Anna Scholin, President
Anna Scholin, class of 2011 at Stanford
University, is co-case management chair of
the Social Security & Disability Pro Bono
Project and co-founder of the Stanford
Association of Law Students for Disability
Rights. She worked her 1L summer developing
disability claims for indigent clients,
eventually representing four at full
hearings. She will spend her 2L summer
working in the Disability Rights division of
San Francisco\'s Employment Law Center. Anna
has a BA from the University of Chicago in
Visual Art, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and
with highest honors. Anna joined the
disability community in January of her 1L
year when she experienced sudden onset of
severe rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune
disorder that attacks the joints.
Beth Kolbe, Vice President
Beth Kolbe is currently a 1L at Stanford Law
School. At Stanford, she serves as the Co-
President of the Stanford Law Association and
is an Associate Editor of the Stanford Law
and Policy Review. Beth is also active in
Stanford’s Social Security and Disability Pro
Bono Project. She has been a member of the
U.S. Paralympic Swim Team and has competed
all over the world, most recently in the 2008
Beijing Paralympic Games. She graduated with
Honors from Harvard in 2008 with a Special
Concentration degree in Health Care Policy.
Originally a native from Ohio, Beth has been
active in disability rights organizations
since high school. Beth has a spinal cord
injury from an accident at the age of 14.
Stephanie Enyart, Board Liaison
Stephanie Enyart was Co-Chair of the Steering
Committee that launched the National
Association of Law Students with Disabilities
(NALSWD) and served as the first president of
the organization. Today, she serves as the
Chair of the Advisory Board of NALSWD and is
organizing the launch of the first national
organization for lawyers with disabilities.
She is serving as a Commissioner on the ABA
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability
Law. She recently won the Paul J. Hearne
award given to emerging disability rights
leaders. She will begin a Skadden fellowship
this fall with Disability Rights Advocates.
Stephanie graduated from UCLA School of Law
in December 2008, where she was enrolled in
the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law
and Policy. At UCLA, she was an Editor-In-
Chief of Recent Developments for the Women's
Law Journal, Chair of the Disability Law
Society, and was elected by the student body
to UCLA's Student Bar Association where she
served as the UCLA American Bar Association
representative. During law school, Stephanie
worked for California's Protection and
Advocacy Inc. in Los Angeles, in the Civil
Rights Litigation Project for the Disability
Rights Legal Center, and at Disability Rights
Advocates. She graduated from Stanford
University in 1999 with a B.A. in English and
a secondary major in Feminist Studies.
Stephanie has a form of macular degeneration
called Stargardts and grew up in Nipomo,
California.
Steven Udick, Chief Financial Officer
Steven Udick is currently a 1L at SMU Dedman
School of Law. He holds a BS in Mathematics
from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to
law school, Steve was an account executive at
a top ten Fortune 500 company and served as
the CFO/COO of a small retail start-up
company. A resident of Texas, Steve has
lived in seven different states and five
different counties in his life. Steve was
diagnosed with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder as an adult.
Greg Oguss, Chief Information Officer
Greg Oguss is currently an incoming student
at the Northwestern University School of Law.
He graduated Cum Laude from Columbia
University with a BA in Economics. Greg was
an Oakley Fellow at the USC School of
Cinematic Arts where he earned an MA in
Critical Studies. While at USC, he was an
assistant instructor for undergraduate
courses in media studies and wrote criticism
for a variety of journals and websites. He
has also worked as a corporate and litigation
paralegal in New York and Los Angeles. In
1997, Greg was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes
and Peripheral Neuropathy.
Deepa Goraya, Membership Director
Deepa Goraya is a 1L at the University of
Michigan Law School. She graduated Cum Laude
and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of
California, Los Angeles with a BA in English
and a double minor in Classical Civilization
and African American Studies. She became
actively involved with the National
Federation of the Blind as an undergraduate
and helped build the West Los Angeles
Chapter. She then served as secretary and
eventually President of the California
Association of Blind Students (CABS), the
student division of the NFB of California.
She established several student committees
within CABS, particularly the Social
Networking Committee to promote equal access
to social networking websites such as
Facebook and MySpace, which has now become a
national effort. Before starting law school,
Deepa interned for Senator Christopher Dodd
in Washington, DC. Deepa was born with
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and is
completely blind.
Patrick Dennis, Conference Co-Director
Patrick Dennis earned his BA in History and
Humanities (Classical Civilizations) from the
University of Oregon in 2003 and will be
attending Lewis & Clark Law School. Prior to
law school, Patrick worked in a number of
fields including substantial time at credit
unions and universities as well as shorts
stints at a comedy club and veterinary
clinic. Patrick joined the disability
community in late 2004 when he was diagnosed
with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis.
Alan Chase, Conference Co-Director
Alan Chase is a law student at Concord Law
School. He graduated from The University of
North Carolina at Pembrooke in 2008 with a BS
in Special Education. Alan is a member of the
North Carolina Disabled Young People’s
Collective and the Governor Morehead School
Alumni Association Board of Directors. He
also serves on the North Carolina Post
Secondary Education Alliance and the North
Carolina Emergency Transition Planning Team.
Alan enjoys helping people with disabilities
to become better advocates and more included
in their communities. In his free time, he
likes to go to the beach, play video games,
watch television, and spend time with his
friends.
