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“My shoulders feel light now”: NYLS Clinic Celebrates Asylum Grants for 6 Afghans

Posted on: June 6, 2024 July 10, 2024 Written by: Professor Claire Thomas
NYLS Asylum Clinic students worked with six Afghan women who escaped Kabul though the large-scale evacuations.
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Stories From the Asylum Clinic: 2020–21

Posted on: October 8, 2021 August 25, 2022 Written by: Professor Claire Thomas
The 2020–21 academic year was fully remote for the Asylum Clinic. Though many of the eight clinic students have never met in real life, they learned to work as a team and to advocate tirelessly for their clients.
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Mourning the Loss of Professor Alan Appel 

In his long career, Professor Alan Appel exemplified all the ways lawyers are part of our society.
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Advocating for New York City Students in the Education Law Clinic

The Education Law Clinic at New York Law School works to help create a more equitable, accessible, and just education system in New York City.
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Inside NYLS’s Second Annual Constitution and Citizenship Day Summit

The Second Annual Constitution and Citizenship Day Summit brought together judges, attorneys, educators, law students, and civic leaders for a day of discussions about constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and the essential role of civics education.
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From the Archives: New York Law School in the Literary Space

The pursuit of law has a tendency to spark innovation and inspire an appreciation for the written word, so it comes as no surprise that, over the course of New York Law School’s 135-year history, many alumni have engaged in creative industries and projects. Here we honor a few who have made their mark in the literary world as well as law.
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NYLS Appoints Catharine Du Bois as Director of the Legal Practice Program

New York Law School is pleased to announce the appointment of Catharine Du Bois as Director of the Legal Practice Program.
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