Page 20 - NYLS Strategic Plan Progress and Outcomes • 2015

nYLS aLIGnS wITh The evoLvInG LeGaL MarkeTPLace
A key component of our Strategic Plan is to adapt our course offerings and educational delivery models to meet a structurally changed legal marketplace. the chart below reflects how nYlS aligns its courses and services to meet evolving needs.
bUSIneSS and fInancIaL ServIceS
antitrust • Banking • Bankruptcy • contracting/ Procurement • corporatetransactions • estate Planning • Finance • immigration • insurance
• intellectual Property/Patent • international Business • labor/employment • nonprofits/ngos • real estate • Securities/iPos • tax
contracting/Procurement • copyright
• Finance • health care • high-tech law • immigration • intellectual Property/Patent
• international Business • media/entertainment • nonprofits/ngos • real estate
• Securities/iPos • tax
administrative law • antitrust • civil rights • contracting/Procurement • criminal Prosecution/ defense • disability law • ethics/anti-corruption • Family law • Finance • immigration • intellectual Property/Patent • international human rights • labor/employment • nonprofits/ngos • real estate • State and local government law • tax
GovernMenT and PUbLIc InTereST
InTeLLecTUaL ProPerTY, MedIa, TechnoLoGY, and aPPLIed ScIenceS
J.d. reqUIred
• advice/counsel
• compliance
• general Practice
• legislation/regulation
• litigation
• mediation/arbitration • Solo Practice
• transactions/contracts
J.d. advanTaGe
• Business administration • compliance
• contract administration • e-discovery/disclosure • Finance
• entrepreneurism • human resources
• investment management • Journalism
• legal technology
• nonprofit management
• Project management • Public administration • risk management
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neW York laW School
PracTIcaL LeGaL TraInInG
n nYlS students contributed approximately 14,000 clinic hours and 20,000 externship hours to partner organizations and clients citywide. most of these programs involve public interest work and enable students to help improve the quality of life for underserved New Yorkers, while gaining hands-on experience in immigration law, family law, environmental law, employment law, housing law, and civil rights.
n more than 100 students participated in the alternative dispute resolution Skills Program which focuses on the essential skills of managing and resolving disputes outside of court. nYlS students also interned at the american arbitration association and the conflict Prevention & resolution (cPr) Institute, gaining valuable insight into cutting edge developments in alternative dispute resolution as a more rational, less time-consuming, and less costly alternative to litigation.
n in spring 2015, two nYlS students were awarded prestigious new York city bar diversity fellowships which provide law students from underrepresented populations summer internships with some of New York’s most prominent employers. Shabana baksh 1L worked at haynes & boone LLP and Tavonia davis 2L (evening division) worked at Paul, weiss, rifkind & Garrison LLP. The program is building on past success, including most recently, three nYlS students who received the Fellowship in 2014. Togtokh Ganzorig 2L worked at davis & Gilbert LLP, Joseph chung 2L worked at Morgan Lewis and bockius LLP, and Gilmar colonia 2L worked at fried, frank, harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. In many cases, this fellowship leads to an offer to return for another summer, and upon graduation, an offer for employment as a first-year associate.