Please join us for a workshop to help prepare you for successful interviewing and networking at the upcoming Public Interest Legal Career Fair (February 2 & 3, 2023). We’ll also cover how to handle offers, waitlists, free sign-up and navigating the virtual …
Jan. 20: PILC Fair: Interviewing and Table Talk Workshop Read More »
The Public Interest Law Center will be available for virtual drop-ins during the PILC Fair (2/2 & 2/3). All students registered for the 2023 PILC Fair are welcome to drop-in and speak with a PILC counselor! The virtual room will be open from …
The PILC Info session can now be viewed on the PILC Resources Website here: https://www.law.nyu.edu/publicinterestlawcenter/forstudents/career-resources-for-JDs If you have any questions or concerns please contact NYU Law School’s Public Interest Law Center at law.pilcfair@nyu.edu or 212-998-6686.
Please join PILC for the Twenty-Sixth 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. …
Sept. 12: Twenty-Sixth Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture Read More »
The Initiative for Community Power fosters deep community partnerships and brings decades of high-impact community organizing and power-building work. The Initiative catalyzes analysis, innovation, and project work to create a more equitable, democratic, and racially just society. The Initiative combines …
Rolling: Fall Internship – Initiative for Community Power at NYU Law Read More »
The Climate Litigation Accelerator is looking for an NYU Law 2L/3L to serve as a Research Assistant to help with an exciting and groundbreaking project: the first ever database on the right to a healthy environment. This project is a collaboration with …
Sept. 15: Research Assistant Role – Climate Litigation Accelerator Read More »
The Office of Graduate Careers, together with Sidley Austin, will host a virtual information session for interested students on Wednesday, September 28th at 10 AM. Click to watch the recording. International law firm Sidley Austin LLP seeks student volunteers for …
Oct. 10: Application and Recording Available – Sidley Austin Pro Bono Opportunity Read More »
Do you have questions about the Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship? Please join us for this in-person information session led by IJC staff in advance of the Oct. 18 Fellowship deadline. Food will be provided during this session! Date: Friday, September 30 Location: …
Sept. 30: Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship Information Session Read More »
Research Assistant for NYU Law’s Climate Litigation Accelerator (CLX) CORRECTION: This call for applications was previously posted but contained the incorrect email. If you applied previously, please resend your application materials to Jackie Gallant at jbg445@nyu.edu. The Climate Litigation Accelerator …
Oct. 18: Research Assistant for NYU Law’s Climate Litigation Accelerator (CLX) Read More »
NYU Law’s Public Interest Law Center will be hosting a conversation with current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace (’96) and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams on diversity in prosecutor offices. As African-American …
Oct. 12: Diversity in Prosecutor Offices (In person) Read More »
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 advice …
Oct. 17: Finding and Funding a 1L Public Interest Internship (In person) Read More »
Please join PILC virtually to discuss the LLM pro bono intensive research project opportunities on Thursday, October 13th from 5:30-6:30 PM. At least one representative from each organization will be in attendance. The organizational representatives will meet the LLM students …
Nov. 18: Recording and Application Available: Pro Bono Intensive Program Read More »
Human Rights in China (HRIC) is pleased to host the Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights. The fellowship enables an NYU Law School graduate to devote a year to full-time human rights work at HRIC. It was established …
Nov. 8: Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights Read More »
Join public defenders (including those who work in deportation defense), organizers and people with direct criminal legal system experience for a nuanced discussion on abolition and public defense. Panelists will share the tensions and opportunities they have experienced and respond …
Oct. 19: Abolition and Public Defense: Can the Two Co-exist? Read More »
Co-Sponsored by NYU’s Global Justice Clinic; Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law; Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Environmental Racism and Climate (In)Justice Friday, October 28th 6:00 …
Oct. 28: Environmental Racism and Climate (In)Justice Read More »
Please join PILC and the Peggy Browning Fund for a panel conversation on the current state of the labor movement, labor lawyering, and the future of workplace justice. The session will also include information about the summer Peggy Browning Fellowship …
Nov. 10: Advocating for Workplace Justice with the Peggy Browning Fund Read More »
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 …
Nov. 16: Getting Out of NYC: Summer Internships Beyond the Big Cities Read More »
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. Host organizations in past years have included: The United Nations (UN) The World Bank The …
Nov. 14: International Finance and Development (IFD) Fellowships Read More »
The URG is a policy think tank focused on the international human rights system and its impact on the ground. Its mission is to generate progress towards the full realisation of the rights and freedoms contained in international human rights …
SIDS & GLOBAL PLASTICS SERIES Webinar: Small Island Developing States & Plastic Pollution: The Road Towards a Global Agreement Wednesday, Nov 16 12:00-1:15 PM EST Register here. Plastic pollution has evolved into one of the greatest global threats to humankind …
Nov. 16: Webinar – Small Island Developing States & Plastic Pollution Read More »
Jump-start your career planning for the year with tailored advice for rising 2Ls about seeking a summer job for next year, preparing for your post-grad job search, and how PILC can help. This event will be fully remote. Click here …
Recording Available: Public Interest Career Planning for Rising 2Ls Read More »
Join us for tailored advice for rising 3Ls who are starting or continuing with your post-graduate job search and how PILC can help! Click here to view the recording. PILC Public Interest Law Careers Overview
To apply, please email Daniela.Ikawa@opensocietyfoundations.org with a resume and cover letter. ** For more information about NYU Law’s pro bono credit requirements, click here: https://www.law.nyu.edu/publicinterestlawcenter/forstudents/nys-bar-pro-bono-requirement Description of your organization The Open Society Justice Initiative, a litigation and law center housed …
Rolling: Pro Bono Research Opportunity with Open Society Foundations Read More »
Government and Prosecution Brown Bag Lunch Series Every Friday from 1:00-2:00 pm EST, Sept. 16 – Sept. 30, and 1:15-2:15 PM EST, Oct 21 Thinking about beginning your career or interning with a government agency or prosecutor’s office? Throughout …
Sept. 16-30: Government and Prosecution Brown Bag Lunch Series Read More »
Please join PILC for an informal discussion with the National Consumer Law Center’s April Kuehnhoff. The National Consumer Law Center uses its expertise in consumer law and energy policy to work for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people, including older adults, in …
Click HERE to View the Webinar On Tuesday, March 31, the Public Interest Law Student Association, the Public Interest Law Center, and the Judicial Clerkship Office held NYU Law’s first ever clerkship event focused solely on the questions, …
Webinar: Demystifying Clerkships for Public Interest Students Read More »
** For more information about NYU Law’s pro bono credit requirements, click here: https://www.law.nyu.edu/publicinterestlawcenter/forstudents/nys-bar-pro-bono-requirement The Open Society Justice Initiative, a litigation and law center housed within the Open Society Foundations, strives to ensure that the law, too often an …
Rolling: Pro Bono Opportunity – Open Society Justice Initiative Read More »
Beginning in September, PILC will host a series of “brown bag lunch” chats with alumni working in government and prosecution roles so current students may learn more about different types of government work and the paths to pursuing them. Please …
RSVP: Gov’t & Prosecution Alumni Brown Bag Lunch Series Read More »
Every Friday from 12:15-1:15pm EST, Sept. 9 – Dec. 2 (except the two marked with asterisks) Thinking about becoming a public defender? Throughout the fall, PILC is hosting brown bag lunches with public defender offices from around the country. These informative discussions …
Sept. 9-Dec. 2: Public Defender Brown Bag Lunch Series Read More »
We have collected hiring information (including timing of submissions and application materials requested) from various federal judges about summer judicial internships. You can download the Excel file from your CSM/Symplicity account (must be logged into CSM for this link to …
