Chief Justice La Juana Cummings McKinney Chambers
chambersljt@vcu.edu
Contact the Chief Justice at SGAJUD@vcu.edu
Deputy Chief Justice Andrew Ephraim
Andrew Ephraim is a second year Political Science Major with a concentration Civil and Human Rights. He has been in the SGA for 2 years and has enjoyed every minute of it. Andrew is a good natured person who loves to socialize, but he also loves to work even more. During his time in the SGA, he has served as both the elections chairman and the/parliamentarian. Additionally, he has also served on some University committees such as SAAC and UAC. He truly enjoys the work that he does and hopes to continue to serving the student body of this university. In the future, Andrew hopes to attend Harvard Law School to study Constitutional Law. Eventually, he wants to become a Supreme Court Justice. Because of this, he views his involvement with this branch as an honor, and hopes to reward the faith placed in him.
Associate Justice Joshua Luss
Joshua Luss is a Junior, Class of 2013. He studies Criminal Justice and Homeland Security. His current GPA is a 3.4. He was elected in Fall 2009 as a senator of the Monroe Park Campus. He later became clerk in Fall 2010 and back to senate the following semester. Judicial is the third branch he is serving, adding to his wide perspective of SGA.
Associate Justice Ian Jordan
Ian is a long time member of the VCU SGA, joining back in 2008. Having been a Senator, committee chairman, and now an Associate Justice, Ian is familiar with the student issues the SGA tackles daily. He is very interested in hearing how he can help make your life better on campus, so he encourages students to contact him with any questions.
Associate Justice Arjun Patel
Arjun Patel is a Forensic Science Major student with a concentration in Biology and Pre-Medicine. An aspiring surgeon, Arjun is also a student in the VCU Honors College Guaranteed-Admission Program in Medicine (GMed) and is currently maintaining a 4.0 grade-point average. Arjun was confirmed to the position of Associate Justice during the Spring semester of his second year at VCU and has since learned a great deal not only about his branch of the Student Government Association but about the Legislative and Executive branches as well and how vital the prevalence of cooperation and collaboration is between the three as an operational unit to ensure an efficient and effective government that truly caters to its student body. Although he was initially interested in becoming a Senator for the SGA, Arjun felt that the individual requirements of the position of Associate Justice truly reflected the types of personal and social characteristics he would need to further develop in himself to be successful as a future physician. This clear opportunity for personal growth while giving back to his university greatly appealed to him, and led him to make his decision to become a part of the Judicial Branch. Outside of class and the SGA, Arjun is involved in biological research at the Trani Life Sciences building with Dr. Amanda Dickinson, PhD, where he studies the cellular basis of embryological oro-facial development.