An organization designed to promote and articulate the professional needs and goals of students with an African heritage. The association fosters the professionalism of its members with special regard to the legal profession. It is also the goal of the association to encourage a sense of excellence in the study and application of international legal issues.
Forums involving both international business and human rights issues are a focal point.
The society membership is unique, inasmuch as it represents the broad cultural diversity of the School of Law. Membership is open to all students. The purpose is to articulate and promote the needs and goals of the Chicano law student. CLSA seeks to bring legal training to bear upon the problems, legal and nonlegal, in the Chicano community. It also provides an organization through which the Thurgood Marshall School of Law can effectively communicate the needs and desires of its student members.