PILC Events Calendar 2025-26
- For recordings of past events, see the PILC Event Archives.
- For more information about upcoming events and other public interest opportunities, see the PILC Docket.
PILC Week: Introduction to Public Interest Lawyering
PILC Week offers new and returning students a range of options to explore public interest law and potential opportunities during and after law school.
Sept 3: PILC Welcome Reception
Public Interest Class Meetings
Information, strategies and advice about the upcoming year tailored to where you are in law school.
Aug 11: 3L Class Meeting
Aug 12: 2L Class Meeting
Sept 3: 1L Class Meeting
PILC Week Practice Area Panels
Alumni discussing their work, career trajectory, and what it's like to be a lawyer in their practice areas.
Sept 4: Law Reform & Impact Litigation
Sept 8: Civil Legal Services
Sept 8: International Public Interest Law
Sept 9: Government & Prosecution
Sept 9: Criminal and Family Defense
Summer & Term-Time Planning
Information, strategies and advice about public interest opportunities to explore during the academic year and your 1L and 2L summers.
Fall Events
Aug 12: 2L Class Meeting
Sept 3: 1L Class Meeting
Sept 8: Pro Bono Requirement Info Session for JDs & LLMs
Sept 16: Pro Bono Volunteer Info Session with Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC)
Sept 19: Bankruptcy Assistance Project Training
Oct 6: Moelis Fellowship in Affordable Housing & Urban Affairs Info Session
Oct 14: Finding and Funding a 1L Public Interest Internship
Oct 15: 1L Summer Internships in Local and Federal Prosecution
Oct 16: 1L Government Summer Internships
Oct 23: 1L & 2L International Summer Internships
Nov 10: Should You Apply for a 2L Summer in Big Law if You Want To Work in Public Interest After Graduation?
Nov 11: Getting Out of NYC: Summer Internships Beyond the Big Cities
Nov 17: Winter & Spring Break Intensive Pro Bono Research Info Session
Nov 21: PILC Fair Info Session
Spring Events
Jan 27: PILC Fair: Interviewing and Table Talk Info Session
Jan 30: Legal Services NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project Training
Feb 24: Post-PILC Fair Tips for 1Ls on Finding Summer Public Interest Internships
Mar 12 (tent): Planning your 2L year: Choices and Strategies for Public Interest 1Ls
Mar 31: Thinking Ahead Towards Prosecution Positions for 2Ls and 3Ls
Apr 7: Rising 2Ls: Thinking Ahead Towards a Summer Internship in Government
April 13: Sudler Family Fellowship Orientation
Apr 16: Planning for Your Summer in Civil Rights
TBD: Planning for Your Summer in Public Defense
Postgraduate Planning
Information, strategies and advice about postgraduate public interest career planning and job search.
Fall Events
Aug 11: 3L Class Meeting
Sept 24: International Postgraduate Fellowship Info Session for JDs
Sept 25: LLM Postgraduate Fellowship Info Session (PILC, CHRGJ, IILJ)
Oct 21: Sinsheimer Children's Rights Fellowship Info Session
Nov 18: A Conversation with Xuan W Tay (NYU Law Visiting Scholar) on the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s Judicial Fellow Program
Spring Events
Feb 12: Army JAG Corps Info Session
Feb 13: Navy JAG Corps Info Session
Feb 17: Getting a Head Start on Your 3L Public Interest Job Search
Mar 3: Postgraduate Project Fellowships Info Session
Mar 24: EJW Project Fellowship Info Session
Mar 31: Thinking Ahead Towards Prosecution Positions for 2Ls and 3Ls
Apr 7: Rising 3Ls: Thinking Ahead Towards a Postgraduate Position in Government
Lectures, Panels & Other Substantive Events
Annual lectures, substantive lunches and panels, and other public interest events.
Fall Events
Sept 8: Attorney General Robert Abrams Annual Public Service Lecture
Sept 18: PILC and Bernstein Institute for Human Rights Lunch
Sept 22: PILC and Institute for Policy Integrity Luncheon
Sept 30: Public Interest Careers with Judge Nicole Berner
Oct 2: Career Conversation with the International Energy Agency
Oct 16: Federal Defender Panel
Oct 23: Public Interest Law Firms Panel
Oct 27: Harris County (Houston, TX) Public Defender's Office Info Session
Oct 28: PILC Career Conversation with the Vance Center for International Justice
Spring Events
Feb 3: A Conversation with Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
Feb 5-6: 49th Annual NYU Public Interest Legal Career Fair
TBD: Rose Sheinberg Lecture
TBD: Latinx in the Law Lecture
TBD: Labor Law Panel
TBD: IFD Fellows Luncheon