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The Office of Professional Development sponsors a public service certificate program. Certificates will be issued to graduating students who have performed at least 40 hours of voluntary service while at law school, or who have a combination of at least 30 hours of voluntary service and have another 30 hours of public interest work done through a work-study placement, clinic, or externship. See below for examples of organizations where students have earned qualifying hours. Consistent with our practice of encouraging first-year students to focus on their studies, these hours would be accumulated starting the summer after a student’s first year. The names of public service certificate recipients will be listed in the commencement program, and a notation will be placed on the student’s transcript, indicating that the student earned a public service certificate.
The ABA Standards promote the idea of service as part of a law student’s education, stating that “[a] law school should encourage and provide opportunities for student participation in pro bono activities.” Promoting the idea of service as part of the professional responsibility of members of the legal profession is not a new initiative for New York Law School. But the Public Service Certificate is a new way for us to encourage, recognize, and celebrate the good works of our students. There are many ways for members of the legal profession to give back to the community—in addition to the programs and projects described above and below.
Approved Organizations:
American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO)
Audobon Society Conservation Committee
Bayside Volunteer Ambulance Corporation
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
Brooklyn Legal Services
Catholic Charities
Central Park Conservancy
Childrens Law Center
Child Literacy Program
City Bar Guardian Ad Litem program
Common Good
Councilmember Tony Avella
Courtroom Advocates Program (Sanctuary for Families)
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
DC Bar Pro Bono Program Advice and Referral Clinic
Department of Homeland Security
Domestic Violence Project
Farmworker Legal Services of New York
Food Change
Freedom to Marry
IMPACT Coalition
inMotion
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY)
Just Democracy
Learning Leaders
Legal Aid Society
Manhattan Family Court
MFY Legal Services
Museum of Jewish History
Nassau County District Attorney’s Office
New York Cares
New York City Agencies
New York City Bar Association
New York City Public Schools
New York Civil Rights Coalition
New York Junior League
New York Law School Bankruptcy Assistance Project
New York Law School Public Interest Coalition
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
New York State Division of Human Rights
New York State Office of the Attorney General
New York Supreme Court
One Brick (www.onebrick.org)
Parkchester Elderly Program
Posse Foundation
Public Counsel Law Center, CA
Silver Rock Farms
South Brooklyn Legal Services
Southern District of New York
St. Luke Roosevelt’s Crime Victim’s Treatment Center
Supreme Court of the State of New York
The After School Corporation (TASC)
TriBeCa Organization
Unemployment Action Center
United Nations
United States Attorney’s Office
United States Bankruptcy Court
United States Senate
VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)
West side soccer league
Womens’ Law Initiative
Women’s Prison Association
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