Join students from New York Law School’s Housing Rights Clinic for a lunch discussion about the status of housing rights after the expiration of various COVID-19 era tenant protections. Joined by prominent members of the tenants’ rights advocacy community, the…
TPS and Immigration Screening Clinic
Two Hour Free Legal Screening Appointments for Afghan and Ukrainian Nationals Meet with pro bono lawyers for a confidential legal screening and ask questions regarding your options to secure immigration status—including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), asylum, employment visas, and family…
(Wilf Impact Center Conversations) The Woman-Led Accountability Movement
Hosted by the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, Wilf Impact Center Conversations is a speaker series that highlights how current events impact civil rights and civil liberties. Our country has been seeing a push toward accountability in all…
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
This course covers the substantive and procedural laws surrounding the criminal adjudication process, including the right to counsel, preliminary appearance and hearings, pre-conviction release, and more.
Criminal Procedure: Investigation
This upper-level Core Curriculum course deals with the laws, regulations and policies governing investigations of criminal matters.
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.
Entrepreneurship for Social Change
This course considers how lawyers can use non-litigation approaches to effect change through organizing, community development, and generally through the creation of new institutions.
Family Law Clinic
In this clinic, students will interview clients, draft documents, conduct legal research, and engage in community outreach, as they experience Family Court practice and learn more about the Family Court Act and a range of family law matters.
Law, Public Policy, and Social Change
This course covers legal history and how lawyers are involved in social change.
Policing the Police
This course examines the theories and practical realities of police regulation, exploring assumptions about the police function, policy implications for criminal law, the balance between police power and constitutional protections, and more.