Our Home in Lower Manhattan

New York Law School is located in the heart of Manhattan’s TriBeCa district—home of the city’s legal, government, and financial centers, as well as a thriving cultural scene. Within a few blocks of the School, students have access to almost every kind of private law practice, in-house corporate legal staff, legal aid and public interest law practice, governmental law office, and court that exists in the United States. And through our clinical and skills-based curriculum, we provide students with many ways to take advantage of the resources that surround us. For example, students have opportunities to represent real clients in federal court, work in the chambers and courtrooms of federal and state judges, mediate disputes between parties in the Small Claims Court, and work with mentor attorneys in private law firms and government agencies. The easy accessibility of the School also allows us to have many of the best lawyers in the city serving as adjunct professors. 

In addition to our stellar location, New York Law School now has a first-rate campus, which has evolved to meet the changing needs of our students. In spring 2009, we opened a new, state-of-the-art academic building that has nearly doubled the size of our campus. The glass-enclosed, 235,000-squarefoot building extends five stories above ground and four below. With this sleek new facility, combined with the School’s existing three structures, our campus reflects the Law School’s past and future, symbolizing the growth and renewal of TriBeCa and all of Lower Manhattan.

The new building is almost exclusively student-centered—with classrooms, lounges, study rooms, dining facilities, and the library all housed within the building’s central core. As a student, you’ll attend classes in rooms designed to maximize teaching and learning opportunities, with cutting-edge technology, top-notch lighting and acoustics, and tiered seating that promotes the open exchange of ideas. You’ll also collaborate with other students, professors, and practitioners in customized spaces modeled after the courtroom and other real-world practice settings. 

Location. Location. Location. That’s what they say counts in New York City and they are right. A few steps away from NYLS, here are just some of the local organizations our students have access to through clinics, externships, workshops, and other opportunities:

New York Law School 1. American Civil Liberties Union 2. American Stock Exchange 3. Community Housing Improvement Program 4. Department of Homeland Security 5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 6. Federal Trade Commission 7. Legal Aid Society 8. Merrill Lynch 9. MFY Legal Services 10. National Labor Relations Board 11. New York City Criminal Court 12. New York City Department of Education 13. New York City Family Court 14. New York City Law Department 15. New York Stock Exchange 16. Public Interest Law Offices 17. Supreme Court of the State of New York 18. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 19. United States Bankruptcy Court 20. United States Court of Appeals 21. United States Court of International Trade 22. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development 23. United States Department of Justice 24. United States District Court, Southern District of New York 25. United States Environmental Protection Agency 26. Urban Justice Center