List of Responding Schools
Women's Law Caucus (WLC)
National Lawyers Guild
Public Interest Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Health Law Society
American University has a host of student run public interest organizations that actively contributes to the thriving public interest law community. Students are constantly creating new organizations and implementing new ideas to keep the public interest spirit at WCL alive. Some examples include the Equal Justice Foundation, Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)(chapter), the Environmental Law Society, the National Lawyers Guild (Chapter); If-When-How Law Students for Reproductive Justice (Chapter); Juvenile Justice Society; and the Labor and Employment Law Society. For a list of the current active student organizations at WCL visit: https://www.wcl.american.edu/community/students/organizations/.
ASL is a member of Equal Justice Works and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. ASL students are active in a variety of public interest organizations including the Sutin Public Interest Association, ("SPIA") and the Environmental Law Society, ("ELS").
The Baylor Public Interest Legal Society is a service-oriented organization which exists to serve Baylor Law School and the Waco community in facilitating the involvement of students in public interest institutions and programs. The Society coordinates and encourages the efforts of students, faculty, and administration in promoting public interest issues on campus and in the community. The Society also assists students in obtaining internships, externships, and employment in public interest fields in coordination with Baylor Law School's faculty and administration.
- Children's Rights Group
- Community Economic Development Law Group
- Coalition for Equality
- Criminal Justice Law Project
- Domestic Violence Advocacy Project
- Environmental Law Society
- Immigration Spring Break
- National Lawyers Guild
- Human Rights Project
- Public Interest Law Foundation
- Reproductive Choice Coalition
- Veterans Association
- Women's Law Center
For a more detailed listing and additional information, visit: www.bc.edu/schools/law/services/studentorgs
BU Law has an engaged student population with many student organizations including:
American Constitution Society (ACS)
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Business Law Society
Communication, Entertainment, and Sports Law Association (CESLA)
Education and School Law Association
Employment & Labor Law Student Association
Entrepreneur & Finance Club
Environmental and Energy Law Association
Federalist Society
First Generation Professionals
Health Law Association
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Rights
Immigration Law and Policy Society
Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
International Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA)
Lawyers Christian Fellowship
Legal Follies
Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian Law Students Association (MESALSA)
National Security Law Society
Native American and other Indigenous Peoples Law Students Association (NALSA)
OUTLAW
Older Wiser Law Students (OWLS)
Public Interest Law Society (PILS)
Radical Lawyers: BU’s National Lawyers Guild Chapter
Real Estate Association
Softball
Student Government Association
Women's Law Association (WLA)
Public Interest Law Forum (Equal Justice Works group)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Society
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Government & Politics Legal Society
Natural Resources Law Society
The following student organizations are dedicated to public interest issues. A complete listing of student organizations and additional information about the organizations listed below can be viewed at https://www.brooklaw.edu/Student-Life/Student-Organizations.
American Civil Liberties Union (BLS-ACLU)
(Co-sponsors debate program, speakers and events.)
American Constitution Society (ACS)
(Co-sponsors debate program, speakers and events.)
Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI)
(Raises funds for and sponsors Summer Public Interest Fellowships and leads many community service activities.)
BLS Motivating Youth through Legal Education (M.Y.L.E.)
(Coaches high school students in a Constitutional debate program.)
Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office, Student Action Group
(Helps vulnerable consumer debtors.)
Legal Association For Women (LAW)
(Helps victims of domestic violence in three different programs.)
National Lawyers Guild
(Helps workers, immigrants, prisoners and others, sponsors debates and programs, and participates in legal monitoring of voting, protests and controversial events.)
Student Hurricane Network (SHN)
(Provides civil as well as criminal defense assistance to those in the Gulf Region suffering in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.)
Tax Law Association
(Helps low-wage earners to file taxes and receive benefits.)
Unemployment Action Center
(Assists unemployment insurance claimants in New York City.)
- Amnesty International
- Child, Family & Elder Law Society
- Children’s Advocacy Law Society
- Criminal Law Association
- Employment and Labor Law Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Health Law Society
- Immigration Law Student Association
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Pride Law
- Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Student Bar Association
- Women's Law Caucus
- XONR8
Black Law Student Association
Campbell Public Interest Law Students Association
Delta Theta Phi
Hispanic Law Student Association
Lambda Law
Phi Alpha Delta
Military Law Student Association
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Women in Law
Environmental Law Society
VITA
The Student Public Interest Law Fellowship (SPILF) is a non-partisan student organization that aims to encourage students to consider careers in public interest law; to support and advocate for students who have chosen public interest careers; and to raise money to provide grants to law students who accept summer internships with public interest employers in lieu of more lucrative summer employment.
Delta Theta Phi - The Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity International was founded in 1900. Since its inception, Delta Theta Phi has produced a number of distinguished members, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Jeane J. Kirkpatrick. The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law is the home of Delta Theta Phi's Hughes senate. The Hughes senate focuses on three major goals for its members: professional development, scholastic achievement, and community service.
Habitat for Humanity - The CUA Law chapter of Habitat for Humanity is affiliated with the international Habitat for Humanity organization, which is a nonprofit, ecumenical-Christian housing ministry. The law school chapter seeks to further the international organization's goals of eliminating poverty housing and homelessness from the world and making decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. To accomplish these goals, the chapter invites law students and faculty members to participate in and fundraise for organized house builds in partnership with families in need.
Students for Public Interest Law - Students for Public Interest Law (SPIL) puts on numerous events and community service/pro bono activities aimed at providing information about and experience in public interest law. SPIL also hosts numerous fundraisers throughout the year to provide summer stipends to students working in the public interest arena. The biggest event is the Annual SPIL Auction, which raises over $30,000 each year for summer stipends.
Public Interest Law Foundation - The Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) provides grants to law students who wish to work at summer public interest jobs that offer little or no pay. Many public interest law employers desperately need student legal help but are unable to afford to pay for the help they need. PILF provides financial support through grants to these student employees so that they can get the experience they need, and the employers can continue to provide the public with much needed legal support.
Public Interest Legal Society
The Mississippi Project
Labor Coalition
Asian/Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Court Advocates Project
Irish Law Students Association
Latin American Law Students Association
National Lawyers Guild chapter
Public Interest Law Association
Constitution Law Society
New York City Law Review
Moot Court
Contemplative Urban Law Program
Criminal Law Society
CUNY OUTlaws
Muslim Law Students Association
South Asian Law Students Association
Columbia Law School has many student organizations with a public service component. A few examples are listed below.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Constitution Society
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association-APALSA
Black Law Students Association - BLSA
Columbia Law School Democrats
Columbia Health Law Association - CHLA
Columbia Law If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive
Columbia Law School Disability Rights
Columbia Society for International Law
Criminal Justice Action Network
Domestic Violence Project - DVP
High School Law Institute
Empowering Women of Color
Environmental Law Society
Latinx Law Student Association - LaLSA
National Lawyers Guild
Native American Law Students Association
OUTLAWS
Public Defender Students of Columbia Law School
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC)
RIGHTSLINK
Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - SIRR
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
Student Public Interest Network (SPIN)
Tenants' Rights Project - TRP
American Constitution Society
Cornell Advocates for Human Rights
Cornell Law Second Amendment Club
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
National Lawyers Guild
National Security Law and Policy Society
Public Interest Law Union
Spring Break Service Trip
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Public Interest Law Forum (PILF) promotes awareness within the legal community of the problems of the underrepresented and works to serve the needs of the underprivileged within our community. PILF's aim is to foster an interest among law students and the legal community as a whole, resulting in the servicing of both the legal and non-legal needs of the underrepresented. PILF is dedicated to the quest of justice for all and recognizes the need for an integrated vision of the world that acknowledges the commonality of humankind by promoting service of others and working to meet the needs of those lacking representation. PILF encourages and supports internships and careers in public interest and actively volunteers to assist in any possible phase of legal representation of those who would otherwise be unable to obtain remedies for violations of their rights. PILF provides a forum for the discussion of topics within the area of public interest and searches for the solutions and means to meet the needs of the under-represented.
Public Interest Law Association
National Lawyers Guild
Outlaws
Society for Asylum and Immigration Law
Women of Color Collective
If, When, How (Reproductive Justice)
American Association for Justice, Drake Law Chapter
American Constitution Society, Drake Law Chapter
Black Law Student Association
Christian Legal Society
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Drake Agricultural and Environmental Law Association
Drake Association for Child Advocacy
Drake Law Democrats
Drake Law Women
Drake Law Review
Federalist Society
Hispanic Latino Law Student Association
Intellectual Property Law Society
International Law Society
Moot Court Board
Older Wiser Law Students (OWLS)
Drake Outlaws (LGBTQIA+ Student Organization)
National Lawyers Guild
Public Interest Law Association
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Bar Association
SPIN - Student Public Interest Network
The Just Society
Women Law Students Association
American Constitution Society
Black Law Students Association
Board of the Office of Public Interest & Pro Bono
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Support Project
Duke Bar Association Community Service Board
Duke Environmental & Policy Forum
Duke Law Democrats
Duke Law Journal
Duke Law Republicans
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
Health Law Society
Hispanic/Latino Law Students Association
Innocence Project
International Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association
Public Interest Law Foundation
The law school is dedicated to increasing awareness of public interest issues as well as providing opportunities for students to gain experience in the public interest careers that are available, presenting students with the opportunity to become involved in the local community by performing public service activities of a legal and non-legal nature.
Public Interest Law Society (PILS)
ACLU
Emory Public Interest Committee
If/When/How: Emory Law Chapter
International Refugee Assistance Program – Emory Chapter
Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Project (ELSSCAP)
Civil Rights Law Practice Society
Criminal Law Practice Society
Environmental Law & Conservation Society (ELCS)
Immigration Law Society
Student organizations are encouraged to adopt a public service goal for the year. The Jones Public Interest Law Foundation helps raise funds to support students' deducation to public interest/public service.
The law school is a member of Equal Justice Works and subscribes to PSLAWnet.
Every student group at Florida Coastal performs pro bono work. These student groups include:
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association – Law Student Division
- Animal Law Society
- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
- Black Law Student Association
- Coastal Association of Public Interest Law
- Caribbean Law Student Association
- Christian Legal Society
- Entertainment Law Association
- Environmental Law Society
- Federalists Society
- Hispanic American Law Students Association
- International Law Society
- Irish American Law Society
- Italian American Law Students Association
- J. Reuben Clark Society
- Jewish Law Students Associations
- Lambda Legal Society
- Law Students Against Violence
- Military Law Society
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Pro Bono
- Public Speaking for Lawyers
- Real Property
- Probate & Trust Law Club
- South Asian American Legal Society
- Sports Law Society
- Women Law Students' Association.
Student Bar Association, Public Interest Law Students Association, Black Law Students Association, Environmental Law Society and ACLU are some of the active law student organizations that are involved in identifying, creating and promoting public interest and community service opportunities to the law school community.
https://www.law.gwu.edu/student-organizations
There are a host of student public interest groups on campus that seek opportunities to engage their membership in pro bono and community service work.
Student Bar Association (SBA): SBA is the official voice of School of Law students. An umbrella organization funded by student fees, the SBA coordinates various programs, activities, and events to meet the educational, recreational, and interpersonal needs of the student body. All JD students are members of the SBA and pay a fee of $20 per semester to fund SBA activities. In turn, the SBA disburses these funds to support other student groups and activities. Students elect SBA officers and representatives each spring. The representatives come from each class of the day and evening divisions. The officers of the SBA are the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Together with the representatives, these officers constitute the board of directors. The president of the SBA serves on the School of Law's hearing panel and attends meetings of the Golden Gate University Board of Trustees.
ACLU-NC Student Chapter: The ACLU of Northern California works to preserve and guarantee the protections of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. We aim to extend these freedoms to segments of our population who have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor. In addition to the litigation for which the ACLU-NC has been known over the past seven decades, we also educate the public, inform the media, lobby legislators, organize grassroots activists, and disseminate information about our constitutional freedoms.
American Bar Association Law Student Division (ABA/LSD): ABA/LSD seeks to further academic excellence by encouraging law students to participate in the efforts of the organized bar in the formation and revision of standards of legal education. In the past, the School of Law's chapter sponsored a "Surviving Law School" program, introducing both day and evening division first-year students to the reality of law school, and organized an annual Homeless Luncheon.
American Constitution Society (ACS): ACS is a progressive organization comprised of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, policymakers, activists, and other concerned individuals working to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are in their rightful, central place in American law. The GGU ACS chapter initiates and organizes events and debates that foster intelligent discussion and thought on current and future legal issues.
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA): APALSA is open to all law students enrolled at Golden Gate University and is dedicated to providing academic, professional, and social support to all of its members. APALSA also encourages and fosters greater minority enrollment at the School of Law and teaches awareness of issues involving Asian Pacific American individuals, minorities, and the surrounding community.
Black Law Students Association (BLSA): BLSA is a national organization dedicated to the recruitment, support (including academic support), and development of African-American law students. The BLSA chapter at Golden Gate promotes academic success and achievement by sponsoring a mentoring program and conducting review sessions and workshops for first-year students. BLSA promotes career development by participating in job fairs and the School of Law's annual Law Career Focus Day and by sponsoring presentations by practicing attorneys.
Employment Law Association (ELA): ELA members promote employment and labor law, uncover the hot issues in these areas, and build a network together.
Environmental Law Society (ELS): ELS discusses current developments in environmental law and works to further the goals of protecting the environment as well as securing placements in the legal field. ELS also participates in the annual Earth Day cleanup and the annual beach cleanup, hosts speakers on environmental issues, and periodically cosponsors a symposium dealing with emerging issues in environmental law. ELS participates each spring in the Environmental Conference in Eugene, Oregon, which provides a setting for interested students to meet and share information about events, school programs, jobs, and new developments in the field of environmental law.
Federalist Society (FS): The Federalist Society is a nationwide organization of conservative and libertarian law students, lawyers, and members of the judiciary. The society is founded on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, and the rule of law.
Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA): IPLA seeks to forge and maintain relationships among students, the School of Law and firms, corporations, businesses, and other organizations involved in all areas of intellectual property law to educate students about intellectual property law, aid students in obtaining IP-related employment, and promote the integrity of the School of Law's IP law program to the legal community. IPLA has surveyed local firms to determine their hiring preferences regarding recent graduates and summer associate positions, sponsored presentations by local attorneys regarding issues in IP law, and cosponsored activities with professional organizations such as California Lawyers for the Arts.
International Law Society (ILS): ILS brings together students of diverse backgrounds and interests with a common goal of promoting and fostering an increased understanding and appreciation of international law at all levels, whether public, private, comparative, theoretical, or practical. ILS is an active member of the International Law Student Association (ILSA), a worldwide umbrella student organization.
Iranian Law Student Association (ILSA): The Iranian Law Students Association ("ILSA") of Golden Gate University seeks to promote the professional and cultural advancement of the Iranian community in the Bay Area. ILSA strives to strengthen the Iranian and Middle Eastern communities by participating in cultural, social, and charitable events.
Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA): JLSA plans social and culturally enriching events for Jewish students and faculty as well as events designed to educate the School of Law community about Jewish concerns.
Latino Law Students Association (La RAZA): A main objective of La Raza is to provide academic and moral support for first-year students. La Raza provides direction and advice to first-year students through its mentor/mentee program and scheduled general meetings. La Raza also strives to facilitate bonds among students who are interested in Latino issues and serves as an information resource group for its members. Upper-division students can benefit from the host of career and scholarship/fellowship opportunities that are available for people of color. Additionally, La Raza brings Latino community issues back to the law student through e-mail postings and announcements at its general meetings.
Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ): Law Students for Reproductive Justice is committed to educating, organizing, and supporting pro-choice law students to ensure that a new generation of lawyers will be prepared to successfully defend and expand reproductive rights.
Middle Eastern LAW Students Association (MELSA): MELSA was founded to facilitate information sharing and collaboration among law students of Middle Eastern background. The group strives to build a strong alliance with other School of Law associations and to foster a greater understanding between Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern law students.
National Italian American Foundation (NIAF): NIAF seeks to provide a unified and effective voice for Italian Americans so that their beliefs and views may be heard by the social, economical, cultural, educational, and political institutions of this country. NIAF also educates members of the Italian American community on issues that are of interest to them and may affect government policy, and aims to protect the history, heritage, and accomplishments of Italian Americans. In addition, NIAF seeks to help young Italian Americans attain their educational goals. This group is also known as "CIAO," the California Italian-American Advocates Association.
National Lawyers Guild (NLG): NLG is a progressive group of lawyers, law students, and legal workers that provides legal support for workers and for persons who are racially, sexually, or politically oppressed. The Bay Area chapter strives to expose law students to a variety of public interest law practices and connect students with practitioners working in areas of particularly urgent need. The Bay Area chapter of the NLG recently organized projects on SSI reapplications, affirmative action, prisoner's rights, and immigrant rights.
Phi Alpha Delta: Phi Alpha Delta aims to unite law students, teachers, judges, and attorneys in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire compassion and courage; to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members; and the encourage members' moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement.
Phi Delta Phi: The purpose of Phi Delta Phi, which is open to all students, is to form a strong bond uniting law students and professors with members of the bench and bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of justice and community service.
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF): PILF is dedicated to advancing public interest through law by encouraging and supporting members who give back to the community. PILF assists students in finding legal employment and involvement opportunities in public interest and in government. It also provides forums to hear from faculty and practicing attorneys about their public interest experiences and to discuss issues within public interest fields. PILF helps administer the Loan Repayment Assistance Program, which provides grants to help repay a portion of educational loans to School of Law graduates who work in low-paying public interest jobs. Each spring, PILF awards summer grants to current students working in public interest positions and holds an auction and raffle to raise money for these programs.
Public Policy Project (PPP): PPP, a non-partisan organization, aims to promote awareness of the relationship between law and politics and to engage and participate in the public policy sector by facilitating the understanding of the many considerations and tenets that underlie policy and how it serves the community.
Queer Law Student Association (QLSA): QLSA is concerned with individual rights and legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Members are committed to playing an active part in legal and social reform. QLSA has spearheaded dialogue within the School of Law community on the issue of gays in the military by publishing information and bringing in speakers on the subject. QLSA also engages in networking by way of a mentor program with Bay Area attorneys through BALIF (Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom).
Student Elder Law Forum (SELF): The Student Elder Law Forum (SELF) creates opportunities for students to get involved in the rapidly growing field of elder law. SELF invites leading elder law attorneys to address students on campus, maintains a website and other resources for interested students, and regularly sponsors events to encourage students to apply their skills in the important and rewarding practice of elder law.
South Asian Law Student Association (SALSA): SALSA is an organization that aims to build networks between South Asian law students and lawyers that will continue throughout their professional careers. SALSA strives to come together to help the community through volunteer work and fundraising. SALSA hopes to educate the community about South Asian issues and promote social synergy throughout the school's South Asian community.
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF): SALDF provides a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system and raising the profile of the field of animal law.
The Women's Law Association (WLA): WLA is dedicated to educating and fostering dialogue on issues that impact women's rights, especially in the legal field. It sponsors social and educational activities for the entire student body as well as events primarily of interest to women. In the past, WLA has provided a mentor program for first-year students.
Youth Law Association (YLA): The Youth Law Association aims to open up the field of Youth Law at GGU through panels and networking events. We strive to assist students in their exploration of this dynamic area of practice.
Alliance for Social Justice
America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Amnesty International
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Child Advocacy Association (CHAD)
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Caucus
Family Law Club
Food & Agricultural Law Society
Gender and Sexuality Alliance
Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project
Mission: Possible
Multicultural Law Caucus
National Lawyers Guild
Native American Law Students Association
SOVA (Victim's Advocacy)
Street Law
William O. Douglas Committee
Women's Law Caucus
African Law Association (HALA)
Alliance for Independent Feminists (AIF)
American Constitution Society (ACS)
Asia Law Society (HALS)
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Big Brother Big Sister
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Child and Youth Advocates
Direct Action Against Poverty
Environmental Law Society
Forum on Local Govt. and Politics
Gender Justice Working Group
Harvard Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
HLS ACLU
HLS Democrats
HLS KSG Association for Law and Policy
HLS Republicans
HLS Veterans Association
Immigration Project
Just Democracy
Kids in the Court
Labor and Employment Action Law Project (LEAP)
Lambda
Latin American Law Society
Law Students for Choice
Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)
Multiracial Law Students Assn.
National Lawyers Guild
Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
Project on Wrongful Convictions
Recording Artists Project
South Asian Law Students Assn.
StopDV
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
Student Public Interest Network (SPIN)
Tax Help Club
Women's Law Association (WLA)
The Public Justice Foundation (PJF) – The Public Justice Foundation is the Law School's public interest law student organization. The objectives of PJF are twofold: first, to raise awareness about public sector law practice by facilitating student employment in the area; and second, to expose the Law School community to important legal issues through debate and discussion. PJF holds various fundraisers, including an annual service auction, which fund summer fellowships for Hofstra Law School students who take nonpaying jobs in the public sector that they otherwise would be unable to accept due to financial constraints. In furtherance of its second objective, PJF has sponsored debates and other educational programs
Domestic Violence Courtroom Advocates Program (CAP)
Unemployment Action Center (UAC)
Volunteers for Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Legal Emergency Aid Project (LEAP)
ACLU
American Constitution Society
Barrister
Christian Legal Society
Criminal Justice Society
Education Law Students Association
Family Law Society br /> Howard Energy & Environmental Law Society br /> Howard Public Interest Law Society br /> OUTLAW br /> Women's Law Student Association
Kent Justice Foundation (KJF) - Approximately 20 students receive grants from the student-run Kent Justice Foundation, ranging up to $5,000 for ten weeks of public interest work in the summer. This fundraising is supported through a student-run spring auction, a fall wine event and other fundraising efforts throughout the year, as well as additional support from the Faculty, the Student Bar Association, and the Dean. Through KJF students volunteer with the Self-Help Web Desk at the Daley Center/Circuit Court of Cook County. At the Daley Center students assist pro se litigants by helping them access legal resources so that they can effectively represent themselves in court. This project is coordinated through Chicago-Kent's Center for Access to Justice and Technology, with student organization support.
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) - The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. They seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests. The NLG student group at Chicago-Kent is active in training students to be legal observers when there are protests or controversial trials taking place in the Chicago area.
Access to Justice Student Editorial Board- is a student-staffed initiative aimed at researching and supporting access to justice projects, including A2J Author projects and other internet related projects.
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association - Students participate in a monthly clinic opportunity at Asian Human Services.
Black Law Students Association - This law student group conducts one major and one minor community service activity every semester.
Chicago-Kent's Environmental Law Society (ELS) focuses on enhancing Chicago-Kent's profile as one of the top-rated environmental law schools. The group promotes sustainability within the law school and helps others do the same; raises eco-consciousness, and encourages personal sustainability throughout the student body. The group also supports students financially in their quest to serve the environment and contribute to the enhancement of the environmental law curriculum.
The International Law Student Association holds program on international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law. Chicago-Kent has an international nation-building project in Kosovo and Bosnia that students participate in though travel to those countries and assistance in nation-building there.
Student Bar Association (SBA) - the SBA participates in the Walk Against Breast Cancer and other volunteer fundraising initiatives every year.
Society of Women in Law (WIL) - WIL stages an annual production of the Vagina Monologues with contributions going to Rape Victims Advocates. They also provide law students with summer fellowship opportunities & mentors.
Student Hurricane Network – Law students from across the country formed the Student Hurricane Network (SHN), a national association dedicated to providing assistance to communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The legal questions and problems facing the individuals and communities throughout the Gulf Coast region are monumental in scale, and will remain for years to come. The Chicago-Kent Student Hurricane Network organization was created to support and organize Chicago-Kent students who are interested in providing assistance to legal agencies involved in hurricane-related projects. The organization works with students at Chicago-Kent and around the state of Illinois to coordinate travel and fund-raising efforts for service trips to the areas affected by the hurricanes. The organization also helps match students interested in performing remote research with organizations that are seeking assistance.
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund – The Chicago-Kent SALDF is dedicated to providing a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system and raising the profile of the field of animal law.
- American Constitution Society
- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
- Black Law Student Association
- Environmental Law Society
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
- Feminist Law Forum
- Health Law Society
- Latino Law Student Association
- Law Students for Reproductive Justice
- Outlaw
- Public Interest Law Foundation (already listed)
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Women's Law Caucus
Equal Justice Works
The purpose of Equal Justice Works is to promote public interest among students seeking a career in law while supporting those who have definitively decided to pursue public interest.
Second Change Re-Entry Assistance Program (SCRAP)
SCRAP seeks to help reintegrate recently released incarcerated individuals back into society by providing necessary services. SCRAP provides food and clothing, secures housing, prepares government documents, and guides individuals in finding employment.
Women’s Caucus (WC)
The Women’s Caucus is a nondiscriminatory student organization which focuses on women’s issues, community service, and professional development. WC hosts panel discussions, addressing women in the legal field. Moreover, WC hosts a benefit auction for a local charity each year. Further, WC hosts social events and is committed to mentoring the next generation of women lawyers.
Public Interest Law Society
Public Interest Law Project (PILP): PILP's mission is to contribute to the public interest by financially supporting students and graduates who choose careers working for the public good. Throughout the academic year, PILP holds fundraising events, culminating in an annual auction. PILP funds 10-20 students every summer to work in public interest positions. Summer stipend recipients have worked for a variety of organizations, dealing with issues such as children's rights, environmental protection, domestic violence, and civil rights.
American Civil Liberties Union: The purpose of Lewis & Clark Law School ACLU is to promote the cause of civil liberties among the students, faculty and staff at Lewis & Clark Law School.
American Constitution Society: The goal of ACS is to strengthen the intellectual foundations of a more progressive vision of the law. ACS provides forums for discussion and debate within the L&C Law School Community on issues such as: privacy, freedom of speech, federalism, antidiscrimination and affirmative action, gay rights, reproductive choice, disability rights, labor and consumer rights, and protection of health, safety, and the environment.
Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association: APALSA works to articulate and promote the needs and goals of Asian American students in Lewis & Clark Law School; to foster and encourage an attitude of professional excellence; to highlight the relationship of Asian American Law Students to their respective communities and to the legal system.
Black Law Student Association: The Black Law Student Association is a student run club that includes members from diverse backgrounds. BLSA is dynamic and is dedicated to increasing diversity and communication among students and legal professionals.
Coalition Advocating Transportation Solutions: The mission of CATS is to raise awareness and use of sensible, alternative, and sustainable modes of transportation.
Crime Victims' Rights Alliance: The Crime Victims' Rights Alliance (CVRA) works to raise awareness and educate future attorneys about crime victim advocacy by exploring current dilemmas in the field, offering solutions, promoting discussion, and encouraging collaboration among legal groups in acknowledging and furthering the rights of crime victims.
Criminal Law Society: The Criminal Law Society promotes awareness and understanding of the criminal justice system, both by the lawyers that work within the system and the society that is affected by its outcomes.
Employment Law Society: The Employment Law Society (ELS) is dedicated to promoting student opportunities in employment law through informational programs, volunteer events, and lively discussion of the latest employment law issues.
Environmental Justice Advocates: The Environmental Justice Advocates' mission is to advocate for and support, through direct action and the law, communities' efforts toward environmental justice.
Environmental Law Caucus: ELC provides a forum for law students to connect with the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and embrace environmentalism on a personal level.
Family Law Society: The Family Law Society's mission is to raise awareness of the family law field and opportunities therein for the student body, to establish and maintain relationships with family law attorneys, and to enrich the role of family law practice in the community.
Federalist Society: The Federalist Society seeks to redefine the terms of legal debate by providing a forum for legal experts of opposing views to interact with members of the legal profession, the judiciary, law students, academics, and the architects of public policy.
Health Law Group: The Health Law Group advances the health law curriculum, sponsors campus events, and engages in community outreach to promote health equity.
International Law Society: ILS seeks to promote international law; to encourage communication and cooperation among students and lawyers internationally; to contribute to legal education; to promote social responsibility in the field of law; to increase opportunities for students to learn about other cultures and legal systems worldwide; and to publicize educational and career opportunities in international law.
J. Reuben Clark Law Society: J. Ruben Clark Law Society strives to promote the values of (1) public service,?(2) loyalty to the rule of law, and?(3) appreciation for the religious dimension in society and in a law student's personal life.
Jewish Legal society JLS seeks to create a community for Jewish law students, their spouses, partners, children, friends, or those of Jewish heritage. JLS is active in a variety of ways including, on campus ethical education, international law, religious and interfaith programming.
Latino Law Society: LLS serves to promote the recruitment and retention of Latino students, to promote unity among the Latino students, and to promote awareness and understanding in the law school and the community of Latino perspectives, culture, heritage, and issues.
Minority Law Student Association: MLSA promotes diversity at Lewis & Clark and in the Oregon legal community by hosting events on minority issues and providing a network for students. MLSA sponsors speakers, mentoring opportunities, and a variety of networking and social events.
National Lawyers Guild: NLG strives to support activists by providing legal observers to document violations of freedom of expression at events and rallies, to present Know Your Rights Trainings to students and the community, to be a radical presence on campus and to continue to work for human rights in new ways.
Native American Law Student Association: NALSA's goals are to educate the Lewis & Clark Community about legal issues affecting Native American and Alaskan Native communities, promote the study of Federal Indian law, and encourage interaction with local tribes.
Northwest Environmental Defense Center: NEDC provides legal support to individuals and grassroots environmental organizations and engages in litigation independently or in conjunction with other environmental groups. In October, NEDC hosts a retreat for members and volunteers, where students are introduced to environmental legal issues.
OUTLAW: OutLaw provides a forum for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, questioning students and their allies to meet, exchange ideas, share experiences, and bring pertinent legal and political issues of the LGBT community to campus.
Secular Legal Society: SLS provides a venue for students at Lewis & Clark Law School, practicing attorneys, scholars and community leaders to discuss and debate both secular and non-secular legal theories, philosophies, and issues in addition to promoting and creating awareness of secular humanism.
Student Advocates for Business & Environmental Responsibility: SABER's goal is twofold: to advocate for incentive-driven solutions to environmental and economic issues and to provide a collaborative, career-focused atmosphere for our members.
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund: SALDF coordinates opportunities for animal law pro bono work, community service, and activism, and holds many informative and celebratory events throughout the year that promote critical thinking about the relationship of animals to humans and exploration of legal duties to the animals in those relationships.
Students for International Environmental Law: SIEL's mission is to promote education and collaboration on issues of international environmental law within local, national, and global communities.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy: SSDP creates safe spaces to have open, critical, and honest conversation about drug policy reform, works to educate fellow law students and the greater Portland community about drug policy reform issues.
Student Trial Lawyers Association: STLA is committed to fostering interest in the variety of trial practice careers that exist in the legal profession and educating students about how best to prepare for a career as a trial lawyer.
Women's Law Caucus: Women's Law Caucus seeks to bring together the community of Lewis and Clark students interested in exploring the wide spectrum of legal issues affecting women.
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Public Interest Law Society (PILS) - PILS focuses on three areas: community service, pro bono work and searching for and funding public interest internships. Its goal is to increase the number of public interest and pro bono opportunities available to LSU law students by administering a fellowship fund for summer public interest internships and organizing pro bono projects to help the local community during the school year.
Public Interest Law Foundation - PILF is a student-run, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the careers of law students who choose to work in public interest law by promoting legal employment and involvement opportunities to combat social, political and economic injustices. Each year during the month of October, PILF organizes and sponsors the annual PILF Auction and Casino Night. All proceeds earned at the event are utilized to fund PILF Summer Interest Grants.
- American Constitution Society
- Children’s Law Society
- Cultural Impact Initiative
- Education Law and Policy Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Human Rights Association
- If/When/How
- Immigrant Rights Coalition
- National Lawyers Guild
- Public Interest Law Society
- Stand Up For Each Other (SUFEO)
- Student Bar Association
New student groups:
- Justice Pods – student-led academic and career support groups organized by student interests in various public interest law fields
- Doing the Work – student-led book and article discussion group focusing on social justice and systemic racism
Also note- all racial, ethnic, and religious affinity student organizations (not listed separately here) are also involved in public interest work.
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Loyola Public Interest Law Group
Spanish American Law Students Association (SALSA)
St. Thomas More Society
Among Marquette Law School's most popular and active student organization is the Public Interest Law Society (PILS). The purpose of PILS is to act as a resource for Marquette University Law School students interested in public interest law and to stimulate interest in this area of law. This purpose is carried out by sponsored programs, seminars, and social activities that deal with current topics in public interest law and by acquainting members with professionals in the community. PILS is also dedicated to providing community service and enhancing public opinion of the profession. Each year, PILS sponsors a Thanksgiving dinner and the PILS Auction to raise money for PILS Summer Fellowships. In addition, PILS sponsors speakers on important public interest issues and appoints a liaison to the State Bar of Wisconsin Public Interest Law Section Board of Directors.
Additional student organizations are also involved in community service. Read about them online: https://law.marquette.edu/student-organizations/student-organizations.
- Public Interest Law Society
- ACLU of MSU Law
- Amnesty International
- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
- Canadian Student Legal Association
- Chinese Legal Society
- Christian Legal Society
- Criminal Law Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Family Law Society
- Federalist Society
- Hispanic Law Society
- International Law Society
- Jewish Legal Society
- Military Law Society
- Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
- O.W.L.S. (Older Wiser Law Students)
- Public Interest Law Society/National Lawyer's Guild
- Society for Mental Health Law
- St. Thomas More Society
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Student Bar Association
- Triangle Bar
- Wolverine Student Bar Association
- Women's Law Caucus
Mitchell Hamline has an active MJF Student Chapter which supports the work of the Minnesota Justice Foundation in fundraising, participating in and through participation in volunteer projects which benefit low-income Minnesotans. Mitchell Hamline has numerous other student groups which engage in pro-bono activities for the benefit of the community.
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Immigration Law Association
Public Interest Law Association
Women's Law Caucus
Public Interest Coalition
Domestic Violence Project
Unemployment Action Center
In addition to the Student-Run Pro Bono Groups/Specialized Law Education Projects described in detail above, the following student groups are active in public interest issues. Please see http://www.law.nyu.edu/students/studentorganizations/ for a complete list of student groups.
- American Constitution Society
- Coalition for Legal Recruitment
- Cuba Legal Studies Group
- Dean's Cup
- Education Law and Policy Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Federalist Society
- Health Law Society
- International Law Society
- Law Students Against the Death Penalty
- Law Student Drug Policy Forum
- Law Students for Economic Justice
- Law Students for Reproductive Justice
- Mental Health Law Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- NYU ACLU
- OUTLaw
- Project on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- Public Interest Law Foundation (PILC)
- Public Service Auction
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Student Bar Association
- Youth and Criminal Justice Society
ACLU Chapter
Environmental Law Society
Hispanic Law Students Association
Student Bar Association
Women's Caucus
Alliance for Israel
American Civil Liberties Union
American Constitution Society
Cooperative Income Sharing Program
Federalist Society
Human Rights Caucus
International Law Society
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
National Lawyers Guild, NUSL Chapter
Northeastern Employment & Labor Law Association
Northeastern Environmental Law Society
Queers United in Radical Rethinking (QUiRR)
Society for Restorative Justice
Students for Justice in Palestine
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
Public Interest Law Society
The Chase Public Interest Group is a student organization whose mission is to educate future lawyers about the inequities that exist in our legal system, and to prepare them to dedicate their professional efforts to developing a more just society. This group's activities include hosting speakers from the public interest field, educating students about opportunities in public interest law, participating in public service activities, and raising funds for fellowships for Chase students who accept unpaid summer public interest work.
Student organizations, including the Public Interest Law Group, the Student Funded Public Interest Fellowships Program, and the Student Effort to Rejuvenate Volunteering, sponsor events and programs throughout the year. Through these groups, along with more than a dozen others, students participate in an active and civically engaged Law School community.
- Asian Law Students Association
- Black Law Students of Notre Dame
- Christian Legal Society
- Environmental Law Society
- The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Systems
- Hispanic American Law Association
- Irish Law Students Association
- Italian Law Students Association
- Jus Vitae of Notre Dame
- The Public Interest Law Forum
- Social Justice Forum
- Society of International Human Rights
- Student Bar Association, Community Services Division
- Women's Legal Forum.
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law has several student public interest groups, including most notably the Public Interest Law Society and the NSU Human Rights Organization.
Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Advocates For Children: Sponsors a needy local family during the holidays and collects toys and money to be able to deliver items of clothing, toys and food to family.
International Justice Mission: In pursuing the work of justice, the chapter sponsors events at the law school and in the Columbus community to raise awareness of international human rights abuses, organize advocacy and intervention efforts on behalf of victims of that abuse, and raises money to support the International Justice Mission in its work abroad.
The Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) is a non-partisan, nonprofit student organization committed to reducing the financial barriers to working in public interest law. PILF does so by offering summer fellowships to law students who wish to work in the public sector and by educating students about the rewards of pursuing public interest careers.
Public Interest Law Group
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law is home to more than two dozen student-run and developed organizations, many of involve or are focused on public interest-oriented programs and opportunities. These organizations provide opportunities to share experiences with other students, develop leadership skills, and strongly enhance the academic and social aspects of your law school education. Many organizations also offer important networking opportunities with members of the bar and the bench, as well as with faculty and alumni. One organization focused solely on public interest is Haub Law’s Public Interest Law Student Organization (PILSO).
Public Interest Law Fund (PILF) - PILF’s goal is to help law students interested in public interest careers gain valuable experience. Through financial support to students engaged in public interest internships, PILF ultimately assists populations who are traditionally underserved and inadequately represented by providing greater access to legal services.
Advocates for Public Interest Law – (A) Provides Pepperdine students with opportunities for community service; (B) Makes students aware of career opportunities in public interest law; (C) Works to provide funding for students who wish to pursue careers in public interest law;(D) Encourages students to make pro bono work a part of their careers; and (E) Educates students with regard to the different areas of public interest law and its importance in the legal field
Animal Law Society
Fundraiser for CT Humane Society Black Law Students Association
Thurgood Marshall Awards, Law education project in community middle school
Brehon Society
Constitutional Law Society
Democratic Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Family & Juvenile Law Society
Family Law Society
International Law Society
Law & Medicine Society
Legal Times/ATLA
Phi Alpha Delta
Probate Law Journal
Public Interest Law Project
SBA
Society for Dispute Resolution
Tax Law Society
Women's Law Society
Public Interest Legal Advocates of Regent (PILAR)
Association for Public Interest Law, National Lawyers Guild
Asian/Pacific-American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Association of Black Law Students (ABLS)
Association of Latin-American Law Students
Gay and Lesbian Caucus
Law Students for Choice
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
Rutgers ACLU
Rutgers International Law Society
Student Lawyers Guild
Women's Law Forum
The Association for Public Interest Law, founded in 1991, provides a community for students interested in social justice. APIL organizes public interest topic and career panels, participates in pro bono and community service efforts, and raises funds, primarily through an annual auction, for students who accept unpaid summer public interest jobs.
National Lawyers Guild
- Public Interest Law Students Association (PILSA)
- Courtroom Advocates Project
Black Law Student Association
Toys for Tots
Public Interest Law Group
Student Bar Association
Hurrican Katrina Relief, Blood Drives, Tax Assistantce Program
Women's Law Student Association
Project Angel Tree
Public Interest Law Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Public Interest Law Student Association
St. Thomas More Catholic Law Society
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Tax Law Society
Hispanic Interest Law Students' Association
The Public Interest & Social Justice Coalition (PISJC) is the student arm of the Center for Social Justice and Public Service. The PISJC is a coalition of law students that raises awareness and addresses issues of public interest and social justice. PISJC provides a network for students and unites concerned student organizations engaged in public interest goals and co-sponsors numerous events with other student organizations and the Center
There are a host of other student organizations whose mission includes a commitment to public interest and social justice. For a list of law student organizations, visit https://law.scu.edu/life/student-organizations/.
American Constitutional Society (ACS)
Black Law Students Association
Dispute Resolution Board
Hispanic Organization for Legal Advancement (HOLA)
Labor and Employment Law Association
Outlaws
Public Interest Law Foundation
Student Bar Association (SBA)
American Constitutional Society (ACS)
Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Black Law Student Association (BLSA)
Health Law Forum
International Law Society
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)
Public Interest Auction Committee
Public Interest Network (PIN)
Republicans
Student Bar Association
Student Outreach Society
The Association for Public Interest Law is the student organization that is focused on raising funds for students seeking summer public interest internships and careers in public interest.
Asian-Pacific-American Law Student Association
Black Law Students Association
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Homelessness Prevention Law Project
Immigration Law Students Association
International Law Society
Labor and Employment Law Association
Latino Law Students Association
Mass Incarceration Awareness Law Society
National Lawyers Guild – Southwestern Chapter
OUTlaw
Public Interest Law Committee
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Tax Law Society
Teen Court
Women's Law Association
SLS public interest student groups have a variety of purposes, from focusing on specific practice areas like Environmental Law and International Law, to addressing the needs and interest of traditionally underrepresented groups, like Native American law students and queer students.
American Constitution Society (ACS)
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a recently formed national organization of law students, law professors, judges, practicing lawyers and others.
Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
The Stanford Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund is dedicated to providing a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law.
Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association (APILSA)
APILSA members are involved in activities that promote the interests of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) law students as well as the larger Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)107_pi
BLSA is but one chapter in a national organization that includes more than 170 member law schools.
Criminal Law Society (CLS)
The Stanford Criminal Law Society is a student group that strives to promote criminal law dialogue, practice, policy, and scholarship at SLS.
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
ELS, founded in 1969, is the oldest student environmental law society in the nation. Since its inception, ELS has provided students with opportunities to engage with environmental law issues, environmental professionals, and each other.
Federalist Society
The Stanford Federalist Society is the Law School's chapter of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies, a nationwide organization of conservative and libertarian law students, attorneys, professors, judges, and government officials interested in the current state of the legal order.
International Law Society (ILS)
The International Law Society (ILS) provides a forum for students interested in international law to interact with one another and engage in constructive dialogue. In addition to offering opportunities for getting to know other students and faculty who have international interests, ILS serves as a lobby to ensure that international law continues to be a priority for the Law School administration, arranges an annual Spring Break trip to learn about another country's legal system, and organizes speaking events and discussion groups.
National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
OUTLAW
OUTLAW is concerned with the situation of queer people in society, in the legal community, and at Stanford University. We serve as a social, support, and political group, and actively combat homophobia, heterosexism, and any discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity at the Law School.
Shaking the Foundations
Shaking the Foundations is an annual conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country who share a commitment to use the law for positive, progressive social change.
Stanford International Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA)
SIHRLA is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the advancement of international human rights law and advocacy. By providing students with a forum to explore and engage in human rights work, SIHRLA seeks to raise awareness and promote the rights of women, children, and men throughout the world.
Stanford Latino Law Students Association (SLLSA)
SLLSA is committed to creating and maintaining a community for Latino students at Stanford Law School and sending highly qualified, dedicated, and responsible Latino lawyers into every legal arena.
Stanford Law and Policy Society (SLAPS)
The Stanford Law and Policy Society (SLAPS) is a student-run organization at Stanford Law School intended to educate students about policy work, create a forum for networking, and provide support for action. SLAPS is strictly non-partisan and welcomes policy ideas from any part of the spectrum.
Stanford National Security & the Law Society (SNSLS)
The Stanford National Security & the Law Society aims to raise awareness and encourage interest in national security issues, and foster a productive non-partisan dialogue.
Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation (SPILF)
SPILF is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation established in 1978 by Stanford Law School students and alumni. Its initial purpose was to increase funding for public interest law projects serving groups that have traditionally been denied adequate access to legal representation.
Street Law
Street Law's mission is to empower Bay Area incarcerated and at-risk youth by teaching classes about the law, focusing on criminal procedure and a juvenile's legal rights.
Women of Color Action Network (WCAN)
Public Interest Fellows, a student organization which is open to all students and has historically served as a clearinghouse for non-legal community service opportunities. Stetson has many public service-oriented student organizations, including the Innocence Initiative, ACLU, Amnesty International, and the Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Student organizations receive limited funding from the Student Bar Association, and are overseen by the office of Student Affairs.
American Civil Liberties Union
Environmental Law Society
National Lawyers Guild
Shelter Legal Services
Suffolk Public Interest Law Group
American Constitution Society
Armed Forces & Veterans Law Students Association
Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Buffalo Environmental Law Society
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program
Domestic Violence Task Force
Enabling Justice
Latin American Law Students Association
OUTLaw
National Lawyers Guild
Prison Task Force
Syracuse Public Interest Network
Student Public Interest Network (SPIN)
The Student Public Interest Initiative (SPII) is a student-run organization established in 2002. Its mission is to raise funds for (1) summer stipends for students doing public interest internships and (2) loan forgiveness or loan repayment for Tech law students who choose to work in public interest jobs upon graduation. In addition, students have been involved in promoting public interest work through career fairs and other activities, including assisting with client intake through Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas. The organization has been successful in raising money each year through an Annual Talent Show and Auction to support public interest work.
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School student organizations having public service initiatives include, the ABA Law Student Division, The Student Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Asian Pacific American Students Association, the Black Law Students Association, the Christian Legal Society, the Federalist Society, the Jewish Law Students Association, the Native American Law Students Association, the St. Thomas More Society, and the Organization of Women Law Students. Students are encouraged to be involved in an area that interests them. If a chartered organization does not exist in a student’s area of interest they are able to initiate one by obtaining a faculty sponsor and organizing.
Public Interest Law of Touro - Hosted 2005 Cover Retreat, Held fundraiser for Loan Forgiveness; Sponsored Speakers Series
Student Public Interest Groups– see http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsOrgs/pilf/
The Student Bar Association (SBA): The SBA is actively involved with public interest issues. The SBA Auction represents a portion of the monies used to fund the PIFP fellowships. The SBA fosters a cooperative working relationship with many community partners and assists with Akron Law’s annual day of service, Akron Law Cares, held each fall.
Other Student Group community service and pro bono activities include:
Asian-Latino Students Association / Black Law Students Association: Students tutor school children in the local area and are actively involved with the local Akron community.
Law Association for Women (LAW): LAW regularly and historically coordinates Red Cross blood drives, as well as food, clothing and gift drives for area shelters and agencies.
Phi Alpha Delta: Phi Alpha Delta regularly and historically conducts canned goods drives.
Street Law: Students volunteer with local attorneys and high school teachers to teach academic courses in local public schools on the issues of law and public citizenship.
Public Interest Student Board
Black Law Student Association
Civil Rights Law Students Association
International Law Society
Phi Alpha Delta
Student Bar Association
Student Farrah
Dorbin Society
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Constitution Society
- Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
- Black Law Students Association
- Christian Legal Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Family and Juvenile Law Association
- Federalist Society
- Immigration Law Student Association
- International Law Society
- Jewish Law Students Association
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society
- Latino Law Student Association
- Law Students for Reproductive Justice
- Law Women's Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- Native American Law Student's Association
- Pride Law
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
- Students of Arizona Health Law
Public Interest Law Society
- ABA Law Student Division
- Christian Legal Society
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Equal Justice Works
- Environmental Law
- Asian Law Student Association
- Black Law Student Association
- Women Law Students Association
- Student Bar Association
- Community Life Committee
American Constitution Society (ACS)
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Black Law Students Alliance (BLS Alliance)
Children's Advocacy Group
Criminal Law Society
Environmental law Society
Immigration and International Migration Law Society
Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Jewish Law Association
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Latina/o Law Students Association (LLSA)
National Lawyers Guild
Orange County Human Rights Association (OCHRA)
OutLaw
Public Interest Law Fund (PILF)
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Bar Association (SBA)
underrepresented Student Alliance (uRSA)
Women's Law Society (WLS)
Student groups may change from year to year but current student organizations focused on public interest law issues include:
The King Hall Legal Foundation (KHLF)
KHLF is a student run nonprofit public interest foundation independent of the School of Law. Founded in 1978, KHLF is dedicated to promoting law and law related efforts in the public interest and to address the needs of those without adequate access to legal services. KHLF supports public interest law internships and provides financial and other assistance to students involved in public interest projects.
KHLF is financed by contributions from King Hall students, alumni, and community members. Student members are responsible for directing fundraising efforts, recruiting members, and coordinating summer projects. KHLF also hosts an annual Spring Auction to raise funds to award summer public interest fellowships to first and second year law students.
National Lawyers Guild
ACLU
La Raza
Davis Refugee Aid Project
Advocates for Youth Justice
American Constitution Society
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Berkeley Law Foundation
Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative
Boalt Environmental Law Society
Berkeley Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights
Boalt Disability Law Society
Boalt Hall Democrats
Boalt Hall Federalist Society
Boalt Hall Labor Coalition
Boalt Hall Women's Association
California Asylum Representation Clinic (CARC)
Coalition for Diversity
Community Legal Outreach
Critical Race Scholars Society
East Bay Community Law Center Steering Committee
East Bay Workers' Rights Clinic
Expulsion Representation Clinic
Juvenile Hall Outreach
La Raza Law Students Association
Law Students for Justice in Palestine
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Law Students of African Descent
Middle Eastern Law Students Association
National Lawyers Guild, Berkeley Law Chapter
Native American Law Students Association
Pilipino American Law Society
Queer Caucus
San Quentin Restorative Justice Program
South Asian Law Students Association
Social Justice Student Network
STudents OPposed to Domestic Violence (STOP DV)
Thelton E Henderson Center for Social Justice Student Advisory Board
Women of Color Collective Advocates for Youth Justice
California ChangeLawyers Public Interest Scholarship (formerly California Bar Foundation)
For a list of student public interest groups, go to: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/publicinterest
ICLAP
National Lawyers Guild - Visiting Speaker
Public Interest Law Group (PILG) - Public interest fundraisers
Student Bar Association - Community Service Event
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Colorado Law Chapter provides support for the various the initiatives of the ACLU of Colorado, including but not limited to: having a member of the law school serve on the board of the Colorado ACLU, attending various legislative hearings and sessions on the ACLU’s behalf, participating in field work in Boulder and surrounding areas, driving various ACLU initiatives forward as a chapter, and using free student access to legal search engines and data bases to assist the ACLU in research.
The Law School has a Public Interest Law Group (the Law School's Equal Justice Works chapter) devoted to promoting public interest/public service. This group hosts an annual auction, funds numerous summer grants, and organizes various events highlighting public interest/public service topics throughout the academic year.
The Law School also has an emerging on-line journal, the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, whose first issue was published electronically in fall 2001.
The Connecticut Unemployment Action Center (CUAC) is another student group on campus that engages in public service activities. The CUAC represents unemployment insurance claimants in the greater Hartford area.
The Law School also has many other groups that host organized public service, including Amnesty International, the Women Law Students' Association, Phi Alpha Delta and the Student Bar Association.
Public Interest Law Organization
Student Volunteer Lawyers' Project
- Public Interest Law Group (PILG) aims to encourage law students to devote their careers to the struggle for social justice, expose students to the broad range of work being done to advance progressive legal goals, provide a forum for discussion and an information base, and inspire students to follow their hearts. PILG encourages involvement in the community through its tutoring program, educates and provides a forum for discussion by bringing in and co-sponsoring speaker panels, raises its own funds via the Annual Auction to allow students to work for non-profit organizations during the summer through the clerkship program. PILG attempts to encourage law students (and the legal community) to devote time, energy, and intellect to helping disadvantaged individuals obtain access to our legal system. Public interest law addresses the political, social, and economic welfare of communities, with an emphasis on society's underrepresented issues and groups. PILG is dedicated to issues within, but not limited to, the substantive areas of constitutional law, criminal law, civil rights law, gay and lesbian law, elder law, environmental law, family law, immigration law, labor law, urban law, poverty law, Native American law, and legal ethics.
- The Ralph Timothy Potter Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Membership is open to all in the University of Denver law school community who support our mission of promoting and protecting civil rights. Activities include intake, case investigation, and research at the Colorado Affiliate Office, presentations on civil liberties issues, publication of a civil liberties newsletter and internet update, participation on ACLU legal panel and board, and promotion of civil liberties on campus and in the community.
- The National Lawyers Guild student chapter works with the CO chapter and is dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system. Through its members - lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers and legal workers united in chapters and committees - the Guild works locally, nationally and internationally as an effective political and social force in the service of the people
- The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a group of students concerned about American law and politics. They believe deeply in the importance of law as the mechanism that governs the relationships between and among the individuals and institutions that form our society, and recognize the direct relationship between legal theory and the broader political debate about the kind of society in which we live.
- Amnesty International is an international human rights organization that works impartially for the release of all prisoners of conscience, fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, and the end to torture, and executions. The Chapter at the College of Law presents several speakers on these and related topics throughout the year. It also initiates campaigns by writing letters to government officials and prisoners, and participates in Legal Support Network, a program recently initiated for lawyers and law students.
- Children's Legal Advocacy Group (CLAG) is a student organization focused on legal issues involving children and families. CLAG goals include increasing student awareness of legal issues involving children and families, and having an active influence in the community.
- The Spanish Speaking Lawyers Association (SSLA) is the student branch of the Lawyering in Spanish (LIS) program at DU. The SSLA works to facilitate the use of the Spanish language in the practice of law for DU law students and for the Denver legal community, while promoting global cultural understanding and a practical awareness of current legal issues in the Spanish-speaking community, both domestically and internationally.
- The Natural Resources and Environmental Law Society serves, educates, and provides information to law students regarding these important fields. NRELS sponsors several guest speakers throughout the year to provide its members, and all students, with topical and balanced information regarding legal and political issues of local, national, and global importance.
- The Elder Law Society is committed to working with DU Law students to further an interest in this complex area of law within the school and our community. The society believes issues affecting the elderly are important and that all law students should be informed to protect their family and friends in this truly service-oriented area of law.
- Various affinity groups, including the Black Law Students Association, the Asian Pacific American Law Students' Association, the Native American Law Students Association, DU OUTlaws, the Latino Law Students Association, the Jewish Law Students Association, the Middle Eastern and North African Law Society, Women's Law Student Association, and the Muslim Law Students Associationall organize events, some related to public interest as well.
ABA-Law Student Division
Amilie Poulion
Association for Public Interest Law
Caribbean Law Student Association
Christian Legal Society
Environmental and Land Use Society
FAMILY LAW SOCIETY
John Marshall Bar Association
Law Association for Women
Military Law Students Association
National Lawyers Guild
Phi Alpha Delta
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Equal Justice Works
- Environmental Law Association
- Asian Law Student Association
- Black Law Student Association
- Federalist Society
- Gay and Lesbian Legal Network
- Hispanic Law Students Association
- Jewish Law Student Association
- Women Law Students Association
- Student Bar Association
Public Interest Law Organization (PILO)
Public Interest Law Group. The Public Interest Law Group (PILG) serves law student contemplating careers in public interest law by providing stipends so that meritorious law students are able to accept unpaid public interest internships. The Group also forges contacts with successful public interest attorneys and organizations, provides public service volunteer opportunities, helps students navigate the challenges unique to the application process for public interest jobs and internships, and raises the visibility of public interest law at the University of Idaho.
The dynamics of the student body allow the College of Law to present a wide diversity of student organizations that focus in whole or in part on public interest matters. Many College of Law student organizations, in addition to those listed below, regularly host programs to increase awareness of public interest issues and careers, encourage a diverse and spirited dialogue on public interest subjects, perform acts of public service in the community, and run charity drives for individuals in need
. General Public Interest and Service Organizations
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (PAD)
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
Student Bar Association (SBA)
Student Legal Relief (SLR)
Public Interest Concerns and Policy Organizations
- American Constitution Society (ACS)
- Bar None
- Criminal Law Society (CLS)
- Education Law and Policy Society (ELPS)
- Energy and Environmental Law Society (EELS)
- Federalist Society
- Health and Elder Law Society (HELS)
- If/When/How
- Immigration Law Society (ILS)
- National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
Affinity Organizations with Public Interest Components
- Asian Law Students Association (ALSA)
- Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
- Christian Law Students Association (CLSA)
- International Student Association (ISA)
- Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
- Latino/Latina Law Students Association (LLSA)
- Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA)
- Myra Bradwell Association for Women Law Students (WLS)
- OUTLAW (Sexual Orientation & Legal Issues Society)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Society
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy
Asian American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Environmental Law Society
Equal Justice Foundation
Federalist Society
Intellectual Property Law Society
International Law Society
Iowa Campaign for Human Rights
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Jewish Law Student Association
Latino Law Students Association
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Middle Eastern Law Student Association
Native American Law Student Association
Organization for Women Law Students and Staff
Outlaws
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Delta Phi
Pro Bono Society
Advocates for Life
American Constitution Society
Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter
Asian Law Students Association (ALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Christian Legal Society
Federalist Society
Global Lawyers Society
Green Law Society
Health Law Society
Hispanic American Law Students Association (HALSA)
International Law Society
Islamic Law Students Association
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Native American Law Students Association
Non-Traditionals in Law Association
OUTLaws & Allies
Public Interest Law Society (PILS)
St. Thomas More Society
Traffic Court
VITA
The Student Public Interest Law Foundation ("SPILF") is a student group at the College of Law that focuses on public interest issues and public interest employment. The Associate Dean for Career Services (Susan Steele, 859-257-8320) each year seeks a grant on behalf of SPILF from the Kentucky Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account ("I.O.L.T.A.") Fund to support summer public interest fellowships for students. The amount included in any grant is supplemented by funds that students raise through activities like the annual student auction for SPILF. Students then apply to receive grants to support summer work for public interest groups.
Student Bar Foundation - Charity Auction to fund student public interest fellowships
Environmental & Energy Law Society - The Energy and Environmental Law Society (EELS) provides law students a forum to discuss, understand, and gain access to the fields of not only environmental and energy law, but also to the Maine lawyers and employers active in these and related fields. Environmental and energy law are remarkably broad and include areas often viewed separately. Such areas include land use, real estate, torts, state and local government, administrative law, food and animal law, climate change, ocean and coastal law, and marine law. EELS, in coordination with E2Tech, organizes fundraising opportunities, educational panel discussions, and community events to promote engagement.
Finch Society - The Finch Society focuses on connecting law students with rural and small town practitioners to provide a place for students to learn more about what rural and small town legal practice is like. The Finch Society’s goals are to encourage law students to pursue careers in rural and small town Maine. Access to legal resources is vital for all Americans and all Mainers, and the Finch Society hopes to increase this access by providing information and resources to students so that they feel confident practicing the law in rural, regional, and small town Maine.
If/When/How - If/When/How trains, networks, and mobilizes law students and legal professionals to work within and beyond the legal system to champion reproductive justice. In collaboration with communities, organizations, and movements, we work to ensure all people–especially those most likely to face reproductive injustice–have the ability to decide if, when, and how to create and sustain a family. The Maine Law chapter is one of over seventy law student chapters of the national If/When/How organization.
Maine Association for Public Interest Law - The Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) is a group affiliated with the National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL). The group is committed to mobilizing the next generation of lawyers to be committed to equal justice. To achieve this we offer opportunities for pro bono hours and community service opportunities while in law school. MAPIL also engages with surrounding agencies that serve the poorest and most vulnerable populations and hosts an annual auction to raise money for fellowships.
Women's Law Association - The Women's Law Association (WLA) was developed in response to the increased awareness of the impact of the law on women and the impact of the growing number of women attorneys on the law. Through its educational activities, the WLA encourages the development of a network among women at Maine Law; women practitioners in all branches of the legal field; women in the judiciary; and organizations in the state that are concerned with the issues affecting women.
https://www.law.umaryland.edu/Current-Student-Resources/Student-Life-and-Services/Student-Organizations/
The law school's public interest student groups are:
- Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
- Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
- Criminal Law Society (CLS)
- Federalist Society
- International Law Students Association (ILSA)
- Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
- Legal Association of Women (LAW)
- OUTLaw
- Student Veterans Association (SVA)
Public Action Law Society
Student Bar Association
Christian Legal Society
Black Law Students Association
Association for Women Attorneys
Law Review
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Memphis Association for Law & Business
Mental Health Law Society
Mental Health Law Journal
Outlaw
There are some of the public interest-focused groups:
Alliance Against Human Trafficking
American Civil Liberties Union
American Constitution Society
Child Advocacy and Family Law
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Society
Health Law Association
Human Rights Society
Immigration Students Law Association
National Lawyers Guild
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
ACLU - Michigan Law Chapter American Constitution Society (ACS)
Compost Michigan
Consumer Advocacy and Financial Regulation (CAFRO)
Criminal Law Society
Cultural Heritage Law Society (CHLS)
Disability Rights Organization (DRO)
Education Law and Policy Society
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
Gender Violence Project (GVP)
Human Rights Advocates (HRA)
International Law Society
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
Legal Advocates for Children and Youth (LACY)
Legal Alternative Winter Breaks
MDefenders
M for the People
Michigan Health Law Organization
Michigan Immigration and Labor Law Association (MILLA)
Michigan Law Veterans Society (MILVETS)
Michigan Parity Project (MPP)
Michigan Voting Project (MVP)
National Lawyers Guild
Organization of Public Interest Students (OPIS)
Poverty Law Society
Prisoners' Rights Organization of Students
Public Benefits Advocacy Project (PBAP)
Racial Justice Coalition (RJC)
Reproductive Rights and Justice at Michigan Law (RRJ)
Res Sista Loquitur: Women of Color Coalition
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Funded Fellowships (SFF)
Students Rights Project
Wolverine Street Law
Public Interest Law Student Association: PILSA is a student advocacy organization focused on enhancing the U of M Law School's programs for students pursuing public interest careers.
Minnesota Justice Foundation Student Chapter: The MJF Student Chapter fundraises for summer public interest clerkships for students. They also serve as advisors for the MJF Staff Attorney and organize public interest oriented programs for the general law student body.
American Constitution Society
Black Law Students Association
Federalist Society
Health Law Society
Hispanic Law Students Association
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Missouri Veterans Law Society
OUTLAW
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Delta Phi
Tax and Transactional Law Society
Tim Heinz 5K—A charitable organization in the name of former Mizzou Law Deans, that puts on a run/bike/dog walk to support scholarships for Mizzou Law student.
Women’s Law Association
- Public Interest Law Association
- Pro Bono/Public Interest Committee (students are chosen to work on committee with Pro Bono/Public Interest Committee Faculty members to help improve programs at the school)
- Midwestern Innocence Project Student Organization
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- National Lawyer's Guild
- Constitutional Law Society
- Federalist Society
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Animal Law Society
- Environmental Law Society
- Family Law Society
- International Law Society
- Association of Women Law Students
- Black Law Students Association
- Hispanic Law Student Association
- Outlaws
- Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association
- Christian Legal Society
- Jewish Law Student Association
American Association for Justice
ACLU – UM Law Student Chapter
American Constitution Society
Christian Legal Society
Environmental Law Group
Federalist Society
International Law Student Association
Military Law Society
Montana Law Review
Montana Public Interest Law Group
Native American Law Student Assocation
Phi Delta Phi
Public Lands and Resources Law Review
Rural Advocacy League
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Student Bar Association
Women's Law Caucus
Equal Justice Society
Nebraska Fund for Clerkships in the Public Interest
Public Interest Law Students Association – PILA is a student organization that promotes public interest and public service activities. Each year PILA raises funds to provide summer grants to students who work in non-profit or government agencies representing underserved or indigent populations.
University of New Hampshire law students get involved in participating and helping the law school and local New Hampshire communities. Student-initiated groups focused on public interest include:
- The Public Interest Coalition (PIC)
- Women's Law Student Association
- Teen Court
- Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
- Black Law Student Association
- Constitutional Law Society
- Christian Legal Society
- Lambda Legal
- Significant Others and Spouses Organization
- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
The Association for Public Interest Law at UNM.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) – Carolina Law Chapter
American Constitution Society
Carolina Health Law Organization
Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (C-PILO)
Carolina Teen Court Assistance Program
Child Action
Community Legal Project
Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity (CRCGE)
Death Penalty Project
Education Law and Policy Society
Environmental Law Project
Immigration Law Association
Innocence Project
Lambda Law Students Association
Law Students Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (LSASDV)
National Lawyers Guild
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Veterans Military Advocacy Student Organization
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
The student run organization at OU Law is the Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA). PILSA holds monthly meetings to educate students on public service careers.
Oregon Law student life includes a wealth of active student groups. From time to time, students form new groups around emerging interests. Long-time public interest groups include the following:
American Constitution Society
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
The Black Law Students Association
Child and Family Law Association
Green Business Initiative
Jewish Law Student Association
Land Air Water
Latinx Law Student Association
National Lawyers Guild
Oregon Criminal Defense Law Students Association
Oregon Law Students Animal Legal Defense Fund
Oregon Law Students’ Public Interest Fund
OUTlaws
Women’s Law Forum
Pitt Legal Income Sharing Foundation (PLISF), Student Hurricane Network. Additionally, various student organizations host pro bono and public interest events throughout the year.
Public Interest Law Association
National Lawyers Guild Chapter
American Constitutional Society
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Christian Legal Society
Criminal Law Association (CLA)
Delta Theta Phi
Elder Law Society
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
Family Law Society
Federalist Society
Health Law Society
Immigration Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP)
Latino Law Student Association
Law Democrats
Law Republicans
Lawyer's Council on Social Justice (LCSJ)
Lex Vitae
Military Law Society
Minnesota Justice Foundation
Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
Native American Law Student Association
Out!Law
Public Discourse
St. Thomas More Society
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Law Student Public Interest Law Foundation
Pro Bono Legal Advocates
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
James L. Petigru Public Interest Law Society
Women In Law (WIL)
Law Fraternities
Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Public Interest Law Group (helps provide support donated through fund-raising activities to help students pay travel expenses while working pro bono )
- American Constitution Society
- Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association
- Barbara L. Bice Public Interest Law Foundation
- Black Law Students Association
- Connecting Angelenos to Resources and Essential Services (CARES)
- Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
- Latinx Law Students Association
- Legal Aid Alternative Break
- OUTLaw
- Protection and Animal Welfare Law Society
- Street Law
- Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
The following student organizations have participated in various public interest initiatives: TAPIL (Tennessee Association for Public Interest Law); Criminal Law Society; Child Law Society; UT Pro Bono; Law Women; Black Law Student Association; Environmental Law Organization.
Environmental Law Society
Getting Radical In The South (GRITS)
Human Rights Law Society
If/When/How Texas Law
Law Students for Black Lives
Pro Bono in January
Public Defense Group
Public Interest Law Association
Texas Law Art Association
Texas Law Fellowships
Many of the David A. Clarke School of Law student organizations allow students to contribute directly to the public interest in a wide range of areas and are involved in service projects. A sampling of such student organizations recognized by the School of Law are:
- Black Law Students Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- Delta Theta Phi Fraternity
- International Law Students Association
- Women's Law Society
- Jewish Law Student Association
- Asian Pacific Law Student Association
- Gay and Lesbian Association of Students
- Voces Juridicas Latinas Association
- Equal Justice Works
- Native American Law Students Association
- American Constitution Society
- Christian Law Society
- Innocence Project
Pacific McGeorge boasts an involved and committed student body, represented many of the student groups on campus:
American Constitution Society
American Association for Justice
Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Black Law Student Association (BLSA)
Environmental Law Society
Governmental Affairs Student Association (GASA)
International Justice Mission
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Jewish Law Student Association
Lambda Law Students Association
Latina/o Law Students Association
McGeorge Animal Law Society
McGeorge Business and Tax Society
McGeorge Federalist Society
McGeorge Health Law Association
Middle Eastern/South Asian Association (MESAA)
OWLS: Older Wiser Law Students
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Delta Phi
Public Legal Services Society
Women's Caucus
The College of Law supports a number of student public interest groups, including the Public Interest Law Association (PILA), the Student Hurricane Network (SHN), Women Law Student Association (WLSA), OutLaw, and the Environmental Law Society.
Public Interest Law Society
Women's Law Caucus
Paw Law
Christian Legal Society
Black Law Students Association
Hispanic Law Student Association
Native American Law Students Association
Military Law Society
Phi Alpha Delta
ABA/Law Student Division
Family Law Society
J. Ruben Clark Society
PILO - The Public Interest Law Organization (PILO) is dedicated to raising awareness of, and taking action on, public interest law issues. The organization encourages student participation in public interest law, develops public interest placement resources, engages in pro bono and community service projects, and has established a summer stipend program.
ACLU-UVA Law
Action for Better Living (ABLE)
American Constitution Society
Conference on Public Service and the Law
Domestic Violence Project
Federalist Society
Health Law Interest Group
Human Rights Study Project
J. B. Moore Society of International Law
Lambda Law Alliance
Legal Assistance Society (LAS)
Pro Bono Criminal Assistance Project (PCAP)
Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Rape Crisis Advocacy Project (RCAP)
Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association
Virginia Environmental Law Forum
Virginia Law Veterans
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)
Women of Color
American Civil Liberties Union
American Constitution Society
Center for Human Rights & Justice
Center for Labor & Employment Justice
Disability Law Alliance
Disorient: Critical Legal Journal of the Northwest
Federalist Society
The Forum on Law & Policy
GreenLaw
Immigrant Families Advocacy Project
Innocence Project NW-Student Chapter
Law students for Reproductive Justice
National Lawyers Guild
Outlaws
Public Interest Law Association
Street Youth Legal Advocates of Washington
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.
Wisconsin Public Interest Law Foundation (UW-PILF)
The University of Wisconsin Law School's Public Interest Law Foundation (UW-PILF) is a student-run organization committed to supporting law students who want to work in public interest law.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union is a group whose primary goal is to protect our civil liberties, as set out in the constitution and the Bill of Rights. The ACLU was formed in 1920, and has been the party to more litigation in the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.
American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a national organization of law students, law professors, practicing lawyers and members of the community. We want to help revitalize and transform legal debate, from law school classrooms to federal courtrooms.
Children's Justice Project
The Children's Justice Project brings together people interested in promoting justice for children and juveniles, including the rights of children and juveniles in the legal, educational, health care, and social services systems. The Project does this through interdisciplinary advocacy and study.
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
The Environmental Law Society welcomes all students interested in the application of law to environmental issues at the state, national, and international levels. The Society studies all sides of the issues because it recognizes that environmental law applies to both those interested in classic environmental preservation, as well as persons whose activities create environmental impacts.
Health Law Students Association
The UW Health Law Student Association was founded in 2009. UW HLSA provides resources, networking opportunities, and a forum to discuss legal issues for students interested in health and public health law.
Legal Information Center (LIC)
Formerly known as the Community Law Office, LIC provides free legal assistance to University students and low income Madison residents in the areas of landlord-tenant, small claims, employment, consumer, divorce, residency, misdemeanor information, name change, contracts and traffic law. LIC is staffed primarily by law student volunteers. Students interested in volunteering can attend a training session in the beginning of the fall or spring semester.
National Lawyers Guild (University of Wisconsin Law School Chapter)
The Madison Chapterof the NLG is a community chapter with both lawyers and law student members. The National Lawyers Guild is a nationwide organization of lawyers and law students dedicated to working for social justice. Formed in 1937 as the first racially integrated bar association in the country, the Guild tries to bring together all those who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women, farmers, and minority groups upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends; who actively seek to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties; and who view the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than their repression.
Unemployment Compensation Appeals Clinic
The Unemployment Compensation Appeals Clinic is staffed by volunteer student advocates who assist clients in obtaining unemployment compensation benefits. Student advocates work closely with supervising attorneys and gain litigation and case management experience while helping those in need of benefits who cannot afford representation.
Criminal Law Association
Energy and Environmental Law Society
Immigration Law Society
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice
Law Students for Social Justice
Legal Aid Society and Public Interest Stipend Fund
Alliance
Asian Pacific Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Environmental Law Society
Equal Justice Foundation
Latin American Law Students Association
Law Students for Choice
National Lawyers Guild
Native American Society
Solutions Conference
Women's Law Group
Black Law Students Association – BLSA sponsors several pro bono and law-related projects, including legal workshops at local schools.
Criminal Law Society – The Criminal Law Society coordinates several law education projects.
Christian Legal Society – Members of the Christian Legal Society regularly volunteer at the Christian Legal Services Clinic at various locations in Philadelphia.
Face to Face – The Face to Face birth certificate clinic provides legal and monetary support to enable clients to obtain birth certificates. The birth certificate clinic is integral to meeting the needs of Philadelphia's Germantown community because birth certificates are required to obtain identification. Legal identification cards enable clients access to housing and work opportunities. The clinic offers an opportunity for VLS students to deeply connect with the Philadelphia community by directly interacting with the clients and providing tangible service.
Family Law Society– The Family Law Society coordinates a number of law education projects, including debates on topical issues.
Tax Law Society – Tax Projects Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) assists low-income taxpayers in the Philadelphia area to prepare their returns.
The Pro Bono Society (PBS) – The Pro Bono Society (PBS), [email protected], sponsors several pro bono and law-related projects including spring break service trips.
SREHUP Anti-Poverty Society (SAPS) - Members of SAPS host campus speaker series, trainings, and film screenings related to poverty and homelessness. Members also volunteer at the SREHUP Upper Darby Legal Aid Center and Shelter.
Women's Law Caucus – WLC coordinates several law education events.
Primary:
Public Interest Initiative
Public Interest Law Organization (PILO)
Student Groups with Significant Public Interest Focus:
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
Youth Advocacy Group (YAG)
Teen Court
Phi Alpha Delta
Innocence Project (works on projects with the Winston-Salem-based Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice)
Guardian ad Litem (GAL)
Domestic Violence Advocacy Center (DVAC)
Civil Liberties Union
Environmental Law Society
- WAPIL
- National Lawyers' Guild
- Criminal Justice Law Society
- Environmental Law Society
Other organizations (BLSA, HALSA, AALSA, NALSA, Gay & Lesbian students' group Women's Legal Form and religious groups) host individual speakers and provide public service opportunities.
Environmental Law Society
Health Law Association
International Law Society
National Lawyers Guild
Public Interest Law Students Association
Shepherd Poverty Law Organization
Tax Law Society/VITA
Women Law Students Organization
American Constitution Society
Black Law Students Association
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Alpha Delta
American Civil Liberties Union
Black Law Students Association
Criminal Law Society
Environmental Law Society
International Law Society
L-Span (formerly BAIL)
Phi Alpha Delta
Pro Bono Jurists (formerly NAPIL)
Women's Law Caucus
American Civil Liberties Union (student chapter)
Animal Law Society
Conference on Anti-Trafficking Legal Advocacy
Environmental Law Society
FLAC (Free Legal Aid)
If/When/How
Keith Center for Civil Rights
Levin Center Students at Wayne Law
National Lawyers Guild
Voting Rights and Election Law Society
Wayne Law Diversity Coalition
Public Interest Advocates
SBA
WV Fund for Law in the Public Interest
Alternative Spring Break Club. The Alternative Spring Break Club gives you the opportunity to provide public service while gaining valuable legal experience and fostering relationships with public interest legal organizations and government agencies across the nation.
Black Law Students Association. The mission and purpose of this organization is to articulate and promote the educational, professional, political, and social needs and goals of Black law students; to foster and encourage professional competence; improve the relationship between Black law students, Black attorneys, and the American legal structure; instill in the Black attorney and law student a greater awareness and commitment to the needs of the Black community; influence the legal community by bringing about meaningful legal and political change that addresses the needs and concerns of the Black community; and impact the culture of the School of Law.
Christian Legal Society. The Western New England chapter of the Christian Legal Society exists to inspire, encourage, and equip lawyers and law students, both individually and in community, to proclaim, love and serve Jesus Christ through the study and practice of law, the defense of religious freedom, and the provision of legal assistance to the poor.
Environmental Law Coalition. The Environmental Law Coalition's purpose is to spread environmental awareness throughout the School of Law and provide a forum for students to participate in projects regarding environmental issues.
Family Law Association. The Family Law Association provides opportunities for you to explore the field of family law and its application in our communities. The organization seeks to promote awareness about the issues that concern the practice of family law to the Western New England University School of Law community. You will participate in and organize various events during the school year, including holding the Family Halloween Party and the Teddy Bear Drive for National Adoption Day, as well as volunteering at Friends of the Homeless throughout the school year.
Latino/a Law Student Association. The Latino/a Law Student Association (LLSA) is a community of students and faculty focused on the advancement of Latino/a academic success and commitment to community service, as well as a social support network to help students adjust to the demands of law school.
National Lawyers Guild. The Western New England Guild is a student chapter of the National Chapter; it is a community of students and faculty working in solidarity dedicated to social justice lawyering. Since the 1930s, the National Lawyers Guild has worked to advance human and civil rights, working under the motto "human rights over property rights."
OUTlaw. Western New England University School of Law OUTlaw is a student group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students as well as student allies.
Public Interest Law Association. The Public Interest Law Association (PILA) is a student group dedicated to providing summer stipends to students who have unpaid legal internships at nonprofit organizations and government agencies. PILA raises funds through an annual auction that it holds at the School of Law.
Women’s Law Association. The Women’s Law Association (WLA) supports and empowers women in the legal profession as well as in the community by focusing on on legal, social, and cultural issues facing women in society.
To learn more about student organizations at the School of Law please visit https://www1.wne.edu/law/student-life/organizations.cfm
Association for Human Rights Awareness
Criminal Law Association
National Lawyers Guild
VITA
All Student Organizations
The Public Interest Law Alliance
Women's Law Caucus
Delaware Law student organizations find ways to incorporate public interest into their activities from educating each other and the community, to encouraging members to participate in public interest opportunities.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Society
American Association of Justice
Black Law Students Association
Constitutional Law Association
Environmental Law Society
Food and Drug Law Association
Health Law Society
Intellectual Property Society
International Law Society
Latin American Law Student Association
Military Law Society
OUTLaw
Phi Alpha Delta
Public Interest Law Alliance
Real Estate Law Society
Rugby
Sports and Entertainment Law Society
Transactional Law Competition Team
Women’s Law Caucus
Youth Court League
http://willamette.edu/law/resources/student-orgs/index.html
Information about student organizations with a public interest mission and/or that sponsor public interest activities is here.
Africa Law and Policy Association
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
The Capital Assistance Project
Green Haven Prison Project
The Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale, Inc.
The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Latino Law Students' Association
Lowenstein Human Rights Project
Middle Eastern and North African Law Students' Association
Native American Law Students' Association
OutLaws
Pro Bono Network
Project for Law and Education at Yale
Rebellious Lawyering Conference
Temporary Restraining Order Project
Women of Color Collective
Yale AIDS Network
Yale Environmental Law Association
Yale Federalist Society
Yale Health Law and Policy Society
Yale Incentive for Public Interest Employment
Yale Jewish Law Students Association
Yale Law Women
Yale Society of International Law
Cardozo Advocates for Battered Women
Cardozo Advocates for Kids
Cardozo Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Cardozo National Lawyers Guild
Cardozo Students for Human Rights
Cardozo Unemployment Action Center
Cardozo Youth Advocates
Labor and Employment Law Society
Outlaw, Gay and Lesbian Law Students Association
Public Interest Law Students Association
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Suspension Representation Project
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