Project Based Learning Courses 2012-2013

Project- based learning courses, a relatively new curricular offering at NYLS, cover a range of subjects and offer students a chance to practice lawyering skills from client representation to project planning and collaboration. Classes are small, and participating students work together with close guidance from a faculty member on campus carrying out a project, generally with concrete, real-word significance. Examples of projects include creating a Web site on a legal subject, developing policies for a board of education’s policy manual, and co-drafting an amicus curiae brief (with many other possibilities as well). These courses are usually yearlong and generally are offered for 2, 3, or 4 credits, and on a pass-fail or graded basis, as decided by the professor.

• Building a Disability Rights Information Center for Asia and the Pacific (to be offered in 2013-14)
• Civil Justice Through The Courts
• Conservation Law and Policy
• Community-Based Initiatives in Family Law Reform
• CRES Capstone Seminar on Real Estate Transactional Skills
• Detention in the War Against Terrorism
• European Union Business Law: European Competition Law after the T-Mobile Decision 
• The Guardianship Project
• Immigration Law and Litigation
• International Law Workshop
• Legal Reporting I, II, III and IV
• Racial Justice Advocacy
• Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team