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. Lawyering is a fundamental course for all students, along with Applied Analysis, and Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Research. 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 EARN
More than 350 paid jobs every year go to New York Law School students participating in the Federal Work-Study Program, including jobs at:
More than six dozen law firms, including:
- Herzfeld & Rubin
- Rosenberg & Estis
- Law Offices of Sybil Shainwald
- Ebanks and Sattler
- Lefkowicz and Gottfried
- Beck and Iannuzz
Government Offices
- Every district attorney's and U.S. attorney's office in the metropolitan area
- Many public defender firms throughout the country
Legal Aid and Public Interest Organizations
- More than 40 public interest law organizations throughout the metropolitan area
On-Campus Opportunities
- More than 50 on-campus jobs are also available, including: faculty research assistant positions, research and other work with the Law School's five Academic Centers.
