Career Education Programs
CDO provides a wide selection of programs focused on the public interest sector. Leading public interest attorneys from across the country, many of them YLS graduates, are regularly invited to give talks on careers in their areas of practice and on how they achieved their career successes. Students and alumni are welcome to view many of these programs online via streaming video, by clicking here. For a complete listing of past programs for the 2006-2007 year, click here.
Mentor in Residence Program
Through the Mentors in Residence Program, law school visitors who are engaged in public interest careers spend a day on campus providing individual counseling sessions to students. To see a list of the Mentors in Residence for the 2006-2007 year, click here.
Interview Programs
CDO conducts two interview programs each year, and public interest and government employers come to recruit YLS students. YLS covers all registration and interview room expenses for public interest employers.
Public Interest Student Career Fair
CDO organizes an annual Public Interest Student Career Fair, at which second- and third-year students who have worked in public interest jobs over the summer share their experiences with interested students. The fair takes place in mid-November and has over 100 student volunteers representing public interest employers. For more information on this fair, contact Robyn Acampora, Pro Bono and Information Manager at 432-7224.
The EJW Career Fair and NYU Public Interest Career Fair
YLS sponsors students to attend the Equal Justice Works (EJW) Career Fair and Conference in October in Washington DC, and the NYU Public Interest Career Fair in February in New York City. The law school pays for the registration and covers reasonable travel expenses.
1L Introduction to Public Interest Careers: Developing a Three Year Game Plan
Being a Public Defender
Consider Being a White House Fellow
Developing a Project-Based Fellowship Proposal
Financing Your Summer Public Interest Job
FIP & Beyond: 2L / 3L Public Interest Job Search
How Should I Live My Life as a Lawyer?
Making a Success of Your Summer Public Interest Job
Next Steps for the 3L Public Interest Job Search
Nuts & Bolts of EJW Fellowships
NYU Public Interest Career Fair Information Session
Outlaws Discuss Summer Jobs
Public Interest Career Fair
Public Interest Celebration
Public Interest Fellowships: Getting Started
Public Interest Law Firms
Public Interest Lawyering: Conversation with the Dean
Skadden Fellowships: A Conversation with Susan Butler Plum
U.S. Based Careers in International Public Interest Law
Understanding COAP
Working for State & City Government
Working for the CIA
Working for the DOJ
Working for the State Department
Working in Civil Rights
Working in Criminal Prosecution
Working in Politics
YLS Fellowships: Bernstein, Heyman, Liman
Career Development Office - Mentors In Residence
Brian Kreiswirth ’99, Civil Rights Bureau, NY State Attorney General’s Office
Charles Brower, 20 Essex Street
Doug Smith ’86, Van Ness Feldman
Edward Chang, U.S. Attorney’s Office, CT
Emily Martin ’98, ACLU Women’s Rights Project
Hilary Meltzer ’92, Senior Counsel, Environmental Law Division of NYC Law Department
Jennifer Tschirch, Senior Program Manager, EJW Fellowships
Jonathan Hafetz ’99, Litigation Director, Liberty & National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice
Julie Becker ’99, Legal Aid of D.C.Karen Hudes ’76, World Bank Legal Department
Kathleen Morris, Deputy City Attorney of San Francisco
Linda Ricci ’94, U.S. Attorney’s Office, MA
Lisa Powell ’03, Bredhoff & Kaiser
Marco Simons ’01, EarthRights International
Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Reproductive Rights, International Litigation
Rahul Kale, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Sarah Rosen Wartell ’88, Executive VP for Management & General Counsel, Center for American Progress
Spencer Freedman '00, Beldock, Levine & Hoffman, soon to be NY State Division of Human Rights
Susan Butler Plum, Executive Director- Skadden Fellowships Foundation
Zachary Richter ’03, US DOJ Civil Division










