Calling all public interest 2Ls! During this panel, you will hear from current 3Ls, with diverse interests, who have navigated the public interest post-graduate job search. Receive job search strategies, learn about different post-graduate opportunities, and hear what 3Ls wish […]

Announcing the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Volume 173 Dorothy E. Roberts Public Interest Essay Competition The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is pleased to announce its tenth annual Public Interest Essay Competition. The Competition has been renamed the Dorothy E. Roberts Public Interest […]

Graduating NYU Law JD students are invited to apply for the NYU PILC Fellowship with a public interest host organization in the United States or abroad. The fellowship is for one year and begins in the fall following graduation. As of 2025, the […]

If you are still seeking a 1L summer internship or are just beginning your search for a summer job, please join us for a discussion of how to identify employers who are still seeking to hire summer legal interns.  We […]

Each year, graduating J.D. students at NYU Law are invited to apply for the NYU Reproductive Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowship with a public interest host organization in the United States or abroad. The fellowship is for one year and begins in the […]

If you are interested in working in public interest after graduation, you should be exploring project fellowships as an option. Come learn the nuts and bolts of applying for post-graduate public-interest project fellowships, such as the Equal Justice Works Design-Your-Own Fellowship, […]

Attention 3Ls and LLM students – Themis has extended its deadline (through the end of February) for the Themis Cares Program, which supports public interest students by providing them with a free bar prep course. If you are a public […]

The deadline for NYU Law students to apply for the two-year post-grad New York State Excelsior Service Fellowship has been extended to Monday, February 17, 2025. The New York State Excelsior Service Fellowship Program is a funded two‐year fellowship program, which offers […]

NYU School of Law’s Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship funds new JD graduates for one year of human rights work. Applicants are invited to design projects with a host organization to put their legal education to work on timely issues in countries […]

With a commitment to building the next generation of human rights advocates, the Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellowship provides two exceptional NYU Law graduates with an opportunity to spend one year working with an innovative human rights organization. The fellows are placed in […]

The recording for this event is now available to view here.      Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Location: VH 210 Please join us for a workshop to help prepare you for successful interviewing and networking […]

The Kirkland & Ellis New York City Public Service Fellowships at New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School were established in 1995. Kirkland & Ellis LLP made a gift of $1,000,000 to New York University School of […]

After the results of the 2024 presidential election, states, cities, and other subnational actors are again coming to the forefront as climate policymakers. New York State and New York City are in the process of implementing key climate legislation and […]

The Public Interest Law Center will be available for virtual drop-ins during the PILC Fair (2/6 & 2/7). All students registered for the 2025 PILC Fair are welcome to drop-in and speak with a PILC counselor!  The virtual room will […]

The Black, Latino, Asian-Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) Public Service Scholarship was created in 1994 to promote the practice of law in the public sector by graduates of New York University School of Law. In October 2011, the Scholarship […]

This session is an introduction to public interest careers and an opportunity 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 offer […]

PILC is pleased to offer firm-bound students the chance to support their peers through the Bar Prep Matching Program, facilitated this year by the Public Interest Law Center (PILC). This program aims to make bar prep materials more accessible for […]

***This session has past, but the recording is available here.***   If you are interested in participating in intensive pro bono research projects during winter or spring break, please join PILC and pro bono host organizations over zoom as they […]

  The Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law is pleased to announce that both the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will each again be offering a summer internship for students […]

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 […]

Format: Webinar  Please click here to register. Program Fee: Students or Alumni of Sponsoring Schools: Free Members: Free Non-Members: $25 This program is part of the New Lawyer Institute. Students and Alumni from sponsoring law schools: To ensure your free registration, […]

The Liberty Aldrich Summer Fellowship Program enables one NYU J.D. student to spend their summer working with Family Legal Care, whose mission is to increase access to justice in New York State Family Court by combining legal guidance, easy-to-access technology, and compassionate support to […]

The U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) is offering a full-time fellowship opportunity in the summer of 2025. We will support one currently enrolled NYU Law student (a rising 2L or rising 3L) to work for 10 weeks with the Asian American […]

Our team at the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency is now looking for young and ambitious interns to join us during the Summer of 2025. If you are a student enrolled in an LLB, JD, LLM, SJD, PhD, or equivalent […]

NYU Law is currently accepting applications for a Traineeship with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The traineeship program is open to current 3L and LLM students at NYU Law, as well as JD and LLM graduates […]

The Fair will take place virtually on Thursday and Friday, February 6 & 7, 2025. The deadline to register and upload applications is January 16, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

All 1Ls and 2Ls who may do a public interest summer internship and who register for summer funding are eligible to receive NYU Summer Funding.   Register here now! There is simply no downside to registering for funding, but if […]

The Public Interest Law Center together the Solidarity Center will host an in-person information session on available pro bono projects with the International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, a project of the Solidarity Center.   Jon Hiatt, Of Counsel with […]

National Day Laborer Organizing Network seeks Spanish-speaking volunteers for two upcoming Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) legal clinics in the NYC area. The first will be Sunday Nov. 17 in New Brunswick with New Labor (register here!) and the […]