2015 NYU School of Law Admissions Brochure

NYU School of Law THE JD EXPERIENCE

Start at NYU Law; go anywhere.

Step onto the world stage.

The Hauser Global Law School Program attracts leading faculty from all over the world to teach the latest perspectives on international law.

Our three NYU Law Abroad locations in Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai provide immersive experiences in global legal study and practice.

Enter the boardroom.

NYU Law’s cutting-edge law and business curriculum offers both corporate know-how and collaboration with business students in joint classes.

The Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business creates unique opportunities for students seeking an innovative career path in business and corporate law.

Make the common good more common.

A public interest leader, NYU Law has dozens of public-interest-focused clinics and guarantees summer funding for 1Ls and 2Ls working in government and nonprofit organizations in the US and abroad.

Center your thinking.

NYU Law’s far-ranging intellectual life includes 11 colloquia and 30+ centers and institutes tackling the most vital contemporary issues.

THE BIG APPLE…

Studying at NYU Law puts the vast resources of one of the world’s greatest cities at your fingertips.

An array of top law firms, investment banks, international organizations, cultural enterprises, and corporate headquarters translates into unparalleled career networking opportunities and a steady stream of high-caliber campus visitors. Combine that with a comprehensive range of faculty specialties—everything from the law of democracy and tax to environmental law and the law of social enterprise— and you have all the tools to find your direction.

…AND THE VILLAGE

NYU Law’s inviting Greenwich Village campus, located in one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods, meshes well with our strong community dynamic. The Law School fosters connections among students, who can join any of more than 80 student organizations to meet like-minded classmates, and between students and professors, who often collaborate on substantive legal scholarship to a degree more typical of a graduate school than a law school.

And when you’re ready to take a break, the world-class food and culture around Washington Square are right outside your door.

THE 1L YEAR “My 1L year I took International Law as an elective with Professor Gráinne de Búrca. I had a chance to study the area I was most interested in, and be reminded why I came to law school.

And it was really useful—when I went to Brazil on a Ford Foundation Fellowship that summer to work on Haitian migrants’ issues, I already knew about different international law instruments related to refugee law.”

GABR IEL L E APOLLON ’15

The Lawyering class size averages

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1L electives are offered.

variations and subspecialties of degrees are possible.

1Ls at NYU Law get a firm grounding in both legal theory and practice.

The Lawyering Program teaches the real-world skills that practicing lawyers need. The Lawyering class size is small, averaging 30 students.

1L electives, developed based on student interest, allow you to pursue a particular focus early in your legal education. These electives include:

Legislation and the Regulatory State, specially designed by the Law School, introduces the materials, concepts, and tools that lawyers must have in a world of statutes and regulations. It also helps students better absorb the concepts and issues covered in Contracts, Criminal Law, Procedure, and Torts, all required first-year courses. (Property and Constitutional Law are mandatory, too, but don’t need to be taken in the first year.)

Constitutional Law Corporations Income Taxation International Law Property Among the broad areas of study, some of the most popular are business, environmental, intellectual property/ antitrust, international, public interest, and tax law. Almost limitless variations and subspecialties are possible.

Some students opt for a joint degree, such as a JD/MBA; a JD/LLM in international law or taxation; a JD/MA or PhD in economics, history, philosophy, or politics; or a JD and an MPA, MSW, or MUP.

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NYU SCHOOL OF LAW BUILDINGS

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1 V anderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South

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2 D ’Agostino Residence Hall 110 W. 3rd St. 3 F urman Hall 245 Sullivan St. 4 W ilf Hall 139 MacDougal St. 5 M ercer Street Residence 240 Mercer St. 6 M acDougal Street Residence 130 MacDougal St. 7 2 2 Washington Square North

E lmer Holmes Bobst Library and Study Center 70 Washington Square South

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M artin and Helen Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South 10 Silver Center for Arts and Science 100 Washington Square East 11 University Health Center 726 Broadway 12 NYU Bookstore 726 Broadway

SCHOLARSHIPS

SU PPO RT ING YO UR EDU CATI O NAL G OA L S

NYU Law awards grants and scholarships in amounts up to full tuition.

Grants are awarded based on merit and/or need.

Many scholarships also offer fully integrated academic and professional programs: AnBryce Scholarship ASPIRE Cybersecurity Scholarship Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights Scholarship Furman Academic Scholars Program Furman Public Policy Scholarship Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholarship Program Sinsheimer Service Scholarship

GLOBAL

In an increasingly interconnected economy and geopolitical landscape, international legal issues are more crucial than ever.

NYU Law’s global programs offer unparalleled preparation for taking on these challenges and opportunities.

Seasoned and well-connected faculty share their expertise in the areas of international commercial law, economic development, global climate change, transitional justice, World Trade Organization disputes, antiterrorism, and many others.

The pioneering Hauser Global Law School Program, established in 1995, incorporates non-US and transnational legal perspectives throughout the Law School’s curriculum and brings the world’s leading faculty to NYU to teach side by side with their American counterparts. All NYU Law students

have the opportunity to explore a wide range of global legal issues through their participation in Law School life.

Students can also look far beyond New York to NYU Law Abroad, which offers specially designed programs in Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai combining classroom study with practical experience.

Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) Lowinson Research Scholars are part of a highly selective program providing advanced specialized training in international law. Participants develop a substantial research agenda and publication record in international law, coupled with practical engagement and field research.

“The Paris clinic helped me to strengthen my advocacy skills. My clinic project required frequent correspondence with an EU institution and allowed me to learn how to navigate a legal system with which I was unfamiliar.”

CA ROL IN GUEN T ERT ’14

CORPORATE LAW AND BUSINESS

NYU Law offers a comprehensive range of law and business courses.

“One of the things that surprised me about NYU was the opportunity to tailor your experience to what you want to do. Having been an economics and statistics undergrad, I studied antitrust, where I got to continue with my econ work, and also took classes like Accounting for Lawyers and Federal Budget Policy and Process.”

ST EVEN COU PE R ’15

The continually evolving classes at both the Law School and NYU’s Stern School of Business frequently take a global approach.

Students explore corporate law, compliance and enforcement, intellectual property, social impact and entrepreneurship, land use, labor and employment law, and other specialties.

The Lawyering Program for 1Ls includes a business and financial literacy module, and NYU Law has long offered Accounting for Lawyers and Corporate Finance for business-oriented students.

An Advanced Professional Certificate in Law and Business is available.

Students can also delve deeper with joint degrees including a JD/MBA, JD/ MA or PhD in economics, and JD/ LLM in international law or taxation.

JD candidates can pursue many opportunities outside of class, ranging from a fellowship with the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement to the Amy and Brian Schorr Family Luncheon Speaker Series that brings leaders in law and business to the Law School.

The innovative Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business prepares exceptional students to pursue high-level careers where law and business meet, offering competitive scholarships and a mentor network that connects students to leaders in their field of interest.

It also features a business law clinic and specially designed interdisciplinary law and business courses that unite faculty and students from the Law School and Stern to focus on current real-world case studies.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Public service has long been a hallmark of NYU Law. The Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship Program, NYU’s flagship public interest scholarship, was established more than 60 years ago and awards full tuition to 20 scholars selected for their academic merit, leadership potential, and commitment to working in public service.

The PILC Summer Funding Program, the most ambitious such program in the nation, guarantees funding to all first- and second-year students who want to work in public interest and government positions. In 2015, 403 students participated, working in 27 countries.

The Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) assists more than 500 JD alumni worldwide who choose careers in public service by easing the burden of debt repayment obligations.

Qualifying graduates who choose careers in public service following graduation will have their debt burden paid in full or in part by NYU Law’s LRAP. The Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights Scholarship offers full-tuition support to students who intend to pursue careers serving Latino communities.

The Furman Public Policy Scholarship Program trains selected top students pursuing public policy careers, providing full-tuition support and experience-based opportunities.

20 500+ 403 scholars are awarded full tuition through the Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship Program every year.

JD graduates in public service now have their debt burden paid in full or in part by NYU.

students participated in the PILC Summer Funding Program in 2015.

“Thanks to Public Interest Summer Funding grants, I worked at the Capital Appeals Project in New Orleans assisting on active cases, and at the Department of Justice focusing on civil litigation around prisoners’ rights and on criminal prosecution of public corruption. I definitely got to see how much I’ve learned in law school.”

S AC H A B A N IEL -STA RK JD/MA ’16

CLINICS

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clinics allow students to tackle complex, real-world legal issues and learn by doing.

Bankruptcy Appellate Clinic Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic Business Law Transactions Clinic Civil Litigation— Employment Law Clinic Civil Rights Clinic Community Development and Economic Justice Clinic Comparative Criminal Justice Clinic Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic Criminal Defense and Reentry Clinic District Attorney of New York Externship Education Advocacy Clinic Environmental Law Clinic Equal Justice and Defender Clinic Family Defense Clinic Federal Defender Clinic Federal Judicial Practice Externship Global Justice Clinic Government Civil Litigation Externship— Eastern District of New York Government Civil Litigation Externship— Southern District of New York Immigrant Defense Clinic Immigrant Rights Clinic

International Environmental Law Clinic International Human Rights Clinic International Organizations Clinic Juvenile Defender Clinic Legal Ethics Bureau at NYU Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic LGBT Rights Clinic Litigation, Organizing, and Systemic Change Clinic Mediation Clinic Mediation Clinic— Advanced: Dispute System Design Medical Advocacy Clinic New York City Law Department Externship New York Civil Liberties Clinic Prosecution Externship— Eastern District of New York Prosecution Externship— Southern District of New York Racial Justice Clinic Regulatory Policy Clinic Reproductive Justice and Advanced Reproductive Justice Clinic Tax Clinic Technology Law and Policy Clinic

CENTERS

NYU Law has a vibrant intellectual life.

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centers and institutes encourage student involvement through conferences, fellowships, academic programs, and courses, along with opportunities such as drafting amicus briefs or writing comments on proposed regulations.

Brennan Center for Justice Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights Center on the Administration of Criminal Law Center on Civil Justice Center for Financial Institutions Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) Center for Labor and Employment Law Center for Law, Economics and Organization Center for Law and Philosophy Center on Law and Security Center for Research in Crime and Justice Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law Classical Liberal Institute Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration (IJA) Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy Forum on Law, Culture & Society

Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Information Law Institute Institute for Affordable Housing Policy Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) Institute for Policy Integrity Jacob D. Fuchsberg Clinical Law Center Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice Migration Policy Institute National Center on Philanthropy and the Law Pollack Center for Law & Business Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Public Interest Law Center Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights US-Asia Law Institute

STUDENT LIFE

I F YOU CAN MEET T HEM, J O I N THE M

NYU Law has an extraordinarily robust array of student organizations (more than 80) for almost any extracurricular interest. The public interest-minded can try the Environmental Law Society, the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, or Law Students for Human Rights.

Those with an entrepreneurial focus might prefer the Law and Business Association or the Social Enterprise & Startup Law Group.

Students from similar backgrounds meet through organizations such as the Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association, the Black Allied Law Students Association, the Latino

Law Students Association, Law Women, Older Wiser Law Students (OWLS), OUTLaw (for LGBT issues), the South Asian Law Students Association, and the Women of Color Collective.

Other diverse interests are represented by the Art Law Society, the Law and Religion Society, and dozens more organizations. Nnenne Okorafor ’15 traveled to Ghana with the Social Enterprise & Startup Law Group: “We formed a partnership with an organization that finances social enterprises and, with guidance from a law firm, helped them solve legal issues.”

G E TTI NG B O O KED

Recently introduced extracurricular reading groups give 1Ls the opportunity to discuss non-academic works relevant to the law with their peers and a faculty member.

“Topics run from ‘Law and Lawyers in Literature’ (my own) to ‘Corporate Crime and Fraud’ to ‘Cowboys, Gauchos, and Samurai.’ My group, led by Dean Trevor Morrison, met at his apartment to talk about Antigone. Ten of us sat down over Brooklyn Lager and sandwiches in his living room to discuss Greek tragedy.

Casual, warm, free-ranging: it was like a book club with a legal slant. Aside from getting to know a professor better in a more intimate setting, we also got to meet people from outside our sections. Everyone chipped in with their thoughts, coming at the story of Antigone’s defiance of Creon from different backgrounds and perspectives. People related the story to their home countries, to things from our criminal law class, to post-9/11 America.”

—Russell Rennie ’17, from the Life at NYU Law blog

WISE COUNSEL

“Professor Clayton Gillette’s ‘mini-firm’ to rescue postbankruptcy Detroit was an extracurricular project like no other.”

DAV ID L EA P HEART ’ 14

AL L THE RESO URCES YO U NE E D TO S E T YO U R OW N PREC ED EN T

NYU Law’s administrators and faculty are focused on helping you succeed both academically and professionally. Academic Services staff will work with you to design and plan a curriculum that aligns with your unique goals. Faculty across disciplines offer mentoring to students seeking scholarly or professional guidance, while the Academic Careers Program helps interested JD candidates position themselves for a future professorship. The Public Interest Law Center provides abundant resources for those who want to give something back to their communities, whether part-time or as a career.

Recognizing the importance of clerkships for many graduates embarking on their legal careers, the Judicial Clerkship Office counsels students individually and guides them through the application process. And for the many students who pursue privatesector work, the dedicated staff of the Office of Career Services facilitates a wealth of firm receptions and recruiting events, as well as extensive personalized career advising. Whatever your path through NYU Law and beyond, you will find thoughtful guidance every step of the way.

STEPPING UP

BE CO MING A LAWY ER W H O L E A DS

It takes more than knowledge to be a leader. A few years ago, NYU Law undertook ambitious changes to its curriculum, incorporating crucial leadership training throughout to prepare students to meet the demands of a swiftly evolving legal profession.

NYU Law Abroad, including both academic and hands-on practical training, was created to train students for global legal practice. Closer to home, the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic brings civic-minded students to Washington, DC, to work in a federal agency or government office and meet with high-level officials in special sessions.

And you don’t have to leave campus to learn leadership. Formal leadership training is now part of the curriculum beginning in the 1L year. Students are instructed in financial and business literacy; in EQ workshops, students can assess their own emotional intelligence skills and learn how to interact more effectively with colleagues and clients.

“The Law School isn’t just interested in creating great lawyers,” says Vice Dean Jeannie Forrest. “We’re creating lawyers who are going to be leaders in their lives. Every single one of our students has leadership potential.”

NETWORK SECURITY

The NYU Law alumni network, more than 40,000 strong, is an invaluable resource both during and after your law school years.

“Since coming to NYU Law, I’ve realized that, in the career I want to pursue, there’s an NYU alum in every corner.”

N ICHOL AS MELVOIN ’14

The alumni ranks include leaders in private legal practice, government, consumer goods, nonprofits, entertainment, finance, the judiciary, sports, and social enterprise. Many of them return to the Law School to interact with current students as adjunct professors, lecturers, and panelists. The NYU Law Alumni Association brings them back in yet another capacity, pairing alumni mentors with students.

BY THE NUMBERS CLASS OF 2014 EMPLOYMENT*

69% Law Firms 26% Public Interest/Government/ Judicial Clerkships 5% Corporate/Academic Each year, more than 130 NYU School of Law graduates work as judicial clerks.

LAW $160,000 MEDIAN FIRM SALARY MEDIAN $160,000 OVERALL SALARY $57,544 TUITION

105 FULL-TIME FACULTY 325 COURSES OFFERED 80+ STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FALL 2015 ENTERING CLASS*

435 Students 171/169/166 LSAT 75th/50th/25th %

3.9/3.8/3.6 GPA 75th/50th/25th %

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States; Washington, DC; and Puerto Rico represented

37%

Black/African American, Latino, Asian, South Asian, and Native American

75%

Out of college at least one year

11%

Out of college five years or more

9%

Hold advanced or professional degrees

* Figures and salary information have been calculated based on student data collected as of April 15, 2015.

Tuition is accurate as of July 2015 and may be subject to change. Fall 2015 entering class figures are accurate as of July 2015.

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