There's something for everyone.
Hamline Law's student organizations encompass a variety of interests, ranging from legal interest areas and affinity groups to volunteer and community service activities. Currently, we have more than 30 active organizations, and students are welcome to create more.
The Student Organization Handbook provides guidance for students creating a new student organization and for those who are assuming the leadership of an existing student organization.
Current Student Organizations
For students interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices.
The goal of the organization is to provide a forum for expressing concerns and to represent the interests of Asian Pacific law students as well as to serve the Asian Pacific American community outside the Hamline University School of Law.
Purpose: To help foster a welcoming environment in law school for African-American students and help promote awareness in the law community of African-American issues.
It shall be the purpose of the Business Law Association to promote an organization for Hamline law students with an interest in business law and to provide awareness of the demand for business professionals with a legal education. The Business Law Association shall provide a platform for students to explore their interest in business law through discussion and networking with business professionals.
We are Christ-followers who attend law school. We are neither a conservative nor liberal organization. We have no agenda except to serve Christ through our actions, our relationships, and our studies. Just as Christ welcomed all into His presence, we welcome everyone at our meetings whether you are a committed Believer, an atheist, or somewhere in between.
The CLS Group is an organization comprised of students and faculty, that is comprised on reading about and discussing issues of sexuality, gender, race, class and postmodernism in the law, as well as Critical Race Theory, Feminist Jurisprudence, and other related areas of critical thought and analysis.
Purpose: To foster lifelong friendships and professional affiliations through legal education, international networking, and mutual respect. Because success in law school requires balance, the Paul A. Magnuson Senate of Delta Theta Phi is a professional law fraternity which offers academic programs, social activities, and philanthropic opportunities.
The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) is a part of the National Organization of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Our mission is to provide a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law. The Hamline University School of Law SALDF is dedicated to the goals of educating law students and involving and participating in the surrounding community.
The Hamline Law Democrats are committed to providing a resource for people that are interested in getting information about local and state politics. Our meetings provide an atmosphere that is conducive for open discussion on varying viewpoints. Hamline Law Democrats also serves as an outlet for networking with other people that are interested in political activism and involvement. Furthermore, this group is charged with bringing local political/social leaders to campus in order to promote open discussion and rhetoric regarding the political and social issues our communities are faced with.
This organization is dedicated to electing Republican officials at all levels of government, and providing the law school with information regarding Republican Party politics. Please see our HUSL Republicans TWEN page for any announcements and details about events.
The Hamline Law Veterans’ Association (HLVA) is a student organization open to all students regardless of whether they are affiliated with the military or simply have a desire to show their support for our Armed Forces. The HLVA is dedicated to acting as a liaison between the School Administration and Veterans.
The Native American Law Student Association is dedicated to promoting the study of Federal Indian Law, Tribal Law and traditional forms of governance, and to support Native Americans in law school. We strive to reach out to Native communities and encourage Native People to pursue legal education. We also strive to educate the legal community about Native issues.
It is the mission of the Federal Bar Association to "strengthen the federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the interests and the needs of the federal practitioner, both public and private, the federal judiciary and the public they serve."
The HWLC of Hamline University School of Law is a student organization dedicated to the empowerment of women in the legal profession through educational, professional and political means.
The Latino Law Student Association is an organization committed to providing a voice for the interests, concerns, and empowerment of the Latino students at Hamline University School of Law. The Latino Law Student Association's mission is to promote understanding and respect among all students, regardless of race, sex, creed, culture, or religion through the spirit of community. We welcome all students who wish to explore and enjoy the Latino culture!
The Hamline chapter of the Minnesota Justice Foundation sponsors activities that allow both students and practicing attorneys to meet, socialize, and discuss non-profit, pro bono, and public interest areas of law.
The National Lawyer's Guild is "dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests. The Hamline University student chapter seeks to meet the social, academic, and professional development needs of our progressive students, in addition to providing programming about contemporary progressive legal issues.
Phi Alpha Delta, the largest law fraternity in the world, is committed to providing our members with genuine advantages in their legal educations and careers through programs that emphasize academic achievement, charity, volunteering, social networking, and professional development.
The Second Career Society's purpose is to serve second career students by providing information and advice through programs, fellowship, networking, and advocacy at Hamline and in the legal community.
This student group provides information from the undergraduate intramural organization to law students. The club forms teams and the funds for registration. The club also organizes sport fundraisers between Hamline law students and the other MN law schools. This year we plan to have a basketball tournament and a 5K run. We also are open for suggestions and can reserve fields and courts for students to participate in events not offered through the traditional intramural organization.
Stonewall Alliance is HUSL's student organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, and allied students. Stonewall organizes political, educational, and social events for and concerning the LGBTQ community. We work with other student and community groups to raise awareness of diversity issues on campus.
The SBA is the organization responsible for encouraging and maintaining student morale by hosting yearly socials, funding a variety of student organizations that cater to students' individual interests and operating the bookstore. The organization strives to support and encourage academic excellence and professional growth among students; ensure the attainment and preservation of the rights of individual students to acquire a quality legal education in a just and reasonable manner; serve as a liaison between the students and the faculty, alumni of the school, and the greater community; and facilitate and foster community among students.
The Student Health Law Association's goal is to promote experiential
learning and fellowship among students interested in health law. We do
this through community service, networking, and peer-support.
Providing Hamline Law students with the opportunity to learn about Intellectual Property
Law and network with local IP attorneys.