The Society seeks to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. These activities include national symposia, a speaker's bureau highlighted by the John M. Olin lectures in law, public interest research and litigation, and publishing newsletters. The national journal of the Federalist Society is the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Members receive subscriptions to this journal and the Society news-letter and are also eligible for scholarship money to attend conferences. It serves as a support group to discuss the role of the Hispanic attorney, both in the legal profession and in the Hispanic community.
Membership includes some students who are bilingual and bicultural.
The group is racially mixedWhite, mestizo and Black. The membership considers diversity an asset, instilling values of cultural and racial sensitivity and allowing service as a bridge between Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Americans. For these reasons, the purpose of the organization is not to isolate Hispanic students, but to organize activities within the Law School community to apprise other students about Hispanic issues. Notre Dame's Society of International Law, organized in 1971, is an affiliate of the American Society of International Law Societies. The primary objective of the society is to contribute to the development of international law by fostering interest and understanding in the field.