LAW SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
Asian
Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
APALSA is a network of Asian-American Law Students at the University.
The Association provides academic and social support to its members and
reaches out to the Law School community on issues pertaining to Asian-Americans.
Black
Law Students Association (BLSA)
The purpose of BLSA is to represent the views of Black students
at the University of Virginia School of Law; promote the welfare
of its members through educational, professional, cultural, and
social programs; and provide a forum for the discussion of local
and national issues affecting both the Black law student community
and the University community as a whole.
Conference
on Public Service & the Law
The Conference on Public Service & the Law brings
together students, faculty, litigators, and policymakers for
an exploration of various public interest issues facing today's
legal community and provide excellent opportunities for job networking.
The
Human Rights Study Project (HRSP)
HRSP studies law affecting the protection of basic rights in foreign
countries. HRSP combines the group-oriented and continuous character
of a student organization with the scholarly aims of academically credited
independent research. Each year, the Project Team travels to the country
it is studying to conduct interviews and collect other research materials
unavailable in the United States.
John
Bassett Moore Society of International Law
The J.B. Moore Society's primary objective is to contribute to the development
of international law by fostering interest and understanding in the field.
To promote that goal, the Society sponsors speakers, conferences, publications,
an international moot court team, and pro bono human rights projects,
as well as numerous other programs.
Public
Interest Law Association (PILA)
PILA is a student-run organization dedicated to promoting and supporting
public interest law among UVA students. PILA provides fellowships to
students who accept volunteer or low-paying summer internships in public
service, educates the law school community about public interest law,
and serves as a support network for students interested in the public
sector.
Student
Bar Association (SBA)
The SBA is the student governing association for the Law School with
the general goal of improving students' experience. The SBA encourages
student involvement in its 18 committees (i.e., Programming, Diversity,
Academic Concerns, Student-Faculty Interaction, Placement, Barristers'
Ball) and SBA class representative or office elections in the spring.
Student
Legal Forum (SLF)
SLF brings dynamic speakers to campus to discuss high-profile legal issues,
politics, and other civic concerns of interest to law students and the
University community.
Students
United to Promote Racial Awareness (SUPRA)
SUPRA is a student organization funded completely by the Law
School Foundation in order to promote communication, interaction,
and understanding among students with different racial and ethnic
backgrounds. This is accomplished primarily through autonomous
dinner groups that are purposefully racially diverse.
Virginia
Law Democrats
The University of Virginia Law Democrats intends to encourage political
discourse and learning about the political process and promotes student
and community awareness of political issues, and actively works for the
election of Democratic candidates to public office at the local, state
and federal levels.
Virginia
Law and Graduate Republicans
Law and Graduate Republicans is the primary organization
for law and graduate students who wish to support the local and
national candidates of the Republican Party and to promote Republican
ideas and ideals at the University of Virginia.
Voz
Latina
Voz Latina is the Latin American Law students' association
at UVA The organization promotes an awareness of and appreciation
for Latin culture at the Law School and serves as a resource
for the recruitment of Latin law students, as well as for their
professional placement once they are here. Voz Latina welcomes
members of any race or ethnicity.
Women
of Color
Women of Color provides social support to the
diverse population of women at the Law School;
promotes the welfare of its members through educational,
professional, cultural, social, and community service
programs; and provides a forum for discussing issues
affecting women of color in the Law School and
the University community. Women of Color seeks
to achieve these goals through service projects
and fundraisers benefiting the University community
and the greater Charlottesville-Albemarle area,
social gatherings to promote fun and friendship,
and open communication and involvement with the
administration, professors, other student organizations,
and the undergraduate community.
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UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH CENTERS
The
Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African
Studies
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
at the University of Virginia was established in 1981 in response to
student and faculty demands for a more coherent African-American and
African Studies program and a more aggressive program of minority recruitment
at the University. It is an interdisciplinary teaching and research center,
drawing the majority of its faculty and students from the humanities
and social sciences.
Asian
and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Almost two-thirds of the world's population live in Asia and the Middle
East, and a greater percentage than that, from the Maghrib in the west
to Japan in the east, speak major Asian and Middle Eastern languages.
In the 21st century knowledge and understanding of that part of the world
will become increasingly important for people in any profession or field
of endeavor. To address that crucial need the Department of Asian and
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (AMELC) offers a comprehensive
curriculum in some of the major languages, literatures, and cultures
of East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. AMELC currently teaches
Arabic (classical and modern), Chinese (classical and modern), Hebrew
(modern), with Biblical taught in Religious Studies, Hindi, Japanese
(modern and pre-modern), Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu. Literature courses
in AMELC are offered in all these languages. Most literature courses
are offered in the language and many are offered in English, with readings
in translation.
Center
for South Asian Studies
The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia is one
of 11 federally funded National Resource Centers for the Study of South
Asia- its diverse peoples, languages, cultures, religions and history.
Coordinating academic studies, outreach programs, and research relating
to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
and Tibet, the Center offers a wide range of courses in South Asia's
languages and the disciplines, a comprehensive library, and substantial
fellowship support as well as educational and cultural programs in the
community.
East
Asia Center
The East Asia Center was founded in 1975 to provide a forum for faculty
and students interested in East and Southeast Asia and to encourage extra-curricular
lectures and activities. It is an interdisciplinary organization of faculty
associates, each of whom is a full member of a department. The Center
administers the interdisciplinary MA and MBA/MA degree programs in Asian
Studies; encourages and coordinates Asia-related activities, especially
the lecture series; and administers a travel grant program for student
and faculty travel to Asia.
Institute
for Advanced Studies in Culture
How shall we make sense of the changing world around us? This question
defines the intellectual mission of the Institute for Advanced Studies
in Culture, a non-profit, interdisciplinary research center at the University
of Virginia. Through a wide-ranging program of research, writing, graduate
studies, lectureships, and conferences, the Institute investigates contemporary
cultural change and its implications for individuals and for society.
In particular, the Institute is concerned with understanding the changing
frameworks of meaning and moral order in contemporary America, the frameworks
within which individual life, institutional adaptation, and political
conflict in our society unfold. The Institute offers critical insight
and educational resources to all those concerned with responding creatively
and strategically to the challenges posed by a time of extraordinary
change.
The
Lorna Sundberg International Center
Since 1972, UVA's International Center (IC) has promoted intercultural
exchange through various educational and social programs. The IC provides
a comfortable and dynamic forum for learning about the world's cultures
and exploring the rich diversity within our international community of
students, scholars, faculty, and local residents.
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