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Applications Overview
Introduction
Guidelines for Clinical Courses
Important Dates for Clinic Applications
Introduction
All of our clinical courses combine work in the field with
seminars and simulation exercises in which students' performances
of various lawyers' activities are videotaped for critical
review. Through these complementary activities, students
develop systematic methods of learning from experience, as
well as gain insight into a lawyer's functioning as advocate
and counselor, investigator, negotiator, and planner. Legal
ethics and professional responsibility in the practice of
law are emphasized throughout these courses.
Some clinics are year-long, while some are offered for a
single semester. The registration process for clinics differs
from that of other law school courses in that one must pass
through the application process first. Students may not register
for a clinic without first applying for, and being accepted
into, it by the instructor. Applications for all clinics
- no matter when they are offered - are accepted only once
per year. Students interested in the clinics outlined here should submit their application(s) online using the Clinic Application and Matching System (CAMS) by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008.
Guidelines for Clinical Courses
The faculty has promulgated the following guidelines for clinical and advocacy courses, in part to comply with New York Court of Appeals rules concerning the admission of attorneys:
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The clinical program strives to ensure that every student has an opportunity to take a clinic in their second or third year. (Students are not ensured access to a particular clinic.) For admissions to clinics offered in academic years 2006-07 and 2007-08, priority for admission was given to rising third-year students. Starting with admissions to clinics offered in academic year 2008-09, priority for admission will be given to those students who have not previously participated in a year-long clinic or in more than one semester-long clinic; under this new policy, a student who participates in a single semester-long clinic is eligible for the priority when applying to either a year-long clinic or a second semester-long clinic. |
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Matriculated students will be given priority over non-matriculated students for all clinical and advocacy courses. |
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No student may register for more than one clinic in a term. |
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Most of the courses described here offer a combination of academic credits and clinical credits. For purposes of the 83-credit requirement for graduation, all of a clinic's academic credits qualify and can be counted towards the 83 credits; up to 12 clinical credits can be devoted to the 83 credits needed for graduation. (Students are permitted to take more than 12 clinical credits, but the excess number above 12 will not count towards the graduation requirement.) For purposes of the Law School's rule that no more than 20 "non-classroom credits" can be allocated towards the graduation requirement, a clinic's "academic credits" qualify as "classroom credits" while the clinical credits are treated as "non-classroom credits." The “Adjunct Faculty Credit Cap,” which limits the number of adjunct-course credits that may count toward students’ degree requirements, does not apply to clinics taught by adjunct faculty. Questions about these requirements can be sent to the Clinic Director, Randy Hertz, at randy.hertz@nyu.edu. |
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Clinical courses will in most cases require substantial amounts of time outside of usual course hours and at varying times. Students with substantial commitments to journals, outside activities, work or other responsibilities should satisfy themselves through discussion with the respective teachers that they will definitely have sufficient time for a clinical or advocacy program. |
Important Dates for Clinic Applications
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| February 29, 2008 |
Clinic packet issued at 1PM. |
| March 7 |
Clinic Fair held at Furman Hall, 2-4 PM |
| March 8 - 14 |
Clinic Application Period.
Application materials should be submitted online using CAMS, at https://its.law.nyu.edu/cams/.
All materials are due by 5 PM on March 14. |
| March 24 - April 10 |
Interviews conducted (if professors require them). |
| April 11 |
Preferences must be submitted on CAMS by 5 PM. |
| April 30 |
Students notified by e-mail whether or not they have been accepted into a clinic. |
| May 7 |
Confirmation of students' intent to register must be received by 5 PM. |
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