Registered Student Organizations contribute to the vibrant student community at Marquette University Law School. From dynamic speakers to social engagements, student organizations connect you with your peers and causes important to you. These organizations also provide numerous opportunities to meet speakers, attorneys, and judges who share your interests and can expose you to the law in practice.
For currently enrolled students and student organization leaders:
Student Organization Contact Information
Active Organizations
Student Bar Association
SBA's main objectives as a student organization are to: (a) sponsor ethical, academic, professional, social, and cultural activities for its members; (b) represent student ideas and concerns to the faculty and administration; (c) serve as a communication link between students and the faculty, administration, alumni, and Milwaukee community; and (d) represent the American Bar Association to the student body.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Society
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Society aims to promote student’s understanding, appreciation, and practical skills in the different areas of alternative dispute resolution. We seek to promote ADR techniques within the law school, the legal community, and the greater community.
American Constitution Society for Law & Public Policy
The American Constitution Society (ACS) is the nation’s leading progressive legal organization, with over 200 student and lawyer chapters in almost every state and on most law school campuses. Originally formed as the progressive response after the Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision, ACS was founded on the principle that the law should be a force to improve the lives of all people.
Antitrust Law Society
The Antitrust Law Society (ALS) hopes to bring together students with an interest in antitrust, competition, and consumer protection law and help connect those students to practitioners in the field.
Asian Law Student Association
ALSA's mission is to facilitate an environment which fosters the social, academic and professional development of all students, particularly students of color, and to recognize and celebrate the unique attributes of an Asian-American heritage and to create a community where this heritage is embraced.
Association for Women Lawyers
AWL is a service organization open to all members of the law school community. This organization is dedicated to improving the environment for female and male students at Marquette University Law School, in the legal community, and in the community at large.
Association for Law Students with Families
ALSF is a student organization that focuses on being a support group for any student that experiences the rigors of balancing law school and family. Although the group is focused on those with families, any and all students are welcome to join as school and family balance can include those that are caretakers in general.
Black Law Students Association
The Marquette University Black Law Students Association (BLSA) is an organization created and designed to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students.
Business Law Society
The Business Law Society (BLS) seeks to help students deepen their understanding of the interplay between the business sector and the legal system. It provides its members with opportunities to meet and interact with business law faculty and professionals from the local business and business law communities.
Children & Family Law Society
Marquette's Children and Family Law Society (CFLS) seeks to inform students of employment, volunteer and school-related opportunities that arise in the children and family law fields; to encourage members to volunteer their time and energy to efforts in the Milwaukee area related to the well being of children; to inform members of upcoming lectures, seminars, and workshops related to family law; and to advocate and raise awareness about children and family law issues.
Criminal Law Society
The purpose of CLS this organization is to expose students to the field of criminal law and encourage awareness of the legal and practical aspects of the criminal justice system.
Entertainment Law Society
The Entertainment Law Society (EtLS) seeks to bring together students who are interested in the intersection of law with music, publishing, comedy and more with professional practitioner in the practice area.
Environmental Law Society
The Environmental Law Society (EvLS) seeks to promote environmental activism in the Marquette Law School community by providing information on current environmental issues and cultivating relationships with environmental professionals in the greater Milwaukee area.
Estate Planning Society
The EPS's mission is to assist law students who are interested in estate planning as a career or who are simply interested in learning more about the field.
The Federalist Society
FedSoc's main purpose is to sponsor fair, serious, and open debate about the need to enhance individual freedom and the role of the courts in saying what the law is rather than what they wish it to be. We believe debate is the best way to ensure that legal principles that have not been the subject of sufficient attention for the past several decades receive a fair hearing. We hope to contribute to the ideals of free speech, free debate, and the public understanding of the Constitution.
Association of Federal Practice
The Association of Federal Practice (AFP) provides a way for students to become actively involved in areas of the law that practice in federal courts, including bankruptcy, patent law, and constitutional law, to name a few. The association often partners with the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association to hold events for students, attorneys, and judges in the Milwaukee area.
First Generation Professionals
First Generation Professionals (FGP) is a new organization that is focused on mentorship, community outreach, and retention of first-generation students. Come join other first-generation students as we help one another succeed in law school.
Health Law Society
HLS's main purpose as a student organization is to act as a resource for students interested in health law. This does not just include medical malpractice, but also other areas related in the health care industry such as employment and labor law, taxation of non-profits, real estate, general business law, risk management and regulatory compliance. In the past, the Health Law Society has sponsored guest speakers from the legal and health care fields, represented Marquette Law School at national conferences, held networking events, organized a blood drive for law faculty, volunteered and the Ronald McDonald House, and held fundraising events for local organizations.
Hispanic-Latino Law Student Association
Hispanic-Latino Law Student Association (HLLSA) is an inclusive organization geared toward providing support to students of Hispanic heritage and those who have an interest in the Hispanic culture. HLLSA provides students with opportunities for networking, professional development, and community service. HLLSA engages in fundraising, community service, and professional speaking events every semester. We welcome all students who wish to join our organization.
Marquette Immigration Law Association
The Marquette Immigration Law Association (MILA) connects Marquette University Law School to Milwaukee’s immigrant and refugee community by recruiting and organizing students to volunteer with community agencies that provide free and low-cost legal services for immigrants and refugees.
Mediterranean Student Law Society
The Mediterranean Student Law Society (MLS) will provide opportunities, foster the cultural dimension, and connect students with other Mediterranean lawyers, employers, professors, and students. The MLS will provide a forum for topics of interest in International Law, focusing on topics surrounding the Mediterranean.
Intellectual Property Law Society
The Marquette Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) acts as a resource for students interested in IP law, and organizes monthly events featuring distinguished speakers from the local Intellectual Property professional community.
Jewish Law Students Association
The Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) is an organization that fosters the cultural, social, educational, and religious dimensions of Judaism amongst the Marquette University Law School community. The Marquette JLSA seeks to develop within its membership a sense of Jewish identity, an awareness to current issues in the Jewish community as they pertain to the law, and an appreciation as well as a celebration of traditions within Judaism.
Labor & Employment Law Society
Marquette LELS encourages law students to pursue a career in labor and employment law. We work to inspire and educate the next generation of competent passionate labor and employment practitioners to address the conflicts that arise in the course of employment. From Title VII claims to ERISA questions, the scope of employment issues is broad, and the number in need is large.
Law Society for Life
The Law Society for Life (LFL) is dedicated to educating the minds and motivating the passions of its members and the larger law school community to pursue law that establishes and protects the unalienable right to life of all human beings, born or unborn, regardless of age, location, disability, race, religion, sex, or class.
Organization for Student Wellbeing
OSW has been established to provide law students with practical and healthy methods for dealing with the stresses of law school. It makes available to its members, and to the Marquette University Law School community in general, proven techniques for coping with the law school experience through methods that support mental and physical wellness.
Out & Allies Legal Society
We encourage law students to promote fairness regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. We advocate for LGBTQ+ perspectives in legal studies, we provide a support network for LGBTQ+ students during their law school career, and we also provide academic, professional and social events for all students. We believe that such participation will ultimately make us better lawyers and better people.
Part-time Law Students
PALS will promote fellowship and networking among the part-time students at MULS. The purpose of the organization is to facilitate socializing and getting to know our part-time classmates.
Privacy, Security, and Technology Law Society
Privacy, Security, and Technology Law Society (PSTLS) endeavors to promote awareness and knowledge of data privacy, data security, and technology law. Additionally, PSTLS seeks to facilitate career panel and professional events to allow students interested in this area of law to connect with other students, faculty, and experts in the field.
Public Interest Law Society
The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) raises funds throughout the academic year to support summer fellowships for Marquette Law Students. Interested students may apply in spring for a fellowship to do public interest legal work in the summer following their first or second year of law school. Students perform 350 hours during the summer fellowship at nonprofit and governmental public interest law organizations nationwide.
Real Estate Law Society
The primary function of RELS is to increase students' knowledge in the area of real estate, finance, tax, development and other issues that encompass the real property arena. The goal of the organization is to open networking channels between the students, alumni, and greater Milwaukee area.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Society for Public Engagement and Education
The RBG Society has been established to encourage law students to learn about public issues and to promote community education. The chapter provides a way for students to become actively involved in learning how to transform the law and policy landscape through advocacy, support, education, and organizing so all people have the knowledge to make informed decisions and receive community support.
Saint Thomas More Society
The Saint Thomas More Society (STMS) provides a forum for exploring the ways in which the Catholic intellectual and moral traditions can help inform our understanding and practice of the law.
Sports Law Competition Board
The Sports Law Competition Board (SLCB) coordinates Sports Law Certificate Program student participation in internal and external sports law competitions. Internally the Board develops and manages the Collegiate Athletics Negotiation Competition each fall, and the Professional Sports Negotiation Competition each spring. The Board also nominates students to participate in all outside sports law competitions, and members serve as liaisons to and supervise each national team.
Sports Law Society
Marquette's Sports Law Society (SLS) acts as the student arm of the Marquette University Law School Sports Law Program. Society members assist the Sports Law Program and the National Sports Law Institute in preparing conferences, seminars, workshops, career panels and other events, in addition to hosting various social events for Society members.
Southwest Asian and North African Alliance
Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Alliance works to provide resources and create a welcoming platform for students who identify with the SWANA regions. The student organization works to connect members with SWANA attorneys in the community and provide students with educational resources on current Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian issues.
Tax Law Association
The Tax Law Association (TLA) is an organization intended to expose law students to the taxation legal practice area and opportunities within both public and private sectors. The chapter provides a way for students to become actively involved in diverse viewpoints on tax law and policy, panels showcasing viable career options and opportunities to connect interested students to other tax professionals in Milwaukee and beyond.
Marquette Trial Lawyers Association
The Marquette Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) is dedicated to: (1) Engaging students in the process of trial level litigation; (2) Developing trial skills; (3) Introducing students to local trial attorneys practicing criminal prosecution, criminal defense, personal injury, contract, intellectual property, insurance, labor and employment, public interest, and other civil areas of law. The Trial Lawyers Association acts in conjunction with the Litigation Certificate and the Trial Skills Competitions.
Youth Empowerment Society
Youth Empowerment Society (YES) is a student organization dedicated to bridging the gap between the legal community and Milwaukee's youth through speaker panels, lawyer education, community workshops, and other events.
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Client Skills Board
The Client Skills Board (CSB) is part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Society. The Client Skills Board provides students with the opportunity to apply concepts learned in the classroom while developing fundamental skills that are relevant to any area of practice.
Moot Court Board
Students who compete in national moot court competitions are invited to be members of the Moot Court Board. In conjunction with faculty supervisors, Board members oversee and administer the various components of the moot court program at MULS. Board members may apply to become Executive Board members through an application and interview process.
Law School Publications
Not seeing what you like? Starting an organization is a great way to develop leadership skills. Each organizations makes a lasting contribution to Marquette University Law School and provides meaningful experiences for fellow students. Sarah DiStefano, student affairs specialist, would be glad to meet with you to discuss how you can start a new organization. You can contact her via email or stop by her office in the Student Affairs Suite (238).