Daily Life on Campus

Pursue Your Passion

Our student organizations are an important part of the Law School community and the engine behind many exciting programs. They offer an opportunity for students to explore their academic work beyond the classroom, through events that bring them together with others of similar (or different) cultural backgrounds or philosophical beliefs. These student organizations are also an effective way for you to participate in activities that will broaden your knowledge of specific areas of the law, become involved in pro bono work, and connect with the Law School's alumni and other members of the legal community.

There are more than 40 student organizations within the Law School, representing a variety of practice areas and cultural groups. Members develop substantive and informative student programs throughout the school year, as well as organize school-wide social events. Early in the academic year, the Student Bar Association conducts its annual Organization Fair when representatives from the association's various organizations are available to meet with students interested in joining.

Visit the links on this page to learn more about the Law School's student organizations.

  • Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI)
    Contacts: Meredith Symonds and Michael Berman, Co-Chairs
    General email: blspi@brooklaw.edu
    The organization helps raise fellowship funds for students interested in working in public interest positions. The organization also sponsors a speaker series on topical public interest law issues.
  • Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office Student Action Group (CLARO/SAG)
    Contacts: Cassidy Merriam and Jacob Englander, Co-Chairs
    CLARO/SAG is a student organization dedicated to educating the Brooklyn Law School community about the legal issues surrounding the burgeoning field of consumer debt. CLARO/SAG offers the opportunity to learn about consumer debt issues and New York civil practice while helping unrepresented litigants and interacting with practicing attorneys and fellow Law School students.
  • Immigration Court Observation Project
    Contacts: David Bright and Dorothy DiPascali, Co-chairs
    The Immigration Court Observation Project (ICOP) is committed to providing an objective evaluation of the due process afforded to immigrants during deportation adjudication hearings at New York City immigration courts.  ICOP performs this service through diligent observation of proceedings and accurate reporting, with the specific purpose of identifying any structural problems endemic to the adjudication system.
  • Homeless Appellants' Rights Project (HARP)
    Contacts:  Margaret Garrett and Beile Lindner, Co-chairs
    This group's role is to raise awareness about homeless rights issues in New York City, and is affiliated with the Homeless Appellant Rights Project pro bono project (HARP), which is operated in conjunction with Project FAIR and the Legal Aid Society's Homeless Rights Project. HARP volunteers provide critical advice to homeless families appealing the City's denial of their applications for shelter.
  • Law Students for Veterans’ Rights
    Contact:  Daniel Floros and Patrick Mulqueen, Co-chairs 
    Law Students for Veterans' Rights is devoted to the representation of veterans throughout the New York City area.  We will create awareness and work to solve the problems American veterans face, including access to earned benefits, housing and homelessness problems, and access to information for veterans with issues pending in family court.  We work in coalition with the following groups: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) and a clinic of 10+ New York City law firms.
  • Legal Association for Women (LAW)
    Contact: Megan Dubatowka and Christine Khaikin, Co-chairs
    LAW is an organization committed to mobilizing law students in action concerning issues that affect women and the law. Some of its programs and projects include: the fight against domestic and international violence against women, access to reproductive choice and family planning, pay and career equity, women-friendly workplaces, and judicial nominations.
  • National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
    Contacts: Chloe Liederman and Shannon Karam, Co-Chairs
    The BLS chapter of the NLG is a group of progressive law students that seeks to provide support for the struggles for racial justice, civil rights, and workers' rights. The group hosts events and organizes projects on these issues, including Student Day Against the Death Penalty, Anti-War Week, and Immigration Court Watch. The BLS chapter also coordinates with the National Chapter, New York City Chapter, and other student chapters.
  • Suspension Representation Project (SRP)
    Contacts: Alison Holstein and David Shapiro, Co-chairs
    The Suspension Representation Project (formerly the Student Education Advocacy Project) is an advocacy group dedicated to ensuring the educational rights of New York City public school students. SRP gives law students the opportunity to represent K-12 students at their Superintendent's Suspension hearing. Students facing a Superintendent's Suspension are often unrepresented at their hearings and lack the information they need to challenge the charges brought against them. Our goal is to work with students and their families to develop a case to keep them in school.
  • Unemployment Action Center (UAC)
    Contacts: Noor Alam, President
    Website: http://www.uac-ny.org/about_us.php (main organization website)
    The Unemployment Action Center is a non-profit, student-run organization devoted to the representation of unemployment insurance claimants in New York City. Members gain valuable hands-on legal experience by advising and representing clients before administrative judges at the New York Department of Labor.
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Listen to Student Bar Association President, Elliott Siebers, speak about the Brooklyn Law School experience.

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Elliott Siebers
President
Student Bar Association
Brooklyn Law School
SBA Office, 250 Joralemon
Brooklyn, NY 11201