Law School Legal Clinics

New York City is home to nine nationally-known law schools, each of which operates one or more clinics offering free legal representation to eligible clients. While this may initially seem like a legal services bonanza, actually getting representation through a law school clinic can be complicated. Each law school, and each legal clinic, has its own separate eligibility requirements and legal agenda. You must therefore approach each law school, and each clinic, individually.

Many law school legal clinics accept cases only by referral, and are essentially closed to the public. Where known, that is indicated below.

Some law school legal clinics can be accessed by telephone only through the school's main telephone number. If you don't see a separate listing for the legal clinic, call the law school's main number, identify the clinic you are trying to reach, and ask the operator for contact information for that clinic.

Brooklyn Law School
250 Jorelemon Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-625-2200
URL: http://www.brooklaw.edu/

Clinics at Brooklyn Law School:

Bankruptcy

Children's Law

Corporate and Real Estate

Federal Litigation

Immigration

Prosecutors

Securities

Call Brooklyn Law School at the above number for information about legal clinics.

City University of New York Law School at Queens College
65-21 Main Street
Flushing, N.Y. 11367
(718)-575-4300

Clinics at C.U.N.Y. Law School:

Battered Women's Clinic

Criminal Defender (by referral from Legal Aid only)

Elder Law Clinic

Immigration Clinic

Mediation Clinic

Call C.U.N.Y. Law School at the above number for contact and eligibility information.

Columbia University School of Law
435 West 116th Street
New York, N.Y.
(212)-854-2670

Clinics at Columbia Law School:

Child Advocacy Clinic

Clinical Seminar in Law and the Arts

Fair Housing Clinic

Human Rights Clinic

Mediation Clinic

Nonprofit Organizations Clinic

Prisoners and Families Clinic

Call the law school for contact and eligibility information for the individual law clinics.

Fordham University Law School
140 W. 62nd Street
New York, N.Y.
(212)-636-6875

Clinics at Fordham Law School:

At 32 West 60th Street:

Battered Women

Children's Disabilities and Special Education

Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination

Criminal Defense

Family and Child Protection

Securities Arbitration

Welfare Rights

At 140 West 62nd Street:

Housing Clinic

Mediation Clinic

Public Interest Resource Center at Fordham Law

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/
law/pirc/index.htm

For contact and eligibility information, call Fordham Law School at (212)-636-6934.

New York Law School
57 Worth Street
New York, N.Y.
(212)-431-2100

Clinics at New York Law School:

Civil and Human Rights Clinic
(Referral from New York County Bar Association only)

New York University School of Law
70 Washington Square South
New York, N.Y.
(212)-998-1212

Clinics at N.Y.U. Law School:

Capital Defender Clinic: Alabama

Capital Defender Clinic: New York

Civil Legal Services Clinic

Civil Rights Clinic

Community Defender Clinic: Alternate Forms of Advocacy

Comparative Criminal Justice Clinic

Criminal Appellate Advocacy Clinic

Criminal Defense Clinic

Environmental Law Clinic

Family Defense Clinic

Federal Defender Clinic

Government Civil Litigation Clinic E.D.N.Y.

Government Civil Litigation Clinic S.D.N.Y

Immigrant Rights Clinic

International Environmental Law Clinic

International Human Rights Clinic

Juvenile Rights Clinic

Prosecution Clinic

Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic
161 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor
New York City, N.Y. 10013
URL: http://www.brennan.ctr.org/

Public Interest Law Center at NYU
110 West 3rd Street, 2nd Floor
New York, N.Y. 10012-1074
Phone: (212)-998-6686
Fax: (212)-995-4529
e-mail: pilc.info@turing.law.nyu.edu
URL: http://www.law.nyu.edu/pilc/

For contact and eligibility information, call the New York University Law School at the above number.

Pace University School of Law
78 North Broadway
White Plains, N.Y. 10603
(914)-422-4128
-Pace has a campus in downtown Manhattan.

Clinics at Pace Law School:

Energy Project

Environmental Litigation Clinic

Institute for International Commercial Law

John Jay Legal Services

Land Use Law Center

Social Justice Center

Women's Justice Center

Call Pace University at the above number for contact and eligibility information.

St. John's University Law School
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, N.Y. 11439
(718)-990-6161
URL: http://www.stjohns.edu/

Clinics at St. John's Law School:

Elder Law Clinic

Call St. John's University at the above number for contact and eligibility information.

Yeshiva University
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 5th Avenue
New York, N.Y.
(212)-790-0223

Cardozo's Law School's Legal Clinics:

Bet Tzedek Legal Clinic (212)-790-0240
(Represents low income seniors and disabled persons in civil litigation.)

Criminal Appeals Clinic

Criminal Law Clinic

Ethics Clinic

Innocence Project (DNA Evidence Clinic)

ITAP (Intensive Trial and Appellate Procedure) Clinic

Mediation Clinic

Tax Clinic

Call Cardozo Law School at the number above for contact and eligibility information.