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n Partnered with Credit Suisse, a leading global inancial services company, to have NYLS students participate
in the Credit Suisse general Counsel Academy, an internship program where students work part-time,

rotating through various divisions of the bank’s general Counsel and Compliance ofices during three
semesters.

n Increased the number of curricular, clinical, and experiential offerings in academic centers to maximize the
learning and networking opportunities available to student afiliates and to enrich the afiliation experience.

Continued to provide innovative legal training through our Legal Practice Program, which offers all
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irst-year students a comprehensive introduction to lawyering skills at the beginning of their law school
careers. the Program integrates the teaching of analysis, research, and writing with lawyering skills

like client interviewing, counseling, and negotiation to better prepare students for their irst legal work
experience.

Pro Bono work

Offered valuable pro bono service opportunities for students and alumni through participation in our long-
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standing and nationally acclaimed Safe Passage Project, which originated at NYLS and provides legal
services to undocumented children in immigration court proceedings.

n Began working with community organizations that provide legal services to clients on weekends and
evenings to enhance the number and type of pro bono offerings available to evening students.

established a framework for students to participate in New York State’s new Pro Bono Scholars program,
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which will begin in January 2015 and enable selected students to spend their inal semester of law school
gaining valuable lawyering skills by working on behalf of poor and underserved communities. in return for

completing a minimum of 40 hours a week of pro bono service, Pro Bono Scholars will be eligible to take
the New York State Bar examination in february of their third year of law school, and to go through an
accelerated process for admission to the new York State Bar.

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The CITY IS OUr CLASSrOOm

NYLS is taking every opportunity to leverage its location in the heart of New York City’s legal,
government, inancial, and emerging tech centers, and the enviable relationships that location

makes possible. recent actions include the following:

Launched “The City is our Classroom” initiative, which introduced 13 new clinics—doubling
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the number of clinical offerings to 26, and guaranteeing every student an opportunity to
participate in a clinic or experiential learning. in addition, this effort has resulted in nYlS being
well-positioned to meet or exceed the forthcoming American Bar Association requirements

concerning experiential programming.

expanded the long-standing partnership with New York City government to yield more than
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one hundred opportunities, including internships, externships, and full-time career placements
across a wide spectrum of city agencies.

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