The American University Law Review is a legal journal edited and published by law school students selected on the basis of scholarship. The students write comments and notes on legal developments and significant cases as well as critically evaluate and edit the lead articles and book reviews written for the Law Review.
The American University Business Law Review is a legal journal edited and published by law school students selected on the basis of scholarship. These students write comments and notes on legal developments and significant cases as well as critically evaluate and edit the lead articles and book reviews written for the Business Law Review.
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law is a legal journal edited and published by law students selected on the basis of scholarship. These students write comments and notes on legal developments and significant cases in gender and the law and policy as well as critically evaluate and edit lead articles and book reviews written for the journal.
The American University International Law Review is a legal journal edited and published by law students selected on the basis of scholarship. These students write comments and notes on legal developments and significant cases in international law and policy as well as critically evaluate and edit lead articles and essays written for the journal.
The Administrative Law Review is a legal journal edited and published by law students selected on the basis of scholarship. Students write comments and notes on legal developments and significant cases in administrative law as well as critically evaluate and edit lead articles, essays, and book reviews written for the journal.
The Docket is the official newsletter of the law school. Published weekly, it is the document used for the announcement of all official events and deadlines and information regarding classes, financial aid, examinations, registration, and other matters of interest to the law school community. Students are responsible for all deadlines, notices, and matters of policy published in the Docket.
The Human Rights Brief is an official publication of the law school’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law that reports on substantive contemporary human rights and humanitarian law issues. Law students produce the three issues published each year.
The Mock Trial Honor Society is a student-administered organization that coordinates and organizes intraschool, interschool, national and regional trial advocacy competitions.
The Moot Court Honor Society is the student-administered board that coordinates and organizes the intraschool and interschool student competitions in appellate advocacy, trial advocacy, and client counseling. Two intraschool moot court competitions are sponsored each year by the Moot Court Board. All first-year students are eligible to compete in the Alvina Reckman Myers First-Year Moot Court Competition, consisting of three rounds of oral argument. All students beyond their first year are invited to enter the Upper-Class Moot Court Competition, which involves both oral argument and the writing of an appellate brief. Interschool moot court competitions are administered by the board in a wide range of fields, including client counseling, labor law, tax law, energy law, administrative law, constitutional law, entertainment law, and many others. These competitions against teams from law schools around the country combine brief writing and oral argument skills.
The Student Bar Association is the law student government and is responsible for budgeting student fees (subject to the dean’s approval of the fee allocations) and coordination of all student-sponsored activities and organizations at the law school. In addition to sponsoring speakers and conducting social events, it represents students on the various faculty and student committees and serves as a clearinghouse for information on important social and economic concerns affecting students.
Many other student organizations are recognized as part of the Student Bar Association. The groups funded for the 2012-2013 academic year are Action for Human Rights & Alternative Winter Break, ADVANCE Advocates, African Justice Initiative, American Constitution Society, Arbitration Brief, Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Association of Transfer Students, Black Law Students Association, Business Law Society, Christian Legal Society, Communications & Media Law Society, Criminal Law Brief, Criminal Law Society, Disability Law Society, Energy Law Society, Environmental Law Society, Equal Justice Foundation, Evening Law Students Association, Federalist Society, Health Law and Justice Initiative, Health Law and Policy Brief, Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Intellectual Property Law Society, Intellectual Property Law Brief, International Trade & Investment Law Society, Iranian American Student Bar Association, Islamic Legal Forum, JD/MBA Club, Jewish Law Students Association, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Labor & Employment Law Forum, Lambda Law Society, Latina/Latino Law Student Association, Labor and Employment Law Brief, Law and Government Society, Law Revue, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Legislation and Policy Brief, LLM Board, Maritime Law Society, Mock Trial Honor Society, Modern American, Moot Court Honor Society, National Lawyers Guild, National Security Law Brief, Native American Law Students Association, Non-Traditional Law Students Association, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Poverty Law Society, Student Bar Association, Society for Dispute Resolution, Society for Justice in Palestine, South Asian Law Students Association, Sports & Entertainment Law Society, Students United , Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief, Transactional Law Society, WCL Democrats, Women’s Law Association.