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Innovative 1L Year

First-year students get the best possible foundation in legal theory and practice.

Along with traditionally required courses such as Torts and Procedure, they take the specially designed Administrative and Regulatory State course, which exposes them to the role of the administrative state in our legal regime. At one recent class, for example, Dean Richard Revesz and Professor Richard Pildes debated the merits of cost-benefit analysis and discussed Dean Revesz's new book, Retaking Rationality.

Students also take one of several first-year electives, including Constitutional Law and International Law, and they benefit from NYU's unique Lawyering Program, a yearlong course that hones the practical skills students need to become effective lawyers.

 
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Newsmakers
Jacob Karabell '09 goes to the Supreme Court
While many students were in class on March 30, Jacob Karabell ’09 was watching his professor, Samuel Issacharoff , deliver an oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court for which Karabell helped him prepare. “It was particularly exciting to be there given that I knew the case so well," Karabell said. "I had run through the argument a million times in my head. As a result, it was fascinating to watch everything unfold several rows in front of me.” More

Lauren Burke '09 on pediatric HIV/AIDS in China
Lauren Burke '09 is lead researcher and coauthor of a new report, "I Will Fight to My Last Breath: Barriers to AIDS Treatment for Children in China ," released by the nonprofit Asia Catalyst. Burke spent three months in China visiting treatment facilities and conducting interviews. "There's so much focus on the AIDS epidemic in Africa or Brazil that people forget it does exist in China," she said, adding that China could become the nation with the largest percentage of HIV infections. More
Alito judges Marden Moot Court Competition
On April 7, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in presiding over the 37th annual Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition, organized by students on NYU Law's Moot Court Board . Matthew Lafargue ’10 (pictured with Alito) emerged as Best Oralist in the fictitious case Veruca Salt v. United States . More
A Soros Fellowship for Maribel Hernández '10
Maribel Hernández '10, who immigrated to the U.S. at age 13, has received a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans . The fellowships provide grants and tuition assistance for graduate study to immigrants and their children. Hernández, a Bickel & Brewer Scholar pursuing a joint J.D./M.P.A. at NYU Law and Princeton University, taught in France and interned with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees after graduating from Harvard University. More
The ABA Section of Taxation Public Service Fellowship
Deadline: Saturday, August 1, 2009 The ABA Tax Section developed the Public Service Fellowship to help non-profits fill the need for tax legal service assistance around the [...]
Asian American Law Fund of New York & Asian American Bar of New York Summer Reception
Monday, July 20, 2009 Skadden, Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom Offices, Four Times Square, NYC The Asian American Law Fund of New York and the Asian American Bar [...]
Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair, Marriot Marquis, 1535 Broadway, NYC
Friday, August 7, 2009 Meet with hiring managers and recruiters from top law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and non-profit organizations - all committed to diversity. [...]
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics Fellowship
Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2009 The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law [...]
Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair, INVESCO Field (Denver, Colorado)
Friday, September 11, 2009 Law students and recent law school graduates are invited to register and attend the Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair and to apply [...]
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Diversity Scholars Program
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Each year Milbank selects law students who will receive a salaried summer associate position and a $50,000 [...]
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Diversity Scholarship
Deadline: Monday, July 6, 2009 Baker Donelson is extending the Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship application deadline to July 6, 2009. The firm will award three (3) scholarships to diverse [...]
Communication, Presentation and Oral Advocacy Skills
Thursday, June 11, 2009 Breakfast Registration: 8:30 a.m.; Workshop: 8:30-10:00 a.m. Presentation skills are vital for associates, whether they are conducting a meeting, engaging with senior partners, working [...]