What a beautiful day to celebrate our Class of 2026 with family and friends! 🎓 ⚖️ 🎉 See you tomorrow at Lincoln Center for our 134th Commencement Ceremony!
For family and friends unable to attend the ceremony in person, we invite you to join the celebration virtually and tune in to the livestream tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. Find the link in our bio or at www.nyls.edu/commencement.
We'll be sharing photos and videos of our graduates on our website and across social media platforms, so make sure to tag us or message us if you want to share your Commencement celebration.
Last month, students in the Congressional Consumer and Civil Justice Clinic took a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with congressional staffers and distribute legislative memos on the national policy issues impacting the civil justice system that they had studied and researched throughout the semester.
The NYLS Patent Law Clinic recently helped secure a U.S. patent for their client, Tom Wither, whose new invention to address water scarcity is one of a small number advancing to the next round of the global @XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition. Read the full story in our bio link to learn more about the clinic's work to support the protection of this breakthrough innovation and to continue supporting their client’s professional journey.
On May 18, New York Law School is honored to welcome New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin (@speakermenin ) as Keynote Speaker and Honorary Degree recipient at our 134th Commencement. Speaker Menin is only the second lawyer to serve as Council Speaker and has an extraordinary and deep record of public service. She has an inspiring story and unmatched set of experiences to share with our students as we celebrate our 135th anniversary of launching lawyers who helped build modern New York and are on the frontlines of advocating for justice, including at least 33 alumni who have served on the City Council and its predecessor, the Board of Alderman. Read the full announcement in our bio link.
Last month, we hosted a screening and panel discussion of CURED, a 2020 documentary chronicling the activism that led to the removal of homosexuality from the DSM in 1973.
Check out our bio link to read more about the documentary and the panel's discussion on how persistent and collective activism had a profound legal and historical impact.
Sarah Lara ’27, Sam Walsh ’27, and Jacqueline Zamora ’26 shared their experience competing in California at the ABA Client Representation in Mediation National Competition and placing second! Read their article in our bio link.
Last week, we hosted the annual Tribeca Cybersecurity Summit, bringing together in-house counsel, private practice attorneys, and law students to learn about and engage on critical issues of defending organizations’ machines, systems, and networks from cyber harm.
See more photos from the event in our bio link.
For the third consecutive year, Professor Anna G. Cominsky ’05 and the Criminal Defense Clinic, accompanied by NYLS Professor Emeritus Frank Bress, welcomed 22 law students and Professor Carsten Momsen from Freie Universistat of Berlin (@fulawclinic ), for an immersive academic experience.
NYLS Criminal Defense Clinic students led a session introducing their international peers to the fundamentals of New York criminal law and procedure and engaging in meaningful cross-cultural dialogue. The experience extended beyond the classroom, as NYLS students accompanied the visiting group to the courthouse, where they collectively observed arraignments and a trial.
Back on campus, NYLS students helped facilitate a structured debrief. The week culminated in Professor Cominsky’s Advocacy of Criminal Cases course: NYLS students demonstrated their courtroom skills, while the visiting students—having learned about jury selection earlier in the week—served as mock jurors. This collaborative exercise provided NYLS students with a dynamic, practice-oriented opportunity to refine their litigation techniques before an engaged, international audience.
We're getting ready to celebrate NYLS Spirit Day—and 135 years of NYLS—on Thursday, April 23! Students, faculty, and staff: be sure to wear your NYLS swag next week and enjoy trivia, games, and special deals on campus.
And there's still time for everyone to enjoy 35% off on all NYLS merchandise at brandshop.nyls.edu with the code SPIRIT35. Valid through Friday, April 17, 2026. Discount not valid on diploma frames.
Congratulations to Esha Shah '27, who was recently awarded a Public Interest Fellowship from South Asian Bar Association of New York (@southasianbarny ) to pursue her work at The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice this summer!
She says, "For me public interest work has always been my passion because I believe we rise as a society by lifting others. I am looking forward to working with Legal Aid's Special Litigation Unit in their Criminal Defense Practice to pioneer change by combining the power of litigation with long-term systemic policy change.”
Last week, NYLS student organizations Organization for Healthy Minds (@ohm_nyls ) and Animal Legal Defense Fund (@nyls.aldf ) arranged a fun study break with some furry friends from New York Therapy Animals (@newyorktherapyanimals ).
