People's College of Law

About Peoples College of Law

Peoples College of Law is a 501(c)(3) student and community-run nonprofit law school. It was founded in 1974, under the name The Guild Law School, by the National Lawyers Guild, La Raza National Students Association, the Asian Law Collective, and the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

The school exists to bring legal resources to under-represented communities by training legal advocates dedicated to securing progressive social change and social justice.

The school is governed by a board of directors, whose members include students. The board of directors oversees the school’s business, makes the major decisions regarding operations, sets policy, and delegates tasks to the administrator and PCL committees. The committees perform a large share of the school’s operations. They are comprised of students, board members, and other members of the PCL community.