President

Yuvraj Tuli is a senior at Cornell University, majoring in Government with a minor in Law and Society. He is writing his honors thesis on comparative constitutional law, supervised by Professors Joseph Margulies and Sabrina Karim.

During the 2023-2024 academic year, Yuvraj was a visiting student at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he served on the Editorial Board of the LSE Law Review as a Liaisons Officer and as a Speakers Officer for the LSE Law Summit, the UK's largest student-led legal conference.

At Cornell, Yuvraj is the President of the Cornell Undergraduate International Law Review. He also serves as an Associate Editor, and is the past Vice President of Public Relations of the Cornell Undergraduate Law and Society Review. He is also an editor for the Cornell Diplomat and a member of both the Cornell Student Assembly's Office of Ethics and the Senior Convocation Committee.

Additionally, he serves as the Policy Director for the Mayor. He previously served as Chief of Staff for a Congressional campaign, was on the City Council’s Advisory Panel, and was an intern to Congressman Ted Deutch. He can be reached at yt369@cornell.edu

Vice President

Quintin Cerione is in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, majoring in Government with minors in International Relations and Law & Society. He is currently constructing an honors thesis on atomic diplomacy under the supervision of Professor Peter Katzenstein.

Cerione spent the prior semester as a visiting student at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, where he additionally interned at the United States Embassy in London, United Kingdom as an International Trade Assistant.

At Cornell, he is currently serving as an editor for the Cornell Diplomat and is a member of the Cornell Brooks Institute of Politics and Global Affairs' Undergraduate Scholars program. Cerione has previously served as a research assistant for Associate Professor Christopher Way and as a Security Assistance Monitor intern for the Center for International Policy.  

Treasurer

Jimmy Cawley is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, studying government and information science. Cawley is currently writing an honors thesis within the Department of Government, studying the effect of COVID-19 relief legislation on the success of students in rural New York schools, under the supervision of Professor Douglas Kriner.

Cawley spent the 2023-2024 academic year as a visiting student at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he engaged in coursework related to political science, economics, and international affairs. While studying at LSE, Cawley served as an intern with the US Commercial Service at the US Embassy, London.

He serves as an editor of the Cornell Diplomat, is a former member of the editorial board of the Cornell Daily Sun, and is a part of the Cornell Brooks Institute of Politics and Global Affairs' Undergraduate Scholars program. Other involvement on campus include Arts & Sciences Ambassadors and campus tour guiding.

Cawley has previous experience interning with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, former Congressman Kurt Schrader, and Cassidy & Associates. He can be reached at jdc354@cornell.edu

DEI Chair

Nicholas Varela is a senior at Cornell University, double majoring in Computer Science and Government. He is interested in emerging technologies, cloud computing, government technology, and technology policy.

Varela spent part of his 2023-2024 academic year at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He focused on UK Politics, Scottish Studies, and Political Data Analysis. He was also part of the Summer 2022 cohort of Cornell in Washington.

At Cornell, he serves as President of Perfect Match @ Cornell; a Machine Learning incubator for connecting students. He was previously part of the Technology Policy Lab under Professor Sarah Kreps. Other involvement on campus includes Arts & Sciences Ambassadors, Cornell Rowing Club, and Cloud Supercomputing Research under Professor Giulia Guidi.

Varela has interned with Amazon for three summers. First, in technical consulting and more recently in software development. He will be joining Amazon full-time upon graduation in 2025.

As the grandson of Dominican, Spanish, and Mexican immigrants, Varela understands the transformational nature of education and opportunity. As DEI Chair, he looks forward to implementing policies to bring more diverse voices to the Undergraduate Law Review. He can be reached at njv27@cornell.edu

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