For Law Students
The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) is a nationwide membership organization of more than 1500 attorneys who represent hundreds of thousands of consumers victimized by fraudulent, abusive, and predatory business practices. NACA members are committed to advancing the cause of just treatment for and ethical representation of consumers.
Are you a law student seeking additional resources and support to assist you? Join us, along with other law students.
Consumer Law Advocates, Students, and Scholars (C.L.A.S.S.)
A joint project of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Berkeley Law's student-run Consumer Advocacy & Protection Society (CAPS) to establish and expand a nationwide network of law school student organizations dedicated to the promotion of consumer law.
C.L.A.S.S. is invested in developing the next generation of consumer advocates. Law schools across the country are engaged in educating their communities and fighting for the rights of working families. Join us.
C.L.A.S.S. Network
Getting Started with C.L.A.S.S.:
- Send a request to join the student chapter discussion list. Joining the list will connect you with other law students, professors, and consumer attorneys involved with C.L.A.S.S.
- Review our short guide for forming a chapter and our sample chapter constitution.
- The constitutions for all current network members are available below.
Current CLASS Network participants at law schools:
- Duke University School of Law
- Fordham University School of Law
- Georgetown University Law Center
- George Washington University Law School
- New York University School of Law
- Notre Dame Law School
- Stetson University College of Law
- St. John's University School of Law
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- University of California, Irvine School of Law
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Univeristy of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- University of Michigan Law School
- University of Montana Blewett School of Law
- University of North Carolina School of Law
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
- University of Washington School of Law
- Washington & Lee University School of Law
- West Virginia University College of Law
Consumer Law Job Opportunities for Students and Recent Graduates:
- NACA Summer Consumer Law Fellowship
- NACA Consumer Law 2-Year Fellowship Program
- Equal Justice Works Fellowship Program
- Skadden Foundation Fellowship
- State Attorneys General
If you have any questions, please contact us anytime:
- NACA at [email protected], and
- CAPS at [email protected].
Submit Ideas for Law Review Note Topics
Have you come across consumer law issues in your work that deserve to be explored in-depth in a research article? Share your Note/law review topic ideas for law school publications. Please share your ideas here.
Which Law Schools Have a Consumer Law Class?
Find out here. If you are an attorney interested in teaching consumer law, you can learn more in our You Should Teach a Consumer Law Course webinar.
Are you a law student?
If you're interested in starting a NACA chapter at your law school, here is a simple registration form to get started.
Are you a consumer attorney?
Your law school connections can help. Let us know who you know.
Are you a law professor?
Your students may be potential NACA chapter leaders. Help us connect with them.
CLASS Student Chapter Constitutions
CAPS (Berkeley) Chapter Constitution
St. John's University School of Law Chapter Constitution
Duke Consumer Rights & Economic Justic Project Charter
West Virginia University Consumer Law Group Constitution
University of Southern California Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society Constitution
University of Utah Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society Constitution
University of Florida Consumer Rights Club Constitution
University of Michigan Consumer Advocacy and Financial Regulation Organization Constitution
Find an Attorney
NACA member attorneys are committed to advancing the cause of just treatment for and ethical representation of consumers and will not, so long as they are a NACA member, perform services for any business or commercial client on a matter where that client’s interests are adverse to the interests of consumers.
