Washington University School of Law - Student Organizations

Student Organizations

The Washington University School of Law has an always evolving variety of student organizations. A majority of these organizations represent a local chapter of a larger national organization. These local chapters include:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Constitution Society
• Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
• American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
• Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
• China Law Society
• Christian Legal Society
• Criminal Law Society
• Environmental Law Society
• Equal Justice Works (EJW)
• Family Law Society (FLS)
• Federalist Society
• Future Advocates in Training (FAIT)
• Intellectual Property Law Society
• International Law Society
• Jewish Law Society
• Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS)
• Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
• Law Students for Reproductive Justice (formerly Law Students for Choice)
• Law Students for Life (formerly Law Students Pro-Life)
• Military Law Society
• National Lawyers Guild
• Public Service Advisory Board (PSAB)
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Real Estate and Law Society (REAL)
• South Asian Law Student Association (SALSA)
• Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SLES)
• Sport Shooting Society
• Student Bar Association (SBA)
• Student Health Lawyers' Association (SHLA)
• Student Law Association of Metro Saint Louis (SLAMSL)
• Women's Law Caucus (WLC)

In addition to the organizations which represent as national chapter, Washington University School of Law has several student organizations that are unique to the Law School;

• Barely Legal Theater (a student-run organization where students write and perform skits or songs that poke fun at law school life)
• Sidebar Wine Society
• Graduate-Professional Council (selected students represent the school of law in University matters)
• Honor Council (charged with enforcing the Honor Code)
• Illinois Student Bar Association (ISBA)
• Joint Degree Law Society (for students who are pursuing more than one graduate degree)
• OUTLAW (for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual law students and other students who support increased rights for this group)
• Second Career Law Students (SCaLeS)