The purpose of the Black Law Students Association is to:

• Articulate and promote the needs and goals of African-American law students
• Foster and encourage an attitude of professional competence
• Focus on the relationship of the African-American law student with the American legal structure and the African-American community
• Serve as a source of information for prospective African-American law students at Quinnipiac University School of Law
• Instill a greater awareness in the African-American law student of the needs of the African-American community and to encourage a greater commitment to answering those needs
• Assist the law school in its efforts to ensure responsiveness
• Develop means and programs to bring our legal training to bear upon problems, legal and non-legal, in the African-American community

The members of the association have traditionally mentored minority students in area schools, and also periodically recognize both nationally-known and local individuals, who have made major contributions to the minority community and the civil rights of all individuals, at their Thurgood Marshall Awards Ceremony.

2008-2009 Executive Board:
President: Stacia Robinson
Vice President: Naomi Phillip
NEBLSA Regional Representative: Nyree Ramsey
Treasurer: Atiya Sample
Secretary: Sean Boyd
Thurgood Marshall Chair: Cecrystal Umeugo