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Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs

Law School Public Interest Programs - Student Public Interest Groups

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Albany Law School

Women’s Law Caucus (WLC)

Phi Alpha Delta

Student Lawyer’s Guild

Public Interest Law Society

Environmental Law Society

Black Law Students Association (BLSA)

Cardozo Legal Society

Intellectual Property Law Society

Moot Court Program

Tax Law Society

American University Washington College of Law

Action for Human Rights - Host weekly Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour.

Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

Black Law Students Association

Christian Legal Society

Criminal Law Brief

Criminal Law Society

Election Protection

Environmental Law Society

Equal Justice Foundation

Held Public Interest Auction

Health Law and Justice Project

Human Rights Brief

Intellectual Property Law Society

International Law Society

Islamic Legal Forum

Israel & Law Society

Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

Labor and Employment Law Society

Lambda Law Society

Latina/Latino Law Students Association

LINK - Provide weekly mentor-tutoring with middle and high school students in SE Washington, DC

National Lawyers Guild

Street Law Program

Students United - Tutor and mentor kids at Oak Hill, advocate for them once released

The Modern American

Women's Law Association

Appalachian School of Law

ASL is a member of Equal Justice Works.

Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Ave Maria School of Law

Barry University School of Law

Baylor University Law School

Boston College School of Law

Boston University School of Law

Black Law Students Association - Visited area high schools to talk to minority and disadvantaged students about law study and the practice of law. BLSA also organized a high school mentoring program.

National Lawyers Guild Chapter

Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School

  • 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

Brooklyn Law School

California Western School of Law

  • Amnesty International
  • Child, Family & Elder Law Society
  • Environmental Law Society
  • Health Law Society
  • La Raza Law Student Association
  • Phi Alpha Delta
  • Pride Law
  • Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
  • Student Bar Association
  • Women's Law Caucus

Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

  • Project Innocence
  • Law Students Civil Rights Research Council
  • Project for Older Prisoners (POPS)

Capital University Law School

  • Public Interest and Government Law Association
  • Environmental Law Society
  • VITA

Case Western Reserve University Law School

Catholic University of America School of Law

Chapman University School of Law

Public Interest Law Foundation - PILF holds a silent auction every spring to raise funds for summer grants to students doing public interest work. PILF also puts on a variety of lunchtime panels throughout the school year to educate students about public interest careers and pro bono opportunities.

http://www.chapman.edu/law/students/PILF/default.asp

Charleston School of Law

City University of New York Law at Queens College

American Constitution Law Society
Black Law Students Association
Criminal Law Society
CUNY Contemplative Urban Law Program
CUNY Labor Coalition for Workers & Economic Justice
CUNY OUTlaws Irish Law Students Association -Latin American Law Association

Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law

American Constitution Society

Asian Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

Bone Marrow Drive Committee

Children's Advocacy Law Society

Environmental Law & Policy Review

Federalist Society

Institute of Bill of Rights Law Student Division

Lesbian and Gay Law Association

Military Law Society

Phi Alpha Delta

Public Service Fund

Student Bar Association

Students for Equality in Legal Education

Columbia University School of Law

ACLU Columbia Law School Chapter

African Law Student Society

American Constitution Society

Amnesty International

Asian Pacific Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

Civil Rights Law Society

Columbia Coalition for Life

Columbia Law Women's Association

Criminal Justice Action Network

Domestic Violence Project

Environmental Law Society

Federalist Society

For Enacting a Humane Drug Policy (FEHDP)

IMPACT

Just Democracy - Active only in 04-50

Latino/a Law Students Association

Muslim Law Student Association

National Lawyers Guild

Native American Law Student Association

Outlaws

Public Interest Law Foundation

Rightslink

Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Society of Law, Health and Bioethics

Student Alliance for Gender Equality

Youth Justice Association

Cornell Law School

American Constitution Society

Black Law Students Association

Christian Legal Society

Jewish Legal Society

Cornell Law Students for Human Rights

Environmental Law Society

Federalist Society

Jewish Law Students Association

Latino American Law Students Association

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

National Lawyers Guild

Native American Law Students Association

Public Interest Law Union

Society of Law and the Arts

Students for Marriage Equality

Creighton University School of Law

BLSA/LLSA - Volunteers at Justice for Our Neighbors

Public Interest Law Forum

  • Street Law
  • Teen Court
  • Court Appointed Special Advocates
Student Bar Association - Habitat for Humanity Build

Student Bar Association - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

DePaul University College of Law

ACLU - Raises awareness of various public interest/human rights issues

American Constitution Society - Hosts speakers and panel events

Amnesty International - Hosted events to raise awareness of international human rights issues

National Lawyers Guild - Hosted speakers, film discussions. Trained legal observers. Sponsored trip to School of the Americas Protest for law students.

Outlaws - Hosts events to raise awareness about legal issues concerning the gay community

Public Interest Law Association - Hosted speakers and panels; raised and distributed money to students working in public interest fields

Drake University School of Law

American Constitution Society

Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

DAPIL

Drake Law Democrats

Drake Law Outlaws

Drake Law Republicans

Drake Law Women

Environmental Law Society

Hispanic Law Student Association

International Law Society

National Black Law Student Association

Public Interest Scholars

Student Bar Association

Student United for Consumer Advocacy

Students United for Consumer Advocacy

The Federalist Society

Drexel University College of Law

SPIN – Student Public Interest Network

Duke University School of Law

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

Duquesne University School of Law

Christian Legal Society

Public Interest Law Association

Student Bar Association

Women's Law Association

Emory University School of Law

American Constitution Society

Emory Public Interest Committee

Student Legal Services

Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law

All student organizations adopt a public service goal for the year, such as collecting items to donate to the local women's shelter, or to assist in disaster situations such as Hurricane Katrina.

The law school is a member of Equal Justice Works.

Florida A&M University College of Law

Florida Coastal School of Law

CAPIL

Florida International University College of Law

Florida State University College of Law

American Civil Liberties Union

Black Law Students Association

Dispute Resolution Society

Environmental Law Society

National Organization for Women

OUTLaw

Public Interest Law Student Association

Spanish-American Law Students Association

Tallahassee Bar Law Student Division (TBA) Women's Law Symposium

Fordham University School of Law

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Con. Law Society

Phi Alpha Delta

Public Interest Coalition

George Mason University School of Law

George Washington University Law School

  • Amnesty International Legal Support Group
  • Criminal Law Society
  • Domestic Violence Coalition
  • Environmental Law Association
  • Equal Justice Foundation (the Equal Justice Works student chapter)
  • Lambda Law
  • National Lawyers Guild
  • Street Law.
For a complete listing of student organizations, see http://www.law.gwu.edu/Resources/Student+Organizations.htm.

Georgetown University Law Center

ACLU

AIDS Law Movement

American Constitution Society

Criminal Justice Association

Death Penalty Project

Environmental Law Society

Federalist Society

Georgetown Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

Minorities for the Public Interest

National Lawyers Guild

Outlaw

Students Against the Death Penalty

The Equal Justice Foundation

Women Legal Alliance

Georgia State University College of Law

Golden Gate University School of Law

American Constitution Society (ACS)

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Environmental Law Society

Law Students for Choice

National Lawyers Guild

Public Interest Law Foundation

QLSA

Women’s Law Association

Gonzaga University School of Law

Environmental Law Caucus

Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project

Just Democracy

Sexual Orientation Diversity Alliance

Student Bar Association

Tax Law Society - VITA

Thomas More Scholars

Women's Law Caucus

Hamline University School of Law

Harvard University Law School

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)

Hofstra University School of Law

The Public Justice Foundation (PJF) 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

Howard University School of Law

  • HPILS (Howard Public Interest Law Society)
  • Black Law Students Association
  • Student Bar Association
  • Sports and Entertainment Law Association
  • International Law Society
  • La Alianza
  • OUTLAW
  • ACLU chapter
  • The Barrister
  • Epsilon Sigma Iota
  • Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
  • Phi Delta Phi Fraternity

Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law

Kent Justice Foundation (KJF) - Approximately 10 students receive grants from the student-run Kent Justice Foundation, ranging from $500-$4500 for ten weeks of public interest work in the summer. This fundraising is supported through a student-run spring auction and a fall wine event, 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.

Streetlaw - In partnership with a Chicago Public school, a group of students develop and conduct streetlaw educational programming to teach young people what their legal rights are when they face arrest or questioning. This group also works in collaboration with First Defense Legal Aid, a local non-profit, to assist with streetlaw educational activities.

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. They 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.

Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis

Equal Justice Works – Homelessness Awareness panel discussion that attracted over 100 students, community members, and attorneys.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law

John Marshall Law School

John Marshall Law School – Atlanta

Lewis & Clark College School of Law

ACLU Student Group – Student rallies

Criminal Law Society – Speaker series

Environmental Law Caucus – Speaker series

Student Animal Defense Fund – Speaker series and Conference

The Public Interest Law Project – Auction

Liberty University School of Law

Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Black Law Student Association

Student Bar Association

Students Helping Others

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

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.

Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law

American Civil Liberities Union

American Constitution Society

Asian American Law Student Association

Black Law Student Association

Business Law Society

Catholic Laywer's Guild

Child Law Society

Decalogue

Elder Law Society

Federalist Society

Health Law Society

Justinian Society

Latino American Law Student Association

Loyola LAMBDA

Loyola Law Republicans

National Lawyers Guild

Public Interest Law Society

Women's Law Society

Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law

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

Marquette University Law School

Public Interest Law Society

The purpose of the PILS is to act as a resource for Marquette University Law School (MULS) students interested in public interest law, and to stimulate interest in this area of law. This purpose shall be carried out by sponsoring programs, seminars, and social activities that deal with current topics in public interest law and by acquainting members with professionals in the community. The PILS is also dedicated to providing community service and enhancing public opinion of the profession.

Other student organizations which are involved with community service include:

Association for Women in the Law

The Black Law Students Association

Children and Family Law Society

Christian Legal Society

The Health Law Society

The Student Bar Association

Mercer University School of Law

  • Public Interest Law Society

Michigan State University College of Law

Contact Information for groups above without websites: http://www.law.msu.edu/directory.php#student

Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law

New England School of Law: New England School of Law

American Civil Liberties Union Chapter

Children’s Law Society

Environmental Law Society

National Lawyers Guild Chapter

Public Interest Law Association

Shelter Legal Services Foundation Chapter

Women’s Law Caucus

New York Law School: New York Law School

Domestic Violence Project– Food and Toy Drive

Public Interest Coalition (PIC) – Annual Goods and Service Auction, staffed soup kitchen

New York University: New York University School of Law

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 www.law.nyu.edu/studentorgs/sba/organizations.html for a complete list of student groups.

  • American Constitution Society
  • Coalition for Legal Recruitment
  • Cuba Legal Studies Group
  • Dean’s Cup
  • Environmental Law Society
  • Federalist Society
  • International Law Society
  • Law Students for Reproductive Justice
  • National Lawyers Guild
  • OUTLaw
  • Practice
  • Project on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
  • Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)
  • Public Service Auction
  • Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
  • Student Bar Association

North Carolina Central University School of Law

ACLU Chapter

Environmental Law Society

Hispanic Law Students Association

Student Bar Association

Women’s Caucus

Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law

Cooperative Income Sharing Program

National Lawyers Guild

Queer Caucus

Shelter Legal Services

Student Global AIDS Campaign

Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law

Public Interest Law Society - Marla Dickerson Chapter (Equal Justice Works chapter)

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law

Advocates for Reproductive Freedom

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Constitution Society

Amnesty International

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

Diversity Coalition

The D.R.E.A.M. Society

Environmental Law Society

The Federalist Society

Latino Law Students Association

Law School Democrats

National Lawyers Guild

OUTlaw

Public Interest Law Group

South Asian Law Students Association

St. Thomas More Society

Student Bar Association

Student Effort to Rejuvenate Volunteerism

Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship

Women’s Leadership Coalition

Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School

  • 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 Law Center

Environmental Law Society

Public Interest Law Society

Student Animal Legal Defense Foundation

Ohio Northern Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law

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.

Caribbean Law Students Association – Fundraised and donated to Tsunami Relief efforts.

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund – Fundraised and donated to Pets Without Parents and local Humane Society.

Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law

Public Interest Law Group

Pace University School of Law

American Constitution Society

Asian-American Law Students Association

Environmental Law Society

International Law Society

National Lawyers Guild

PILSO

Women's Association of Law Students

Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law

Dickinson Law Public Interest Law Fund (PILF): Established by students in the fall of 1990, PILF is dedicated to promoting the practice of law in the public interest arena. PILF sponsors a summer fellowship program and hosts public interest events on campus to educate students about the rewarding career possibilities in public interest law. www.clubs.psu.edu/PILF.

ACLU: The revitalized student chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is an active organization working towards protecting against the violation of civil liberties.

Amnesty International: The school has an active chapter of the worldwide human right organization.

Asian Pacific American Law Student’s Association: APALASA’s mission includes the promotion of diversity at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law as well as educating and advocating for Asian Pacific American issues.

Black Law Students Association:This organization is designed to promote the professional needs and desires of black law students and strives to provide and support numerous community service efforts in the Carlisle area.

Environmental Law Society: The Society performs community service activities related to environmental education and protection, sponsors Law School events to focus awareness on environmental issues, maintains an information board presenting news articles on current local, state, national, and world environmental issues, and hosts speakers and discussions.

Latino/a Law Student Association: Through the power of community, LLSA seeks to foster activism in all forms that seeks to improve conditions for the entire Latino population, which is now the nation's largest minority group.

Minority Law Students Association: Among other things, the MLSA works to foster and encourage a diverse community at Dickinson and to enable and support minority law students in achieving their goals.

Outlaw: Established by students in the spring of 2003, Outlaw strives to promote an atmosphere of diversity and tolerance in the Penn State Dickinson School of Law community by addressing legal, political, and social issues that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in our society.

Project S.T.A.F.F.: Students Taking Action For the Furture is designed to is to provide the students of Penn State Dickinson with notice of, and opportunities for, community service in the surrounding Carlisle and Harrisburg areas.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA): This volunteer program, held in the spring, gives students a client counseling opportunity by helping local residents prepare their federal, state, and local income tax returns.

Women’s Law Caucus: This organization seeks to promote an awareness and understanding of the legal and social issues facing women and men today through discussion and education.

Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center

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

Phoenix School of Law

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Quinnipiac University School of Law

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

Regent University: School of Law

Public Interest Legal Advocates of Regent (PILAR)

Roger Williams University: Ralph R. Papitto School of Law

ACLU (student chapter)

Amnesty International

Association for Public Interest Law

Multi-Cultural Law Students Association

Pi Alpha Delta

Student Bar Association

The Alliance

The Environmental Law Society

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)

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

Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden

American Constitution Society

Association for Public Interest Law (APIL)

Womens Law Society

Saint John's University School of Law

Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law

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

Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: St. Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law

Public Interest Law Association

Saint Thomas University: St. Thomas University School of Law (FL)

  • Black Law Student Association (provide legal services with Dade County Legal Aid)
  • Catholic Student Lawyers Guild (provide legal aid)
  • Environmental Law Society
  • Florida Association for Women Lawyers (provide support for Women in DistressGuardian Ad Litem program and middle school law education program)
  • Gay & Lesbian Law Student Association
  • Hispanic American Law Society (provide immigration legal aid )
  • Mock Trial Team (provide high school mock trial coaching)
  • National Jewish Law Student Association
  • Phi Alpha Delta (provide elementary school law education projects)
  • Tax Law Society -VITA (student run tax preparation program for low income persons).

Samford University: Cumberland School of Law

  • PILO (Equal Justice Works chapter)
  • Environmental Law
  • Wildlife Organization
  • VITA
  • Street Law Clinic through Alabama Center for Law & Civic Education

Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law

Bisexual Gay Lesbian Advocates

Black Law SA

Public Interest & Social Justice Coalition

Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law

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)

Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law

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

South Texas College: South Texas College of Law

Southern Illinois University School of Law

Equal Justice Works

Law Day Event - (Providing Legal Services to the Community)

Law School Democrats

Law School Republicans

Lesbian and Gay Law Student Association

Phi Alpha Delta

Student Bar Association

Women's Law Forum

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Southern University Law Center

Southwestern University: Southwestern Law School

Black Law Students Association

Latino Law Students Association

Stanford Law School

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. Please visit http://www.law.stanford.edu/students/life/orgs.html for more information on these organizations.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association (APILSA)
  • Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
  • Environmental Law Society
  • National Lawyers Guild
  • Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
  • OUTLAW
  • Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA)
  • Shaking the Foundations
  • Stanford International Law Society
  • Stanford Latino Law Students Association (SLLSA)
  • Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation (SPILF)
  • Street Law
  • Women of Stanford Law

Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law

American Bar Association

American Trial Lawyers Association

Asian American Law Student Association

Black Law Student Association

Christian Legal Society

Equal Justice Works

Hispanic Bar Association

Lambda Legal Society

Phi Alpha Delta

Suffolk University Law School

American Civil Liberties Union – http://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlights/stuorgs/orgs.cfm

American Law Students Associationhttp://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlightsstuorgs/orgs.cfm

Black Law Students Association

Law Societyhttp://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlights/stuorgs/orgs.cfm

Suffolk Public Interest Law Grouphttp://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlights/stuorgs/orgs.cfm

Syracuse University: College of Law

Student Senate (encourages students to do community service)

The following organizations have public interest symposia and speakers:

Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law

Student Public Interest Network (SPIN)

Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Texas Tech University School of Law

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.

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law

ABA/ LAW Student Division

ADR Society

APALSA

ATLA

Black Law Students Assoc

Enviromental Law Society

Family Law Society

Federalist Society

National Lawyers Guild

OUTLAW

PAD

Public Interest Law Foundation

SBA

TJSL Tax Society

Women's Law Association

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Cooley student organizations provide many public interest opportunities. The Student Bar Association at Cooley’s Rochester campus organizes student volunteering at the Women’s Survival Center. The Student Bar Association at Cooley’s Grand Rapids campus maintains a Volunteer Committee offering projects at the YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter and encouraging volunteering at the Legal Assistance Center in the Kent County Courthouse where Cooley students are key volunteers. The International Law Society at Cooley’s Grand Rapids campus organizes student volunteers accompanying a professor providing weekly pro bono service at the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan. Other Cooley student organizations having public interest initiatives include the ABA Law Student Division, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Asian Pacific American Student Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Black Law Student Association, the Christian Legal Society, the Federalist Society, the Human Rights Alliance, the Jewish Law Students Association, the Native American Law Students Association, the St. Thomas More Society, and the Women’s Law Alliance.

Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Public Interest Law of Touro - Hosted 2005 Cover Retreat, Held fundraiser for Loan Forgiveness; Sponsored Speakers Series

Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law

Black Law Students Association

Environmental Law Society

Human Rights Law Society

International Law Society

La Alianza del Derecho

Lambda Law Alliance

Public Interest Law Foundation

Tulane Child Advocates

Tulane Legal Assistance Program Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY

Asian American Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program

Latin American Law Students Association

Native American Law Students Association

Outlaw

Progressive Law Society

University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center

Akron Public Interest Law Society (APILS) is highly involved in public interest endeavors. Activities include inviting public interest related groups to speak at the Law School. APILS members have volunteered at the CASA Guardian Ad Litem Program of Summit County as well as Community Legal Aid. APILS members have been involved in a Pro Bono Research Project, mediation at the Akron Municipal Court and have worked in a homeless shelter’s soup kitchen. Members of this organization have attended Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair, Public Interest Law Conference at The University of Virginia, etc.

The Student Bar Association (SBA) - The SBA has been involved with public interest issues, e.g., raising money for funding Public Interest Fellowships, a cooperative working relationship with Habitat for Humanity ,etc. Law students have made trips to New Orleans to assist in the post Katrina efforts.

Other activities include:

Students from the Asian-Latino Students Association and from the Black Law Students Association tutor school children in the local area. A Red Cross Blood Drive at the Law School is coordinated by Law Association for Women (LAW). LAW also coordinates, food, clothing and gift drives to area shelters and agencies. Phi Alpha Delta conducts two canned goods drives. NACDL coordinates public interest speakers at brown bag dinners. Street Law students work with attorneys and high school teachers to teach academic courses in the high schools on law and public citizenship.

University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law

Amnesty International

Black Law Student Association

International Law Society

Phi Alpha Delta

Student Bar Association

Student Farrah

University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Black Law Students Association

Criminal Law Association

Federalist Society

International Law Society

Law Women's Association

National Lawyers Guild

Phi Delta Phi

Pride Law

Public Interest Law Organization

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

Student Chapter, ACLU

University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law

None.

University of Arkansas School of Law

University of Baltimore School of Law

University of California - Los Angeles

University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law

The King Hall Legal Foundation (KHLF) http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/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

University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)

  • The Berkeley Law Foundation, http://boalt.org/BLF/

  • The Boalt Death Penalty Discourse Project, which aims to engage discussion among and provide information to the Boalt community about the death penalty, especially as it relates to California. Website: http://www.boalt.org/dpdp/

  • Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, whose purpose is to promote human rights education and advocacy at the law school, throughout the UC Berkeley campus and within the greater community.

  • The Coalition for Diversity, whose purpose is to support and promote a diverse faculty and student body at Boalt Hall. The group focuses primarily on hiring practices, admissions policy, outreach, and education.

  • Law Students for Choice, which 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.

  • The National Lawyers Guild(Boalt Chapter). The NLG is an organization dedicated to uniting lawyers and legal workers in the fight for civil rights and social justice. Guild attorneys, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers share a progressive social and political perspective that is reflected in the preamble to the Guild's constitution, which holds that human rights are more sacred than property rights.

  • STOP DV-- the mission of STudents OPposed to Domestic Violence (STOP DV) is to raise awareness and foster education about the cycles of domestic violence and the legal contexts that surround intimate partner abuse. STOP DV is committed to working within and beyond our legal community in order to challenge current conceptions and to define domestic violence as unacceptable in our society.

  • YELS -- The Youth and Education Law Society (YELS) contributes to the law school learning environment by facilitating discussions and encouraging active participation in issues involving youth and the law. To this end, YELS provides its members and the greater Boalt community opportunities for career guidance, policy debate, and direct service.

University of California-Hastings

Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation

Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal

Hastings-to-Haiti Partnership

Hastings Environmental Law Society

Hastings Chapter, National Lawyers Guild

Clara Foltz Feminist Association

Hastings Race and Poverty Law Organization

Hastings Post-Katrina Organization

University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School

PILS: The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) is a student-led organization that promotes the study and practice of public interest law at the University of Chicago Law School. PILS works to promote career development and academic scholarship in public interest law, as well as to make the practice of public interest law a reality after graduation.

CLF: The Chicago Law Foundation (CLF) is a student-directed, not-for-profit group that awards grants to law students who devote their summers to working in the public interest and bar grants to graduating students entering the public sector. http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Life/clf.html

University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law

ICLAP

National Lawyers Guild – Visiting Speaker

Public Interest Law Group (PILG) – Public interest fundraisers

Student Bar Association – Community Service Event

University of Colorado: School of Law

American Constitution Society

Black Law Student Association

Colorado Law Mediation Program

Doman International Law Society

Environmental Law Society

Federalist Society

Latino Law Students Association

National Lawyer's Guild

Native American Law Students Association

OUTLaw

Public Interest Student Association

Student Bar Association

Women's Law Caucus

University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law

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.

University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law

Public Interest Law Organization

Student Volunteer Lawyers' Project

University of Denver: Sturm College of Law

Amnesty International

Disability Law Club

Diversity Advocates

DULaw Partnership with Community Day (DPCD)

Helping Empower Through Alternative Resolution

National Lawyers Guild

Native American Law Students' Association

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)

The Asian Pacific American Law Students' Association

The Black Law Students' Association

The Child Legal Advocacy Group

The DU Outlaws

The Elder Law Society (ELS)

The Immigration Law Student Association

The Jewish Law Students' Association

The Latino Law Students' Association

The National Resources & Environmental Law Society

The Public Interest Law Group

The Ralph Timothy Potter Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

The Social Justice Action Group

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law

ABA-Law Student Division

Amilie Poulion

Association for Public Interest Law

Caribean 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

University of Georgia School of Law

  • 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

University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law

University of Houston Law Center

Dean's Advisory Council

Public Interest Law Organization

University of Idaho: College of Law

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.

University of Illinois College of Law

The dynamics of the student body allow the College of Law to present a wide diversity of public interest groups which vary on an annual basis in light of student interest and demands. In addition to the following organizations which are annually made available to the student body, the College also entertains proposals for new groups previously not available or on new and emerging issues.

  • American Civil Liberties Union-College of Law Chapter
  • American Constitution Society for Law & Public Policy
  • AMICUS
  • Disability Law Society
  • Environmental Law Society
  • Health Law Society
  • Loan Repayment Assistance Program Exploratory Committee
  • Prisoners' Right Research Project
  • Public Interest Law Foundation
  • Public Service Task Force
  • Sexual Orientation & Legal Issues Society
  • Society for Legal Assistance to Abused Women

University of Iowa College of Law

American Constitution Society for Law & Policy

Asian American Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

Environmental Law Society

Equal Justice Foundation

Federalist Society

International Law Society

Iowa Campaign for Human Rights

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Latino Law Students Association

Law Students for Reproductive Justice

Middle Eastern Law Student Association

National Lawyers Guild

Native American Law Student Association

Organization for Women Law Students and Staff

Outlaws

Phi Alpha Delta

Phi Delta Phi

Pro Bono Society

University of Kansas: School of Law

None.

University of Kentucky College of Law

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.

University of La Verne College of Law

University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Student Bar Foundation - Charity Auction to fund student public interest fellowships

Brandeis Equal Justice Committee (Equal Justice Works chapter).

University of Maine School of Law

Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL)

Student Bar Association & Civil Rights Association

University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law

BLSA

MPILP

Phi Alpha Delta

St. Thomas More

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

Student Health Law Organization

UMALL - Legislative

University of MD WBA

See: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/studentorg/index.asp#MIPSA

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

Public Interest Law Society

University of Miami School of Law

University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School

There’s no shortage of active student groups focusing on public service issues and performing community service, including the Organization of Public Interest Students, the Michigan Election Law Project and the Student Network for Asylum and Refugee Law. For a complete list of such student groups, please visit: http://www.law.umich.edu/journalsandOrgs/orgs.htm.

University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School

Minnesota Justice Foundation Student Group

National Lawyers Guild.

University of Mississippi School of Law

University of Missouri - Columbia: School of Law

Law Students for a Better Community

Missouri Equal Justice Foundation

National Lawyers’ Guild

Public Interest Law Association

University of Missouri Kansas City University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law

  • 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

University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law

Environmental Law Group

Montana Public Interest Law Group

Women's Law Caucus

University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law

Equal Justice Society

Nebraska Fund for Clerkships in the Public Interest

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law

All student organizations must do a community service project in order to receive funding for the academic year.

Public Interest Law 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.

Saltman Center Conflict Resolution Student Organization – Sponsored training for students to serve as mediators with the Neighborhood Justice Center.

Vegas Immigration Student Association – Sponsored two programs: Domestic Violence & Nicaragua's Legal System and Trafficking of Humans--How Prevalent is it in the U.S./Las Vegas?

University of New Mexico School of Law

The Association of Public Interest Law- APIL is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including, but not limited to: Raising and allocating funds in order to provide grant recipients with an opportunity to gain practical experience in public interest; Assisting public interest governmental or non-governmental non-profit agencies to achieve their goals by encouraging and enabling students to undertake unpaid summer internships; Educating students about career opportunities in public interest law and legal services; Creating a community where students can demonstrate their individual and communal support of public interest law.

University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law

American Civil Liberties Union - Carolina Law Chapter

American Constitution Society

Carolina Law School Republicans Society

Carolina Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

Carolina Law Young Democrats

Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (C-PILO)

Center for Civil Rights-Civil Rights Appellate Advocacy Team

Conference on Race, Class, Gender & Ethnicity

Federalist Society

Feminist Action Initiative

Health Law and Policy Association

National Lawyers Guild

University of North Dakota School of Law