Student Organizations

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Advocates for Reproductive Freedom
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Consitution Society
Amnesty International
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Association for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Law (APEEL)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Student Chapter (ATLA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Business Law Association
Christian Legal Society (CLS)
Comparative Law Society
Diversity Coalition
The D.R.E.A.M. Committee
Environmental Law Society
Epicurean Society
Faculty Research Seminars for Students (FARSS)
The Federalist Society
Habeas Chorus
Intellectual Property Law Society
International Law Society
Investment Club
JD-MBA Association
Jewish Law Students' Association (JLSA)
Labor and Employment Law Association (LELA)
Latino Law Students Association (LLSA)
Law School Democrats
Media and Entertainment Law Society
Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA)
National Lawyers Guild
Northwestern Association of Wine Tasters Extraordinaire (NAWTE)
OUTlaw
The Pleader
Public Interest Law Group (PILG)
Single-Malt Scotch Club
Small Business Opportunity Clinic (SBOC)
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
Sports Law Society
St. Thomas More Society
Student Bar Association (SBA)
Student Effort to Rejuvenate Volunteering (SERV)
Student Funded Public Interest Fellowships Program (SFPIF)
Technology and Telecommunications Law Group
Women's Leadership Coalition

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:

Feminist Symposium
The Feminist Symposium is a student-run project organized by the Women's Leadership Coalition. The symposium was originally started in 1991 by two students who recognized the need for a public forum discussing feminist issues. The First Annual Feminist Symposium was held in March 1992 and addressed the question: "Can Feminists Use the Law to Effect Social Change in the 1990s?" The panelists included scholars from across the United States and Canada.

Students organizing the symposium devise the topic, choose and invite the speakers, plan the format, recruit volunteers, and do all the necessary fund raising. The Feminist Symposium allows students from different beliefs and interests to work together to bring feminist issues to the public for open discussion.

Moot Court
Moot Court programs are an important part of legal training at Northwestern Law. They prepare students for and allow them to participate in appellate arguments. Working under faculty supervision, students prepare briefs and present oral arguments in competition with schools across the nation and around the world.

Legal Journals
Second- and third-year law students produce several scholarly journals under faculty supervision. Journal members are selected by third-year board members on the basis of grade point average and performance in a writing competition at the end of the candidate's first year or on the basis of performance as a write-on candidate in the fall semester of their second year.