Student Organizations
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American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU-IN) Student Chapter
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU-IN) Student Chapter is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU-IN Student Chapter hopes to promote and further these goals.
Org Website: http://www.aclu-in.org
Org Email: freedom@iupui.edu | Contact(s): zmmeier@iupui.edu
American Constitution Society
The purpose of American Constitution Society is for legal discourse return to the values of compassion and respect for human dignity and values found in the United States Constitution. The American Constitution Society seeks to restore the principles of human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice to thier rightful and central place in American law.
Contact(s): sruby@iupui.edu
Amnesty International
The Amnesty International conducts research and generates action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for all those whose rights have been violated.
Org Website: http://www.amnesty.org
Org Email: amnstyin@iupui.edu | Contact(s): andreacioban@yahoo.com; howellb@iupui.edu
Animal Law Society
The Animal Law Society provides a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law.
Org Website: http://www.iuindy-als.webs.com
Org Email: alsindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): akonstan@iupui.edu; sjvarner@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(s): patel33@iupui.edu
Black Law Students Association
The IU School of Law-Indianapolis chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) articulate and promote the needs and goals of black law students.
Org Email: blsaiuls@iupui.edu | Contact(s): pearsona@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
Christian Legal Society
The Christian Legal Society (CLS) Chapter is a religious student organization and is a local chapter of the Christian Legal Society. The purpose of CLS is to provide Christain fellowship at Indiana University-Indianapolis.
Org Website: http://www.clsnet.org
Org Email: clsindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): kkinkade@iupui.edu
Committee on Diversity Initiatives
The Committee on Diversity Initiatives (CODI) promotes an increase awareness of diversity within the law school community. Through its works and programs, CODI strives to educate the law school community about the importance and value of diversity within the law, recognizing and celebrating the role it plays between and among individuals, relationships, and institutions that form our society. CODI supports all diversity and provides a voice to surface and tackle issues of discrimination, bigotry, ethno-centrism, and (minority views?) by sponsoring educational programs and events which teach and foster respect for others. Additionally, CODI strives to inspire the law school community and the legal profession to value differences, be sensitive to prejudice, and to reflect the society they serve.
Contact(s): mdgaskin@iupui.edu
Criminal Law Association
The Criminal Law Association seeks to provide a forum in which different aspects of the Criminal Justice System are discussed and to help the law school community develop knowledge in the areas of criminal law.
Org Email: crimlaw@iupui.edu | Contact(s): mderring@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(s): rgonterm@indiana.edu
Democratic Law Society
The Democratic Law Society inform students and provide them with opportunities to become critically envolved in Democratic party activism.
Org Email: demlawso@iupui.edu | Contact(s): bjchurch@iupui.edu
Environmental Law Society
The Environmental Law Society promotes environmental awareness among law students.
Org Email: enlaw@iupui.edu | Contact(s): eah@iupui.edu
Equal Justice Works
The Equal Justice Works promote the pursuit of public interest law; foster and instill greater awareness and commitment to the needs of the community and public interest law; influence the legal community to bring out meaningful change to meet the needs of those in need of public interest legal services.
Org Website: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/organizations/ejw
Org Email: ejwlaw@iupui.edu | Contact(s): andreacioban@yahoo.com
Fashion, Art and Design (FAD) Law Society
The purpose of the Fashion, Art and Design (FAD) Law Society is to explore issues in fashion, art and design relative to the law.
Org Email: fad@iupui.edu | Contact(s): colopez@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.
Org Email: fedsocty@iupui.edu | Contact(s): ssimcox@iupui.edu
Feminist Law Society
The Feminist Law Society seeks to promote equality of the sexes.
Org Email: femlaw@iupui.edu | Contact(s): dpattiso@iupui.edu
Health eNewsletter
The Health eNewsletter provide students, faculty, alumni, and practitioners with valuable information about current events in the law, health, and bioethics communities.
Contact(s): jmahomed@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.
Org Website: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/centers/clh/student/HLS/
Org Email: healthls@iupui.edu | Contact(s): emunson@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.
Org Email: hisplaw@iupui.edu | Contact(s): rcmarque@iupui.edu
Indiana Health Law Review
In 2003, the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis established a specialty law review focused on health care law and policy: the Indiana Health Law Review. Now in its seventh full year of publication, the journal continues to provide information articles on important health law topics and issues that academic professional and practitioners encounter.
Org Website: http://www.indylaw.indiana.edu/ihlr/
Org Email: ihrl@iupui.edu | Contact(s): bbouggy@iupui.edu
Indiana International and Comparative Law Review
The purpose of the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review is to promote the study of international and/or comparative legal issues.
Org Website: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/iiclr/
Org Email: IICLR@gmail.com | Contact(s): jhaymore@iupui.edu
Indiana Law Review
The Indiana Law Review is a legal periodical edited and managed by students of Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. The primary objective of the Law Review is to serve as an informational resource for practitioners, members of the judiciary, legal scholars, and law students.
Org Website: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/ilr/
Org Email: ILRIndy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): pulliamd@umail.iu.edu
Indianapolis Bar Association - Law Student Division
The mission of the Indianapolis Bar Association (IBA) is to serve our members, promote justice and enhance the legal profession. The IBA provides networking opportunities for students, career advice, as well as MPRE review and Bar Review educational sessions.
Org Website: http://www.indybar.org
Org Email: ibalsd@iupui.edu | Contact(s): maslong@iupui.edu
Intellectual Property Student Association
The purpose of the organization shall be to serve the community comprised of current, past, and future law students interested in practicing intellectual property law. Service shall include social networking, education, the sharing of information, providing leadership opportunities and other activities as determined by the members.
Org Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~ipgroup/
Org Email: ipgroup@iupui.edu | Contact(s): hammonde@iupui.edu
International Council of Shopping Centers Student Chapter
The purpose of the International Council of Shopping Centers Student Chapter is to raise awareness about commercial real estate career paths and provide opportunities for student to network with industry professionals and other interested students.
Contact(s): eobergfe@iupui.edu
International Human Rights Law Society
The purpose of the International Human Rights Law Society (IHRLS) is to promote an understanding and recognition of the principles of international law; to promote the study of public and private international law, thus to encourage a just world order and friendly commerce among the citizens of all nations; to educated students in principles and purposes of appreciation of study and practice in the international law area; to promote greater understanding of international organizations and institutions and their capacity to bring about the resolution of international disputes by peaceful means and in accordance with international law; to increase awareness of significant current international law developments through speakers, meetings, research, publications, and other appropriate means, and to promote association between lawyers and students from around the world; to provide law students with information about study abroad and student exchange programs available through Indiana University and other law schools; finally, to provide law students with information about career opportunities in the areas of international law.
Org Email: ihrls@iupui.edu | Contact(s): lawsonw@iupui.edu
International Law Society
The purpose of the International Law Society is to promote an understanding and recognition of the principles of international law; to promote the study of public and private international law, thus to encourage a just world order and friendly commerce among the citizens of all nations; to educate students in the principles and purposes of international law, international organizations, and institutions; to foster a heightened interest: an appreciation of study and practice in the international law area; to promote greater understanding of international organizations and institutions and their capacity to bring about the resolution of international disputes by peaceful means and in accordance with international law; to increase awareness of significant current international law developments through speakers, meetings, research, publications, and other appropriate means, and to promote association between lawyers and students from around the world; to provide law students with information about study abroad and student exchange programs available through Indiana University and other law schools; finally, to provide law students with information about career opportunities in the area of international law.
Org Email: ilsin@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(s): danarmst@iupui.edu
Jewish Law Society
The purpose of the Jewish Law Society is to bring law students together who identify themselves religously or culturally as Jews.
Org Email: jlsindy@iupui.edu
Lambda Law Society
The purpose of the Lambda Law Society is to create a safe and open environment for the free exchange of ideas and issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual,transgendered, and questioning (GLBTQ) community.
Org Email: lambdals@iupui.edu | Contact(s): hressler2@gmail.com
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(s): dngrigsb@iupui.edu
Loan Repayment Assistant Program
Repayment of loans for public interest students/graduates.
Contact(s): andreacioban@yahoo.com
Masters of Laws Association
The purpose of the Masters of Laws Association is to promote the LL.M. Program and help integrate the LL.M. students, culturally and socially, in the law school.
Org Email: mlaindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): welangwe@iupui.edu
Moot Court Board
The purpose of the Moot Court Board is to encourage the development of skills in brief writing and oral advocacy and recognize those students who excel in developing these skills by conducting intramural tournaments and competing in national competitions.
Org Website: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/mootcourt
Org Email: mtcourt@iupui.edu | Contact(s): bstrawbridge@gmail.com (bstrawbr@iupui.edu)
Muslim Law Students Association
The Muslim Law Students Association at Indiana University - Indianapolis School of Law, a chapter of the National Muslim Law Students Association, provides a support network for Muslims in the legal field.
Org Email: mlsa@iupui.edu | Contact(s): lfmasri@iupui.edu
Phi Alpha Delta
The purpose of Phi Alpha Delta - Hamill Chapter is to service the students, school, and legal community.
Org Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~padindy/
Org Email: padindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): raymond.dudlo@comcast.net
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 Website: http://www.pdpindy.org/
Org Email: pdpindy@iupui.edu | Contact(s): sojbrown@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. Finally, the organization bring students within the law school together as a way of networking within the law school and the Indianapolis community.
Org Email: replawco@iupui.edu | Contact(s): rlighty@iupui.edu
Second Amendment Society
The purpose of the Second Amendment Society is to discuss and encourage helpful and educated debate concerning the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, and to educate and advance the understanding of responsibile firearms ownership; specifically, to provide a forum for discussion of the Second Amendment and its application to local and national policy and its effect on the evolution of American law.
Contact(s): jelftman@iupui.edu
Sports and Entertainment Law Society
The Sports and Entertainment Law Society provide its members with networking opportunities with attorneys and other professional engaged in work in sports and entertainment law and related areas. Sports and Entertainment Law Society shall also provide its memberw with opportunities to learn more about practicing law in sports and entertainment.
Org Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~selsoc/
Org Email: selsoc@iupui.edu | Contact(s): csabatin@iupui.edu
Student Bar Association
The Student Bar Association (SBA) serves as the educational and extracurricular activities coordinator for the law school.
Org Email: iulawsba@iupui.edu | Contact(s): jmehra@iupui.edu
Women's Caucus
The Women's Caucus is a service organization dedicated to enhancing the legal careers of its members.
Org Email: wmscaucs@iupui.edu | Contact(s): lschnaut@umail.iu.edu; wheelers@umail.iu.edu
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