New York University - School of Law

New York University - School of Law is NYU’s law school in New York City and one of the university’s graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1835, the law school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees and serves students seeking legal education in the United States and from abroad. Its academic work spans core legal training and a wide range of specialized fields, including tax law, international law, constitutional law, business and corporate law, criminal justice, and public interest law. The school’s work combines classroom instruction, faculty scholarship, clinics, centers, and student support. Its clinical program gives students supervised practice experience in areas such as civil rights, immigrant rights, criminal defense, and business transactions. NYU Law also houses major research and policy centers, including the Brennan Center for Justice and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, linking legal education to public policy, democracy, and social justice. For students pursuing public service careers, the Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholarship is a distinctive anchor of the school’s identity, supporting selected J.D. students committed to public interest law. The law school operates from NYU’s Greenwich Village campus in Manhattan and maintains a global orientation through advanced law programs that attract international lawyers and scholars. Its audience includes J.D. candidates preparing for legal practice, graduate law students pursuing specialized or comparative study, researchers, and practitioners engaging with continuing legal and policy debates. Across these roles, New York University - School of Law functions as a major center for legal education, scholarship, and public-interest engagement in New York and beyond.