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Our mission is to promote the academic and professional success of our membership, while serving as a positive influence in our community and beyond.

LALSA strives to:

• Exist within a framework of integrity, transparency, respect and cooperation;
• Meet the specific needs of our members by hosting events such as study skills and interview preparation workshops, providing peer mentors to 1Ls, and disseminating information about employment opportunities;
• Identify and raise awareness about the needs of communities of color and other minority groups, by hosting events such as “Street Law” and other service projects;
• Increase the number of competent and professionally responsible Latinas and Latinos in American law schools and the U.S. legal system;
• Bring about change, through our positive participation in the legal sphere, to meet the needs of our community.