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Criminal Defense Clinic Partners With Good Call to Support Low-Income New Yorkers Pre-Arraignment

This semester, NYLS’s Criminal Defense Clinic has partnered with Good Call to create comprehensive, unified training materials for its growing base of attorney volunteers,

New York Legal Community Rates NYLS’s Graduate Tax Program No. 1 for 11 Years Straight

The program is open to qualified lawyers who hold a J.D. degree from an American Bar Association-accredited law school or an equivalent foreign law degree. Registration is open for Fall 2020 information sessions.

Message From the Dean on the 2020 Election Results

Today was an historic one for our nation and the world with the election of former Vice President Joe Biden as President, and Senator Kamala Harris as Vice President, the first woman and person of color to serve in that Office.

Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell addresses a classroom of law students

Dean Crowell’s Lessons in Leadership Featured in Inside Higher Ed

When Dean Anthony Crowell was asked to speak to fellow law deans at a meeting hosted by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) about how to support students through this election season, the lessons he learned leading New York Law School through the 2016 election were top of mind.

Strategic Plan Guides NYLS’s Approach to Navigating the Pandemic

Months into the unprecedented health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19, the Plan is guiding NYLS’s successful admissions, bar success, and career development initiatives.

Leni Morrison Cummins '08 and Konstantine Tettonis 1L Evening

NYLS Student and Alumna Named to City & State’s “40 Under 40”

The magazine’s prestigious 2020 list spotlights “unsung heroes who are influencing policies on a number of fronts, whether it’s the coronavirus pandemic, the recession, police brutality, or climate change.”

NYLS Joins National Effort to Improve Policing

NYLS Joins National Coalition to Address Racial Inequities in Policing

NYLS has joined the American Bar Association (ABA) and other law schools nationwide in a new five-year initiative to improve U.S. police practices and oversight.

NYLS, Interfaith Center of New York, and State Bar Association Offer Lawyering and Religious Diversity Training

The training, which offers CLE credit, will help attorneys work effectively with clients from New York City’s diverse faith communities, in order to ensure equal access to justice for New Yorkers of all religious and secular backgrounds.

Celebrating Professor Ruti Teitel's Landmark Book

International Law Scholars Honor Professor Ruti Teitel’s Landmark Book on Its 20th Anniversary

Published in 2000, the book launched a new field—transitional justice—that applied a legal and scholarly framework to the rapid transitions to democracy many countries experienced during the late Twentieth Century.