HOUSTON LAW REVIEW

Board of Editors
Board 63

MIKENZIE MIKSCH
Editor in Chief

NADIA POSLUSZNY
Managing Editor

EMILIE COGDELL
Chief Articles Editor

CAROLINE PETERSEN
Chief HLRe Editor

RACHEL REINBOLT
Chief Notes & Comments Editor

LANDON ADAMS
ARTHUR LEVY
Senior HLRe Editors

GEORGE BUCKLEY
Senior Notes & Comments Editor

TAMI BANKOLE
T'ARIE VINCENT
Podcast Editors

PHILIP JOHN
Executive Editor

ISABEL RODRIGUEZ
Symposium Editor

CATHERINE CLEARY
Publications & Marketing Editor

SOPHIE MCNAMARA
Community Outreach Editor

CAROLINE PETERSON
Alumni Developments Editor

AKHIL GEORGE
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Editor

LAUREN AYCOCK
GRACE BURGERT
PHOEBE POLK
CAROLINE RODRIGUEZ
CLAIRE SHELTON
SUSIE SHUMAKER
KATHERINE SZYMANSKI
Senior Articles Editors

GIANNA AIROLA
TERESA HANEY
ANDREW HRABAR
TRISTRAM KENWORTHY
STEPHANIE MARTINEZ
ZACHARY MOUTON
WYLEY SHARP
CAILLEY VAUGHAN
KELLY WILLIS
Articles Editors

JULIA COLVIN
KOOSHA JAMALI
EMELIA O'NEILL
BLAKE SLINKARD
Notes & Comments Editors

EMILY BERMAN
ROBERT RAGAZZO
PETER N. SALIB
GINA WARREN
Faculty Advisors

CRAIG JOYCE
Faculty Advisor Emeritus
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