Student Spotlights
Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar
Tell us about your experience in the Family Defense Clinic.
Kelsey Brown ’24Working in the Family Defense Clinic this year has been the highlight of my law school experience. As student advocates, we…
NYU Law Dean's Graduate Scholar
What first inspired you to pursue a career in law?
Before law school, I was a paralegal at the New York Legal Assistance Group in the Immigrant Protection Unit. It was such a privilege to work with clients and be a…
What do you enjoy about being a NYU Law student?
The people, both students and staff, are my favorite aspect of NYU Law. I am surrounded by incredibly accomplished professionals who care deeply about their work and about the well-being of their…
NYU Law Dean's Graduate Scholar;
Lester R. Bachner Scholar
Mary McNicholas ’24What do you enjoy about being a NYU Law student?
One of my favorite parts of NYU Law is the learning environment. My professors are all so dedicated to teaching and…
Eric and Kimberly George Scholar within the AnBryce Scholarship Program
Jacobson Scholar
Talia Scott ’24What do you enjoy about being a NYU Law student?
I’m a native New Yorker (born and raised in Harlem), so going to law school at NYU Law has…
What do you enjoy about being a NYU Law student?
I know it gets said a lot, but I love the collegiality at NYU Law! When you think about the law school stereotype—or at least when I did—it’s this hyper competitive, best-look-in-your-side mirrors…
Norman Ostrow Memorial Scholar
What first inspired you to pursue a career in law?
In the summer before my junior year of high school, Michael Brown was killed by a police officer just a few miles away from my home. His death was the catalyst of…
NYU Law Dean's Graduate Scholar
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
Being a law student at NYU has been a wholesome experience, so I will name two favorites. First, I love the diverse community in the LLM program. I am…
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
First of all, NYU Law is probably one of the most socially and academically progressive law schools in the world. NYU Law is an intellectual powerhouse where people come together to help…
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
My favorite part about being an NYU Law student is the amount of public interest-minded students and opportunities. I’ve met so many other students interested in other areas of public…
Filomen M. D'Agostino Scholar for Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and/or Criminal Justice
What first inspired you to pursue a career in law?
In undergrad, I took a history class on the Civil Rights Movement, taught by one of my favorite…
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
Being part of a diverse community. When talking to students from different universities, I feel that NYU has done an incredible job in selecting students from the most various regions,…
NYU Law Dean's Graduate Award
What is your favorite part about being an LLM student at NYU Law?
I recently described my experience at NYU to a friend as equivalent to that of a child in a candy store (not to mention what it feels like to be…
NYU Law Dean's Scholarship
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
I love the community at NYU. My class started during the first year of the pandemic, and I was struck by how compassionate my classmates were to each…
Former Co-Director of the South Asian Law Students Association
What drew you to NYU Law?
I was drawn to NYU Law because of its strong public interest community. I knew that I wanted to spend my time in law school surrounded by people who were…
Jacobson Scholar;
Furman Academic Scholar;
Latham and Watkins Award in Technology and Law;
Joyce Lowinson IILJ Research Scholar;
Nordlicht Family Law and Social Entrepreneurship Scholar;
NYU School of Law Dean's Scholar
What drew you to NYU Law…
Co-Chair RISE Indivisible (Resisting Injustice, Standing for Equality)
What has been the best surprise about your law school experience?
As an undergraduate, I found professors to be very intimidating. As a law student, I've been pleasantly…
Student Fellow, Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
What drew you to NYU Law?
NYU felt like a reflection of my life experience in a lot of ways: I was born abroad, spent time abroad growing up, and worked abroad before law school, so…
Paul Weiss Fellow, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law Pollack Center for Law & Business Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
It was important for me to go to a school with a strong public interest presence and clinics. Law school is…
Student Fellow, Program on Corporate Compliance and EnforcementLouis H. Solomon Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
One of the most important factors for me was finding a law school where I would be provided with the support and programs I…