Executive Director, Co-Founder
Kyle P. McEntee is a licensed North Carolina attorney with a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. At Vanderbilt, he was Articles Selection Editor on the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Kyle was a mock trial tournament semifinalist and received a Top Litigator award. He also received the 3L Pro Bono Student Achievement Award and Pro Bono Service Award. He has worked as a legal intern for Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, California, for an entertainment lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee, and for a hedge fund in Franklin, Tennessee. Prior to entering law school, Kyle was a freelance web developer and co-owner and operator of a North Carolina home and farm services company.

Policy Director, Co-Founder
Patrick J. Lynch is a licensed New York attorney with a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from Fairfield University in Connecticut. At Vanderbilt he was one of 23 graduates who received a Pro Bono Service Award in its first year of being given out, for his commitment to providing legal pro bono assistance and community service. He served as Executive Editor of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR), President of the Environmental Law Society, and co-founded Law Students for Social Justice. Patrick has worked for public interest and private environmental and regulatory groups around the country, including United Technologies Inc., Vinson & Elkins LLP, Riverkeeper Inc., and the Land Trust for Tennessee. Patrick received a Public Interest Initiative award from Vanderbilt and currently works for Ética en los Bosques, a forest advocacy group based in Villarrica, Chile.

Assistant Research Director
Derek Tokaz is a licensed New York and Alabama attorney with a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in Philosophy and English from the University of Alabama. He is a frequent commentator in the legal media and closely monitors developments related to legal education. He served as the vice chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s business law committee. During law school, he was a staff member on the NYU Journal of Law & Business and a writer for The Commentator, an NYU student paper.

Board of Directors
⋅ Kyle P. McEntee
⋅ Patrick J. Lynch
⋅ Natalie J. Reyes is an Investigative Attorney at the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) in Santiago, Chile. She holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University. During law school she was a Research & Writing Editor on the Moot Court Board and was an active member of the Student Bar Association. Prior to joining JSCA full time, where she works on advancing criminal justice reform throughout Latin America, she interned for JSCA through a post-graduate grant from NYU. Natalie is licensed to practice law in New York.

Advisory Board and Consultants
LST assembled an advisory board in September 2010 to help guide the organization as it continues to grow. These formal advisory board members, along with other consultants, are a mixture of law professors, current students, recent graduates, and attorneys.

Other Volunteers
At various times, we’ve benefited from the help of interns and research assistants. These volunteers have been current students, prospective students, and even people unrelated to the legal profession.