The Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action creates avenues for engaging and empowering Law School students, faculty, staff, and alumni to build interdisciplinary connections across the Drexel community and beyond to advance justice and equality for all members of society.

The Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action is a hub for public education and critical examination of relationships between law, policy, and lived experience. By linking scholars, legal practitioners, activists and community members from diverse backgrounds, the center seeks to address the real-world impacts of law and policymaking through concrete actions and solutions that better actualize equity and justice. It also facilitates action-oriented research, scholarship and community engagement on law, legal systems and social change on local, national, and international scales.

Activities

The center hosts a range of activities, including public symposia and lecture series dedicated to cutting-edge law and policy matters. CLPSA enhances the intellectual life of the Drexel community by hosting nationally recognized scholars, advocates, and policy makers through its Scholar in Residence, Public Policy Maker in Residence, and Public Lecture Series. In 2025, CLPSA is spearheading one-of-kind public programs that highlight the intersections between hair, health, law and policy.

The center also collaborates with policymakers and advocates in the U.S. and abroad on important human and civil rights policy involving issues such as racial and gender equity, religious and cultural expression, as well as consumer protection, health, and safety regulations. The center also partners with area institutions to promote diversity in the legal profession—an important strategy for advancing justice.

Opportunities for Law Students

Consistent with the University’s commitment to learning beyond the traditional classroom, students are encouraged to participate in as well as plan events that relate to policy and social change.

CLPSA Director, Professor Wendy Greene, regularly teaches a semester-long legislative practicum which provides students with the unique opportunity to assist with the crafting of legislation, legislative testimony, and policy initiatives on local, state, national, and international levels. Professor Greene also regularly advises students on advocacy-oriented research projects through upper-level seminars and directed research credits.

CLPSA Programs & CLPSA In The News

• 2025 Drexel Law Review Symposium—Weaving it All Together: Hair, Health Law & Policy, Drexel Kline School of Law, September 25-27, 2025 — Symposium Program
• Rooted In Justice: Addressing Hair Discrimination and Its Health Impacts on Women and Girls— A Virtual Program in conjunction with the United Nations Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent — Watch on YouTube
• Scholar-Activist Wendy Greene Charts a New Course at Center for Law, Policy and Social Action (2023) — Read (Issuu)
• Center for Law, Policy and Social Action Hosts Scholars, Explores Array of Social Justice Issues (2024) — Read (Issuu)

Stay Connected

Join the center’s mailing list for more information about these and other upcoming activities. You can also email the center directly at CLPSA@drexel.edu.