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April 3: NYU Elizabeth Frankel Immigrant Rights Fellowship Deadline

The NYU Elizabeth Frankel Immigrant Rights Fellowship provides funding for NYU JD candidates pursuing a summer internship in immigrant services. The Fellowship was established in honor of the late Elizabeth Frankel ’05, Associate Director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, by …

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The application deadline for the 2025 Nina Pastor Fellowship has been extended to March 28, 2025

Created by NYU alumnus and current New York Law School Professor Michael Pastor in honor of his late mother, the Nina Pastor Fellowship for Technology and Justice supports NYU students who are interested in technology and justice-related legal issues particularly related to data privacy …

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March 10: Fellowship Deadline – NYU x NYAG LLM Antitrust Fellowship

The Antitrust Bureau in the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) will host one New York University (NYU) School of Law LLM graduate. The selected LLM graduate will serve as an Antitrust Fellow for a one-year term …

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March 14: LLM Public Interest Fellowship Deadline

Current NYU Law LLM students are invited to apply for the LLM Public Interest Fellowship. Four fellows will be selected to do 12 weeks of work at a host organization. Each Fellow will be provided with a stipend of $7000. Eligible host organizations include non-profit organizations, …

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March 11: Skadden Fellowship Information Session

Kathleen Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, will discuss the post-graduate Skadden Fellowship. The Skadden Fellowship is a two-year public interest project fellowship. This info session will take place Tuesday, March 11th, at 2:00 PM.  Please contact Kathryn …

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March 14: Additional Summer Funding – Catalyst Public Service Fellowship Deadline

Eligible 1Ls and 2Ls* with public interest summer internships in New York may apply to the Catalyst Public Service Fellowship Program, a program of the New York Bar Foundation.  Fellows will receive an additional $2500 on top of $5,750 for a …

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March 14: Planning for Your 2L Year: Choices and Strategies for Public Interest 1Ls

Join PILC and students for a discussion about how to plan for your 2L year and 2L summer, including whether to participate in EIW/OCI and how to choose and prioritize clinics, classes, term-time internships, journals, and RA/TA positions.   Now …

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March 14: Sudler Family Fellowship Deadline

The Sudler Family Fellowship supports between six and eight NYU Law 1Ls and 2Ls spending their summers at federal and local prosecutors anywhere in the United States. This fellowship is available only to those students who have already secured summer internships …

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March 15: Nina Pastor Fellowship for Technology & Justice Summer 2025 Fellowship Deadline

Created by NYU alumnus and current New York Law School Professor Michael Pastor in honor of his late mother, the Nina Pastor Fellowship for Technology and Justice supports NYU students who are interested in technology and justice-related legal issues and are dedicating their summers to doing public …

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March 18: Equal Justice Works Fellowship Information Session

Brooke Meckler, EJW’s Director of Law School Engagement & Advocacy, will discuss EJW’s post-graduate fellowship programs, in particular their Design-Your-Own Fellowship, which funds new lawyers for two-years to execute a novel legal project with a partner organization. NYU’s incoming 2025 …

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April 29: LLM Pro Bono Opportunity: International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network

The ILAW Network, a global network of over 1000 union and worker rights lawyers in some 88 countries, provides resources to attorneys worldwide who are supporting workers and their representatives. The ILAW Network facilitates information exchanges and promotes collaboration among its member …

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Feb. 25: Getting a Head Start on your 3L Public Interest Job Search Panel

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 …

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Feb. 27: PILC: New York State Attorney General Antitrust Fellowship Information Session (LLM only)

Please join PILC for an information session geared towards LLMs who are interested in applying to the NYU x NYAG LLM Antitrust Fellowship.  Bryan L. Bloom, Senior Enforcement Counsel, Antitrust Bureau in the Office of the New York State Attorney …

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Feb. 28: Dorothy E. Roberts Public Interest Essay Competition

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 …

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March 3: NYU Public Interest Law Center (PILC) Fellowship Deadline

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 …

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March 3: Tips for 1Ls on Finding Summer Public Interest Internships

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 …

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March 3: NYU Reproductive Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowship Deadline

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 …

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March 4: Project Fellowship Info Session

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, …

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Public Interest Students: Opportunity to Receive a Free Bar Prep Course from Themis Cares Program

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 …

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Feb. 17: NYS Excelsior Service Fellowship [Deadline Extended]

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 …

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Feb. 21: Arthur Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship Deadline

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 …

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Feb 10: Masiyiwa Bernstein Fellowship [Deadline Extended]

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 …

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Recording Available: PILC Fair: Interviewing and Table Talk Workshop

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 …

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Feb. 6: Kirkland & Ellis NYC Public Service Fellowships

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 …

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Feb. 6: NY Climate Policy in 2025 and Beyond

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 …

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Feb. 6 & 7: Virtual PILC Fair Drop-In Rooms

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 …

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2025 Derrick Bell Scholarship for Public Service Application is Available!

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 …

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Jan. 27: White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Summer Internship

White & Case Social Entrepreneurship Summer Internship Applications Now Open The Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to offer up to two student internships each summer for NYU Law students who have completed their 1L year. Launched …

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Recording Available: Finding and Funding a 1L Public Interest Internship

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 …

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Bar Prep Matching Program Information for Firm-Bound Students

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 …

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