Student Legal Services provides free preventive legal education & legal consultation to MU students on the Columbia campus. Funded entirely through Student Activity fees, as allocated annually by the Missouri Students Association in cooperation with the Graduate and Professional Council, SLS is part of both the MSA and the University of Missouri Department of Student Life, Division of Student Affairs.

In keeping with the University of Missouri Board of Curators Resolution establishing SLS on March 21, 1974, we do not represent clients in communications or negotiations or go to court to litigate for them. In contrast, we focus on student learning, while providing legal service at all times consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Missouri Bar Association. Our mission is to help students learn how to resolve any legal conflicts and disputes currently interfering with their goals, as well as how to apply this learning throughout their lives. Services provided include: free individual legal consultations, free trainings throughout campus regarding legal issues confronting college students, free conflict resolution trainings, a legal information center located in the reception area of AO2 Brady Commons, and online legal information.