A core organizing principle within ION is collaborating with law students to provide them with engaging, hands-on opportunities in labor and employment law. Law students take lead on researching, preparing, and presenting trainings under the supervision of licensed attorneys. We are fortunate to work with law students from schools across the country.
If you are a law student and want to start a collaboration with ION at your school, please contact us at info@poweredbyION.com!
BLOC is a collective of law students at UC Berkeley School of Law who provide legal and organizing support to workers’ movements fighting for social justice by working closely with marginalized and low-wage workers. Members of BLOC learn essential skills for a legal career full of organizing and movement lawyering.
BLOC works with ION to provide trainings on federal and state labor law to service workers organizing independent unions. Additionally, students with BLOC are currently researching the possible changes to labor law under a Trump Administration and how organizers can navigate these challenges. Check out some of their research with us in the Post-NLRA Project Volume I!
Labor Coalition (“Labor Co”) is a student organization at the City University of New York (“CUNY”) School of Law dedicated to anti-capitalism, workers’ rights and economic justice. The group hosts educational events and organizes campaigns around worker issues. In addition to on-campus initiatives, such as advocating for a Workers’ Rights Clinic and demanding that Teaching Assistants be paid – a campaign students won in the Spring of 2026 – the group also collaborates with community organizations, including Brandworkers and the Unemployment Action Center (UAC).
In its work with ION, Labor Co develops trainings for workers covering relevant legal frameworks at the city and state levels, conducts research on the landscape of federal labor law, and works to expand ION’s reach into law schools across New York City. You can learn more about Labor Co here.
Law Students for Economic Justice (LSEJ) is a student organization at NYU School of Law that is committed to organizing students in the fight for economic justice. LSEJ educates students, builds community, provides student-run direct services, and connects students with allied grassroots causes. LSEJ also organizes the Coalition for Labor Action by Workers and Students (CLAWS), the coalition of unions and allied groups at NYU who are working to build the labor movement on campus and win dignity, security, and a real voice for every worker at NYU. Additionally, LSEJ is home to NYU Law's chapter of CLASS (Consumer Law Advocates, Students, & Scholars), a nationwide network of law students dedicated to promoting consumer law and developing the next generation of consumer advocates.
LSEJ supports ION by developing trainings for workers centered on their rights under local labor laws and contributing toward research on the future of labor law at the federal level. You can learn more about LSEJ here.