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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY
2008 - 2009
ABA/LSD Representative
American Constitution Society
The American Constitutional Society (ACS) has at the core of its mission the promotion of an organized network of progressively minded legal scholars, lawyers and law students. To further that national mission, the W&L chapter of ACS has chosen to focus on speakers and events that afford students networking opportunities with working professionals.
mielkes@wlu.edu
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
The Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) strives to be an academic, social, and political arena for all students who are interested in learning about and supporting Asian and Asian American issues in the law. By nurturing the professional development of its members, educating the legal community about Asian American needs in legal practice, participating in community service projects, and articulating the needs of its students to the faculty and administration, we seek to cultivate a supportive minority community at the Washington and Lee School of Law.
http://apalsa.wlu.edu
chaudarym@wlu.edu
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) narrowly aims to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students, foster and encourage professional competence, focus upon the relationship of the Black law student and the Black attorney to the American legal structures while generally establishing a climate of tolerance and acceptance of diversity and providing a support system for minority students at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
bellb@wlu.edu
Burks Scholars x8020
Burks Scholars are third-year students who are chosen to act as teaching assistants working with faculty in small sections of first-year courses emphasizing writing and research skills. Burks Scholars are chosen on the basis of scholastic achievement, writing ability, skill in advocacy, and teaching aptitude.
Capital Hill Lawn Sports Association (CHiLSA)
Capital Hill Lawn Sports Association (CHiLSA) seeks to foster camaraderie and fellowship through lawn sports.
mcelroyt@wlu.edu
Christian Legal Society
The Christian Legal Society (CLS) Chapter at Washington & Lee is a non-denominational organization affiliated with the National CLS grassroots network of lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students. To integrate our Christian faith into our current studies and future endeavors as legal professionals, CLS is committed to providing law students with a means of society, fellowship, encouragement, and discipleship and a forum for discussion of problems and opportunities relating to Christianity and the law.
scannavinon@wlu.edi
Environmental Law Digest x 4750
The Digest is written, edited, and published by W&L law students for the Environmental Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. Intended as a practitioner's guide, the Digest contains student-written articles on environmental and natural-resources issues, summaries of key court decisions on the federal and state level, and commentary on pending state and federal legislation and regulation.
http://law.wlu.edu/eld/
callisj@wlu.edu
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
The Environmental Law Society [ELS] strives to raise public awareness of the law's impact on environmental issues. Through guest speakers and discussion panels, ELS encourages a free-flowing exchange of ideas and educates others about career opportunities in the environmental field. Not content to merely talk about the environment, ELS members take an active, hands-on role in making the world a better place by helping to manage the law school's recycling program and by cleaning up the Panther Falls area as part of the Adopt A Stream program.
golzedesmondl@wlu.edu
Epicurean Society
The Epicurean Society strives to create fellowship among law students through excellent food and drink. We provide a haven of completely law free socialization and help students appreicate different types of food and drink and learn cooking skills. We educate about and encourage students to take advantage of local food opportunities.
hynesa@wlu.edu
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee, commonly known as the EC, is the student government at Washington and Lee University. The EC oversees all student organizations, allocates a substantial portion of the student budget to student organizations, appoints students to University committees, and serves as a liaison between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. However, the EC's most important and visible role is the administration of the Honor System.
http://www.wlu.edu/x7726.xml
clearyr@wlu.edu
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society is a group of libertarians and conservatives interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.
http://law.wlu.edu/federalist
germanyr@wlu.edu
Fieldsport and Angling Society
The Fieldsport and Angling Society seeks the growth of sporting traditions and to encourage positive attitudes towards such traditions within the law school and in society as a whole. We seek to maintain an approachable atmosphere that encourages interested students to learn with us about these safe and enjoyable outdoor pastimes. We encourage the responsible use and protection of watersheds, forests, and farmlands. We enjoy and embrace our role as a steward of and active participant in the natural world. We recognize the equal dangers posed to sporting traditions by irresponsible practitioners and also by misinformed opponents of our traditions. As such, our primary goal is education through responsible model behavior and dedication to the ideals of sportsmanship, safety, fair chase, respect for private property, conservation and transmission of tradition.
http://fieldsport.blogspot.com/
dongarrav@wlu.edu
First-Year Class Officers
Health Law Association (HLA)
The Health Law Association was formed to bring together law students, faculty and practitioners who are interested in and work or plan to work in the rapidly growing area of health law and legal medicicne. The Association attracts those interested in questions of health policy and the crisis of health care finance, as well as those interested in medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, life science law, and corporate counsel work in health care and life sciences.
ennisd@wlu.edu
Honor Advocates
Honor Advocates show exceptional ability and a strong desire to uphold W&L's Honor System. They play an integral role in the proceedings of the Executive Committee, Student-Faculty Hearing Board, and Student Judicial Council. The goal of an Honor Advocate is to help ascertain the truth. This goal is achieved by assisting students/faculty/staff prepare and present their cases.
hutchensk@wlu.edu
Intellectual Property & Tech Law Society
The scope of the Intellectual Property and Tech Law Society is intended to be broad and include any student interested in Technology (Internet, privacy, biotech, etc) and/or Intellectual Property (Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks) Law. Our goal is to enhance awareness of Intellectual Property and Technology Law issues at Washington and Lee University through: (1)The Creation of an open forum for the discussion of current issues in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, (2) Providing information about career opportunities in Intellectual Property and Tech Law, (3) Fostering the development of practical legal skills via competitions and student editorials managed via the club website and (4) Initiating dialogue with associated Legal Institutions and Washington and Lee alumni.
lakej@wlu.edu
International Law Society
The International Law Society seeks to provide W&L students with exposure to those topics relevant to the practice of International Law and Scholarship. Through coordinated efforts with the university community, ILS provides a forum for open discussion of issues of globalization, International business, relations, and International public law. The goals of ILS are to provide International Law students with exposure to practitioners and scholars working in the rapidly expanding field of International law and foster discussion of the broad array of topics relevant to International studies in the law school and university community.
mielkes@wlu.edu
Irish-American Law Students Association
The goals of Irish American Law Student Association are to articulate and advance the needs and aspirations of Irish American and Catholic law students. We also seek to cultivate and encourage professional and social interface between law students and attorneys of all customs and backgrounds. And, in the tradition of Irish public houses, setting up a means for correspondence in order to foster community identity, debate, and the meaningful exchange of ideas.
stangleinr@wlu.edu
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society affirms the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious convictions. The Society strives through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.
smithap@wlu.edu
Jewish Law Students Association
JLSA, a student organization at the Washington and Lee School of Law, is dedicated to providing a wide variety of religious, social, and cultural programming for the entire student body of the Law School.
http://law.wlu.edu/jlsa/
nudelmano@wlu.edu
Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice (CRSJ) x 8119
The Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice is a research and reference publication having its focus on legal issues that have an impact on racial and ethnic minorities. The C.R.S.J. Journal concentrates on legal realities and reports on developments in both statutory and case law in an effort to monitor their impact on minority communities.
http://law.wlu.edu/crsj/
CRSJjournal@wlu.edu
Kirgis Fellows x 8066
Kirgis Fellows are second- and third-year law students who serve as formal mentors to first-year students. They provide information about law school life, University services, extracurricular options, and study skills.
marrinerr@wlu.edu
Law Families
Law students with families face unique challenges, especially in balancing their academic and family lives. We are here to help you and your family be happy, healthy and successful during your time in Lexington.
dongarrav@wlu.edu
Law News x 8565
The Law News is the student newspaper of the Washington and Lee Law School. Written and run by students, the Law News is for the law school community. The paper is published 4 times a semester for a total of 8 issues a year. The website is continually updated with the current issue as well as past issues.
http://lawnews.wlu.edu/Volume35
lawnews@wlu.edu
Law Review x 8566
Published four times each year, the Law Review presents lead articles contributed by leading scholars, judges, and lawyers, as well as student notes. Student writers are chosen during the summer after their first year of law school based upon grades and the results of a writing competition. Each staff writer develops a topic for original legal research, and writes over the course of the second year under the supervision of a faculty advisor and student editor. Selected writers continue as editors in the third year of law school.
http://law.wlu.edu/lawreview/
lawreview@wlu.edu
Law Revue
Law Revue is an end-of-the-year celebration that uses video, live acts, and music to entertain the W&L community.
awkwardg@wlu.edu
Lewis Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series
The Powell Lecture Series, which is totally student run, brings preeminent legal scholars, public servants, and practitioners to Lexington to broaden their own professional education. Past lecturers have included Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Janice Rodgers Brown, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez.
germanyr@wlu.edu
LL.M. Fellow
The LL.M. Fellow is a third-year law student who teaches our LL.M. students the skills they will need to conduct legal research using United States sources. The LL.M. Fellow works under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
liuy@wlu.edu
Moot Court Executive Board x 8575
The Washington and Lee Moot Court Executive Board administers five intramural competitions each year in negotiations, oral advocacy, trial practice, client counseling and mediation. The Board members also serve as coaches for the finalists from these intramural competitions who become eligible to compete in national competitions.
http://law.wlu.edu/mootcourt
marrinerr@wlu.edu
Outlaw
Outlaw is the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex law student group at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Our mission is twofold: to promote a sense of community among LGBTI law students and to educate the law school, University, and Lexington community about the legal issues facing LGBTI individuals.
http://law.wlu.edu/outlaw
awkwardg@wlu.edu
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International (PAD)
PAD is the only law fraternity created out of a legal controversy. In 1898, a group of law students united to dispute an Illinois Supreme Court decision. Over time, the group became an international law fraternity that currently boasts more active chapters than any other law fraternity in the world. PAD promotes academic and professional excellence, while its members enjoy many benefits, like a vast network that connects students to alumni in a variety of professions. The Staples Chapter at W&L, known for its commitment to service, organizes several projects each semester to aid the local community. For more, visit http://www.pad.org/
eckstromr@wlu.edu
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Phi is a national legal honor fraternity. It was established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics. It holds a unique position in the history of the North American bench, bar and the law schools. During the past two decades, Phi Delta Phi's reputation as an organization devoted to legal excellence has begun to spread into México and Europe.
dodgeg@wlu.edu
Public Interest Law Students Association (PILSA)
The Washington and Lee Public Interest Law Students Association was created to increase law student’s access to opportunities in public interest law.
corderv@wlu.edu
Second-Year Class Officers
Secular Student Society
The Secular Student Society strives to promote public awareness and discussion of atheist and agnostic perspectives on a variety of issues. The Society focuses on facilitating a productive relationship between secular legal professionals and the American legal system. Finally, the Society establishes a support system for secular students at the Washington and Lee School of Law.
collinsje@wlu.edu
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
The South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) was created to accommodate the needs of students engaged in the study of law. SALSA provides all students a forum to voice their perspective in a formal setting on contemporary South Asian political and social issues. SALSA provides its members with the academic and professional tools they need in order to promote success in the classroom and in the practice of law. SALSA strives to sponsor a number of events, along with projects geared toward community service at the School of Law for the benefit of Washington & Lee University and the Lexington community.
rahis@wlu.edu
Southwest Virginia Innocence Project (SVIP)
The purpose of the Southwest Virginia Innocence Project is to provide a forum for education and dialogue among students, professors, and members of the legal community regarding the common causes of wrongful conviction of the innocent and to establish an Innocence Project at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Once established, the Innocence Project will allow students to participate in ongoing cases involving possible innocence, from reviewing cases to filing motions for DNA testing with the VA courts.
http://law.wlu.edu/sfip/
plachtae@wlu.edu
Sports and Entertainment Law
The Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS) aims to encourage student exposure to the fields of sports and entertainment law by providing career information, helping to build bridges with professionals, and informing our members of important events and news in these areas.
websterk@wlu.edu
Sports Czars
The Sports Czars oversee intramural sports at the law school.
gaffneym@wlu.edu
Student Bar Association (SBA) Officers x 8564
The Student Bar Association is the student government organization for the School of Law. All students are members. It provides support for the publication of the "Law News," the student newspaper. It also sponsors social events and intramural athletics throughout the school year. It provides funding for a number of student organizations designed to support student interests, ethnic identity and practice aspirations.
hallk@wlu.edu
Tax Law Society/VITA
The Tax Law Society was formed to (1) establish a network between W&L tax practitioners and students interested in the same, (2) provide information to students interested in, or just curious about, pursuing an LLM in Taxation , and (3) provide a student organization that can help run the VITA program.
duffeym@wlu.edu
The Washington & Lee Diplomats
The purpose of the Washington & Lee Diplomats is to promote the playing of Diplomacy, a game of skill and negotiation, by hosting monthly house games and an annual tournament. The organization seeks to enhance students' negotiation and 'people reading' skills. It also seeks to foster a greater community amongst law students and undergraduate students through social activities.
collinsje@wlu.edu
Third-Year Class Officers
Toastmasters
The purpose of Toastmasters is to provide a fun and structured environment for law students to practice public speaking. Members of all levels are encouraged to participate in varied public-speaking roles to hone their skills and to educate and entertain their peers.
Virginia Bar Association - Law School Council
The mission of the VBA Law School Council at W&L is to act in accordance with the mission and goals upheld by the Virginia Bar Association. The Council is committed to serving the public and the legal profession by promoting the highest standards of integrity, professionalim, and excellence as future legal professionals. This is done through organizing volunteer opportunities to help the community, organizing networking events to allow law students and lawyers in a number of practice areas to come into contact, and planning events that will make students aware of the possible career opportunities to be found beyond law school.
bolickk@wlu.edu
Washington & Lee School of Law Soccer Club
Women Law Students Organization (WLSO)
The Women Law Students' Organization is dedicated to advocating for the success of women in the law; and to bringing an awareness of women's issues to the Washington & Lee Law School community.
stangleinr@wlu.edu
Writing Fellow
The Writing Fellow serves as a resource (on matters of usage, style, form, and composition) for students in the first-year small section legal writing courses.
dunuwillaa@wlu.edu

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