The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s Law School Affiliate program provides LGBTQ+ law student groups within law schools around the country with a number of benefits for the groups themselves and their student members:
- Access to the LGBTQ+ Bar’s “Law Student Resource Guide,” which provides a template for campus, local, and national student group action throughout the course of each school year as well as evergreen resources to assist your affiliate group’s internal and external advocacy work;
- Networking through the LGBTQ+ Bar’s Law Student Congress with other affiliate student groups across the country – enabling the formation of professional relationships that will be valuable throughout your group members’ legal careers;
- Updates on the National LGBTQ+ Bar’s programmatic work;
- Access to educational opportunities specifically developed for LGBTQ+ law students and attorneys, such as regular educational call-ins and webinars on cutting-edge legal issues facing our community and the profession at large;
- Law School Affiliate members who are also members of the National LGBTQ+ Bar also may access – at no charge – over 60 workshops and plenary panels at the Annual Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair;
- Access to unparalleled networking opportunities. The National LGBTQ+ Bar brings together attorneys from all walks of life who are willing and ready to share advice and referrals – a diverse community of legal professionals from attorneys to judges with practice areas covering just about every specialty imaginable. The National LGBTQ+ Bar has a growing network of practice-area specific programs, including the Family Law Institute, in which hundreds of family law attorneys communicate, educate, advise, and network with each other throughout the year. In addition, the National LGBTQ+ Bar maintains a separate lawyer Affiliate program, with over 40 participating state and local LGBTQ+ Bar Associations. The National LGBTQ+ Bar works to facilitate law student connections with those groups for mentorship and engagement opportunities.
Additionally, our Law Student Congress Board and LGBTQ+ Bar Policy Counsel, Mari Nemec, are happy to chat with affiliate members who have questions or concerns regarding affiliate groups, conditions on law school campuses, law student life, and related matters. Please email the Board at lscboard@lgbtqbar.org or Mari Nemec at mari@lgbtqbar.org to schedule a call.
CLICK HERE to complete an application on behalf of your LGBTQ+ law school student group TODAY and begin accessing member benefits for your group!
For any questions regarding the affiliates program, please contact programs@lgbtqbar.org.
If your law school does not yet have an LGBTQ+ student group yet, consider starting one yourself! Click here for some tips to get going.
Affiliated Schools:
Alabama
University of Alabama OUTLaw
Arizona
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law OUTLaw
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law Pride Law
Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law OutLaw Legal Society
California
California Western School of Law Pride Law
Golden Gate University School of Law OutLaw
Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School OUTLaw
McGeorge Law School, University of the Pacific Lambda Law Students Association
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law OUTLaw
Santa Clara University School of Law OUTLaw
Southwestern University School of Law OUTLaw
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) Queer Caucus
University of California College of Law, San Francisco (Formerly Hastings) OUTLAW
University of California, Irvine School of Law OutLaw
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law OUTLaw
University of La Verne College of Law Pride Law Alliance
University of San Diego School of Law Pride Law
University of San Francisco School of Law Pride Law
University of Southern California, Gould Law School OUTLaw
Western State College of Law OUTLaw
University of California, Davis School of Law Lambda Law Students Association
Colorado
University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder OUTLaw
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law OUTLaws
Connecticut
Quinnipiac University School of Law Outlaws
University of Connecticut School of Law Lambda Law Society
Yale Law School OutLaws
Delaware
Widener University, Delaware Law School OUTLaw
District of Columbia
American University, Washington College of Law Lambda Law Society
George Washington University School of Law Lambda Law
Georgetown University Law Center OutLaw
Howard University School of Law OUTLaw
University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law OUTLaw
Florida
Barry University School of Law OUTLaw
Florida International University College of Law Stonewall Legal Alliance
Florida State University College of Law OUTlaw
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center Lambda Law Society
Stetson University College of Law Lambda Legal Society
University of Florida, Levin College of Law OUTLaw
University of Miami School of Law OutLaw
Florida A&M University College of Law Stonewall LGBTQ+ Law Student Association
St. Thomas University College of Law Lambda Law Society
Georgia
Emory University School of Law OUTLaw
Georgia State University College of Law OUTLaw
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law OUTLaw
University of Georgia School of Law OUTLaw
Hawai’i
University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law Lambda Law Student Organization
Idaho
University of Idaho College of Law OutLaw
Illinois
DePaul University College of Law OUTLaws
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law Lambdas
University of Chicago Law School OutLaw
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law OUTLaw
Southern Illinois University School of Law OUTlaw
Indiana
Indiana University – Indianapolis, Robert H. McKinney School of Law Lambda Law Society
Indiana University – Bloomington, Maurer School of Law OUTlaw
Iowa
The University of Iowa College of Law OUTLaws
Drake University Law School OutLaws
Kansas
University of Kansas School of Law OUTLaws & Accomplices
University of Kansas School of Law Trans Law Student Association
Washburn University School of Law Rainbow Bar
Kentucky
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law Outlaw
University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Lambda Law Caucus
Louisiana
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center OUTLaw
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Lambda Law Alliance
Southern University Law Center Outlaw
Tulane University School of Law OUTLaw
Maine
University of Maine School of Law LGBTQ+ Law and Policy Group
Maryland
University of Baltimore School of Law OUTLaw
University of Maryland School of Law OutLaw
Massachusetts
Boston College Law School Lambda Law Students Association
Boston University School of Law OutLaw
New England School of Law OUTLaws
Northeastern University School of Law Queer Caucus
Suffolk University Law School OUTLaws
Western New England University School of Law OUTLaw
Michigan
Michigan State University College of Law Triangle Bar Association
University of Detroit, Mercy School of Law OutLaws
University of Michigan Law School OUTlaws
Wayne State University Law School OUTLaw
Minnesota
Mitchell Hamline School of Law Out!Law
University of Minnesota Law School OutLaw
Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Law OUTLaw
Missouri
Saint Louis University School of Law OUTLaws
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law OutLaws
Washington University School of Law OUTLaw
University of Missouri School of Law OUTLaw
Montana
University of Montana, Alexander Blewett III School of Law OUTlaws
Nebraska
Creighton University School of Law LGBTQ Society
University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law OUTlaw
Nevada
University of Nevada – Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law OUTLaws
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire School of Law Lambda
New Jersey
Rutgers Law School (Camden) OUTLaws
Rutgers Law School (Newark) OUTLaws
New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law Lambda Law Student Association
New York
Brooklyn Law School OUTLaws
Columbia University Law School OutLaws
Cornell Law School OutLaw
Fordham Law School Advocates for Trans Law Students (ATLS)
Fordham Law School OUTLaws
Hofstra University, Maurice A. Dean School of Law Outlaw
New York Law School OutLaws
St. John’s University School of Law OUTLaws & Allies
Syracuse University College of Law Outlaw
University at Buffalo Law School (SUNY) OUTLaw
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law OUTLaw
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Queer+ Club
North Carolina
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Lambda Law
Duke University School of Law OutLaw
Elon University School of Law OUTLaw
North Carolina Central University School of Law Outlaw Alliance
Wake Forest University School of Law OUTLaw
Ohio
Capital University Law School OUTLaws
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Lambda Law Students Association
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law OUTlaw
Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law Outlaws
University of Akron School of Law Gay/Straight Law Alliance (GSLA)
University of Cincinnati School of Law Out & Allies
University of Dayton School of Law Lambda Legal Student Association
University of Toledo College of Law OUTLaw
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University School of Law OUTLaws
University of Oklahoma College of Law OUTLaws
University of Tulsa College of Law OutLaws
Oregon
Lewis & Clark Law School OutLaw
University of Oregon School of Law OUTLaws
Willamette University College of Law OUTLaws
Pennsylvania
Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law Lambda Law Society
Duquesne University School of Law Lambda Law Society
Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle OutLaw
Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law, University Park OutLaw
Temple University Beasley School of Law OUTLaw
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Lambda
University of Pittsburgh School of Law OUTLaw
Widener University, Commonwealth Law School OUTLaw
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law OUTLaw
Rhode Island
Roger Williams University School of Law The Alliance
South Carolina
Charleston School of Law Alliance for Equality
University of South Carolina School of Law Carolina Equality Alliance
Tennessee
Belmont University College of Law OUTLaw
Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law OUTLaw
University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law OUTLaw
University of Tennessee College of Law Lambda Law
Vanderbilt University Law School Outlaw
Texas
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law OUTLaw
Texas A&M University School of Law OUTLaw
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law U.N.I.T.E.
Texas Tech University School of Law OUTLaw
University of Houston Law Center OUTLaw
University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law OUTLaw
University of Texas School of Law – Austin OUTLaw
Utah
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law Pride Law Caucus
Vermont
Vermont Law School VLGS Alliance
Virginia
Appalachian School of Law OutLaw
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School Outlaw
University of Richmond School of Law OUTLaw
University of Virginia School of Law Lambda Law Alliance
Washington and Lee University School of Law OutLaw
William & Mary Law School OUTlaw
Washington
Gonzaga University School of Law GSA PrideLaw
Seattle University School of Law OutLaws LGBTQ+ Law Student Association
University of Washington School of Law OUTlaws
West Virginia
West Virginia University College of Law OUTLaw
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law School QLaw
Wyoming
University of Wyoming College of Law OUTlaw