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 […]
Oct. 28: Environmental Racism and Climate (In)Justice
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. 19: Abolition and Public Defense: Can the Two Co-exist?
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 […]
Nov. 8: Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights
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. 18: Recording and Application Available: Pro Bono Intensive Program
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 […]
Oct. 17: Finding and Funding a 1L Public Interest Internship (In person)
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. 12: Diversity in Prosecutor Offices (In person)
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. 18: Research Assistant for NYU Law’s Climate Litigation Accelerator (CLX)
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 […]
Sept. 30: Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship Information Session
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: […]
Oct. 10: Application and Recording Available – Sidley Austin Pro Bono Opportunity
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 […]
Sept. 15: Research Assistant Role – Climate Litigation Accelerator
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 […]
Rolling: Fall Internship – Initiative for Community Power at NYU Law
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 […]
Sept. 12: Twenty-Sixth Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture
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. […]
PILC Info Session Recording Now Available
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.
Sept. 15: Meet the National Consumer Law Center
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 […]
Sept. 16-30: Government and Prosecution Brown Bag Lunch Series
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 […]
Rolling: Pro Bono Research Opportunity with Open Society Foundations
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 […]
Recording Available: Public Interest Career Planning for Rising 3Ls
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
Recording Available: Public Interest Career Planning for Rising 2Ls
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 […]
Sept. 7: 31st Annual Public Interest Legal Career Reception at Fordham Law
Through Table Talks the PILC Reception is designed to encourage informal discussions between students and public service employers. This reception is co-sponsored by NYC area law schools and will introduce students to outstanding work done in public service with nonprofit […]
Sept. 6: PILC Week Series: Welcome Reception
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. […]
Sept. 6: PILC Week Series: LLM Class Meeting
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. […]
Aug. 17: 3L Class Meeting
Join us for tailored advice for rising 3Ls who are starting or continuing with your post-graduate job search and how PILC can help. This event will be fully remote. Date: Thursday, August 17 Time: 4-5pm Eastern RSVP here via the […]
Aug. 16: 2L Class Meeting
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. Date: Wednesday, […]
PILC Counseling Appointments
PILC counselors are available for remote and in-person appointments throughout the fall. Same-day drop in appointments are also available. To make an appointment, you can: 1) Email pilc.appointments@nyu.edu with A description of what you are looking to discuss with a counselor Practice […]
Mar. 21: Meet with the LA Public Defender’s Office
Interested in learning more about becoming a public defender in Los Angeles, CA? Drop by PILC to speak with Jacqueline Baskerville, Deputy Public Defender and Recruitment & Volunteer Coordinator, from the LA Public Defender’s Office. She is available to answer […]
1L Judicial Internships for Summer 2023
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 […]
Sept. 9-Dec. 2: Public Defender Brown Bag Lunch Series
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 […]
RSVP: Gov’t & Prosecution Alumni Brown Bag Lunch Series
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 […]
Rolling: Pro Bono Opportunity – Open Society Justice Initiative
** 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 […]