About
WUPILP is a student-run organization with a mission to educate future
lawyers about the opportunities, rewards, and need for involvement in
public interest law. Public interest law covers a wide spectrum of
traditional legal practice and covers non-profit and governmental work.
WUPILP strives to provide law students with opportunities to work in the
public interest field through our Summer Fellowship Program. Each
summer WUPILP funds fellowships through various fundraising events. Past
fellows have worked with county public defender's office, legal aid,
the ACLU, Catholic Charities, Mercy Corps, and numerous other
organizations.
A tradition for more than 30 years, WUPILP's biggest event of the year
is the Bid for Justice Auction. For the 2024 summer, WUPILP, in
partnership with the John Paul Stevens Foundation, supported nine
students working public service law internships in Oregon and Alaska.
