Student Organizations Directory
2012 - 2013
To request changes to student organization information, please contact Brett Twitty at twittys@wlu.edu.
| ABA/LSD Representative | |
| The American Bar Association is the nation's leading voice of the legal profession. The ABA's Law Student Division develops programs and publications specifically targeted to help law students succeed in their studies and in building their legal careers. Members of the ABA-LSD have unparalleled opportunities for education, leadership, and professional networking with practicing attorneys. schwarz.r@law.wlu.edu |
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| American Constitution Society (ACS) | |
| The W&L Law American Constitutional Society Chapter (ACS) shares the goals of the National organization to promote the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and the fundamental values it expresses. The Chapter seeks to encourage civil debate and discussion of issues on campus, to promote awareness of contemporary legal and policy issues, especially from a progressive point of view. weingart.s@law.wlu.edu |
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| Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) | |
| The Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) strives to be an academic, social, and political arena for all students who are interested in learning about and supporting Asian and Asian American issues in the law. By nurturing the professional development of its members, educating the legal community about Asian American needs in legal practice, participating in community service projects, and articulating the needs of its students to the faculty and administration, we seek to cultivate a supportive minority community at the Washington and Lee School of Law. http://apalsa.wlu.edu beckerellis.c@law.wlu.edu |
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| Black Law Students Association (BLSA) | |
| The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) provides support, guidance and direction of diverse students in academic, professionl and social endeavors throughout the campus. BLSA's main function is to assist members in the development of their legal careers by providing opportunities for exposure to various areas adnaspects of the legal profession. http://www.law.wlu.edu/blsa cannon.b@law.wlu.edu |
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| Burks Scholars x8020 | |
| Burks Scholars are third-year students who are chosen to act as teaching assistants working with faculty in small sections of first-year courses emphasizing writing and research skills. Burks Scholars are chosen on the basis of scholastic achievement, writing ability, skill in advocacy, and teaching aptitude. |
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| Christian Legal Society | |
| The CLS Chapter at Washington & Lee is a non-denominational organization affiliated with the National CLS grassroots network of lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students. The CLS strives to maintain a vibrant Christian law student fellowship. mcclendon.t@law.wlu.edu |
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| Domino & Card Club (DCC) | |
| The mission of the DCC is to help law students learn various stress-relieving domino and card games in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The club strives to host monthly or bi-monthly game nights that will be open to all law students. The DCC will provide students with an additional outlet to take a break from their hectic schedules, and offer a welcoming extracurricular option to those students who do not wish to partake in physical club activities. bruscovankin.r@law.wlu.edu |
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| Environmental Law Society (ELS) | |
| The Environmental Law Society [ELS] strives to raise public awareness of the law's impact on environmental issues. Through guest speakers and discussion panels, ELS encourages a free-flowing exchange of ideas and educates others about career opportunities in the environmental field. Beyond just talking about the environment, ELS members take an active, hands-on role in making the world a better place by helping to manage the law school's recycling program and by cleaning up the Panther Falls area as part of the Adopt-A-Stream program. http://law.wlu.edu/els callaghan.d@law.wlu.edu |
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| Epicurean Society | |
| The Epicurean Society strives to promote healthy and quick eating habits among the law students; introduce students to different cultures and groups through their cuisine; to provide an outlet for any and all interest in food. lavin.k@law.wlu.edu |
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| Executive Committee | |
| The Executive Committee, commonly known as the EC, is the student government at Washington and Lee University. The EC oversees all student organizations, allocates a substantial portion of the student budget to student organizations, appoints students to University committees, and serves as a liaison between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. However, the EC's most important and visible role is the administration of the Honor System. http://www.wlu.edu/x7726.xml burrows13@mail.wlu.edu |
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| Federalist Society | |
| The Federalist Society seeks to foster critical thought and debate about the application of libertarian and conservative principles to the law. W&L Federalist Society embraces the principle hat the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to the integrity of the Constitution of the United States of America, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is - not what it should be. W&L Fed. Soc. Seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its' activities. http://law.wlu.edu/federalist wieand.j@law.wlu.edu |
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| First-Year Class Officers | |
| German Law Journal | |
| The German Law Journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to publish cutting-edge, border-crossing scholarship analyzing transnational and international law trends and developments. W&L students edit submissions from prestigious international authors as well as other law students, organize speakers to address the W&L (and Lexington) community, and extend W&L's reputation for scholarship well beyond the borders of the Commonwealth. dua.d@law.wlu.edu |
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| Health Law Association (HLA) | |
| The Health Law Association was formed to bring together law students, faculty and practitioners who are interested in and work or plan to work in the rapidly growing area of health law and legal medicine. The Association attracts those interested in questions of health policy and the crisis of health care finance, as well as those interested in medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, life science law, and corporate counsel work in health care and life sciences. streff.k@law.wlu.edu |
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| Honor Advocates | |
| Honor Advocates show exceptional ability and a strong desire to uphold W&L's Honor System. They play an integral role in the proceedings of the Executive Committee, Student-Faculty Hearing Board, and Student Judicial Council. The goal of an Honor Advocate is to help ascertain the truth. This goal is achieved by assisting students/faculty/staff prepare and present their cases. verkerk.j@law.wlu.edu |
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| International Law Society (ILS) | |
| The International Law Society seeks to provide a forum of discussion for issues pertaining to international law. ILS brings awareness of international law issues pertaining to the W&L and Lexington communities through speakers, panels, discussion groups and social events. beckerellis.c@law.wlu.edu |
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| J. Reuben Clark Law Society | |
| The J. Reuben Clark Law Society affirms the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious convictions. The Society strives through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law. cooprider.j@law.wlu.edu |
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| Jewish Law Students Association | |
| JLSA, a student organization at the Washington and Lee School of Law, is dedicated to providing a wide variety of religious, social, and cultural programming for the entire student body of the Law School. http://law.wlu.edu/jlsa/ markman.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice (CRSJ) x 8119 | |
| The Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice is a research and reference publication having its focus on legal issues that have an impact on racial and ethnic minorities. The C.R.S.J. Journal concentrates on legal realities and reports on developments in both statutory and case law in an effort to monitor their impact on minority communities. http://law.wlu.edu/crsj/ CRSJjournal@wlu.edu |
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| Journal of Energy, Climate, and Environment x 4750 | |
| The Journal is written, edited, and published by W&L law students and is intended as a practitioner's guide. The Journal contains student-written articles on environmental and natural-resources issues, summaries of key court decisions on the federal and state level, and commentary on pending state and federal legislation and regulation. http://law.wlu.edu/eld/ petsonk.s@law.wlu.edu |
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| Kirgis Fellows x 8334 | |
| Kirgis Fellows are second- and third-year law students who serve as formal mentors to first-year students. They provide information about law school life, University services, extracurricular options, and study skills. http://law.wlu.edu/kirgisfellows/ reese.k@law.wlu.edu |
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| Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) | |
| The LALSA's mission is to foster cross-cultural education of the W&L student body and Lexington community through cultural activities, educational outreach programs, and communtiy service. sandoval.a@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law Ambassadors | |
| The Law Ambassadors are a select group of students who work closely with the Admissions Office throughout the calendar year to facilitate a range of recruitment activities. http://law.wlu.edu/admissions/page.asp?pageid=787 LawAdm@wlu.edu |
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| Law and Business Society | |
| The Washington and Lee Law and Business Society seeks to create a community of W&L students interested in corporate law, regulation, entrepreneurship, and social policy. The society hopes to expose new career and educational opportunities through guest speakers, networking events, and student-faculty collaboration in curriculum development. laguerre.j@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law and the Arts Society | |
| The mission of the Law and Arts Society is to provide an outlet for those law students interested in the arts and other cultural activities, to explore possible related career opportunities, and to learn about the legal aspects of the arts. wong.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law Families | |
| Law students with families face unique challenges, especially in balancing their academic and family lives. We are a social and support group for students who are in committed relationships or parents. We are here to help you and your family be happy, healthy and successful during your time in Lexington. sweeney.p@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law News x 8565 | |
| The Law News is the student newspaper of the Washington and Lee Law School. Written and run by students, the Law News presents material covering current events in the school and community, emerging legal issues, student opinions, Alumni activity, and the history of the law school. The paper is published quarterly. wellons.h@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law Outdoors Club (LOC) | |
| The Law Outdoors Club seeks to provide outdoor activites, including but not limited to, hiking, camping, skiing, traveling, fishing, and disc golf. The LOC takes advantage of the surrounding Lexington area and undergraduate resources, while getting to know each other better and taking a break from the pressures of law school. brusovankin.r@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law Review x 8566 | |
| Published four times each year, the Law Review presents lead articles contributed by leading scholars, judges, and lawyers, as well as student notes. Student writers are chosen during the summer after their first year of law school based upon grades and the results of a writing competition. Each staff writer develops a topic for original legal research, and writes over the course of the second year under the supervision of a faculty advisor and student editor. Selected writers continue as editors in the third year of law school. http://law.wlu.edu/lawreview/ lawreview@wlu.edu |
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| Law Revue | |
| The Law Revue will prepare and present a tasteful year-end roast of the faculty, student body and law school lifestyle of Lexington, VA. It is our hope that this event becomes the anticipated and revered event that it is at other comparable law schools. While boosting morale before finals, parts of the Review could help gain recognition for the law school through viral media. donaldson.s@law.wlu.edu |
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| Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) | |
| The Washington & Lee Chapter of the Law Students for Reproductive Justice is part of a national nonprofit network of law students and lawyers that 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. The LSRJ is committed to ensuring access to medically accurate, age-appropriate, culturally competent sex and sexuality education, as well as comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including prenatal care, postnatal care, contraception, abortion services, and alternative reproductive technologies for women and men, free from coercion, discrimination and violence. LSRJ seeks to advance reproductive rights law through academic events, roundtable discussions, and by bringing speakers to campus. james.c@law.wlu.edu |
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| Lewis Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series | |
| The Powell Lecture Series, which is totally student run, brings preeminent legal scholars, public servants, and practitioners to Lexington to broaden their own professional education. Students continue to pay homage to W&L's esteemed alumnus, by inviting a speaker who shares the same values as Justice Powell - namely honor and service. Past lecturers have included Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Janice Rodgers Brown, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. This lecture has the unique distinction of being the only student-run lecture series at W&L. clarke.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Media Law Society | |
| The mission of the Media Law Society is to educate and inform students about current media issues. krasner.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Middle-East and North Africa Law Society (MENA) | |
| MENA is an organization of alumni, students, faculty, and professionals dedicated to analyzing and surveying the economic, legal, political, and cultural issues of the Middle East and North Africa (this includes the Arab League, Iran, Israel, Turkey, and descendents of the aforementioned nations living in the United States of America) through sustainable initiatives and constructive dialogue that will make a permanent mark on the law school community. In addition, MENA hopes to provide a place for law students to learn and take part in a wide-range of educational, net-working, professional, and research opportunities for students interested in the region and its peoples. The organization is of utmost importance for those students interested in diversifying their knowledge in the fields of: transnational law, international finance law, international trade law, international human rights law, conflicts law, energy law, national security law, and U.S. intelligence law. http://www.law.wlu.edu/mena/ markman.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Moot Court Executive Board x 8575 | |
| The Washington and Lee Moot Court Executive Board administers five intramural competitions each year in negotiations, oral advocacy, trial practice, client counseling and mediation. The Board members also serve as coaches for the finalists from these intramural competitions who become eligible to compete in national competitions. http://law.wlu.edu/mootcourt edwards.c@law.wlu.edu |
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| National Lawyers Guild | |
| The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. The Guild seeks to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization which shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be more sacred than property interests. At Washington and Lee University, the Guild educates the student body on a wide range of issues and news relevant to the progressive legal community through publications and speakers. The organization also serves as a network and support group for those interested in serving the public after law school. knoespel.d@law.wlu.edu |
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| OutLaw | |
| Outlaw is a social and advocacy organization open to all persons (GLBTQQIA) who support equal rights for all people regardless of sexual orientation. Outlaw hosts social, educational, and advocacy events throughout the year. http://law.wlu.edu/outlaw mcclellan.k@law.wlu.edu |
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| Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International (PAD) | |
| PAD is the only law fraternity created out of a legal controversy. In 1898, a group of law students united to dispute an Illinois Supreme Court decision. Over time, the group became an international law fraternity that currently boasts more active chapters than any other law fraternity in the world. PAD promotes academic and professional excellence, while its members enjoy many benefits, like a vast network that connects students to alumni in a variety of professions. The Staples Chapter at W&L, known for its commitment to service, organizes several projects each semester to aid the local community, while advancing integrity, compassion and courage through service to students, the school, community and the profession. For more, visit http://www.pad.org/ coleman.k@law.wlu.edu |
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| Phi Delta Phi | |
| Phi Delta Phi is a national legal honor fraternity. It was established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics. It holds a unique position in the history of the North American bench, bar and the law schools. During the past two decades, Phi Delta Phi's reputation as an organization devoted to legal excellence has begun to spread into México and Europe. Washington & Lee's chapter, Tucker Inn, seeks to instill and promote these values on campus and is dedicated to service both on campus and in the community. rust.s@law.wlu.edu |
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| Public Interest Law Students Association (PILSA) | |
| The Washington and Lee Public Interest Law Students Association was created to increase law student’s access to opportunities in public interest law. We provide summer grants to students working in unpaid public sector summer jobs, and promote awareness of public career opportunities. osteen.m@law.wlu.edu |
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| Second-Year Class Officers | |
| Shepherd Poverty Law Organization | |
| The Shepherd Poverty Law Organization (SPLO) seeks to promote and cultivate student interest in poverty law, including promotion of curricular programs, job prospects, mentorships, networking, fellowships and understanding of current issues in the field. nunes.s@law.wlu.edu |
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| Southwest Virginia Innocence Project (SVIP) x 4750 | |
| The Southwest Virginia Innocence Project provides post-conviction legal assistance to criminal defendants seeking to prove their innocence. Our clients are inmates in prisons throughout southwestern Virginia who have no other sources of legal representation available to them. We provide the legal expertise and investigatory work necessary to file a claim under Virginia's actual innocence statute. This year, we are looking to expand the Innocence Project and take on new cases. Our current cases are going well, and by the end of the year we may be able to file a claim of actual innocence for one of our clients. In the past, we have visited prisons, drafted affidavits, interviewed witnesses, and reenacted crimes in order to prove the innocence of those we represent. http://law.wlu.edu/svip/ gass.l@law.wlu.edu |
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| Sports, Intellectual Property, & Entertainment Law Society | |
| The Sports, Intellectual Property, & Entertainment Law Society aims to encourage student exposure to the fields of sports and entertainment law by providing career information, helping to build bridges with professionals, and informing our members of important events and news in these areas. rschwarz1@gmail.com |
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| Sports Czars | |
| The Sports Czars aim to provide a fair, fun and competitive environment for any law student who enjoys playing the sports we organize. We provide an outlet for the law students to get away from the rigors of law school by organizing various leagues in which they can play. We also provide a way for law students to exercise and create bonds among their fellow students via sports. lalima.t@law.wlu.edu |
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| Student Bar Association (SBA) Officers x 8564 | |
| The Student Bar Association is the student government organization for the School of Law. All students are members. It provides support for the publication of the "Law News," the student newspaper. It also sponsors social events and intramural athletics throughout the school year. It provides funding for a number of student organizations designed to support student interests, ethnic identity and practice aspirations. conant.a@law.wlu.edu |
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| Student-Faculty Hearing Board | |
| The Student-Faculty Hearing Board hears allegations of prohibited discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, or hazing by individual students and non-Greek student organizations. |
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| Tax Law Society/VITA | |
| The Tax Law Society was formed to (1) establish a network between W&L tax practitioners and students interested in the same, (2) provide information to students interested in, or just curious about pursuing an LLM in Taxation, and (3) provide a student organization that can help run the VITA program. |
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| Third-Year Class Officers | |
| Virginia Bar Association - Law School Council | |
| The mission of the VBA Law School Council at W&L is to act in accordance with the mission and goals upheld by the Virginia Bar Association. The Council is committed to serving the public and the legal profession by promoting the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and excellence as future legal professionals. This is done through organizing volunteer opportunities to help the community, organizing networking events and planning events to make students aware of possible career opportunities. chapman.e@law.wlu.edu |
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| Washington & Lee Wine Law Society | |
| The Wine Law Society has several goals, including professional development through increasing knowledge of wine and promoting the appreciation of wine, education on how to responsibly consume wine and increasing awareness of issues involving wine and the law (as well as alcohol and the law in general), including regulatory issues, land use, appellations, and other domestic and international legal issues. chapman.e@law.wlu.edu |
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| Women Law Students Organization (WLSO) | |
| An organization that promotes a non-sexist atmosphere and provides a forum of discussion for issues that interest, concern and affect women. The Women Law Students' Organization is dedicated to advocating for the success of women in the law; and to bringing an awareness of women's issues to the Washington & Lee Law School community. http://law.wlu.edu/wlso mcnamara.e@law.wlu.edu |
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