Adalberto Méndez López | Mexico

President
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a Mexican lawyer graduated from Universidad La Salle and I am making my LLM specialization in Human Rights. I worked as a junior and senior associate in different law firms specialized in corporate law and business transactions. In 2008, I was appointed as International Electoral Observer to compare election procedures between the U.S. and Mexico as pertains to the fulfillment of Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2010 I was invited by the Saharahui Government as Human Rights Observer for the refugee camps on the Sahara desert in Tindourf, Algeria and I was the Law Program Coordinator and the Human Rights Course representative in Universidad La Salle.

Rana Younes | Egypt

Vicepresident for Academic Affairs
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am an Egyptian lawyer and a current LLM Candidate with specialization in Human Rights. I am enrolled too as an LLM student in the International and Comparative Law Program at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. I have more than five years of professional experience in the development field in Egypt and I worked with different NGO’s as Save The Children UK and USAID in the creation of funded projects.

Cristian Sánchez Delgado | Mexico

Vicepresident for Social Affairs
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a lawyer from Mexico graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana and an LLM Candidate with specialization in International Business. In my professional experience, I worked doing some pro-bono work on the Ministry of Communications and Transportation in Mexico and I worked too as a law clerk in the Mexican office of White and Case, LLP. I currently work for the Section of Civil and Financial litigation of the Attorney Legal Department of the Mexican Central Bank.

Rodrigue Ekongolo | Cameroon

Treasurer
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a lawyer from Cameroon and a currently LLM student doing my specialization in Environmental Law. Previously, I worked in different Law Firms in Cameroon specialized in corporate issues and also I worked in the National Children Center as a social aid counselor. I have been also involved in several business and investment projects in my home country and abroad.

Isabel Erreguerena | Mexico

Secretary
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a lawyer from Mexico and a currently LLM candidate with specialization in Human Rights. I am currently working as a Foreign Legal Specialist in the Public International Law and Policy Group and I write biweekly columns on international affairs for the magazine “Factor Internacional” and in the WCL Human Rights Brief. Previously, I worked on different research projects regarding the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico and I worked too in the legal area of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN in New York City.

Marine de Bailleul | France

Public Relations Director
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a lawyer from France and a currently LLM Candidate with specialization in International Business. I had been since high school mostly abroad, living in different countries as Argentina, United Kingdom and India. I studied law in Paris in the Nanterre University, and I completed a first year of Master in Business Law.

Youssef Hitti | Lebanon

Networking and Lobbying Events Director
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a French lawyer and I am a currently LLM student with specialization in Human Rights. In 2010, I did an internship in the Diplomatic Mission of Lebanon before the UN, as a legal advisor, at the time, that Lebanon was member of the UN Security Council. The Lastyear I worked in a law firm, which was the advisor of the President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, and I am a member of AJL, (Lawyers and Jurists for Lebanon), a legal association that organizes conferences regarding the Lebanese judicial system.

Melisnaz Çolak | Turkey

Media and Documentary Director
Email: llmboard@wcl.american.edu

I am a Turkish lawyer graduated from Yeditepe University in Istanbul. I am a current LLM student in the Washington College of Law of American University and I am doing my specialization in Intellectual Property.