The International Law & Human Rights (ILHR) Fellowships application is now available. The fellowship is undertaken with funding support from the Public Interest Law Center, and in partnership with the Institute for International Law and Justice.   Eligibility: 1Ls, 2Ls, […]

It can be difficult to decide whether to participate in private sector recruiting if you are planning, or considering, a public interest career, and that decision comes extremely early in law school. This session aims to give advice and perspective […]

You may have considered spending your summer doing public interest work in New York City, Washington DC, or San Francisco, but have you thought about going to a smaller city or rural locale? Join us for a discussion with current […]

The various practice area panels from PILC Week are available here!    

Interested in learning about public defense in Texas? PILC is hosting Victoria Knott, Recruitment Director and Assistant Public Defender at Harris County Public Defender’s Office in Houston, TX, for an IN-PERSON information session on October 27 at 10:45 am. She […]

Date: Tuesday, October 28 Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m. Location: This is a virtual event RSVP here. The Public Interest Law Center invites you to sign up for a talk with the Vance Center for International Justice. The Vance Center’s Jaime Chávez […]

Join us for an insightful discussion hosted by the Furman Public Policy Scholarship Program, that will highlight various non-federal and non-executive branch careers in public policy in the era of Trump. This event will feature a special fireside chat with […]

Have you ever considered pursuing a career in Education Rights? Join Todd Silverblatt, Supervising Attorney of The Warren Sinsheimer Children’s Rights Program at Mobilization For Justice, and Yariel Acevedo (’21), MFJ Staff Attorney and former Sinsheimer Children’s Rights Fellow, for […]

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at a public interest law firm? What are these law firms, and how do they differ from other firms and non-profit organizations? Come meet attorneys practicing at public interest firms in […]

This virtual presentation will give you a basic overview of spending your 1L or 2L summer in international law, whether that is abroad or working on international issues while being based in the US, and we will go over some […]

The International Finance and Development (IFD) Fellowships are funded post-graduate fellowship placements with major international organizations working in the field of international finance and development. Students are placed in a range of practice areas including law and development, trade law, […]

Attend this session for an introduction to public interest careers and to learn about PILC’s Summer Funding Program, which guarantees financial support to any 1L and 2L with a public interest, government or judicial summer internship. PILC counselors will offer […]

Please join PILC for an information session geared to 1Ls who may want to spend their 1L summer interning in a United States Attorney’s Office or in a state or local prosecutor’s office, and/or 1Ls  whose interests may include national […]

The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, together with the Guarini Center, are excited to announce the launch of the Environmental Justice Initiative, a new collaboration at NYU School of Law.  We invite you to join us for a […]

Please join PILC and BALSA for a career panel and discussion with The Federal Defenders of New York. The panel will feature current Federal Defenders who will discuss their respective journeys as public defenders.   The Federal Defenders is a […]

Please join PILC for an information session geared to 1Ls who may want to spend their 1L summer interning in a federal, state or local government agency (except for criminal prosecutorial work, which will be discussed during the 10/15 Info […]

On Monday, October 6 from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., we will host an information session about an exciting fellowship opportunity available to current 1Ls only who have a passion for urban and public affairs, affordable housing issues and urban community […]

We are pleased to share a fall pro bono opportunity with Coqual, a global think tank and advisory firm. Opportunity: Coqual is currently seeking pro bono volunteers to assist research that will inform multiple studies on the future of work […]

The 33rd annual Public Interest Networking Reception brings together students and public interest employers for an evening of informal conversations. Hosted this year by Cardozo School of Law and co-sponsored by NYU Law and other regional law schools, the PIN […]

The Public Interest Law Center invites you to sign up for a talk with KC Michaels (JD ’12), Legal Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, International Energy Agency (IEA), during which he will share his overall experience working with the IEA […]

The New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project (NYC BAP) is part of Legal Services NYC, the largest provider of civil legal services in the United States. Legal volunteers work to save New York’s most vulnerable residents from wage garnishments, property […]

Are you interested in a career in environmental law? Join us to hear from alumni in environmental careers in the non-profit, government, and academic sectors. We will be joined by Julia McCarthy ’15 if the New York Health Foundation, Sahana […]

Children experience the climate crisis in myriad and far-reaching ways, but they are rarely at the center of climate conversations. This panel discussion will bring together leaders in government, medicine, philanthropy, and mental health to explore children as both the […]

Thinking about a career in international law? This info session is for 2L and 3L students who are interested in international post-graduate public interest fellowships. We will discuss the Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellowships, the Arthur Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship, the International […]

If you would like to learn more about the IFD and ILHR Fellowships, as well as other post-graduate fellowship opportunities available to LLMs, please come to the LLM Post-Graduate Fellowships Info Session. Youssef Farhat, Executive Director for the Center for […]

Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.  Location: FH Suite 430, PILC/JCO/OCS Library RSVP here

Join the Public Interest Law Center and the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights for lunch and a discussion of human rights and legal empowerment.  Sukti Dhital, the Executive Director of the Bernstein Institute, and Tyler Walton, the Deputy Director of […]

If/When/How is shifting the focus of their fellowship this year to family defense specifically, and will have 2-year placements in the Family Defense Practices of Brooklyn Defender Services and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. The application is expected to […]

This event is a part of PILC Week: An Introduction to Public Interest Lawyering, an event to kick off the fall semester, jump-start your career planning for the year, and get advice and inspiration from alumni practitioners and counselors.   […]

Please join PILC for the Twenty-Ninth Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture. Each year, a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary public service addresses the students, faculty, alumni, and friends of New York University School of Law. […]