Office of Clinical and Experiential Learning
(OCEL) Faculty

Building on the first-year Legal Practice courses, the law school offers a rich array of courses that can broaden your abilities to perform core lawyering tasks. These courses include clinics and field placements; externships and workshops; project-based learning courses; upper-class writing electives; competition teams; and simulation courses. These courses offer you the opportunity to learn experientially, by working directly on cases (either in a simulated mode or with real clients) or by working for or with an outside lawyer or a judge or by working on a project involving legal issues. In addition, these courses are designed to offer students the opportunity to hone their skills in drafting contracts, and writing legal memoranda and briefs. Students will also learn how to research and write appellate briefs and have the opportunity to represent the school in moot competitions. These are courses in skills, but they are also courses in legal reasoning and analysis, which you will have the chance to practice and refine in the context of each legal problem you address – often the problems of a real or simulated client. These courses also acquaint you directly with different areas of practice and may be of real assistance in your job search.

Experiential learning is the lynchpin of all of our curricular efforts to teach professional skills and prepare our students for the practice of law. Placing students in roles as lawyers has proven to be one of the most effective ways to achieve that goal. Whether it is counseling a client or making a presentation to a law firm, when the student is asked to perform as a lawyer would, the learning sticks. The student must know the law, but must also know and appreciate the context in which that law is to be applied. That is the essence of experiential learning.
 

Susan Abraham
Professor of Law
Faculty Advisor, Moot Court Association
T: 212-431-2116
E: sabraham@nyls.edu
O: 40 Worth Street, 9th Floor S932 and Ground Floor, SW104 (Moot Court)
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Deborah Archer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Racial Justice Project
T: 212-431-2138
F: 212-219-3752
E: deborah.archer@nyls.edu
O:E-217
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Lenni Benson
Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2336
F: 212-431-1830
E: lenni.benson@nyls.edu
O: C244
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 Adele Bernhard
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law
Director, Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic
T: TBD
E: Adele.Bernhard@nyls.edu
O: S928

Lloyd Bonfield
Professor of Law
Director, Center for International Law
T: 212-431-2822
E: lbonfield@nyls.edu
O: SW918
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Frank A. Bress
Professor of Law
Director of Clinical Programs
Director, Criminal Defense Clinic
T: 212-431-2389
F: 212-966-2053
E: frank.bress@nyls.edu
O: S-909
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Carol A. Buckler
Professor of Law
Director of the Center for Professional Values and Practice
NYLS Director of Pro Bono Initiatives
T: 212-431-2182
E: cbuckler@nyls.edu
O: S-905
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Eugene Cerruti
Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2815
E: ecerruti@nyls.edu
O: S925
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Anthony W. Crowell
Dean and President
Professor of Law
T: 212.431.2840
E: anthony.crowell@nyls.edu
O: E216
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Stephen J. Ellmann
Professor of Law
Director of the Office of Clinical and Experiential Learning
Chair, Clinical Theory Workshops
Cochair, South Africa Reading Group
Coeditor, Clinical Research Institute
T: 212-431-2392
E: stephen.ellmann@nyls.edu
O: S-930
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David Epstein
Associate Professor of Law
Legal Research Specialist
T: 212-431-2362
E: depstein@nyls.edu
O: E714
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Aleta Estreicher
Professor of Law
T: on leave
E: aestreicher@nyls.edu
O: on leave
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Diane L Fahey
Associate Professor of Law
T: 212.431.2886
F: 212.431.1830
O: C405
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Kris Franklin
Professor of Law
Director, Academic Skills Program
T: 212-431-2353
E: kris.franklin@nyls.edu
O: 47 Worth Street
Building C, 2nd Floor Room C226
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Mercer Givhan
Associate Professor of Law
Codirector, Racial Justice Advocacy Clinic
T: 212-324-6555
E: mercer.givhan@nyls.edu
O: S927
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Lawrence M. Grosberg
Professor of Law
Director, Mediation Clinic
Codirector, Elder Law Clinic
Codirector, Wills Clinic
T: 212-431-2172
F: 212-966-2053
E: lgrosberg@nyls.edu
O: S-903
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Mariana Hogan
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Student Development
Director, Externship Program
T: 212.431.2173
E: Mariana.Hogan@nyls.edu
O: 516, E Building
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Sandra Janin
Professor of Legal Writing
Director of the Upper-Level Writing Elective Program
Writing Specialist
T: 212-431-2373
F: 212-343-1860
E: sandra.janin@nyls.edu
O: SE957
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Gerald Korngold
Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2154
E: gkorngold@nyls.edu
O: SW924
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Jethro K. Lieberman
Director, Office of Academic Publishing
Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2378
E: jlieberman@nyls.edu
O: C341 (47 Worth Street)
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Richard D. Marsico
Professor of Law
Director, Justice Action Center
Director, Economic Justice Project of the Justice Action Center
Coeditor, Clinical Research Institute
T: 212.431.2180
E: Richard.Marsico@nyls.edu
O: S-923, 40 Worth Street
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Carlin Meyer
Professor of Law
Director, Diane Abbey Law Center for Children and Families
T: 212.431.2194
E: Carlin.Meyer@nyls.edu
O: 240, C Building
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Howard S. Meyers
Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center on Business Law & Policy
Director, Securities Arbitration Clinic
Codirector, Transactional Law Clinic
T: 212-431-2338
E: howard.meyers@nyls.edu
O: E910
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Stephen A. Newman
Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2875
F: 212-431-9205
E: stephen.newman@nyls.edu
O: A705
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Lynnise E. Pantin
Associate Professor of Law
Codirector, Transactional Law Clinic
T: 212.324.7911
E: lynnise.pantin@nyls.edu
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Michael L. Perlin
Professor of Law
Director, Mental Disability Law Program
Director, International Mental Disability Law Reform Project, Justice Action Center
T: 212-431-2183
E: michael.perlin@nyls.edu
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F. Peter Phillips
Adjunct Professor
E: F.Peter.Phillips@nyls.edu

Ernst Rosenberger
Adjunct Professor
E: Ernst.Rosenberger@nyls.edu

Richard K. Sherwin
Professor of Law
Director, Visual Persuasion Project
T: 212-431-2868
F: 212-343-2039
E: rsherwin@nyls.edu
O: 40 Worth St., SE 947
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Peter Strauss
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law
Codirector, Elder Law Clinic
Codirector, Wills Clinic
Email: Peter.Strauss@nyls.edu
Phone: 212.431.2196
Office: 242, C Building
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Lynn Boepple Su
Associate Professor of Law
T: 212-431-2396
F: 212.966.2053
E: lynn.su@nyls.edu
O: S910
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Ruti G. Teitel
Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law; Chair, Global Law and Justice Colloquium; Co-Director, Institute for Global Law, Justice & Policy; Visiting Professor, Hebrew University School of Law, Mt. Scopus; Straus Fellow, NYU Law School's Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice (2012-2013)
T: 212-431-2322
F: 212-431-1804
E: rteitel@nyls.edu
O: E-913
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Ann F. Thomas
Professor of Law
Managing Director, Graduate Tax Program
T: 212-431-2328
F: 212-343-2039
E: athomas@nyls.edu
O: SE951
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Michelle Zierler
Professor of Legal Writing
Director, Program in Law and Journalism
T: 212-431-2100 x4422
E:michelle.zierler@nyls.edu
O:C342, 3rd Floor, C-Building - 47 Worth St.