Academic Centers

The faculty created the Law School’s nine academic centers to maximize the effectiveness of their research, scholarship, teaching, and activism, and to increase opportunities for students to engage in important public policy issues. As hubs of specialized study, the centers enable invaluable exchange between students and expert practitioners.

All students at New York Law School have a variety of opportunities to participate in the work of the centers. Through the Harlan Scholars Program, top students are invited to affiliate with one of the centers and make it their intellectual home on campus. Click here for more information about the Harlan Scholars Program.

The Center on Business Law & Policy provides students with an enriched educational experience in the business, securities, and commercial law areas.

The Center on Financial Services Law offers courses and programs involving the global financial services industry, where the need to examine, analyze, and debate regulatory reforms and policies is greater than ever.

The Center for International Law provides students and faculty with in-depth support for research and instruction in many areas of international law.

The Center for New York City Law gathers and disseminates information about New York City’s laws, rules, and procedures, and suggests reforms to make city government more effective and efficient.

The Center for Professional Values and Practice supports research and teaching on the legal profession, focusing on the dynamics of professional regulation, the market for lawyers, and lawyers’ careers.

The Center for Real Estate Studies provides students with a unique educational opportunity to study both the private practice and public regulation of real estate.

The Diane Abbey Law Center exists to ensure that children and the families who care for them receive the legal assistance they need to remain safe and secure, and to thrive.

The Institute for Information Law & Policy seeks to design new technologies and systems that will best serve democratic values in the digital age.