New York Law School regularly fields a team to the Wilhem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna, Austria.
Intensive Trial and Advocacy Skills
This course provides an introduction to the basic trial and advocacy skills that lawyers use in motion argument, hearings, trials, administrative proceedings and arbitration.
International Human Rights Field Placement and Seminar
This offering is a two-course combination that explores various uses of the law and conceptions of justice in the area of international human rights.
Introduction to the MBE
This course is focused on driving student achievement on the bar exam by working to build critical exam skills.
Introduction to the MEE and MPT
This course covers areas of law most commonly tested on the UBE and provides students with the opportunity to practice drafting essay answers to MEE questions and completing MPTs.
Judicial Externship Placement and Seminar
This course includes a placement with a federal judge or a state court judge in New York City or surrounding jurisdictions with a related seminar.
Juvenile Rights Law Clinic
Under the supervision of experienced faculty, students fully engage all facets of client-centered juvenile practice. Together with a multidisciplinary team, students represent children in child welfare matters filed in Manhattan Family Court.
Law Office Externship Placement and Seminar
This externship experience is comprised of an externship placement with a mentor attorney at a law office and a co-requisite seminar.
Legal Practice I
This course integrates the teaching of legal reasoning and analysis, predictive legal writing, and legal research and problem solving with other lawyering skills, such as fact analysis and client interviewing.
Legal Practice II
This course introduces students to persuasive legal writing, oral advocacy, client counseling, and negotiation.