Student Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union
Contact: eobergefe@iupui.edu
Amnesty International
The IU School of Law-Indianapolis section of Amnesty International Student Chapter assists Amnesty International in efforts to free all prisoners of conscience. It hosts human rights seminars and colloquia, organizes letter-writing campaigns to governments, and sponsors and participates in other international human rights law activities.
Org email: amnstyin@iupui.edu | Contact: white26@iupui.edu
Animal Law Society
Org email: saldf@iupui.edu | Contact: eclewis@iupui.edu
Asian Law Students Association
The Asian Law Students Association (ALSA) provides personal, academic, and professional support for members of the organization. The ALSA also strives to create and promote a healthy and prosperous environment for the study of law and the personal development of its diverse law students at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis. Furthermore, the ALSA articulates and promotes the needs and goals of Asian American law students within the Indianapolis legal community.
Org email: alsa@iupui.edu | Contact: dube2@iupui.edu
Black Law Students Association
The IU School of Law-Indianapolis chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) provides a support network for African American law students and sponsors educational, career development, student recruitment, and community service activities.
Org email: blsaiuls@iupui.edu | Contact: ftatum@iupui.edu
Business Law Association
The Business Law Association (BLA) assembles students, professors, alumni, and attorneys practicing various aspects of business law to promote the quality of education and employment opportunities in the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis community. BLA sponsors educational speaking engagements, networking events, and philanthropic activities.
Org email: blassnin@iupui.edu | Contact(s): tdonohoe@iupui.edu, cboombs@iupui.edu
Christian Legal Society
The Christian Legal Society (CLS) provides a forum for study about the ways in which the Christian faith relates to the legal profession.
Contact(s): bdunkel@iupui.edu, ahumphri@iupui.edu
Committee on Diversity Issues
Org email: codi@iupui.edu | Contact: jtparson@iupui.edu
Dean's Student Advisory Board
Org email: dsab@iupui.edu | Contact: apculp@iupui.edu
Dean's Tutorial Society
The Dean's Tutorial Society is an honorary student organization of second- and third-year students who have achieved academic distinction. It offers to fellow students a variety of services that help improve academic performance, including case-briefing workshops for first-year students, exam preparation assistance, and help with library research skills. Members also offer individual tutoring to students who need special academic assistance and are identified by the assistant dean for student affairs.
Contact: aufergus@iupui.edu
Democratic Law Society
The Democratic Law Society seeks to develop, promote, and further enhance Democratic party philosophy and ideology through academic, social, and political activities within the law school and Indiana. The society provides educational information about Democratic party views and policies and serves as a liaison between the party and the law school.
Contact(s): arweathe@iupui.edu, sderheim@iupui.edu
Environmental Law Society
The Environmental Law Society exists to inform the law school community and help students understand developing knowledge about environmental law issues. Society activities have included speakers, panel discussions, and participation in community awareness programs.
Org email: enlaw@iupui.edu | Contact: kgoodfel@iupui.edu
Equal Justice Works
The Equal Justice Works seeks to serve the public interest and provide educational and practical experience to law students. The organization sponsors programs related to public interest law and funds fellowships for first-, second-, and third-year law students who are interested in working for public interest organizations.
Contact: rcongdon@iupui.edu
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society is an organization of conservative and libertarian law students whose purpose is to stimulate thought and discussion about the application of conservative and libertarian principles to the law, reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty, certain traditional values, and the rule of law.
Contact: szirkle@iupui.edu
Feminist Law Society
The Feminist Law Society seeks to promote the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
Org email: femlaw@iupui.edu | Contact: areynold@iupui.edu
Health Law Society
The Health Law Society provides a forum in which students and faculty can become informed about medical and legal issues. Activities of the Health Law Society include panel discussions and colloquia, sponsored in cooperation with the school's Center for Law and Health.
Website: http://www.indylaw.indiana.edu/centers/clh/student/HLS/
Org email: healthls@iupui.edu | Contact: tdonohoe@iupui.edu
Hispanic Law Society
The Hispanic Law Society was formed to expand awareness of issues facing Hispanic people and to offer students the opportunity to learn more about Hispanic culture and language. The society also provides opportunities for networking within the Indianapolis Hispanic business and law community.
Intellectual Property Student Association
Org email: ipgroup@iupui.edu | Contact: tdreynol@iupui.edu
International Human Rights Law Society
The International Human Rights Law Society (IHRLS) was formed to promote global justice and basic fundamental freedoms. The IHRLS provides a number of domestic and overseas services and programs intended to give students immediate access to the challenging world of international human rights law.
Org email: ihrls@iupui.edu | Contact: hareed@iupui.edu
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
The mission of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society is to affirm the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious conviction. The group strives through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.
Contact: mawpike@iupui.edu
Jewish Law Society
The purpose of the Jewish Law Society is to provide a forum for law students to promote Jewish awareness, further intellectual exchange, and provide networking opportunities for Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis Students. The Jewish Law Society shall create occasions, for student members in particular, to explore these issues and to engage both fellow students and local industry leaders. The Jewish Law Society should provide its members with an invaluable opportunity to garner industry-specific knowledge which may be of critical import and use. The Jewish Law Society is a cultural, social, and educational organization that reflects the varied interests of the law student and Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. The Jewish Law Society members will have the opportunity to participate in various
Lambda Law Society
The IU School of Law-Indianapolis chapter of the Lambda Law Society is an organization for law students who share a vision of equality in all endeavors, regardless of sexual orientation. The society's goals include developing a social structure where gay, lesbian, and bisexual students feel comfortable being themselves; offering education opportunities at the law school on gay, lesbian, and bisexual interests; providing service to the legal community in areas of interest to the homosexual community; and offering charitable assistance to the Indiana community in areas of gay, lesbian, and bisexual concerns.
Contact: jbsance@iupu.edu
Law Students Against Capital Punishment
Law Students Against Capital Punishment is an organization committed to providing a forum for the honest discussion of the cruel and discriminatory realities of capital punishment, as it is used in the United States, and working toward its abolition.
Org email: lsacp@iupui.edu | Contact: bburgie@iupui.edu
Masters of Laws Association
Contact: ntaku@iupui.edu
Muslim Law Students Association
Org email: mlsa@iupui.edu | Contact: lfmasri@iupui.edu
Phi Alpha Delta
Through a balanced program of social and professional functions, Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Law Fraternity International, Hamill Chapter, assures its members of a legal education more meaningful than that provided by the academic experience alone. PAD is a service-oriented legal fraternity, emphasizing service to the student, the school, the profession, and the community.
Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~padindy/
Org email: padindy@iupui.edu | Contact: jaeporte@iupui.edu
Phi Delta Phi
The Willkie Inn of Phi Delta Phi is an international legal fraternity with more than 120,000 initiated members. Phi Delta Phi endeavors to maintain and strengthen a tradition of excellence as a charter member of the world's oldest and largest legal fraternity. Benefits of member-ship include contact with eminent jurists, professors, and practicing attorneys; development of close friendships, both professional and personal; intellectual and academic stimulation through the debate of divergent ideas and theories; and involvement in activities that help develop the service and leadership qualities that a law student is expected to bring to the bar.
Org email: pdpindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): jmw7@iupui.edu, jolamb@iupui.edu
Republican Law Coalition
The Republican Law Coalition is dedicated to helping the Republican party elect Republican candidates to government offices. The organization also generates interest in the party by sponsoring speakers, debates, and panel discussions.
Org email: replawco@iupui.edu | Contact: rschulz@iupui.edu
Sports and Entertainment Law Society
The Sports and Entertainment Law Society explores legal issues arising from professional and amateur sports and entertainment activities.
Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~selsoc/
Org email: selsoc@iupui.edu | Contact: mgnolley@iupui.edu
Student Bar Association
The Student Bar Association (SBA) serves as the educational and extracurricular activities coordinator for the law school. Students automatically become members of the SBA when they pay student activity fees, and they are encouraged to participate in SBA board of directors' meetings. In conjunction with the dean of the law school, the SBA is responsible for selecting students to serve on law school academic committees. Student representatives are also involved in the activities of the Indiana State Bar Association and the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association.
A variety of distinguished national and local speakers are presented to the students and faculty through SBA forums. Each year's activities are capped with the Spring Awards Banquet and Barrister's Ball, honoring both students and faculty.
Org email: iulawsba@iupui.edu | Contact: apculp@iupui.edu
Wendell L. Willkie International Law Society
Membership in the Wendell L. Willkie Society of International Law is open to students, members of the bar, and the judiciary. The society arranges visits to the law school by distinguished international judges and specialists, organizes participation in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, and sponsors symposia on topics in public and private international law. It is a member of the International Law Students Association.
Org email: ilsin@iupui.edu | Contact: pvshah@iupui.edu
Women's Caucus
The Women's Caucus is devoted to the needs and concerns of female law students. Membership is open to both female and male students. The caucus has sponsored delegates to the annual national Women in the Law Conference, hosted receptions for graduating senior women, conducted final examination forums for first-year students, and presented a statewide conference on women's legal rights.
The caucus also holds an annual auction, offering services donated by faculty, staff, and various student organizations at the law school. The funds raised by this function provide three scholarships for students, and also have been donated to causes such as the Spouse Abuse Shelter in Indianapolis and the Indiana Women's Prison.
Org email: wmscaucs@iupui.edu | Contact(s): vcalhoon@iupui.edu, spasky@iupui.edu
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