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STraTeGIc PLan ProGreSS and oUTcoMeS

NYLS fosters community engagement and partnerships that support and

advance institutional goals and those of students, faculty, alumni, and the broader

profession.

ProGreSS

coMMUnITY enGaGeMenT

established the new institute for in-house counsel, sponsored by Bloomberg Bna (founding sponsor) and
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Pryor Cashman LLP, to address emerging legal, economic, and business issues affecting companies from
a variety of industries and sectors; provide practical advice on how to successfully navigate the in-house/
outside counsel relationship; and communicate effectively with company leadership.

n Awarded funding from the New York City Department of Investigation to promote and advance ethics for
legal and government professionals by using federal forfeiture funds to make ethics training and materials

available, at no cost, to the widest possible audience.

Named by governor Andrew Cuomo to lead, in partnership with Albany Law School, a consortium of New
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York’s 15 law schools to develop strategies for law schools to better serve the State’s veterans.

Awarded funding from The fund for the City of New York to develop a municipal governance Institute for
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high-level public oficials within new York city government.

n redesigned and relaunched the Law School’s virtual campus, www.nyls.edu. a state-of-the-art tool for the
NYLS community, it now includes features such as a searchable class catalog, a faculty and student news

page, a campus-wide events calendar, and a “newsroom,” which includes a social media directory and
toolkit.

n recognized for groundbreaking legal work to advance the LgBT community and its bar association through
the pioneering leadership of Professor arthur S. leonard. in 2014, Professor leonard was honored at the

annual dinner of the lgBt Bar association of greater new York as its founder on the 30th anniversary of
its incorporation.

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