It also sponsors visits to the local jail, courts, and ride-alongs with the campus and local police. Its members also represent students charged before the University's Judicial Board. CLS provides opportunities for social enjoyment through its basketball tournament and theme party. The Environmental Law Council provides opportunities for students not only to apply and sharpen their research skills. Family is a support and advocacy group dedicated to the needs of non-traditional students.
Members share information about resources available in the community for families.
The organization also seeks to heighten awareness of the issues affecting professionals with family obligations. The mission of the Feminist Law Forum is to stimulate private thought and public dialogue regarding the connection between feminism and law, through informal gatherings, formal speaking events, and community service. Free People Free People uses the law, lobbying, and other forms of persuasion to assist people, both in the United States, and elsewhere, in improving their lives. Members have also assisted local citizens in danger of losing their welfare benefits and with securing safe housing. The Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County sponsors this moot trial court competition involving a number of law schools from the region.