Please ascertain whether you have fulfilled the requirements for a particular clinic before submitting your application. If you have questions regarding any of the requirements, please direct them to the relevant clinical faculty.
Bankruptcy Appellate Clinic
Pre-requisites/Co-requisites: a bankruptcy course.
Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Business Law Transactions Clinic
Corporations is required. Federal Income Taxation is recommended.
Children's Rights Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Civil Litigation - Employment Law Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Civil Rights Clinic
No pre- or co-requisites. Evidence and Federal Courts are recommended.
Community Development and Economic Justice Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic
Criminal Procedure is a pre- or co-requisite. Evidence is also preferred as a pre- or co-requisite.
Criminal Defense and Reentry Clinic
Pre- or Co-requisite: Evidence. Criminal Procedure or Criminal Litigation are recommended.
Environmental Law Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Equal Justice and Defender Clinic
Pre- or Co-Requisite: Racial Justice Law and Eighth Amendment Law and Litigation.
Family Defense Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites. Evidence is preferred but is not a prerequisite.
Federal Defender Clinic
Criminal Procedure, Evidence or a trial advocacy or litigation course is required as a prerequisite. If students have not taken any of these courses, they are expected to take one concurrently with the clinic; Criminal Procedure is the recommended course in that instance.
Global Justice Clinic
A course in International Human Rights Law is not a prerequisite for the clinic, but it is recommended. In addition, the clinic experience will be enhanced by some familiarity—either through formal study or other engagement—with public international law, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law.
Government Civil Litigation Clinic - Eastern District of New York
TBD
Government Civil Litigation Clinic - Southern District of New York
TBD
Immigrant Defense Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites. However, Immigration Law class is highly recommended.
Immigrant Rights Clinic
There are no prerequisites or co-requisites; however, courses in immigration law, administrative law, federal courts, public benefits law, evidence, and civil litigation may be helpful.
International Environmental Law Clinic
Students enrolled in the Clinic must be taking or have taken courses in environmental law, international environmental law and/or public international law or have relevant practical experience.
International Organizations Clinic
Prerequisite: International Law. Preference will be given to those who have taken (or are taking concurrently with the clinic) a course on international organizations.
Juvenile Defender Clinic
Students in the clinic are expected to have previously taken either Criminal Procedure or Criminal Litigation, but this course may be taken concurrently with the clinic, preferably in the fall semester. A prior course on evidence is recommended but not required.
The Legal Ethics Bureau at NYU Law School
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic
Prerequisite: Legislation and the Regulatory State.
LGBT Rights Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Litigation, Organizing and Systemic Change Clinic
No pre- or co-requisites.
Mediation Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites. Note that all students are expected to participate in 16 hours of training at the beginning of the semester. This training is a necessary qualification to mediate with real parties and ultimately to receive credit for the course.
Mediation Clinic - Advanced: Dispute System Design
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of one of the following: Mediation Clinic Seminar Fall 2013 or 2014; other Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiation or alternate approved by faculty.
New York Civil Liberties Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Prosecution Clinic - Eastern District of New York
TBD
Prosecution Clinic - Southern District of New York
TBD
Racial Justice Clinic
No prerequisites or co-requisites. Evidence is recommended.
Regulatory Policy Clinic
Legislation and the Regulatory State or Administrative Law.
Reproductive Justice
No prerequisites or co-requisites.
Technology Law and Policy
No pre-requisites, but courses in privacy, intellectual property, or First and Fourth Amendment law will prove useful.
