Student Activities :: University of La Verne COLLEGE OF LAW

Membership on the University of La Verne Law Review is the result of a selective process, based on both grades and successful completion of a write-on competition. Beginning with Volume 30 (2008-2009), the 2L staff will consist of 20 members. The write-on competition takes place over a one-week period in the summer and consists of two parts: a “closed universe” memo (5-7 pages) on a topic of current legal interest, and a cite-checking (“Bluebooking”) exercise. Any student ranked in the top 5, by cumulative G.P.A., among all students eligible to write on in a given year, who completes the write-on competition but is not among the top 20 by law review index score, is guaranteed a spot on the law review.

Membership on the University of La Verne Law Review is ordinarily a 2-year commitment. However, in the event that members of the 2L staff elect not to return in their third year, spaces on the staff will be made available to students ranked in the top 30 after their second year of law school. Selection will be by a write-on competition, combined with G.P.A., as described above.

The Editorial Board of the University of La Verne Law Review is selected in February. Only Members of the University of La Verne Law Review are eligible to serve as members of the Editorial Board. Members of the staff not selected for the Editorial Board serve as senior staff members in their 3L year.

Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Founded in 1981, the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) is the first and oldest national Asian Pacific American law organization. NAPALSA promotes the advancement of Asian minorities in the legal community and focuses on the interests of the general Asian community. Each year, NAPALSA hosts an Annual National Conference on Law & Public Policy for members, alumni, and the legal community. The conference is an opportunity to discuss legal issues and public policies and to establish ties among member chapters.

The goals of the College of Law chapter include fostering and developing future leaders who will care about, support, and understand the history and concerns of the Asian Pacific American community.

Black Law Students Association
The goal of BLSA is to advance the interests of black law students and other minority law students and to instill in the black attorney and law student a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the black community. The College of Law chapter is part of a national organization, the National Black Law Students Association, which is the largest student-run organization in America. NBLSA conducts the prestigious Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition and sponsors the Nelson Mandela Scholarship Program, which awards scholarships to black law students annually. BLSA's activities have included voter registration drives, street law clinics, and a speaker series that addresses issues affecting minority communities.

Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
The College of Law has an award-winning chapter of Delta Theta Phi, one of the leading professional law fraternities in the world. Membership is open to all students. Information about the fraternity can be obtained from the Delta Theta Phi office and at the first-year student orientation program.

Federalist Society
The Federalist Society is a group of conservatives and libertarians 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.

Hispanic National Bar Association
On May 3, 2000, the HNBA recognized the George Lopez Chapter of the Hispanic National Bar Association at the University of La Verne College of Law. It also recognized the College as the first school to charter a student-chapter of the HNBA. The group is active in the local community.

J. Reuben Clark Law Society
The purpose of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society is to help students recognize the strength that can be brought to the study of law through students' personal religious convictions. Values such as (1) public service, (2) loyalty to the rule of law, and (3) appreciation for the religious dimension within the law student's personal life guide the organization in promoting fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law.

The organization's Bylaws state, in part, that to "accomplish its mission, the Student Chapter will (1) encourage its members to regard law studies as preparation to serve the courts, clients, and society (which service will always be paramount) as well as to practice law which may provide compensation; (2) promote and protect the rule of law; and (3) provide members with opportunities for continuing dialogue on legal topics of significance . . ."

Society of Legal Studies and Business
“Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” –Adam Smith

As the primary academic society for law and business within the University of La Verne College of Law, it is the organization’s mission to advance the interdisciplinary interests of the law and business programs at the University of La Verne College of Law.

The Society of Legal Studies & Business (SLSB) strives to provide its members with opportunities to better themselves through a network of mutually supportive relationships between members, private organizations, and government agencies creating a community of students and professionals interested in the fields of law, business, and public policy.

Scheduled social events provide our members with opportunities to meet with distinguished individuals that contribute to the fields of law, business, and public policy and learn from their experiences.

Both current members and Alumni members have continuous use of various club benefits such as access to both the membership network and a variety of business and legal publications and the opportunity to contribute research work to the respective publications in the various disciplines.

Sports and Entertainment Law Society
The Sports and Entertainment Law Society seeks to explore legal issues and trends in the sports and entertainment industries, cultivate interest therein, and provide a forum in which students can meet and interact with attorneys, agents, artists, etc.

Students for Independent Thought
The University of La Verne Students for Independent Thought is an organization whose purpose is to safeguard the free exchange of ideas by promoting the protections of the United States Constitution's First Amendment.

Moot Court
The College of Law participates actively in moot court competitions. Students who perform well in the Appellate Advocacy course and qualify for the Moot Court Honors course become eligible to participate on traveling moot court teams.

The College of Law regularly participates in national competitions involving criminal procedure and entertainment law; it has been successful in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Moot Court Competition, the Black Law Students Association Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, and the Roger Traynor/Witkin California Moot Court Competition.

The College of Law is exploring the possibility of adding further competitions to its annual roster.

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