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Law Organizations
Aggie Bar Association
President - Javier Rocha
The Aggie Bar Association is composed of students who completed their undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University as well as other friends of Texas A&M. The Association serves as both a professional and social organization. A mentor program pairs students with Aggie members of the local bar.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Organization
The Association was organized in the fall of 2006, and serves as both a professional and social organization. It's purpose is to foster concern and discussion about current issues pertinent to mediation, arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution which are legally binding but that do not involve the necessity, cost, and inconvenience of going to court.
We hope to someday start a mentor program which will pair students with members of the community who are experienced and / or knowledgeable of the field. We also hope to offer professional programs, job preparation and placement assistance, as well as other services.
The activities of the group provide support to students, the St. Mary's University School of Law and the wider community in general. The ADRO welcomes all St. Mary's students who are interested.
Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
President – Randy Langford
APALSA provides an opportunity for St. Mary's law students to share experiences and discuss issues with the Asian-Pacific American legal community and visiting Asian scholars. APALSA welcomes all St. Mary's law students who are interested in the Asian-Pacific American legal community.
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
President - Courtney Scipio
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) of St. Mary's University School of Law places its primary focus on the matriculation, retention, and graduation of black law students in San Antonio. The organization engages in academic programs and social events that provide critical resources and benefits to students who might otherwise remain marginalized. This activity underlines our overall mission: to increase the number of competent black attorneys practicing within the State of Texas. The association endorses the idea that a larger pool of competent black legal advocated will mitigate the disparate effects the American common law system of justice currently delivers to the black population. BLSA seeks to (1) provide support for its members through scholarships and relationship building; (2) enhance leadership skills; and (3) to leverage available resources to increase our impact as legal advocates in addressing issues affecting minority communities. Membership is open to all students, staff and faculty members who support these goals.
Board of Advocates
President - Kurt Knepper
The Board of Advocates, also referred to as BOA, organizes and conducts competitions throughout the Fall and Spring semesters to give students of St. Mary’s University School of Law practical experience in the art of advocacy. The BOA consists of 20 law students who are responsible for the organization of in-school advocacy competitions. The types of competitions that BOA sponsors include, but are not limited to: moot court, mock trial, and negotiations. 3Ls and 2Ls may participate as competitors in any of the Fall and Spring competitions, exclusive of First Year Moot Court. In addition, any law student may volunteer as clients, witnesses, and bailiffs at the Fall and Spring competitions. Selection to BOA is made at the end of each Spring semester.
Chair – Kelly Pittl
Christian Legal Society
The Christian Legal Society is a non-denominational Christian fellowship for all law students who have put their faith in Jesus Christ for their salvation or want to. We are guided by Christ’s command: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matt. 22:37-40. Our fellowship aims to cultivate a heart for "knowing God" (Jer. 9:23-24) and for serving our neighbors through three interrelated activities: 1) Spiritual Formation: Cultivating spiritual growth through communal prayer, fellowship, and worship; learning to share one's faith; and devotional study of the Bible and classic Christian works. 2) Compassionate Outreach: Showing the love of Christ to the campus community by proclaiming the gospel in word and in deed, such as through a life of integrity and charitable good works, or as Martin Luther put it, "to be as Christ to our neighbor." 3) Christian Calling: Addressing the question, "What does it mean to be a Christian in law?", that is, submitting every aspect of one's calling in the legal profession to Christ's authority.
President – Guillermo Dekat
Dallas Alumni Student Chapter
The Dallas Alumni Student Chapter (DASC) develops networking opportunities for St. Mary’s University School of Law students seeking legal employment in the North Texas market. The DASC strives to increase cooperation with alumni working in the North Texas area by coordinating social functions, such as happy hours, with the Dallas Chapter of the St. Mary’s University School of Law Alumni Association.
President – Kathryn Gentry
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Delta Theta Phi is a national fraternity dedicated to uniting congenial students of the law. The members of the fraternity seek to aid fellow members in the study of law.
Democratic Law Students Association
The Democratic Law Student Association seeks to make known and promote the principles of the Democratic Party, including the values of family, freedom, and fairness. In recognition that the power of our government derives from the individual strengths of our diverse population, DLSA reinforces the principle that any society should be rooted in equal opportunity and ethical representation. By becoming a member of the Democratic Law Student Association, you have the incredible opportunity to meet other like minded students, connect with local campaigns, and network with local Democratic attorneys.
President – Amy Melendi
Employment & Labor Law Association
The Employment and Labor Law Association seeks to provide a forum for discussing contemporary issues pertinent to the study of Employment and Labor Law. It also seeks to foster relationships with Employment and Labor law attorneys across the city and state.
Environmental Law Association
The purpose of the Environmental Law Society is to promote awareness of environmental issues, to provide a forum for discussion of environmental topics and to encourage interaction with environmental groups and other practitioners in the area of environmental law.
Family Law Association
The Family Law Association was organized in the spring of 1998. It has sponsored speakers on current issues of family law, and seeks to foster concern about and discussion of these issues on campus. In addition, it has sponsored a blood drive and served as a feeder group to CASA, a volunteer child-advocacy organization.
Federal Bar Association
President –Hector Benavides
Raising the Bar to New Heights. As the professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges involved in federal practice, the FBA offers an unmatched array of networking and leadership opportunities. From international law to bankruptcy, we cover it. For over 80 years, we have led the way for legal practioners in government. If you're interested in taking charge of your legal career, join us. Visit our website at www.fedbar.org for our special student membership rates.
The Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies 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. The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities.
This entails reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty, traditional values, and the rule of law. It also requires restoring the recognition of the importance of these norms among lawyers, judges, law students and professors. In working to achieve these goals, the Society has created a conservative and libertarian intellectual network that extends to all levels of the legal community.
To learn more about the Federalist Society go to www.fed-soc.org.
Health Law Association
The Health Law Association provides a forum for discussion of the legal, medical, and ethical issues pertaining to health law, including issues relating to access to health care, health care delivery and financing, malpractice, professional regulation, medical technology, and corporate issues.
Hispanic Law Student Association (HLSA)
President - Anita Perez Garza
HLS encourages the enrollment of, and provides support to, Hispanic law students. In addition to its social and fund-raising events the Association participates in regional and national conferences. The HLSA also hosts an internal moot court competition from which students are selected to represent St. Mary's in the Hispanic National Bar Association's Moot Court Competition. Membership is open to all students regardless of ethnic background.
Houston Young Lawyers & Alumni Student Chapter
President – Bryan Abraham
The Houston Young Lawyers & Alumni Student Chapter (HYLASC) provides St. Mary’s University School of Law students important networking opportunities with current attorneys and alumni that reside and work in the Houston metropolitan area. HYLASC strives to offer law students seeking legal employment in the Houston metropolitan market with the opportunity to meet alumni working in the Houston metropolitan area through social and professional events, such as happy hours, meet & greets, and panel discussions with the Houston Chapter of the St. Mary’s University School of Law Alumni Association.
International Law Association The International Law Association seeks to promote interest and research in international and comparative law. The Association hosts guest speakers who discuss current political and economic issues facing the world and sponsors an annual trip and professional exchange with Mexican law students of Saltillo.
Legal Sports Society
President – Matt Sharpe
The mission of the Legal Sports Society is to promote health, fitness and social interaction among students around the following four sports which are central to the legal profession: golf; racquetball; running, and tennis. And additionally to provide basic competency in the above named sports, as well as to continuously support and promote the values of St. Mary’s University and St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Longhorn Bar Association
Established in 1981, the Longhorn Bar Association brings together friends of the University of Texas including students, professors and members of the bench and bar. The activities of the group provide support to students, the St. Mary's University School of Law and the wider community. Hook 'em!
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Alpha Delta is the largest legal fraternity in the world. Its goal is to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of law with the members of the bench and bar. This international organization offers professional programs, students loans, job preparation and placement assistance, insurance and other services.
Phi Delta Phi
Magister - Ezra Johnson
Phi Delta Phi is the oldest legal fraternity in the nation, and it seeks to promote the ideals of the legal profession through intellectual development and community service. Membership is based on academic achievement. Students who are in the top 20 percent of their class at the end of any semester are eligible to join.
Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
PILA is all things public interest. We focus on gaining practical legal experience through service to the community and exploring the various paths to a public interest career.
Red Raider Bar Association
President - Christopher Wood
The Red Raider Bar Association is composed of students who completed their undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University and the friends of Texas Tech.
Republican Law Student Association
The Republican Law Students Association provides a forum for law students who wish to promote and foster the goals of the Republican Party, the Constitution of the United States and the values of St. Mary's University.
Restorative Justice
Contact – Randy Langford
Restorative Justice is a victim-centric system of jurisprudence that identifies the harm suffered by the victim and facilitates the healing of that harm through effective and innovative adjudication and dialogue. St. Mary’s Restorative Justice Initiative is comprised of students, faculty, and community members who seek to implement restorative justice studies and practices at St. Mary’s and in local jurisdictions. The group is currently collaborating with The University of Texas at San Antonio and area RJ entities to facilitate restorative justice programs in the Bexar County jail and juvenile justice system, as well as local offender re-entry programs. St. Mary’s Restorative Justice Initiative is open to all students, administrators, and faculty who desire to learn more about RJ and its practical application in jurisprudence.
SELS Sports & Entertainment Law Society
President – Keith McMahon
Provides a forum for discussion within the areas of sports and entertainment law, and sponsors presentations by guest speakers relating to industry topics and issues.
State Bar of Texas, Law Student Division
SBOT Rep & President– Robert M. Galarza
The Law Student Division's purpose is to enhance law students’ participation in the administration of justice, professional responsibility and public service in cooperation with the Texas Young Lawyers Association and the State Bar of Texas.
St. Mary’s Law Journal
Editor in Chief -Benjamin T. Landgraf
The St. Mary's Law Journal strives to publish four issues of a legal periodical of scholarly merit and practical use every year; and to further the legal education of its members by developing its members’ advanced legal research and writing skills and providing practical experience in the day-to-day operation of a legal publication. A seven-year survey of state and federal court decisions ranked the St. Mary’s Law Journal as the tenth most frequently cited law review in the United States. The survey ranked the top 10 most-cited American legal periodicals as: Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, New York University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, University of Chicago Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Texas Law Review, and St. Mary’s Law Journal.
St. Thomas More Society
The St. Thomas More Society has a two-fold purpose: to provide for the spiritual well-being of students and to provide a forum for discussion.
Student Bar Association
President –Russ Lorfing
The SBA is the oldest student organization at the Law School. The Association is a member of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. The affairs of the Student Bar Association are administered by an executive board, class senators, student representatives of legal organizations, and the Honor Court, all elected from the student body. The SBA elected officials organize student focused programs through twelve standing committees and various select committees, authorize official student activities and expenditures, and represent the law students before the administration and the faculty of the law school.
Tech & Intellectual Property Association
President – Allan Braxendale
The purpose of the Tech & IP Association is to promote interest in and knowledge of technology and intellectual property; provide members with networking and skills-building opportunities; and provide a forum to discuss legal issues relating to the field.
The Scholar
Editor-in-Chief –Carlo Gabriel Reyes
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues seeks to speak on behalf of minorities by reaching out to the larger community, to inform them, to share with them, to educate them and to grow with them. The goal of The Scholar is to give all minorities a "voice" in the publication of a legal journal on issues affecting all minorities. The Scholar is a sign of hope for a promising future and for a better understanding of all members of our society.
Women’s Law Association
President – Margaret Schlesinger
The Women's Law Association addresses the concerns of women law students. Seminars, speakers and fund-raisers are frequently sponsored by the organization. In addition, the Association has established a mentor program which pairs its members with local lawyers. Membership in the Association is open to both women and men.
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