Law Clinics by Topic

How to choose a clinic from among the clinics we offer?

You know which area of the law you intend to practice in and wish to increase your depth of knowledge while developing the experience necessary to jump start your career.

You wish to explore a new area of interest. Whatever your choice of clinic, you will expand your in-depth knowledge of the practice of law and possess skills that apply to any area.

Whatever your choice, know that clinical professors and peers will support you in every way and give you the attention you deserve.

Choose a Clinic

Learn transactional lawyering by serving as counsel to nonprofit organizations pursuing racial, economic and social justice.

Help low-income communities and low-wage workers build and sustain organizations to meet their needs and better their lives.

Learn more about the Community Enterprise clinic.
Promote sustainability and profitability at the same time. Help businesses maximize their social, environmental, and financial outcomes.

Learn more about the Corporate Social Responsibility clinic.
Defend the vulnerable and underrepresented. Represent clients in Manhattan Criminal Court and argue before a judge for their immediate release.

Learn more about the Criminal Defense clinic.
Students will provide transactional legal services to entrepreneurs and small business owners. They will also educate entrepreneurs about legal issues through podcast episodes and legal workshops in the community.

Learn more about the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic.
Provide representation to incarcerated people challenging the constitutionality of their convictions in federal court.

Learn more about the Federal Habeas clinic.
Represent clients who have been accused of serious federal crimes and face the possibility of long prison terms. Depose witnesses, argue motions, and try cases.

Learn more about the Federal Litigation clinic.
Help underrepresented individuals with their legal disputes involving the IRS. Craft tax-efficient strategies for small business owners.

Learn more about the Federal Tax clinic.
Use legal strategies to assist clients facing housing related issues, including eviction prevention, combating tenant harassment and discrimination and assisting tenant organizations in the movement to preserve affordable housing in New York City.

Learn more about the Housing and Environmental Litigation Clinic.
Working with local, regional, and national immigration community and advocacy organizations, students in the Immigration Policy and Advocacy Clinic will engage in efforts aimed at advancing justice and immigration reform through policy development and advocacy, organizing, public education, and legislative campaigns.

Learn more about the Immigration Policy and Advocacy clinic.
Students in the intellectual property clinic work with the intellectual property laws that govern the messages and symbols that populate our shared media ecosystem.

Learn more about the Intellectual Property Law clinic.
Become a social justice advocate. Defend the human rights of marginalized populations at home and abroad.

Learn more about the International Human Rights clinic.
Advocate for important changes to New York State and City law to promote civil rights and protect the disenfranchised.

Learn more about the Legislative Advocacy clinic.
The LGBTQ+ Litigation Clinic offers students the opportunity to develop advanced, transferable, sophisticated, real-world litigation and client representation skills while representing some of the most marginalized LGBTQ+ clients.

Learn more about the LGBTQ+ Litigation clinic.
Students work with disputing parties outside the courtroom and assist them in resolving their conflicts through problem-solving negotiation skills.

Learn more about the Mediation clinic.
Protect small investors. Advocate for people whose claims oftentimes represent their life savings.

Learn more about the Securities Litigation and Arbitration clinic.