Experiential learning in law school has provided me with the added benefit of gaining real-world experience working with causes that I have become passionate about.
Conducting a California Job Search from NYU Law
Securing a job in California after studying on the East Coast requires you to be proactive. Here’s how I did it.
1L Career Guide
Everything is new in 1L, and the career jargon is no different.
To Attend or Not to Attend: Firm Receptions
Many of us 1Ls have found ourselves wondering how the nightly firm receptions would fit into our schedules this semester. I have compiled the most common reasons to attend these events—or not.
1L Summer Job Search—in Hindsight
The long-deserved winter break is a time to relax—right? Maybe….
Law School—Living in Fast Forward
They say 1L is the busiest and craziest year of law school, but I’d have to argue that the period between the last month of 1L and the first month of 2L has been the busiest, craziest, and best period of law school so far.
The 3L Externship Path at NYU Law
For students who want a jumpstart on being in a full-time working environment, NYU School of Law offers several options to take 14-credit clinics during 3L year. The structure allows for a year’s worth of real-world experience while still keeping the student grounded in academia. Among NYU Law’s vast array of clinics are nestled three […]
Making Judicial Clerkships Happen
I’ll be honest: applying to clerkships is stressful. But don’t panic! The Judicial Clerkship Office is there to help.
Learning Social Entrepreneurship and the Law
I want to be the best social entrepreneur the world has ever seen, and my legal education will play a large part in that.
International Student Interview Program: The Most Important Day for an LLM
The International Student Interview Program (ISIP), hosted by NYU Law, draws to campus around 1,600 law students from 32 US schools and representing more than 75 countries. The reason? Over 160 employers have come to hold interviews for law-related positions in the US and abroad. And everything takes place during a single day.
Bending the Rules: A Look at NYU Law’s Regulatory Policy Clinic
Normally people hear the phrase “bending the rules” and think of skirting a process or going outside the lines. In the world of administrative law, though, bending the rules is part of the process.
Checkbooks, Pantsuits, and Other New Things: What Law School Feels Like in Your Early 20s
A friend of mine recently asked me whether I felt like I was “wasting my 20s” on law school.
What You (Probably) Don’t Know About the Bar
It might come as a surprise that the New York Bar Exam soon will not exist anymore.
3L Advice: Choosing a Law Firm
I thought I’d share some of the tips I’ve been giving younger students on how to choose a law firm.
From Gaudi to Gama: My 1L Summer Job
My summer included an internship working with the Secretariat at The Hague Conference on Private International Law, and a chance to explore five countries in less than three months.
TA-king It Up a Notch: Being a Teaching Assistant at NYU Law
Being a teaching assistant at NYU Law is a great way to help develop and nurture our community while sharpening your own skills, too.
The TA Table
As a teaching assistant, I have the chance to get to know not only two professors, but also classmates outside of my year.
Riding the 2L Wave
1L is a completely new experience, and it requires being focused and on your study game 100 percent. But there is a new and different challenge that emerges in 2L: namely, learning to balance the competing demands of school and life.
1L Summer Job: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Inspiration takes many forms; mine just happens to be the idea of 1L summer employment.
California Dreamin’
I didn’t know before pursuing a summer job at a California firm that some of the features of bicoastal interviewing I feared most would turn out to be strengths masquerading as flaws.