PILC Summer Funding
The PILC Summer Funding Program guarantees funding for all first- and second-year students who work in public service and government positions.
1L students receive $5,500 for the summer and 2Ls receive $7,500.
- Administrative Requirements and Deadlines
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- Attend the fall public interest job information session on Finding and Funding a 1L Internship
- December 1: Register in the PILC Summer Funding system
- January 16: File your current and next year's FAFSA forms (can file as early as October 1)
- January 16: Review the Financial Aid Tutorial by January 16
- April 12: Secure a public interest internship, enter it into the PILC Summer Funding system and ensure that it is confirmed electronically by your summer employer
- August 18: Ensure that your summer employer confirms that you completed the internship
- September 15: Submit an intern report based on your experiences
- Employment Eligibility
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All 1L and 2L students are guaranteed funding if they comply with the program requirements set out above and works in eligible public interest employment for at least 35 hours/week for 8-10 weeks.
Eligible employment includes:
- Government agencies and institutions
- Judicial internships, including all international judicial internships; and domestic judicial internships for 1Ls only
- Domestic and international non-profits and non-governmental organizations
- Inter-governmental organizations (e.g., the UN or the World Bank)
- NYU Law-affiliated centers that do not otherwise pay stipends to students (if the center does pay students, PILC will not provide any additional funding)
Ineligible employment includes:
- Domestic judicial internships for 2Ls
- For-profit organizations, including private public interest law firms
- Split-summers, or any other summer employment where a student also has been employed by a for-profits organization
- Research assistants for professors, even if the topic is public-interest related
- Otherwise eligible employment for students who are also working more than 15 hours per week as research assistants for professors
- Funding Amounts & Requirements
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- 1L students receive $5,500 and 2L students receive $7,500.
- There is no cap on the amount of additional funding students may earn from their eligible employer (except with respect to an NYU-affiliated Center).
- All funding from outside sources must be reported online using the Additional Funding Form.
- NYU Law offers a summer rent discount to students living in Law School residences and working for public interest organizations, as judicial interns, or as research assistants for professors. Information about applying for this discount will be posted in the Docket in March.
- Intern Reports
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Every year, NYU students who receive summer funding complete a comprehensive and candid assessment of their internship experience. These Intern Reports are invaluable in researching organizations where you may want to apply and in making decisions on job offers.
See the PILC Summer Funding FAQs for additional information.
NYU-Dedicated Internship Programs
NYU offers a number of special summer and term-time internship programs, both domestic and international, exclusively to NYU students.
These programs offer opportunities to focus on particular areas of law, including family law, immigrant rights, women's rights, international human rights, environmental law & prosecution. Some of these programs also provide a supplement to the regular summer funding amount.
Note that, for the international NYU-dedicated internships, PILC funding is only available at these institutions through these programs. Summer internships arranged separately with these organizations will not be eligible for PILC summer funding.