{"id":30724,"date":"2024-02-19T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=30724"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:49:22","slug":"by-the-students-for-the-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2024\/02\/by-the-students-for-the-students\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Students, For the Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post, by the Assistant Director of Student Affairs, is the fourth in a series of weekly blog posts this semester concerning the work of the Office of Student Affairs. The first, by Dean Kearney, can be found <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>, and<\/em> the second and third, by Assistant Dean of Students Anna Fodor, are available <\/em>here<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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First Generation Professionals’ fall 2023 First-Gen Mixer at Third Street Market Hall. Photo courtesy of Emily Kehl, president of FGP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Student organizations are a staple at educational institutions, including Marquette University Law School. These organizations offer students opportunities to form their own smaller communities within a larger institution. Here at Marquette Law School\u2014whether driven by a particular practice area, an aspect of students\u2019 personal identity, or a legal philosophy\u2014student-run organizations offer a way for future Marquette lawyers to build connections with their peers and beyond. It might even surprise some to learn how much these \u201coutside of the classroom\u201d interactions shape a student\u2019s development, contribute to identity formation, and can affect student retention and performance.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

Registered student organizations[2]<\/a> are the one aspect of the law school experience run by students, for students. They are completely voluntary and extracurricular, with no academic prescriptions or curricular incentives for holding or attending events (on the other hand, free food, no mean incentive, is widely available); the interests and activities of students entirely drive these communities. Through them, students help create the \u201cculture\u201d at a particular school. How active (or inactive) an organization is, what it chooses to do, which speakers it brings to campus, how inviting and inclusive its programs are\u2014all of these affect a law school\u2019s culture and the student experience.<\/p>\n

Let me give a quick highlight of our Marquette Law School student organizations and some representative engagement opportunities:<\/p>\n