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#Student Organizations

Penn Law students engage with a diverse and collaborative community at the Law School and across the University. In addition to participating in informal activities, they join and lead more than 90 student group that cover a wide array of academic, political, athletic, cultural, and social interests, from environmental law to bioethics to bowling.

For information about resources available to student groups here at Penn Law, please take a look at the Student Group Handbook & Event Planning Guide .

We are one of the largest and most active student chapters of ACS in the country. Every year we host a number of large annual events, including our Supreme Court Review and Federal Judges Panel, as well as numerous panel discussions, speaking engagements, workshops, and members-only activities. In addition, we administer the national student writing competition, the winner of which is published in the University of Pennsylvania’s Journal of Constitutional Law. We welcome you to learn more about our chapter and to become involved with the national organization.

Asian Pacific American Law Student Assoc. (APALSA)

Penn APALSA is the largest student-run organization at Penn Law. We provide academic support and professional development to our members, actively engage with the APA legal community, and host an annual conference for law students and legal professionals across the nation.

Beyond a Reasonable Stout

Beyond a Reasonable Stout connects Penn Law students with Philadelphia’s vibrant craft beer culture. And through brewery tours, tastings, talks, and events, BRS educates members about the diverse range of beer styles and brewing processes, as well as craft beer’s connections to agriculture, gastronomy, community outreach, and local economies. Ultimately, BRS promotes a heightened awareness of brewing as an art form and craft brewing as fast-growing industry.

Black Law Student Association (BLSA)

Our organization prepares our members to be successful and socially aware members of the greater legal community by providing academic, professional, and social support throughout the three years of law school. Penn Law BLSA is dedicated to maintaining connections with our distinguished alumni, and to reaching back to talented undergraduates to make sure that Penn Law is and remains a diverse space. Penn Law BLSA is the second-oldest student group at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has remained an active and vibrant force, both locally and nationally, for over three decades. Please contact us about any legal, political or social issues affecting our community. For information about the annual Sadie T. M. Alexander Memorial Conference, please visit http://www.sadieconference.org/.

Christian Legal Society

Penn Law’s CLS Chapter 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.

Civil Rights Law Project

The Penn Law Civil Rights Law Project is committed to serving social justice in the Philadelphia area. Currently, this project works with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and actively seeks to form additional partnerships with other civil rights advocacy organizations, to assist with their litigation and public policy efforts on civil rights issues. The project’s ultimate goal is to promote the principles of antidiscrimination, equal opportunity, and equal justice under the law for all persons, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or poverty.

Council of Student Representatives (CSR)

The Council is the elected government of the Law School student body. CSR has four major purposes: (1) Represent the interests and address the concerns of the student body; (2) Coordinate and regulate student activities and funds in the interest of the student body; (3) Communicate with the student body, administrative offices, student leaders, as well as other departments in the university system on relevant issues; and (4) Provide services that improve the quality of life of Penn Law students.