Professional Development

Law students begin their professional lives on the day they enter law school. Every aspect of their law school experience, in and out of the classroom, can help develop their professional portfolios. New York Law School holds these as core beliefs.

In the classroom, students learn the values of the profession and the skills required to exercise those values. Legal Practice is a fundamental course for all students which integrates the teaching of legal reasoning and analysis, legal writing and other lawyering skills, including client interviewing. Clinical courses and other electives focusing on lawyering skills further reinforce this training.

Outside the classroom, students get personal attention to help them think through and refine their professional goals, and develop a plan for meeting them.

OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Students receive individual attention early in their studies from the Office of Professional Development, which brings together the Office of Career Services, the Office of Student Life, and the Office of Public Interest and Community Service.

OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK, STUDY AND LEARN

Approximately 300 paid jobs every year go to New York Law School students participating in the Federal Work-Study Program, including jobs at government offices (including district attorney and public defender's offices), legal aid and public interest organizations and local area law firms.  Opportunities to work, study and learn exist on campus through faculty research assistant positions, research and other with the Law School's nine academic centers.