Not all classes let out in late spring as evidenced by NYU Law’s participation in two programs aimed at giving high school students from underprivileged backgrounds the chance to explore the field of law.
The first of these partnerships is with the Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools (TRIALS), which is also sponsored by the Advantage Testing Foundation and Harvard Law School. During the five-week program, a select group of 20 students meet legal scholars from the NYU Law community, such as Dean Revesz and Professor McKenzie, and attend lectures by public figures and leading lawyers. Participants, for whom the residential program is fully subsidized, are also afforded the opportunity to prepare for the LSAT and attend courses taught by instructors from the Advantage Testing Foundation. To learn more about the TRIALS program and how to apply, click here.
Also this summer, and for the second year in a row, NYU Law is hosting Legal Outreach’s Summer Law Institute (SLI). Legal Outreach runs SLI programs at other law schools in the New York City area, but the NYU session is the only program specifically for ninth grade African American male students. The five-week schedule of events includes field trips to courthouses, a course on criminal justice, numerous guest speakers, many of whom are graduates of the law school, and a mock trial competition.
