Cardozo is deeply committed to instilling in students an understanding of the critical role of public service in the practice of law. The Center for Public Service Law brings together a variety of projects and programs to enhance public service opportunities for students and graduates, including professional employment, clerkships, internships, symposia, public service funding programs and job fairs. A wildly successful Public Service Auction helps fund summer stipends for students working at public service organizations and not-for-profits. The auction raised a record $600,000 in 2012, providing summer stipends to 241 students.
Postgraduate fellowships are awarded to selected recent graduates for part-time work in public service legal positions. The Public Service Scholars program, the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, and the Public Interest Law Students Association are just a few of the diverse extracurricular offerings that make Cardozo's public service law program so special.
For more information on Cardozo's Center for Public Service Law, contact its director, Leslie Thrope.
Eliza Gabai '12Students have the opportunity to work abroad in public service. Eliza Gabai '12 did her internship at AVEGA AGAHOZO, which serves over 25,000 of the most vulnerable members of Rwandan society.
Samuel Permutt '12Samuel Permutt '12 interned at the Navsarjan Trust in Ahmedabad, India. The Trust attempts to eradicate caste-based discrimination and improve the lives of Dalits.
Jacqueline Murakatete '12"Cardozo clinics and externships, including a human rights and genocide clinic, helped me combine my passions for human rights and justice."