In the Education Law Clinic, students are trained to practice education law in New York City at various firms and nonprofit agencies, under the supervision of civil rights and education law attorneys who are NYLS adjunct faculty.
Elections Redistricting and Voting Rights
This course will explore a broad swath of voting rights law. In coverage of reapportionment, redistricting, the census, racial vote dilution, and partisan gerrymandering, students will build on concepts of federal jurisprudence of reapportionment and redistricting, including the core constitutional doctrines, the Voting Rights Act, census issues, and the landmark cases that govern the redistricting process.
Elder Law and Aging in America
This is a survey course covering a broad range of subjects relating to problems of aging and persons with disabilities, including demographics and economics of aging and disability as well as social policy and political trends.
Elder Law Clinic: Planning for Aging, Illness, and Special Needs
In this clinic, students will assist clients with estate planning, adult guardianships, and/or needs-based public benefits, and work in partnership with community members to provide education and develop advocacy related to the issues of aging, illness, and special needs.
Employee Compensation and Benefits
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the key laws that apply and shape the design and operation of employee benefits and executive compensation.
Employee Relations and Anti-Discrimination Law
This upper-level, substantive course surveys the laws and concepts governing the relationships of individual employees and their employers, emphasizing private-sector employment.
Employment Anti-Discrimination Law
This course addresses one of the most important legal developments of the 20th century: the prohibition on discrimination based on protected traits in employment.
Employment Law
This course surveys the laws and concepts governing nonunionized employment relationships, emphasizing private-sector employment.
Entertainment Law: Acquisition, Development, Production, and Licensing in the Entertainment Industry
This course introduces students to the principles of drafting and negotiating customary agreements that arise during motion picture development, production, and distribution, as well as the provision of attendant legal counsel.
Entertainment Law
This survey course provides a practical introduction to entertainment law and the business structures of the entertainment industry