About us
Meet the team
and find out more about
their diversity and experience.
AMER NASR
PRESIDENT
JD I Student
• SULS Treasury Committee (2019)
• Assistant Adviser, Office of the President of the NSW Parliament (2019-)
• Camp Volunteer, Mrajeeb Al Fhood Refugee Camp (2018)
• Legal Studies Research Assistant, New York University Abu Dhabi (2018)
• Financial Analyst, Itau Bank Brazil (2017)
• Analyst (Advisory), PricewaterhouseCoopers (2016)
• President, Economics and Investment Society at New York University (2016)
• Youth Conference Chief of Staff, UN Headquarters New York (2016)
• Captain, Volleyball Team (2014)
• Volunteer, International Red Cross (2012)
• Presented two Tedx talks on fighting corruption and the importance of
different types of global education.
NATALIE LEUNG
VICE PRESIDENT (EDUCATION)
SCIENCE/ LLB III Student
•SULS Marketing Committee (2019)
• Administration Officer and Volunteer Paralegal, Aboriginal Legal
Services (2019-)
• Legal Researcher (Volunteer), Not Guilty: Sydney Exoneration
Project (2019-)
• Tutor, SULS Refugee Language Tutoring Program (2019-)
• Mentor, Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (2018-)
• Winter Legal Intern, CFN Lawyers (Hong Kong) (2018)
• Mentor, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Science (2018-)
• Summer Legal Intern, Woo Kwan Lee & Lo (Hong Kong) (2017)
• Hungry (1999-forever)
DEREK JAMES
VICE PRESIDENT (CAREERS)
JD I Student
• SULS Careers Committee (2019)
• Contributor, Sydney Law School Law Reform Project (2019)
• Investment Services Associate, Morrow Sodali (2019-)
• Intern, specialising in criminal defence litigation at Langevin Morris Smith
LLP (Canada) (2016-2018)
• Director, Carleton University Exchange Student Engagement Program (2018)
• Ambassador for International Student Engagement, OzTrek (2018)
• Former plumber’s apprentice who left the trade to fight for workers’ rights
(2012-2016)
• Lifelong basketball player, coach and Raptors fan (1994)
MIRIAM SHENDROFF
SECRETARY
JD II Student
• SULS Socials Director (2019)
• Outreach Volunteer, Refugee Advice and Casework Service (2019-)
• Women’s Electoral Lobby Activist (2018-2019)
• SULS Socials Committee (2018)
• Justice Action Volunteer (2018)
• Intern, Centre of Migration and International Relations (2018)
• Contributor, Kathmandu Post (2018)
• Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in International Political Economics (2012-
2016)
• Will pet any cat she sees (1994-)
• Came to her senses by realizing hard shell tacos are superior to soft shell
tacos (2018-)
DONNA KWON
TREASURER
JD II Student
• SULS Treasury Committee (2019)
• SULS Campus Committee (2019)
• Owns more drink bottles than socks (2019)
• Feels comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life (2018-)
• Faculty of Science Senior Peer Mentor (2016-2017)
• Financial adviser, CGS Ltd (2016-)
• Still ships Jelena (2015-)
• BCom (Finance, Commercial Law) / BSc (Physiology) (2014-2017)
DEAUNDRE ESPEJO
VICE PRESIDENT (SOCIAL JUSTICE)
ARTS/LLB III Student
• SULS Equity Officer (2019)
• Editor and Contributor, SULS Yemaya (2019-)
• Editor-in-Chief, SULS Student Support Services Handbook (2019)
• Director of Human Resources, UN Youth NSW (2019-)
• Co-Chair, SULS Juvenile Justice Mentoring Program (2018)
• Research Assistant, The Australian Law Partnership Survey (2018)
• Contributor, SULS Law in Society (2018)
• Recruitment Officer, Australian Refugee Volunteers (2017-2018)
• Research Volunteer, Amnesty International Australia (2017)
• Thinks his music taste is edgy (2019-)
MARK TEH
SPONSORSHIP DIRECTOR
ROSETTE SOK
SOCIAL DIRECTOR
ALEX DE ARAUJO
SOCIAL DIRECTOR
JD I Student
• SULS Careers Committee (2019)
• Corporate Tax Consultant / Graduate Committee Treasurer, KPMG (2018-)
• Runner-Up, Deloitte x 180 Degrees Consulting Case Competition (2017)
• Drops it like it’s hot, various dance venues around Sydney and Perth (2015-)
• Marketing Lead, Asian Students in Australia UWA (2015-2017)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance), University of Western Australia
(2015-2017)
• Former professional whip-nae-nae-er (2015)
• Outgoing Global Internship Consultant, AIESEC UWA (2015)
SARAH TANG
COMPETITIONS DIRECTOR
ARTS/LLB III Student
•Herbert Smith Freehills Contract Law Moot Convenor, SULS Competitions
Committee (2018)
•SULS Clayton Utz Negotiations Competition Student Judge (2018)
•Torts Law Moot Convenor, SULS Competitions Committee (2017-18)
•SULS Clayton Utz Negotiations Competition Semi-Finalist (2017)
•Student Exchange, Keio University (2019)
•Legal Intern, Ethos Law Corporation (Singapore) (2018-2019)
•Can make edible food (2018-)
•Still waiting for a post-highschool growth spurt (2016-)
JD I Student
• SULS Socials Committee (2019)
• Paralegal, SokSiphana&associates (2018)
• Vice-President of Communications, McGill Women in Leadership (2016-2017)
• Property Management Intern, Hongkong Land (2017)
• Marketing Intern, Vattanac Capital (2015)
• McGill Pre-Law Moot Court Team Member (2017)
• Director of Marketing and Communications, AIESEC McGill (2015-2016)
• Pretty funny (1995-present)
BILL LITSAS
SPORTS DIRECTOR
COMM/LLB II Student
• SULS Sports Committee (2019)
• Law Clerk, MCK Lawyers (2019-)
• Accounting Assistant, Litsas & Co (2018-2019)
• Sponsorship Director, University Network of Trading (2019-)
• Treasury, BusinessOne Consulting (2019-)
• Consultant, BusinessOne Consulting (2018-2019)
• Tutor in Mathematics, Economics and Business Studies (2017-)
• Started playing soccer at age 4 (2003-)
COMM/LLB I Student
• SULS Campus Committee (2019)
• Debating Coach; Ascham College, Sydney Boys High School (2019)
• Did not break the world championship time in Mario Kart’s Bowser’s Castle 2
as Waluigi (2019)
• LLB1 Cohort Rep (2019)
• School Vice-Captain, Sydney Boys High School (2018)
• Trained hard for the world championship time in Mario Kart’s Bowser’s Castle 2
as Waluigi (2016-2018)
SARAH PURVIS
COMPETITIONS DIRECTORS
COMM/LLB II Student
•University of Sydney v University of Queensland ‘Moot of Origin’ Mooter
(2019)
•Baker McKenzie National Women’s Moot Semi Finalist (2019)
•SULS Torts Moot Semi Finalist (2019)
•SULS Client Interviewing Competition Semi Finalist (2019)
•King & Wood Mallesons Witness Examination Competition Convenor, SULS
•Competitions Committee (2018)
•Pineapple belongs on pizza (2019-)
•Has a favourite bookshelf in the Law Library (2018-)
DANI STEPHENSON
CAMPUS DIRECTOR
ARTS/ LLB II Student
• SULS Campus Committee (2019)
• Mentor, SULS Juvenile Justice Mentoring Program (2019)
• Sydney Law School Mentor (2019)
• Cast Member, Sydney University Law Revue (2018-2019)
• Volunteer, St. Vincent De Paul Night Patrol (2017-2018)
• Pushing the boundaries of lactose intolerance (2018-)
ALISON CHEN
PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR
ARTS/ LLB II Student
• YMCA NSW Youth Parliament Taskforce Member and Logistics Officer (2019-)
• Editor, SULS Law in Society (2019)
• Tried to grow out her fringe, but failed and now has a lot of baby hairs (2019)
• Faculty of Arts Student Affairs and Engagement Communications team (2019)
• University of Sydney Policy Reform Project - NSW Law Reform Commission (2019)
• Congressional Intern, US Senate (2019)
• Likes coffee-flavoured gelato, but doesn’t drink coffee (2018-)
• Electorate Officer, NSW Parliament (2018-)
• Editor, PLC student newspaper (2014-2017)
• Learnt piano for 12 years but never learnt how to play River Flows in You (2006-)
ABBEY JIAQI SHI
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT OFFICER
ARTS/ LLB III Student
• General Secretary, USYD 92nd Student Representative Council (2019-)
• Project Trainee, McKinsey & Co (2017-2018)
• PMO Intern, Deloitte Consulting (2018)
• Paralegal, Grandall Law Firm (2016-2017)
• Councillor, Director of Student Publications, USYD 91st SRC (2018)
• Mentor, SULS International Student Mentoring Program (2018-2019)
• Volunteer, SULS Juvenile Justice Program (2018)
• Daily active reader, Subtle Asian Traits facebook group (2018-)
• Mother of two cats, raised them both with Hip Hop music (2017-)