Students at UDC-DCSL have diverse interests that are reflected in the varied student organizations. Many students are involved in student government, local and national bar organizations, and activities that promote their professional growth. They are also active in organizations that serve the community and promote diversity in the legal profession. Active Organizations 2009-2010
American Bar Association Law Student Division
The American Bar Association is the world's largest voluntary professional organization, with more than 400,000 members, including over 40,000 law students. As a member of the Law Student Division, you receive information on upcoming events; career guidance and networking opportunities; enrollment opportunities in one or more of the 34 specialty Sections, Divisions, and Fora; opportunities to participate in national competitions and public service programs; and discounts on publications, courses, and other programs. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | American Civil Liberties Union, UDC Chapter
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU UDC Chapter is comprised of students who support the ACLU's mission and seek to raise awareness of important civil liberty issues in the District of Columbia through speakers, forums, and workshops. | More info:
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Join the Yahoo E-mail list | | ^^^ | American Constitution Society, UDC-DCSL Chapter
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a national organization of law students, law professors, judges, practicing lawyers and other interested persons. We seek to revitalize and transform the legal debate, from law school classrooms, to federal courtrooms, to the congressional hearing rooms where judicial nominations are weighed. We want to counter the dominant vision of American law today, a narrow conservative vision that lacks appropriate regard for the ways in which the law affects people's lives. We seek to restore the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice to their rightful, and traditionally central, place in American law. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
The Asian Pacific American Law Student Association is dedicated to Asian Pacific American legal scholarship and cultural awareness at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) and within the District of Columbia area. Asian Pacific American Law Student Association continues to strive in its goal to bring cultural awareness to the student body at the UDC-DCSL and to the legal community as a whole, representing a diverse group of people and advancing various interests of the Asian Pacific American community. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Black Law Students Association
The National Black Law Students Association is a national organization created and designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students; to foster and encourage professional competence; to focus upon the relationship of the Black attorney to the American legal system; to instill in the Black attorney and law students a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the Black community; to utilize their expertise to initiate a change within the legal system that will make it more responsive to the needs and concerns of the Black community; to do any and all things necessary and lawful for the accomplishment of these goals. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Christian Law Society
The mission of the Christian Law Society is to glorify God and the Word of God, the welfare of each and every faculty, staff and student through prayer, fellowship and lending a helping hand with one another throughout our community. The organization also seeks to promote a higher standard of personal integrity and professional ethics. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Committee for Human Rights and Social Justice
The Committee for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), formerly known as the International Law Student Association, is focused on both global and domestic human rights issues. CHRSJ's mission is to promote awareness of human rights both domestic and international; establish a unique community of like minded advocates for education, advocacy and direct action related to human rights; to be a conduit of information for future practitioners of human rights law; and to engage the student body in critical thinking of human rights law, concepts and application. | More info:
Join the Yahoo E-mail list | | ^^^ | Drug Policy Reform Group of UDC
The Drug Policy Reform Group of UDC (DPRG) is an autonomous student group committed to providing a forum for debate and discussion about the US led War on Drugs. We believe debate is required because America's current drug policy has a disproportionate impact on poor people; racial and ethnic minorities; immigrants; people with serious illness; residents of inner-cities; college students; and other politically disempowered populations. As law students, we are particularly focused on increasing understanding among ourselves, our fellow students, and the community about the effects of unfair drug laws on the criminal justice system, civil liberties, health care, the economy, and foreign policy. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Environmental Law Society
The mission of the Environmental Law Society (ELS) of the David Clarke School of Law School is to provide an outlet to enhance the academic experience through programs designed to give law students exposure to legal skills and local professionals on environmental law related issues. The objectives of the ELS may be achieved through: 1) Guest speakers, such as interested faculty members, local authorities on environmental issues, and practicing attorneys in the field of environmental law; 2) Working with local organizations to improve the environmental quality of the community; 3) Providing priority access to resource materials, internship availability, and networking opportunities; and 4) Encouragement of open discussions of current environmental issues through speakers and debates. | More info:
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Join the Yahoo E-mail list | | ^^^ | Equal Justice Works, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chapter
Equal Justice Works is a national organization founded in 1986 by law students dedicated to surmounting barriers to equal justice that affect millions of low-income individuals and families. Today, Equal Justice Works leads the country in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students, and in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs. The UDC-DCSL Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chapter of Equal Justice Works sponsors events throughout the year, including the Annual EJW Auction; Happy Hours with food and drink specials; Fundraising events for summer fellowships; and events with other law schools in the area. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, UDC Chapter
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. This entails reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty, traditional values, and the rule of law. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Latino/a Law Students Association
The mission of the Latino/a Law Students Association (LLSA) is to provide opportunities for Latino/a students at UDC-DCSL and educate the law school community about our culture. In addition, LLSA collaborates with other ethnic based student organizations to discuss pertinent issues affecting the Latino/a community. Our vibrant membership is comprised of both Spanish-speakers and non-Spanish speakers, and represents many different countries. | More info:
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Join the Yahoo E-mail list | | ^^^ | Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Law Students for Reproductive Justice is a national nonprofit network of law students and lawyers. Our organization educates, organizes, and supports law students to ensure that a new generation of advocates will be prepared to protect and expand reproductive rights as basic civil and human rights. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | National Lawyers Guild, UDC Chapter
The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We 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. Our aim is 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 seek actively to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | OutLaw
OutLaw fosters greater awareness of legal issues concerning gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals. We seek to encourage discussion, debate, and diverse opinions on these topics in an atmosphere of mutual respect. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Parliamentary Law Society
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TBA | | ^^^ | Phi Alpha Delta
The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the Bench and Bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice under law; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire the virtues of compassion and courage; to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members; and to encourage their moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement; so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable professional and public service. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Phi Delta Phi, H. Carl Moultrie Inn
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics, is among the oldest of legal organizations in North America. Phi Delta Phi has one hundred and twenty-seven active chapters -- called Inns -- in the Western Hemisphere and the number increases yearly. Phi Delta Phi has initiated in excess of 191,000 members making it the largest legal fraternity in existence.
The H. Carl Moultrie Inn at the University of the District of Columbia is the only honors legal fraternity on campus. The organization seeks to create networking opportunities by sponsoring academic and social activities. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Sports and Entertainment Student Lawyers Association
The mission of the Sports and Entertainment Student Lawyers Association (SESLA) is to provide an opportunity for law students to interact with practicing attorneys and other professionals in the sports and entertainment industry. We seek to educate and inspire burgeoning attorneys in the methods of building substantial bridges between academia and successful careers within the entertainment industry through networking, studying and experiencing. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Student Bar Association
The Student Bar Association (SBA) is open to all students enrolled at the School of Law. The objectives of the SBA are to promote relations of goodwill among students; to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and cooperation among students and administration/faculty; to sponsor extracurricular programs of benefit to students and the law school; to sponsor community relations activities; to conduct fund-raising to support student events and scholarships; and to promote high academic standards among students. The SBA holds monthly meetings, and its structure includes a Coordinating Committee as well as several standing committees which address issues concerning Student Services, Special Events, Community Relations, and Academic Standards. | More info:
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TWEN Group | | ^^^ | Students with Careers and Families
Students with Careers and Families (SCF) Law Society is an organization for students with responsibilities outside of law school. | More info:
Website Group | | ^^^ | Women's Law Society
The Women's Law Society (WLS) strives to educate and increase the awareness of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law community regarding issues affecting women. WLS provides networking opportunities to meet prominent individuals and colleagues at programs and meetings. WLS provides a significant support group that will yield lasting friendships and valuable professional contacts. | More info:
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