Home : Students : Student Organizations : Browse Student Orgs

Browse Student Orgs

You may use the list on the left to view all student orgs, or filter by keyword or active status below.

  • American Civil Liberties Union
    Currently Active

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Chicago Law Chapter provides a forum for students interested in issues pertaining to civil liberties. The Chapter organizes speaker engagements, panel discussions, activist activities, and educational outreach projects.

  • American Constitution Society
    Currently Active

    The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a national, nonprofit organization comprised of students, judges, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers who view the law as an important mechanism governing the relationships among the individuals and institutions that form our society.

  • Amicus
    Currently Active

    Amicus is a group of law students, their spouses/significant others and their children.  It is dedicated to making students' families feel at home in the Law School community.

  • Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
    Currently Active

  • Black Law Students Association
    Currently Active

    The University of Chicago Black Law Students Association (BLSA) is part of a national student organization which includes over 190 member chapters. The local chapter provides formal and informal academic, professional, political and social support to African-American law students.

  • Chicago Journal of International Law
    Currently Active

    CJIL is a student-edited forum for discussion and analysis of international law and policy issues. CJIL is committed to publishing timely and concise scholarly work written by academics, judges, practitioners, policymakers, and students. The journal is published twice yearly, in the fall and spring.

    Website:http://cjil.uchicago.edu/

  • Chicago Law Foundation
    Currently Active

    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. Because few public interest organizations and government agencies have the money to pay law students for summer employment, CLF assists law students who would not otherwise be able to work for such organizations.

  • China Law Society
    Currently Active

    The China Law Society is a student group dedicated to studying and discussing legal issues related to China.  Topics of interest range from the evolution of China's legal system and the opportunities for and challenges of a China-focused practice, to the implications of China's rise for legal professionals more generally.

  • Christian Legal Society
    Currently Active

    The Christian Law Students (CLS) group seeks to integrate the truths of Christianity with the study and practice of law. The group, comprised of students from a wide range of denominational backgrounds, meets on a weekly basis over lunch.

  • Criminal Law Society
    Currently Active

    The purposes of the University of Chicago Criminal Law Society are to promote exploration and discussion about the field of criminal law and to create opportunities for students interested in criminal law by hosting speakers (including practitioners, judges, and members of community organizations), holding networking events, organizing field trips, providing career services programs, and engagi

  • Dallin H. Oaks Society
    Currently Active

    The purpose of the Dallin H. Oaks Society is to increase awareness within the Law School community of the presence, beliefs and concerns of law students who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

  • Disability Law Society
    Currently Active

    The purpose of this organization shall be to promote dialogue in the University of Chicago community about special legal issues and social barriers facing people with mental and physical disabilities.

  • Energy Law Society
    Currently Active

    The Energy Law Society is a nonpartisan organization comprised of students, faculty and staff members who are dedicated to bringing in speakers who will educate the community about the entire spectrum of energy law issues and policy.

  • Entertainment & Sports Law Society
    Currently Active

    The Entertainment & Sports Law Society aims to promote student understanding of entertainment, sports, and telecommunications law; and first amendment, libel, and media law. The Society sponsors panel discussions and debates by faculty, practicing attorneys, and students. We are also developing an alumni network to aid students seeking careers in related areas.

  • Environmental Law Society
    Currently Active

    The Environmental Law Society (ELS) is a group of students interested in environmental protection. ELS hosts a number of speakers to discuss green policy issues. Law professors, scientists, litigators (in large firms, small firms and nonprofits), environmental advocates and other professors have all been ELS speakers.

  • Federalist Society
    Currently Active

    The Federalist Society is a group of libertarians and conservatives interested in the current state of the legal order. The Society was 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 the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.

  • Food Law Society
    Currently Active

    The Food Law Society is a group of students who share a passion for both food and the law.  By hosting faculty discussions and talks about legal issues that affect the way food is produced, marketed, and distributed to consumers, we hope to open students' minds to new ideas in the law and to the great culinary and agricultural community here in Chicago.

  • GreenBooks
    Currently Active

    GreenBooks is a student run organization which facilitates the sustainable and efficient transfer of used books. We run sales throughout the year and use the proceeds to support environmental law and sustainability initiatives. In addition, our funds are used to sponsor buses to all LSA events.

    Contact: greenbooks@law.uchicago.edu

  • Health Law Society
    Currently Active

    The Health Law Society seeks to educate students about topics relating to law and healthcare. It is designed to provide information to students with a casual interest as well as those considering a specialty in health law. HLS allows students to gather more information about the timely topic, and utilize the organization's resources to network within and beyond the campus.

  • Hinton Moot Court
    Currently Active

    The Edward W. Hinton Moot Court Competition is the Law School’s own moot court competition, open to 2L and 3L students in the Law School.  Participants gain experience in appellate advocacy—both written and oral—in three rounds of competition (one each quarter):