About PILA
History
PILA began in 1981 as a Student-Funded Fellowships ("SFF") sub-committee of the Student Bar Association ("SBA"). The first SFF Benefit Auction was held in 1990. In 1997, SFF re-organized into the Public Interest Law Association and broadened its focus from solely fundraising for summer fellowships to general support for students’ public interest activities.
Mission
PILA is a student organization dedicated to the promotion of public interest law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Our activities include:
Want to get involved?
Each fall, PILA selects 1L Representatives to help engage their sections in PILA-sponsored activities.
Click the links below to find out more about our organization!
PILA began in 1981 as a Student-Funded Fellowships ("SFF") sub-committee of the Student Bar Association ("SBA"). The first SFF Benefit Auction was held in 1990. In 1997, SFF re-organized into the Public Interest Law Association and broadened its focus from solely fundraising for summer fellowships to general support for students’ public interest activities.
Mission
PILA is a student organization dedicated to the promotion of public interest law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Our activities include:
- sponsoring social and networking opportunities to support students interested in public interest law;
- raising funds, through an annual auction and other fundraisers, for Student-Funded Fellowships (SFF);
- distributing summer fellowships through a competitive application process to support first- and second-year law students working in non- or low-paying public sector jobs during the summer.
Want to get involved?
Each fall, PILA selects 1L Representatives to help engage their sections in PILA-sponsored activities.
Click the links below to find out more about our organization!
Disclaimer: Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization’s contracts, acts or omissions.