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July 26, 2010
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law sponsored the semi-annual conference for the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG). Held on July 13 and 14, the two-day conference brought the philanthropists who make up the IHRFG’s membership together with legal scholars, policy makers, human rights experts and entrepreneurs in order to exchange information about today’s most pressing human rights issues and the latest developments aimed at addressing them.
Titled “Human Rights in the Digital Age: Mobilizing Freedom, Repressing Dissent,” the conference dealt with some of the opportunities and . . . → Continue Reading
July 12, 2010
Earlier this year the University of Virginia Law School announced that its Human Rights Program and Virginia Journal of International Law (VJIL) would co-sponsor a new writing competition, the UVA Law Human Rights Student Scholars Writing Competition. The writing competition is designed to be held every year and is open to J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. students from around the world who are interested in and have written about human rights topics.
NYU Law’s Alyssa Bell ’10 won the competition for her essay “Torturous Intent: Refoulment of Haitian Nationals and U.S. Obligations Under the Convention Against Torture.” Bell’s paper outlines the humanitarian crisis occurring in Haiti due to the abusive, crowded, and unsanitary conditions of the prisons, and argues . . . → Continue Reading
May 31, 2010
Last week, admissions deans from six leading law schools answered questions about the law school admissions process that were posed by an unnamed news publication. Four of these admissions deans then posted the insightful responses on their school’s official admissions blog. As a result, applicants to leading U.S. law schools can now visit the Stanford Law, Columbia Law, Yale Law and Michigan Law admissions blogs and find a treasure trove of information about the admissions process straight from the minds of the gatekeepers to their dream schools: . . . → Continue Reading
May 20, 2010
Mindy Friedman and Alisa Wellek, both class of 2010, along with Kristin Connor ’08 were named Equal Justice Works (EJW) Fellows earlier this month. EWJ, founded in 1986 and now the largest post-graduate legal fellowship program in the US, awards two-year grants for recipients to undertake public interest work anywhere in the US with underrepresented populations and on overlooked domestic issues.
Wellek, who was recently named an Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberty Fellow, and Friedman will complete their fellowships in New York City with the Immigrant Defense Project and at New York Lawyers for Public Interest (NYLPI), respectively. At the Immigrant Defense Project, Wellek will continue work she began through the NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic and Bronx Defenders . . . → Continue Reading
May 11, 2010
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday! In today’s edition, we’re taking a look at Northwestern Law School’s system for registering for non-1L required courses.
Registration for upper-level classes at Northwestern Law takes place via a two-round bidding system held over a two-week period. All students begin by putting in preliminary bids for the courses they hope to take. Results for this first round of bidding are posted soon afterward, followed by a two-day intercession period during which students reevaluate their positions and select backups for any courses they did not get into. During the intercession and second round, students may cancel previous successful bids or waitlist slots, as well as change the amount of points they set aside . . . → Continue Reading
March 15, 2010
Last week NYU announced the launch of its first official student blog, Life at NYU Law. The blog is sponsored by the NYU Law Admissions Office and is aimed at prospective students. Written by seven 1L and 2L students, the blog is designed to showcase the NYU Law experience.
The blog, started earlier this month on March 4, has so far covered topics such as classes, faculty, public interest offerings, internships and jobs, campus events, off-campus social activities, living in New York City, public interest, general tips and advice, and bloggers’ thoughts on various topics of law. In two of the first posts, one student outlined the best way to learn . . . → Continue Reading
February 16, 2010
Today in Trivia Tuesday, we are examining the Externship program at Penn Law School, a program that provides J.D. students with a wide range of experiential learning opportunities. Externships, which are part-time volunteer placements in legal organizations that are not part of the law school, are excellent for law students who wish to acquire significant practical legal experience prior to graduation. Plus, they provide another option for 2Ls and 3Ls who have exhausted a law school’s clinical opportunities or who are interested in gaining a deeper and more independent practical experience than typically permitted by clinics.
At Penn Law, the Externship program is run by the . . . → Continue Reading
February 4, 2010
Today and tomorrow, February 4th and 5th, New York University School of Law will be holding its 33rd annual Public Interest Legal Career Fair, recognized as the nation’s largest public interest legal career fair. The event is hosted by the school’s Public Interest Law Center (PILC).
The fair offers students a valuable opportunity to meet and talk with employers at information tables, and some students even have the chance to interview for internships and permanent jobs. Last year, representatives from 200 organizations and over 2,000 law students attended the event.
The event is held in NYU’s Vanderbilt Hall, and runs from 9:20 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. To learn more about to event and to review a list of participating schools, click . . . → Continue Reading
January 12, 2010
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, Clear Admit’s weekly peek into a U.S. law school program. Today we’re considering NYU School of Law’s LL.M. in Taxation, which is administered through the Graduate Tax Program.
Established in 1945, the Graduate Tax Program (GTP) at NYU is the oldest and most highly regarded program of its kind in the United States. Over 40 NYU faculty members, many of whom are important academic figures and practitioners in the field of taxation, lead the program and teach the courses. The GTP has approximately 115 students in the full-time program and 200 students in the part-time evening program.
Students in the GTP construct their program from the fifty courses . . . → Continue Reading
December 22, 2009
Today in Trivia Tuesday we take a look at a unique exchange program maintained by New York City’s leading law schools: NYU School of Law and Columbia Law School.
Upper-level students at both law schools have the option of taking one course at the other school through the Columbia Law School/NYU School of Law Exchange. An agreement between the two New York City schools permits 30 students from each institution to enroll in a single course at the other school during one semester of 2L or 3L. Past courses offered by NYU to Columbia students as part of the exchange include European Consumer Law, Affirmative Action Today, . . . → Continue Reading
December 9, 2009
With law schools devoting significant study to the legal implications of emerging technologies, it is only fitting that the medium of discourse follows such research topics.
In early September, we reported that NYU School of Law’s newest publication, the IP and Entertainment Law Ledger, would also be the program’s first online-only publication. Completing the move, last week the Ledger launched its website and posted initial content, which includes articles on protecting fashion design and questions of fair use in music sampling.
As previously indicated, the Ledger, which is published by the student-run Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society, will feature content from students, scholars and industry professionals such . . . → Continue Reading
December 8, 2009
In this week’s edition of Trivia Tuesday, our ongoing glimpse into a leading J.D. program, we’re taking a look at NYU School of Law’s Hauser Global Law School Program (HGLSP). Created in 1994, HGLSP has become the School of Law’s international legal scholarship center and has made the study of transnational legal systems and their interactions with U.S. law a major focus of NYU’s law programs.
Like many other law schools, NYU seeks to be at the cutting edge of international legal scholarship. However, NYU has taken a more aggressive tactic than many of its peers, which have thus far taken subtler steps, such as adding a small number of international scholars to their permanent and temporary faculties . . . → Continue Reading
November 30, 2009
In the fourth installment of this series examining our new Clear Admit Law School Guides, we are pleased to offer a glimpse of our New York University School of Law Guide!
The NYU guide contains in-depth information about NYU’s J.D. and graduate programs, and also compares the school to other leading programs. It’s a great tool that makes background research easy for busy prospective applicants and, further along in the process, allows applicants the opportunity to tailor a personal statement or optional essay to highlight particular aspects of NYU School of Law’s program that fit with the applicant’s story.
One such point of comparison distinguishing NYU from . . . → Continue Reading
November 10, 2009
After months of comprehensive research, we are happy to announce the release of an exciting new resource for prospective law school applicants: Clear Admit Law School Guides! The guides are available for immediate download in the Clear Admit shop.
We here at Clear Admit believe that success in the law school admissions process starts with identifying programs that are a good fit with one’s academic and career interests. Too many applicants skip this step, instead targeting schools that aren’t right for them or underestimating the importance of demonstrating in their application how they could best contribute to each school’s class. At a time when leading law schools select their incoming classes from among thousands of applications, and . . . → Continue Reading
November 2, 2009
October 20th marked the beginning of NYU School of Law’s new monthly series, the Dean’s Workshop on LGBT Rights. This series, created by Dean Richard Revesz, is aimed at promoting discussions relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in US legal and civil rights issues, including same-sex marriage and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military.
The inaugural session, “A Conversation with Mr. Paul Smith on the Future of Domestic LGBT Litigation,” was led by Smith, chair of the appellate and supreme court practice at the law firm, Jenner & Block. Smith is known for his successful work on the 2003 case of Lawrence v. Texas, in which the U.S. Supreme Court banned sodomy laws in Texas.
In . . . → Continue Reading
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