Our mission is to promote diversity and inclusion within the Washington and Lee University and Lexington communities with events that introduce Asian culture. We connect to the NAPALSA and NAPABA networks by attending the NAPABA annual convention, taking part in their mentorship program, and increasing the visibility of their scholarships. We also create a supportive environment for our members through our mentorship program matching 2Ls and 3Ls with 1Ls.

The mission of the Black Law Students Association is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black and minority attorneys and allies who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.

BLOCS is a student organization committed to advancing the knowledge and understanding of Blockchain technology and the blockchain ecosystem within a legal framework. BLOCS aims to support, advance and track informed perspectives surrounding compliance, regulation, and legal theory of blockchain through court decisions, statutes, and the public perception of the industry. BLOCS hopes to interact and collaborate with the blockchain societies at other law schools to help future lawyers understand how to approach and discuss blockchain from an informed legal perspective. To achieve this, members of BLOCS will engage in active legal and technical research to enhance its members’ academic and professional development. A long-term goal is to increase general law school scholarship on blockchain and to showcase the organization’s efforts in internal and external publications. Lastly, BLOCS encourages social interactions between its members and the wide W&L community to build a greater understanding of the emerging blockchain practice area along with its technological implications.

The Washington and Lee Business Law association seeks to promote and grow a Washington and Lee community of students interested in the intersection of business and law. We host various student and attorney panels throughout the year discussing different practice groups in corporate law, the summer big law application process, and other relevant topics. These provide students with a better understanding of the numerous opportunities available under the umbrella of business law, while also showing unique paths taken by practicing corporate attorneys into their own specific practice groups. In addition to these more informative events, the Business Law Association also hosts social outings with other student organizations, including drive-in movies and cocktail gatherings. Lastly, we provide students with valuable connections within the corporate law community as to further assist them in career networking. We welcome any and all incoming students to join and enhance their understanding of this connection between business and the law.

Christian Legal Society is a fellowship of Christians dedicated to serving Jesus Christ through the practice and study of law, the defense of religious freedom and life, and the provision of legal aid to the needy. Learn more: https://www.christianlegalsociety.org/who-we-serve/

The Disabled Law Students Association is an advocacy and social organization. Their mission is to offer institutional and social support to disabled law students, to build peer, alumni, and professional mentorship networks, to educate and raise awareness among the student body on topics in disability law and policy, and to combat ableism and the social stigma of disability.

The Federalist Society is a legal organization dedicated to preserving the role of the judiciary as a check on the power of the state when it infringes on personal freedoms. We believe it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be, regardless of partisan ideology. FedSoc nationally has undergone significant growth over the past decade. We have 70,000 members across 200 student chapters and 90 professional chapters across the country. It is an incredible network of law students and lawyers confronting constitutional law issues we face. FedSoc particularly supports students seeking clerkships.

The First-Generation Student Union (FGSU) empowers first-generation law students to excel and feel confident navigating law school and entering the workforce. As first-generation students ourselves, we understand the value of creating and maintaining a support system for students in this demographic to overcome barriers in the legal community. Our organization accomplishes this through mentorship programs, including one-on-one student mentors, alumni networking events, and social events for mentors and mentees.

The Health Law Association’s mission is to introduce W&L law students to the field of health law and provide career opportunities through interaction with health law lawyers and alumni. HLA’s purpose is to provide the W&L community with an overview of what is occurring and changing in the health law community through events, speakers, volunteering opportunities, and networking opportunities with employers. Health law is an expansive field and touches almost all types of legal work. HLA shares a collective interest in exploring health law as it relates to public health, the provision of healthcare, and the search for health law employment opportunities.

W&L HIIT Club focuses on providing exhilarating, high-energy workouts that allow law students to work out and stay fit together in a fun and supportive environment.

The Washington and Lee University School of Law International Law Society (ILS) provides a forum for those interested in any aspect of international law-- private and public-- including human rights, trade, development, finance, international commercial arbitration, labor, environment, cyber and military law to discuss the most pressing issues in those fields.

The Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) is designed to meet the needs of the Jewish student body within the W&L School of Law. Our organization includes secular as well as observant students, and all of our events are open to the entire law school community. Activities include social events, speakers on Jewish or legal topics, and events celebrating Jewish holidays.

We are a collection of W&L Law students who uphold the J. Reuben Clark Law Society mission statement: We affirm the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious conviction. We strive through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.

This organization serves as a support group for students and their significant others or family members that move to Lexington with them. We aim to make sure that those that are not law students but are members of our community feel welcome and have an organization dedicated to including them in the life and community of the Law School.

In 2002, a group of law students started the Powell Board Lecture Series to honor the late Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Each year, the Lewis Powell Lecture Series has one goal: to bring a speaker of note in the legal community to deliver a lecture in honor of Justice Powell. Past lecturers have included Alberto Gonzales, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, and Justice Antonin Scalia. The lecture, having been held for fifteen years now, is a budding tradition of the law school.

We, the students of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Middle Eastern and South Asian Law Students Association (MESALSA) begin this organization to assemble, engage with, and cultivate a community of Middle Eastern and South Asian (MESA) scholars and cultures. We will work to support our students and be a voice in ensuring MESA students are represented and heard at W&L Law

One of the oldest and largest student-run organizations at Washington & Lee, the Moot Court Program provides law students the opportunity to develop and refine their oral and written advocacy skills by working individually and collaboratively. The Moot Court Executive Board ("MCEB"), comprised of thirteen third-year law students, administers five competitions: the John W. Davis Moot Court Competition, the Robert J. Grey, Jr. Negotiations Competition, the Mock Trial Competition, the Client Counseling Competition, and the Mediation Competition. All second- and third-year students, excluding MCEB members, may compete, and first-year students may participate as witnesses and bailiffs.

Winners and select competitors represent Washington & Lee in regional, national, and international competitions. W&L students have recently competed in the New York Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Competition, the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, and ABA competitions in Negotiations and Client Counseling.

For further information, please see the MCEB website: www.wlumootcourt.com.

NSMLS provides a forum of discussion and support for those affiliated with the U.S. Armed Forces, Coast Guard, or those interested in military veterans' issues, national security strategy, or defense policy. NSMLS is dedicated to advocating for veterans and increasing awareness of issues related to veterans, national security strategy, or defense policy. Membership is open to any student, faculty member, staff, or spouse in the University community with an interest in matters affecting our military, its veterans, and national security without regard to status as a military veteran or current service member.

PAD is a national law fraternity that aims to serve the community by fundraising to support students who choose to work public interest jobs. PAD is centered around networking, collaboration, and support of public interest work.

Pro Bono Board focuses on providing direct community service opportunities to law students throughout the school year. We focus on benefitting the Lexington/Rockbridge community and building community connections with law school students. We create a positive relationship with the local community and find ways for law students to feel connected with the Lexington area.

PILSA is a student organization dedicated to helping fellow students interested in pursuing careers in public service and public interest law. Our goal is to promote a commitment to community service and pro bono work. We work to alert students to relevant career opportunities and give back to the greater Shenandoah Valley. PILSA believes that everyone should have access to justice and encourages advocacy that advances the interests of those who are under-represented in the legal system. PILSA is and will continue to be an active, dedicated, and inclusive organization through its work—not only through its diversity in membership and assortment of events, but also through its work for the Washington and Lee community. We are the main resource in the law school for public interest-minded law students to gain the means, knowledge, and opportunity to achieve their legal career aspirations.

The purpose of the Public Defense Group is to bring together law students interested in public defense and legal aid in order to facilitate the development of skills and knowledge specific to these areas of law. Through this exposure, members will become versed in contemporary issues facing the criminal justice system and the collateral consequences of being accused of a crime. Members will have the opportunity to watch trials, speak with professionals in the field, and engage in discussions with local leaders. In addition, members will become more competitive applicants, thus bolstering the presence of W&L graduates within the field of public interest law.

Our mission is to provide students with opportunities to compete in external moot court and writing competitions, engage and network with professionals, and understand and gain the skills necessary to succeed in Sports, Entertainment, and Intellectual Property Law. Through our work we diversify the knowledge areas and skills contributing to the law school, university, and community.

The Sports Czars are an athletically focused organization devoted to providing inclusive, community based, recreation to all students throughout the law-school. The Czars feel it is their duty to create an atmosphere of stress-free competition within a law-school culture that is often plagued by stress and anxiety. As volunteer Czars, we pride ourselves on facilitating a safe, competitive, and inclusive environment throughout the year.

In the year to come, the Tax Law Society plans to cultivate academic and professional discussions and development in the area of tax law. In particular, the Tax Law Society aims to compete in the annual ABA Law Student Tax Challenge and serve as forum for students interest in tax law

WLSO is an organization that promotes an atmosphere of gender equality and provides a forum of discussion for issues that interest, concern and affect women. WLSO 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.

Website: http://law.wlu.edu/wlso