Cornell University Law School Brochure - (Page 6) Public Interest Law Cornell Law School graduates have served the nation and the world through careers in public interest law for more than 100 years. The Public Interest Law Program is continuing this tradition of public service, devoting a wealth of resources to the academic curriculum, including practice-oriented courses, clinics, externship opportunities, specialized public interest career counseling services, the support of public interest student organizations, and economic assistance to graduates who choose public interest practice. loan repayment programs, the Public Interest Low Income Protection Plan (PILIPP) provides sizable grants to help with the payment of student loans. Recent specialized clinics Asylum and Convention against Torture and Violence Appellate Clinic Full semester externships Students can pursue full-semester externships at places such as the Legal Aid Society, the National Football League, the Manhattan DA’s Office, and the ACLU. Externships and clinical learning Client clinics and externships for academic credit represent the intersection of legal theory and practice. The Law School offers various client clinics in which students can engage in all phases of client representation, such as litigation planning, interviewing, counseling, legal drafting, negotiating, discovery, and trial and appellate advocacy. Student practitioners can be admitted to the New York bar as law interns and function under the direct supervision of full-time clinical faculty members. The Cornell Legal Aid Clinic provides legal assistance in civil matters and, to a very limited extent, criminal matters, to indigent people in the surrounding area. More than 50 percent of our students recognize the importance of participating in for-credit clinical programs prior to graduation. In addition to live-client clinics, students can develop and hone their legal skills by participating in local or semester-away externships. Public interest career and financial assistance The office of the assistant dean for public service offers students a wealth of information on how to pursue public interest employment. In addition to individual counseling, activities range from an “In-Touch with Ithaca” Community Service Fair to a Public Interest Law Career Symposium. Student organizations are also involved in public interest activities. Recent student activities include an annual Public Interest Expo that highlights various public service employers and the annual Public Interest Cabaret that raises funds for Summer Public Interest Fellowships, available for students who work at public interest organizations during the summer. Cornell Law School offers several sources of assistance to those who choose public interest practice. Through one of the nation’s most generous Capital Appellate Clinic Capital Punishment Clinic: Post-Conviction Litigation Child Advocacy Clinic Criminal Defense Trial Clinic Government Benefits Clinic International Human Rights Clinic Labor Law Clinic Land Use, Development, and Natural Resource Protection Clinic Prosecution Trial Clinic Public Interest Clinics 1, 2, and 3 Securities Law Clinic U.S. Attorney’s Office Clinic Water Law in Theory and Practice 1 Women and the Law Clinic Wrongful Convictions and Sentences Clinic 50% of the Class of 2007 took at least one clinical course Local externships Judicial Externship Law Guardian Externship Legislative Externship Neighborhood Legal Services Externship 16% of J.D. students are enrolled in a full semester externship 12
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