Action for Human Rights
Action for Human Rights (AHR) is a student organization that brings together students and faculty to promote awareness of domestic and international human rights issues and their legal implications.
ADVANCE
ADVANCE is WCL’s only mentorship program geared toward the retention of first generation law students. ADVANCE provides 1L members with a 2L or 3L mentor who has been in their shoes and knows what it’s like to navigate law school as a first generation student.
American Constitution Society
American Constitution Society seeks to restore the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, protection of individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice to their rightful - and traditionally central - place in American law.
Amnesty International ĢƵWCL
Amnesty International WCL Chapter shares the vision of Amnesty International and works to advance human rights. It provides Washington College of Law's student body with a forum to discuss and learn more about current rights issues with the aim of stopping both domestic and international human rights violations.
WCL Animal Law Society Provides a forum for education, advocacy & scholarship aimed at protecting the lives & advancing the interests of animals through the legal system.
Business Law Society
The Business Law Society's goal is to provide law students with access to alumni who are working in the area of business law and with access to information concerning business law courses, programs and information regarding the study of business law and future careers in business law.
Communications & Media Law Society
The Society provides a forum for members to network with communications and media law professionals and for students to share their experiences from working in the field.
Criminal Law Society
The CLS is dedicated to creating opportunities for students interested in criminal law to interact with faculty, practitioners, judges, and community organizations that work in the field by holding panel discussions, networking events, field trips, career services programs, and volunteer community service.
Disability Law Society
The Disability Law Society works to create an open, sustainable and accessible environment for students to raise awareness of and advocate for disability rights in the Washington College of Law (“WCL”) community, the neighboring community, the legal profession, and society at large.
Equal Justice Foundation
Established in 1989, the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) is a non-profit, student-run organization that is dedicated to closing the justice gap for underrepresented populations.
Energy Law & Policy Society
The Energy Law & Policy Society (ELPS) connects students, alumni, and professors on developments in energy law. ELS builds awareness, creates opportunities, and is both a professional and social network for friends and colleagues sharing an interest in energy.
The Society's mission is to encourage students and community members to support environmental initiatives.
European Law Association
The Association's mission is to create greater knowledge of European tradition and legal system via intellectual exchange and discussions.
The Family Law Society's mission is to enhance the education and raise awareness of the family law field and opportunities therein for the student body, to establish and maintain a networking relationship with practicing family law attorneys, and to enrich the role of family law practice in the community.
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society ĢƵ Washington College of Law Chapter is a conservative and libertarian organization dedicated to the open and honest debate on important issues of law and public policy.
Tech, Law & Security Society
The Information Security & Privacy (ISP) Law student group is the first ever student group dedicated to data at the Washington College of Law. This group seeks to increase the level of discourse on campus and in our community on all things related to data security and information privacy.
Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
The Society provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas in intellectual property law, the IPLS sponsors speakers, seminars, and conferences that cover a wide variety of current topics in patent, trademark, and copyright law.
International Trade and Investment Law Society
The International Trade and Investment Law Society (ITILS) is one of the most active student organizations on campus and gives students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the areas of international trade, investment, and arbitration
Labor and Employment Law Society
The Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS) creates opportunities for all students interested in either labor or employment law to interact with faculty, practitioners, unions, organizations, and firms that work in the field. Events held throughout the year include panel discussions, networking events, field trips, career services programs, and volunteer community service opportunities.
Welcome to the most fun organization on campus, Law Revue! (jazz hands) If you like laughing, singing (off-key, sometimes), and poking fun at the law school experience, then you’ve come to the right place.
National Lawyers Guild
The Washington College of Law chapter of the National Lawyers Guild strives to bring human rights and legal activism to the law school community.
Sports and Entertainment Law Society
The Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SELS) seeks to provide students who have an interest in sports or entertainment law with a mechanism to become involved in and acquire a greater knowledge of the issues in these fields.
Women's Law Association
The Women’s Law Association (WLA) is a student organization providing a diverse feminist forum for Washington College of Law (WCL) students to address legal, social, political, and educational issues facing women today around the world.
Fair Housing Law Society
The WCL Fair Housing Law Society provides student members an opportunity to engage with legal issues in affordable housing and community development.
Fashion and Art Law Society
The Fashion & Art Law Society (“FALS”) is dedicated to fostering a community of law students interested in fashion and art law.
If/When/How offers technical assistance, legal education, training, and resources to lawyers and law students, health care providers, movement partners, and people who want to deepen their knowledge of reproductive justice and the law.
Space Law Society
The ĢƵ Washington College of Law Space Law Society is a student-led group focused on exploring the legal frameworks and regulatory challenges related to human activities in outer space.
Arbitration Brief
The Arbitration Brief is a student publication of the Washington College of Law produced with the assistance of the Center for International Commercial Arbitration. The Brief has recently evolved from the strong foundation that was laid by the International Commercial Arbitration Brief to include all avenues of arbitration.
Health Law and Policy Brief
The Health Law & Policy Brief is an online, student-run publication at ĢƵ Washington College of Law that focuses on emerging issues in health law, both domestically and internationally.
Woman of Color Coalition (WOCC)
The Women of Color Coalition is a student organization that creates a brave space for women and nonbinary people of color at WCL for community support, networking, and skill building.