST’s recently graduated law student staff are continuing to write and work for JURIST as they begin their legal careers.
Terry Ang is a 2021 graduate of the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law (NZ).
Vishwanath Petkar is a 2021 graduate of Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (MU).
Professional Staff
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Bernard Hibbitts is JURIST’s Publisher and Editor-in-Chief and a Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. A Canadian Rhodes Scholar born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he studied law at Oxford University, Dalhousie Law School, the University of Toronto, and finally Harvard Law School (LLM 1988). He is a former law clerk to Justice Gerald LeDain of the Supreme Court of Canada. He created the site that became JURIST in 1996.