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• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
• Asian Law Students Association
• Black Law Students Association
• Business Law Society
• Client Counseling and Negotiations Board
• Creighton Law Ambulance Chasers
• Employment and Labor Law Society
• Environmental Law Society
• Family Law Student Society
• Federalist Society
• Fellowship of Christian Law Students  
• Gay/Straight Law Alliance
• Health Law Society
• Intellectual Property Law Society
• International Law Society
• J. Reuben Clark Law Society
• Latino Law Students Association
• Law Ambassadors
• Law Review
• Law School Democrats
• Law School Republicans
• Moot Court Board
• Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, Creighton Chapter 
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Phi Delta Phi
• Public Interest Law Forum
• Sports and Entertainment Law Society
• St. Thomas More Society
• Student Bar Association
• Women's Law Student Association

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is one of the nation's leading progressive legal organizations. Founded in 2001, ACS is comprised of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, policymakers, activists and other concerned individuals who are working to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are in their rightful, central place in American law. Today, American values, our constitutional heritage, and the freedoms and opportunities of our people are being undermined by a narrow, conservative approach to the law which lacks appropriate regard for the ways in which the law affects people's lives and that has come to dominate American law and public policy - from law school classrooms to legislative hearing rooms to federal courtrooms. This conservative vision, advanced by a highly organized movement, threatens to undermine the true promise of our Constitution. ACS is committed to fostering a more progressive vision of the law.

Among its goals, the Asian Law Students Association hopes to foster a bond among Asian and Asian-American students and between them and the rest of the student body. It also aims to promote the professional and educational needs of its members, to focus on the role of Asian lawyers in the American legal system, and to assist the Omaha Metro Asian community in gaining access to legal information and resources. Membership in the ALSA is open to all Creighton law students, and its members are both Asian and non-Asian in ethnicity.

BLSA is a voluntary association of African-American students that, as part of the national organization, provides programs and activities for its members as well as for the Law School and the community. The purposes of BLSA are: to articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of African-American law students; to foster and encourage professional competence; to focus upon the relationship of the African-American attorney to the American legal structure; and to instill in the African-American attorney and law student a greater awareness of and commitment to the needs of the African-American community. The chapter is a forum for expressing concerns to the Law School and to the local community, often in conjunction with the local minority bar association. 

The Business Law Society's mission is to provide a forum for law students interested in all aspects of business law.  In order to inform law students about the study and future practice of business law, BLS sponsors panel discussions led by business attorneys who practice in the Omaha area.  BLS has also recently established a mentoring program that partners law students with business attorneys to promote networking opportunities and career guidance.  Membership in BLS is open to all Creighton law students.

Client Counseling and Negotiations Board promotes student knowledge and interest in the counseling and interviewing functions and negotiations portion of law practice. Intra-school contests are conducted and the winners are eligible to enter national competitions conducted by the American Bar Association's Law Student Division. The Client Counseling competition involves simulated client interviews in which students, acting as attorneys, conduct an interview and determine how to proceed. Monetary prizes and the opportunity to advance to regional competitions encourage students to participate and develop the interviewing, planning, and analytical skills needed for the lawyer-client relationship. The intra-school competition is open to first year students during the spring semester. The Negotiations Competition conducted in the fall semester is open to second year and third year students. The Negotiation Competition gives students practice in negotiating legal disputes. 

The Creighton Law Ambulance Chasers (Running & Cycling Club) serves to create a common outlet for runners and cyclists or those interested in beginning a running and cycling regimen here at Creighton University School of Law.  The Ambulance Chasers exists to respond to all the running and cycling needs demanded by the law students.  This will include group runs and races, running and cycling advice, and help with training plans, routes, gear, and nutrition.  As future lawyers, we recognize the importance exercise plays in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and hope that our actions inspire our peers and clients to follow this path.

Employment law is a rapidly growing and vibrant area within the legal profession. It is a broad field that encompasses all aspects of the employment relationship. The Employment and Labor Law Society's mission is to educate the student body about this field. The Society seeks to achieve this mission by providing opportunities for students interested in employment and labor law to explore this area through events and other forums, including networking opportunities, and facilitating interaction with alumni and local practitioners.

ELS promotes the education of students in the state of our environment and the field of environmental law. The organization serves as an employment resource and features speakers on environmental issues. 

The Family Law Student Society provides a forum for discussing relevant issues related to family law practice by hosting speakers and networking opportunities for interested students.

Federalist Society is a non-partisan conservative/libertarian organization dedicated to freedom, federalism, and judicial restraint. The Federalist Society fosters a greater appreciation for the role of separation of powers; federalism; limited, constitutional government; and the rule of law in protecting individual freedom and traditional values.

Not all learning can be had from books. Much is learned in law school through contact with thinkers, judges and civic leaders, but even more valuable is thoughtful debate between you and your friends and colleagues. The Federalist Society, by broadening the law school debate with its publications and invited speakers, provides a forum for a fuller inquiry into today's legal issues than will be received from law school text books.

The Federalist Society seeks to encourage critical thinking and inspire broader participation in policy debates on both the national and local level. The Federalist Society seeks to educate the legal community through its programs and publications about how limited constitutional government based on the rule of law can have a positive effect on law and public policy.

FCLS, the Fellowship of Christian Law Students is a student-led and directed organization that seeks to bring all aspects of our Christian faith into both our law school educational experience and our lives. FCLS is a fellowship organization that seeks to provide both friendship and support to its members and to provide a place of encouragement and eternal focus within the law school. FCLS seeks to aid the spiritual growth of its members and to provide a place within the law school where faith and friendship are valued above all else.

The mission of the Gay/Straight Law Alliance is to foster a welcoming environment to all students regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference. In accordance with Ignatian and Jesuit tradition, the Gay/Straight Law Alliance affirms the goodness, worth and dignity of every person. The Gay/Straight Law Alliance strives to support diversity in the law school, to support gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexed law students, to increase knowledge and awareness of legal issues that are unique to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexed community, and to serve the greater community as a source of information about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexed legal issues.

Health Law Society focuses on the unique issues evident in the health care industry today. Health care is currently one of the fastest growing legal areas offering many diverse employment opportunities. The Society aims to inform students about ever-changing developments in the health care industry destined to affect their future employment with law firms, hospitals, government agencies, insurance companies, HMO's, and other corporateentities. 

IPL aims to educate its members on basic and emerging issues of Intellectual Property Law. The Society also gives students a forum for meeting with speakers who practice patent, trademark and copyright law. It is open to all Creighton law students. 

ILS is a student affiliate of the American Society of International Law. The Society strives to foster and expand interest in and understanding of the international legal process within the legal community. All interested law students are invited to be members. The Society's activities include speaker programs and seminars on current topics, involvement with the International Law Moot Court Board, and support for the annual Jessup International Moot Court Competition. 

We affirm the strength brought to the law by a lawyer's personal religious conviction. We strive through public service and professional excellence to promote fairness and virtue founded upon the rule of law. 

LLSA is a local association of Latino students in the School of Law. LLSA promotes unity among Latino students and between the Latino students and the rest of the student body. Another purpose of the Association is communication with the Law School administration. The Association also brings to the Omaha Latino Community an awareness of the opportunities that are available both in the study of law and in obtaining legal services. 

Law Ambassadors is a volunteer student organization that assists administration with admissions and alumni events. The purpose of the organization is to foster the environment both within and outside of the Creighton Law School community. The Law Ambassadors assist with law school tours, the annual alumni dinner, Call-A-Thon, Open House, Accepted Student Days, and Orientation. The organization is open to all law students. 

Founded in 1967, The Creighton Law Review is a quaterly publication produced by the students of the Law Review.  While publishing the work of mature scholars as lead articles in each edition, the Creighton Law Review is primarily devoted to the presentation of material produced by students of the Creighton University School of Law. In accord with the Law Review tradition, membership on the student-edited publication affords the opportunity for intensive legal research and disciplined legal writing. Membership on the Law Review is determined by academic standing and a writing competition. Students may earn credit by writing for the Law Review and by serving on the staff. 

Law School Democrats is an organization devoted to bringing professional students together to:
*discuss and shape the principles of the Democratic party;
*devise strategies for nominating and electing fit candidates for public office; and
*recruit men and women interested in keeping the two-party system healthy by vigorous debate and ethical campaigns.

The Law School Democrats have been successful in recruiting a core membership determined to inform their fellow members of the community of what America's oldest political party stands for in its third century of service to the nation. 

The Law School Republicans ("LSR") is a Creighton University School of Law student organization dedicated to upholding and promoting the platform of the Republican Party. The purpose of the LSR shall be to facilitate political involvement, foster networking opportunities, and encourage community service while advancing the interests of the Republican Party. As a club affiliated with a Jesuit institution, the LSR also recognizes the importance of integrating a vision of the world that arises out of a knowledge and love of Jesus Christ.

Moot Court Board provides research and oral advocacy experience, intellectual challenge, and academic appreciation to its student members. The annual intramural Moot Court tournament, sponsored by the Board, is judged by members of the local bench and bar, law professors, and third year students. Board members are selected on the basis of performance in this tournament. Creighton teams compete in the National Moot Court Tournament sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York , the Pace University Environmental Moot Court Competition, The Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition sponsored by the International Trademark Association and the Jessup International Moot Court Competition.

The Creighton chapter of the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys is dedicated to the improvement of trial practice and the preservation of the jury system. The organization is committed to providing advocacy related training and experiences to law students, to protecting the rights of citizens to recover for wrongs inflicted upon them, and to maintaining the integrity of the legal system.

Phi Alpha Delta, the Sir Thomas More Chapter, was founded in 1950 by a group of concerned and dedicated Creighton law students. What followed was a union of students committed to excellence. Phi Alpha Delta is one of the largest international legal fraternities. P.A.D. is over 120,000 members strong and boasts of members holding positions at the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, and the Executive Branch, as well as academic leaders, judges, and attorneys coast to coast and throughout the world. Membership is open to all law students, full and part-time, and P.A.D. has no specific grade or rank requirements. 

Phi Delta Phi, the oldest professional fraternity in existence, was established in 1869, and has had over 135,000 members over the years. It was founded on the premise of promoting ethics in the legal profession and today tries to impress upon law students the need for integrity and strong ethical ties within the legal community as well as professionalism and scholarship. The fraternity is open to those law students who have completed at least one semester of law school and who are in good academic standing. No person who is a member of any similar national or international legal fraternity shall be eligible for membership in P.D.P. The Creighton Inn Chapter of the fraternity sponsors numerous activities throughout the year, including rush, initiation, and speakers on legal ethics. P.D.P. is proud to recognize as members more judges, American presidents, governors, senators, representatives, cabinet members, ambassadors, ABA presidents and law school deans than any other legal fraternity. This list includes several of the current United States Supreme Court justices.

PILF promotes awareness within the legal community of the problems of the under-represented and works to serve the needs of the underprivileged within our community. PILF's aim is to foster an interest among law students and the legal community as a whole, resulting in the servicing of both the legal and non-legal needs of the under- represented. PILF is dedicated to the quest of justice for all and recognizes the need for an integrated vision of the world that acknowledges the commonality of humankind by promoting service of others and working to meet the needs of those lacking representation. PILF encourages and supports internships and careers in public interest and actively volunteers to assist in any possible phase of legal representation of those who would otherwise be unable to obtain remedies for violations of their rights. PILF provides a forum for the discussion of topics within the area of public interest and searches for the solutions and means to meet the needs of the under-represented. 

SELS is open to any Creighton University law student, faculty member, or staff member, and its purpose is to educate and inform interested members of the law school community about legal issues in the area of sports and entertainment. The Society sponsors guest speakers and forums focusing on legal issues faced by attorneys and clients in the sports and entertainment areas. These issues potentially include organizational structure and dynamics, contract negotiations, labor disputes, agency relationships, protection of intellectual property rights and identity, antitrust problems, and free speech. The Society also sponsors activities rooted in its members' common interests in sports and entertainment. 

The St. Thomas More Society is a community of law students, faculty and staff striving to encourage those in our community to apply high moral and ethical standards, as exemplified by life of St. Thomas More, in their everyday lives and in their professional careers;  to provide a vibrant, faith community, consistent with Creighton's Jesuit identity, encouraging students to more fully integrate spirituality into every aspect of their lives; and to assist in the spiritual growth of the members of the law school community consistent with the teachings and principles of the Catholic Church.

SBA is the student government at the Law School. It is affiliated with the American Law Student Association sponsored by the American Bar Association. The SBA is administered by elected student officers and representatives. The purposes of the organization are: to make law students aware of the obligations and opportunities existing for lawyers through Bar Association activities; to promote a consciousness of professional responsibility; and to provide a forum for student activities. The association actively develops programs and social activities for the student body, including a golf tournament and luncheon programs.

WLSA is an organization of both male and female students who have a concern for women's rights and issues. The Association sponsors a speaker forum on women's issues as well as social and other activities for its members and the Law School Community.