The NYU Law Community
Join a community that supports your goals, whatever they are. With dedicated faculty and administrators, 80+ student groups, and a strong alumni network, you’ll make connections that last a lifetime.
Watch: Professor Alina Das '05 on why she enjoys teaching at her alma mater
Faculty Who Care
Our faculty are experts who drive the conversation on pressing issues of the day—and make time to mentor and collaborate with students.
First-year students get to know faculty outside the classroom in small, informal reading groups. Students can also work as research and teaching assistants or connect with faculty through directed research or journals. Some students even collaborate on scholarship with faculty. For example, Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and Samantha Hedrick ’19, a student in his Advanced Copyright class, co-wrote a recent article on how courts can better apply the copyright infringement standard.
Watch: Alok Nadig '16 on the guidance he received from the Judicial Clerkship Office
Student Support
Our dedicated administrators help you succeed academically and professionally.
Academic Services and Registration will work with you to design and plan the curriculum you want.
Student Affairs team offer offers guidance when you need it and helps connect you with the greater Law School community.
The Office of Student Financial Services offers counseling on optimal ways to finance your education. See our Financial Support page for more about scholarships and our Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP Plus).
The Academic Careers Program helps interested students position themselves for a future professorship.
The Office of Career Services offers personalized career advising and facilitates a wealth of firm receptions and recruiting events and the Public Interest Law Center supports those interested in public service careers.
The Judicial Clerkship Office counsels students individually and guides them through the clerkship application process.
A Home Away from Home
The Law School has two high-rise apartment-style residence halls, D’Agostino Hall and Hayden Hall, that offer students a variety of living arrangements.
Options include studio and one-bedroom apartments, or private rooms in shared two- or three-bedroom apartments. Family housing accommodations are also available, but in limited quantity. You can live on campus during the academic year or in the summer— even before starting law school.
Watch: Samah Mcgona Sisay '18 on how the Women of Color Collective enhanced her NYU Law experience
Student Organizations
Whether it’s the Art Law Society or the Law and Business Association, it doesn’t take long to find a student group that matches your interests and experiences.
African Law Association
Alternative Breaks
American Constitution Society
Antitrust and Competition Law Society
Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Coalition (ATAC)
Art Law Society
Asia Law Society
Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Black Allied Law Students Association (BALSA)
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Brazilian Legal Society
Canadian Law Organization
NYU CannaLaw
Christian Legal Fellowship
Class Gift Campaign
Coalition on Law & Representation (CoLR)
Deans' Cup
Defender Collective
Disability Allied Law Students Association (DALSA)
Domestic Violence Advocacy Project (DVAP)
Education Law and Policy Society
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
Federalist Society
First Generation Professionals
Health Law and Policy Society (HLPS)
High School Law Institute (HSLI)
HIV Law Society
If/When/How
Immigrant Rights Project
Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law Society (IPELS)
International Arbitration Association (IAA)
International Law Society (ILS)
I-PREP
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
JD/MBA Association
Japanese Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association
Latinx Law Students Association (LaLSA)
Law & Business Association
Law and Government Society
Law Revue
Law Students for Economic Justice (LSEJ)
Law Students for Israel
Law Students for Justice in Palestine
Law Students of Catan
Law Women
Learned Foot
Media Law Collaborative
Mental Health Law and Justice Association
Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)
Midwestern Law Society
National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
National Security Law Society
NYU Law Democrats
NYU Law Orators
NYU Mediation Organization (NMO)
OUTLaw
Prisoners' Rights & Education Project (PREP)
Prosecution Legal Society
Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA)
Real Estate & Urban Policy Forum
Recent College Graduate Mentors
Research, Education & Advocacy to Combat Homelessness (REACH)
Resisting Injustice and Standing for Equality (RISE)
Rights over Tech (R/T)
Social Enterprise & Startup Law Group (SE-SL)
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
Space Law Society
Sports Law Association
Student Advocates for Empowerment Through Harm Reduction (SAFER)
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
Student Bar Association (SBA)
Student Lawyer Athletic Program (SLAP)
Students for the Education and Representation of Veterans (SERV)
Substantial Performance
Supreme Court Forum
Suspension Representation Project (SRP)
Tax Law Association
Transfer Student Committee
Trial Advocacy Society
Unemployment Action Center (UAC)
Washington Square Legal Services Bail Fund
West Coast Connection (WCC)
Women of Color Collective (WoCC)Law and Security
Watch Sara Moss '74 on working with students in the Sara Moss Women’s Leadership Training Program
Alumni Network
The NYU Law alumni network, more than 40,000 strong, is an invaluable resource both during and after your law school years.
The alumni ranks include leaders in private legal practice, government, nonprofits, entertainment, real estate, finance, the judiciary, sports, and social enterprise. Many of them return to NYU Law to interact with current students as adjunct professors and as lecturers and panelists at numerous events.