Student Activities

Student Activities

Student life at Trinity Law School is active and vibrant as students are able to integrate their faith into their legal education. By living out what they are learning, students have the opportunity to see how our faith, built on the full revelation of Scripture, permeates and influences every aspect of our lives. Truly, no facets of our lives remain outside the reign of Jesus Christ.

Office of Student Life

To carry out Trinity Law School's mission, the Office of Student Life coordinates forums, panel discussions, networking and social events, student success, Bar Exam support, career development, and campus ministry while also providing support to student groups. At the heart of the Office of Student Life is a deep desire to serve the students and facilitate their intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and social development. 

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 

Trinity Law School supports registered student organizations in activities that promote career development, academic success, professional networking, and Christian discipleship.

How to Register a Student Organization

1. Obtain a Student Organization Registration Form from the Registrar's Office.
2. Acknowledge agreement with policies, principles, and regulations governing Trinity Law School.
3. Submit the completed registration form with signed acknowledgment to the Registrar's Office. The Registrar's Office will submit all materials to the Dean's Office for review and approval.
4. Registrations must be submitted 30 days in advance of the organization's first proposed event.

Requirements of Registered Student Organizations

All registered student organizations must meet and maintain the following requirements:

• All members of a registered student organization must be enrolled JD students of Trinity Law School.
• Every registered student organization must enlist a faculty advisor.
• All student group activities, whether on-campus or off, are subject to the policies, principles, and regulations governing Trinity Law School.
• All activities must include accommodations necessary to permit the involvement of qualified in-person and online students, unless excused in advance for good cause in writing upon application to the Dean's Office.

Failure of a registered student organization to conform its conduct to the policies, principles, and regulations governing Trinity Law School or any action of the organization which detracts from Trinity Law School's mission may lead to a formal revocation of the organization’s status as a registered student organization and its ability to receive funding from Trinity Law School.

Only those organizations registered with Trinity Law School will receive event funding from Trinity Law School or be permitted to use Trinity Law School facilities. Registrations are valid only for the academic year in which they are submitted, with updated registrations required each academic year.

Requests for funding must be submitted to the Dean's Office. Only events that promote career development, academic success, professional networking, or Christian discipleship will be considered for approval. The Dean's Office must approve all registered student organization advertising and marketing prior to materials being posted on campus or distributed to students electronically.

In the semester in which the election is held, officers of registered student organizations must be Trinity Law School JD students in good standing (i.e., not on academic probation at the time of election) with:

• More than 30 units or 2 semesters at Trinity Law School completed by the end of that semester.
• At least one full academic year left in their JD program.

No Trinity Law School graduate may continue to serve as an officer of a registered student organization. Any holder of an officer position who is placed on academic probation is administratively ineligible to continue in office and that office shall be deemed vacant, effective immediately. 

Church Community

Juris Doctor Degree Program Academic Activities

Moot Court

Students in the JD program may compete for a position on the Trinity Law School Moot Court team during the oral arguments conducted as part of LA 560b; those who perform well are invited to join the Moot Court team and compete in intramural competitions throughout the United States.

Moot Court competitions develop students’ research and brief-writing skills as well as their oral advocacy. Students find it an outstanding opportunity to measure their skills against those of other law students. Students may participate in Moot Court upon completion of LA 559 and LA 560b as well as concurrent enrollment in 24 units. Participation in Moot Court earns 1 or 2 unit(s) per semester, up to four units. 

Trinity Law Review

Founded in 1980 as the Simon Greenleaf Law Review, the Trinity Law Review has been a source of scholarship regarding law and the Christian faith as well as a broad range of other legal issues. Select JD students may participate in the production of the Trinity Law Review upon completion of LA 559 and LA 560b as well as concurrent enrollment in 24 units. Students invited to join the editorial board participate in all aspects of publishing the Law Review. In addition, students are encouraged to write student notes on topical issues for inclusion in the Law Review. Students are, therefore, afforded an excellent opportunity to develop scholarship skills. Participation in Law Review earns 1 unit per semester, up to four units. 

Juris Doctor Degree Program Student Groups

There are several student organizations in which students can participate. The policies and procedures governing student organizations are above. While student organizations change each year, the list below represents the variety of organizations that are active on campus. For more information, please reach out to the Office of Student Life.

• Black Law Students Association 
• Christian Legal Society
• Delta Theta Phi
• Federalist Society
• Women's Legal Society