YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS STARTS HERE
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PREPARING YOU FOR TODAY’S LEGAL MARKETPLACE — AND TOMORROW’S The legal marketplace is changing at a rapid pace.
Our curriculum adapts to these changes, enabling you to enter
the profession with the skills necessary to succeed in your chosen field
and a résumé that stands out from the competition.
150+ ALUMNI IN THE
JUDICIARY
58
#
IN THE NATION FOR ALUMNI
PARTNERS AT TOP 100 FIRMS
#
49
IN THE NATION
FOR FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP Ranked by Brian Leiter
FIND YOUR FOCUS CONCENTRATION AREAS Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Business Law Honors Corporate Compliance
FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS Business Law Honors Fellowship Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship
Family Law
Dwight L. Greene Memorial Scholarship in Minority Rights Advocacy
Health Law
Freedman Justice Fellowship
Intellectual Property Law Honors
Gitenstein Institute Advanced Research Fellowship in Health Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
International Law Honors
Law, Government, and Politics Fellowship Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Fellowship Meltzer Lippe Legal Ethics Fellowship William R. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Law
JOINT DEGREES JD/MALFL (Forensic Linguistics) Program with the Hofstra University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences JD/MBA Program with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business JD/MPH Program with the School of Health Professions and Human Services
JOURNALS ACTEC Law Journal (Journal of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) Family Court Review Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal Hofstra Law Review Journal of International Business & Law (JIBL)
SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS
STUDY ABROAD
CLINICAL PROGRAMS
INSTITUTES & CENTERS
Asylum
Center for Applied Legal Reasoning
Immigration and Border Enforcement Program in San Diego, California
Community and Economic Development Criminal Justice Deportation Defense Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Family Law Federal Tax Immigration Law Reform Advocacy Veterans Law Youth Advocacy
Center for Children, Families and the Law Center for Intellectual Property Law
Summer Program in Pisa, Italy Winter Program in Curaรงao, Dutch Caribbean
Center for Legal Advocacy Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation Law, Logic & Technology Research Laboratory Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies
DID YOU KNOW?
HOFSTRA LAW IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A PIONEER IN FULLY INTEGRATING CLINICAL EDUCATION INTO A TRADITIONAL LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
HELPING YOU PURSUE YOUR PASSION AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR FIELD OVER
12,000 ALUMNI GLOBALLY
JUDITH A. LIVINGSTON ’79 SENIOR PARTNER, KRAMER, DILLOF, LIVINGSTON & MOORE
HON. SALLIE MANZANET-DANIELS ’88 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
ROBERT ROSENTHAL ’74 CHAIRMAN AND CEO, FIRST LONG ISLAND INVESTORS, LLC
PATRICIA GALTERI ’83 MANAGING ATTORNEY, MEYER, SUOZZI, ENGLISH & KLEIN, P.C.
RANDY LEVINE ’80 PRESIDENT, NEW YORK YANKEES; OF COUNSEL, JACKSON LEWIS P.C. AMY LEDER ’92 EXECUTIVE PARTNER (NEW YORK OFFICE), HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP HON. LEONARD B. AUSTIN ’77 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
SUSAN AXELROD ’89 CHIEF SUPERVISORY OFFICER, MERRILL LYNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT
JOEL G. SEGAL ’89 PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AGENT; PRESIDENT, U.S. TEAM SPORTS DIVISION, LAGARDÈRE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
YOUR NETWORK
DAVID A. PATERSON ’83 FORMER GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEW YORK LARREN M. NASHELSKY ’91 CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE PARTNER, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
PERRY WEITZ ’83 CO-FOUNDING MEMBER, WEITZ & LUXENBERG P.C.
HON. GEORGE SILVER ’83 DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, NEW YORK CITY COURTS
PHILIP J. SHAPIRO ’78 PRESIDENT AND CEO, LIBERTY MARITIME CORPORATION
MARC HAMROFF ’83 MANAGING PARTNER, MORITT HOCK & HAMROFF LLP ERIC BRETTSCHNEIDER ’79 FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES
CLASS OF 2019 JOB RANKINGS
WHERE DO OUR GRADUATES WORK? Of the Class of 2019 graduates with a known employment status, 87.2%* were employed 10 months after graduation. This includes full-time, part-time, long-term, and short-term positions in the following categories:
PRIVATE PRACTICE: 57%
68TH
GOVERNMENT: 20% BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: 14% PUBLIC INTEREST: 5%
NATIONALLY
OTHER: 4%
87.2%
Full-Time, Long-Term Bar Passage Required Jobs Source: Law School Transparency (LST)
* CLASS OF 2019
EMPLOYMENT
*See the back cover for an explanation of how NALP calculates our employment figure. Employment statistics in a uniform chart provided by the American Bar Association can be found on the Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/509.
CAREER SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU STAND OUT One-on-One Career Coaching
Personal Branding and Marketing
Résumé and Cover Letter Preparation
Interview Training
Professional Development Training
TOP LAW FIRMS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS Some top legal employers for summer associate, summer internship, and postgraduate placements include:
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Arnold & Porter
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Administration for Children’s Services
Baker & Hostetler
Morrison & Foerster
Cozen O’Connor
Moses & Singer
Catholic Health Services
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nixon Peabody
Debevoise & Plimpton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Dechert
Paul Hastings
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Holland & Knight
Proskauer Rose
Jackson Lewis
Ropes & Gray
Kirkland & Ellis
Seyfarth Shaw
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Shearman & Sterling
County District Attorney’s Office: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Queens, and Suffolk The Legal Aid Society Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) New Jersey Superior Court
New York City Law Department New York Court of Appeals New York State Attorney General’s Office New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division PwC U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
ENJOY THE BEST OF NEW YORK CITY PLUS THE AMENITIES OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS
15
MINUTES TO THE BEACH
35
LAW SCHOOL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
21
DIVISION I SPORTS TEAMS
18
ON-CAMPUS DINING OPTIONS
240 ACRE CAMPUS
57% OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING COSTS 57% LESS THAN IN MANHATTAN
SOURCE: COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
TOP LAW FIRMS IN OUR BACKYARD Our proximity to the top law firms on Long Island, many of which are filled with Hofstra Law alumni, offers you another opportunity for internships and externships throughout your law school experience. Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone Bond, Schoeneck & King Campolo Middleton & McCormick Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman Cullen and Dykman Farrell Fritz Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana
25
MILES TO MANHATTAN (45 MINUTES BY TRAIN)
Garfunkel Wild Harris Beach Jaspan Schlesinger Lazer Aptheker Rosella & Yedid Leeds Brown Law Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein Moritt Hock & Hamroff Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd Rivkin Radler Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein
200 OVER
COURSES
Hofstra Law offers a wide and diverse range of courses. The courses listed are arranged by general topics. Many courses apply to two or more areas of law. Not every course is offered each semester.
REQUIRED FIRST-YEAR COURSES
ADVOCACY/LITIGATION/ ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Foundational Lawyering Skills
Administrative Law
Housing Litigation Skills
FALL SEMESTER
Advanced Competition Skills
Housing Practicum
Advanced Legal Research
Immigration Clinical Practicum
Alternatives to Litigation
Insurance Litigation
Applied Evidence: Evidentiary Oral Argument in Trial Courts
International Commercial Arbitration
Approaches to Legal Analysis and Writing
The Jury
Asylum Clinic
Constitutional Law I
Law Reform Advocacy Clinic
Civil Procedure
Contracts
Clinical Prosecution Practicum
Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II
Legal Analysis, Writing & Research II
Computer Technology in Legal Practice
Legal Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation
Property
Conflict of Laws
Litigation and Drafting Skills
Courtroom Technology and Advanced Advocacy
Logic Skills for Legal Reasoning
REQUIRED UPPER-LEVEL COURSES
Criminal Justice Clinic
Mediation Externship
Critical Legal Theory and Critical Lawyering/Advocacy
Mediation Principles and Practice
SECOND YEAR
Deportation Defense Clinic
(Full-Time)
Civil Procedure Criminal Law Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I Torts
SPRING SEMESTER
(Full-Time)
Delivering Access to Justice in a Challenged Society
Constitutional Law II
Disability Law
Foundational Lawyering Skills
Domestic Violence Seminar
SECOND OR THIRD YEAR
Drafting and Negotiating Contracts, Statutes, and Other Governing Provisions
Evidence
E-Discovery Practice
Experiential Course
Environmental Dispute Resolution
Professional Responsibility Course
Ethics in Criminal Advocacy Evidence The Expert Witness in Civil Litigation Externship, Matrimonial Law Externship Program, Civil Law Externship Program, Criminal Law Federal Courts
Hofstra Law in D.C. Externship Program
Law and the Brain
Matrimonial Skills
Mediation Seminar Medical-Legal Partnership Practicum Medical-Legal Partnership Primer Modern Divorce Advocacy Negotiation Seminar: Theory, Research, and Practice Negotiation Skills The Practical Aspects of Being a Lawyer Practice-Ready Research Skills Pre-Trial I: Written Discovery Pre-Trial II: Depositions Practice Pre-Trial III: Drafting and Arguing the Summary Judgment Motion Pretrial Skills Real-Time Lawyering: The Temporary Restraining Order
Real-Time Lawyering Skills: The Grand Jury Representing Health Care Providers Securities Arbitration Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice 17-A Guardianship Demonstration Project Trial Techniques Veterans Law Clinic
International Transaction Skills
CRIMINAL LAW
Introduction to Asset Management Legal and Compliance
Clinical Prosecution Practicum
Introduction to the Economic Law of the European Union for Non-EU Lawyers
Criminal Justice Clinic Criminal Law
Law and Role of In-House Counsel
Criminal Law in the Workplace
Lawyers as Leaders
Criminal Procedure I: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments
Medical Product Development and Licensing Agreement Drafting Seminar
Youth Advocacy Clinic
Mergers and Acquisitions
BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL/ CORPORATE LAW
The Policy and Business of Cryptocurrencies
Accounting and Finance for Lawyers
Combatting Corruption
Nonprofit Corporations
Private Equity: Fund Formation and Transactional Issues
Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication Death Penalty Domestic Violence Seminar Ethics in Criminal Advocacy Expert Witness — Homicide Externship Program, Criminal Law
Real Estate Development Seminar
Immigration Enforcement at the Border
Real-Time Lawyering: Negotiating the Complex Deal
Immigration Law Law and Role of In-House Counsel
Regulation of Securities Broker/ Dealers
Law and the Brain
Banking Law Bankruptcy
Secured Transactions
Business and Law of Marijuana
Securities Arbitration
Business Drafting Seminar
Securities Regulation
Business Organizations
Transactional Lawyering: Translating Deals into Contracts
Real-Time Lawyering Skills: The Grand Jury
Combatting Corruption
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Community and Economic Development Clinic
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Administrative Law
Admiralty Law Advanced Bankruptcy Antitrust
Business Transactions in Healthcare
Consumer Transactions Contracts
Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law I & II
Controversies in Corporate Law
Critical Legal Theory and Critical Lawyering/Advocacy
Corporate Compliance and Ethics
Death Penalty
Corporate Finance
Deportation Defense Clinic
Corporate Government Seminar
Federal Courts
Derivatives Law
Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
Drafting and Negotiating Contracts, Statutes, and Other Governing Provisions Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinical Practicum
Immigration Law Introduction to the American Legal System
ERISA and Employee Benefit Plans
Mass Media and the First Amendment
Export Laws and Export Controls
National Security and the Law
Insurance Litigation
Public Health Law, Policy and Ethics
International Business Transactions International Commercial Arbitration
Voting Rights and Election Law
Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System Organized Crime and the Response of Government
Administrative Law Animal Law Disaster Recovery Clinic Energy Law and Policy Environmental Dispute Resolution Environmental Law Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Land Use Regulation Property ESTATE PLANNING Animal Law Elder Law Estate Planning Wills, Trusts, and Estates
FAMILY LAW
Public Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
Intellectual Property Colloquium
Comparative Family Law
Regulation of Securities Broker/Dealers
International Business Transactions
Delivering Access to Justice in a Challenged Society
Representing Health Care Providers
Domestic Violence Seminar
Securities Regulation
Externship, Matrimonial Law Family Law
Seminar on Law and Policymaking in Washington, D.C.
Family Law Practicum
Special Education Law
Family Law (With Skills Component)
State and Local Government
Child Abuse and Neglect
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Family Law and Policy International Family Law
Voting Rights and Election Law HEALTH LAW
Introduction to Child and Family Advocacy
Bioethics and the Law
Matrimonial Skills
Business Transactions in Healthcare
Mediation Externship Mediation Seminar Modern Divorce Advocacy Pro Bono Practice Seminar Pro Bono Scholars Program 17-A Guardianship Demonstration Project Sexuality, Gender, and the Law Youth Advocacy Clinic GOVERNMENTAL LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Business and Law of Marijuana
Clinical Bioethics I & II Elder Law Health Law Housing and Health Law and Medicine: Cooperative Professionalism Law and Psychiatry Law, Health, and Technology Law of Medical Product Discovery, Development and Commercialization
Administrative Law
Medical-Legal Partnership Practicum
Admiralty Law
Medical-Legal Partnership Primer
Animal Law
Medical Product Development and Licensing Agreement Drafting Seminar
Antitrust Asylum Clinic Business and Law of Marijuana
Medicare and Medicaid Law
Intellectual Property Survey Law and Role of In-House Counsel Medical Product Development and Licensing Agreement Drafting Seminar Patent Law Sports Law Trademarks INTERNATIONAL LAW Admiralty Law Combatting Corruption Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Immigration Clinical Practicum Immigration Law International Business Transactions International Commercial Arbitration International Family Law International Human Rights Law Seminar International Law International Transaction Skills Law of Humanity and Law of Nations Law of International Trade Transnational Law LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Public Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
Advanced Labor Law
Environmental Law
Representing Health Care Providers
Criminal Law in the Workplace
Hofstra Law in D.C. Externship Program
Veterans Law Clinic
Employment Discrimination
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
ERISA and Employee Benefit Plans
Consumer Transactions Deportation Defense Clinic
Special Education Law
Immigration Clinical Practicum Immigration Enforcement at the Border Immigration Law Introduction to Statutory and Regulatory Interpretation Land Use Regulation
Antitrust Computer Technology in Legal Practice Copyright Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinical Practicum
Collective Bargaining Disability Law Employment Law Labor Law Organized Crime and the Response of Government Sex-Based Discrimination Sports Law
LEGAL HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS
Deportation Defense Clinic
Law and Literature
Clinical Bioethics I & II
Law and the Brain
Computer Technology in Legal Practice
International Human Rights Law Seminar
Lawyers and Social Change Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
Contract Law
LEGAL ANALYSIS, WRITING AND RESEARCH
Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
Advanced Competition Skills Advanced Legal Research Approaches to Legal Analysis and Writing Business Drafting Seminar Drafting and Negotiating Contracts, Statutes, and Other Governing Provisions Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Introduction to Asset Management Legal and Compliance Law and Role of In-House Counsel Law Practice Management Lawyer Malpractice Lawyers and Social Change Lawyers as Leaders Lawyers’ Ethics The Practical Aspects of Being a Lawyer Pro Bono Practice Seminar
Legal Methods
Pro Bono Scholars Program
Litigation and Drafting Skills
Public Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
Perspectives on Legal Analysis and Writing Practice-Ready Research Skills
Special Problems in the Law of Lawyering
Land Use Regulation Landlord and Tenant Law in a Challenging Society Law, Health, and Technology Lawyers as Leaders Medical-Legal Partnership Practicum Medical-Legal Partnership Primer Pro Bono Practice Seminar Pro Bono Scholars Program Veterans Law Clinic TAXATION Accounting and Finance for Lawyers Business Transactions in Healthcare Community and Economic Development Clinic Criminal Law in the Workplace Estate Planning
Pre-Trial I: Written Discovery Pre-Trial III: Drafting and Arguing the Summary Judgment Motion
REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW
Transactional Lawyering: Translating Deals into Contracts
Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions
U.S. Legal Research and Writing for International Students
Housing and Health
Housing and Health Housing Litigation Skills
Federal Income Taxation of Corporations Federal Income Taxation of Individuals Federal Tax Clinical Practicum Federal Tax Procedure Nonprofit Corporations
LEGAL TECHNOLOGY
Housing Practicum
Computer Technology in Legal Practice
Landlord and Tenant Law in a Challenging Society
Courtroom Technology and Advanced Advocacy
Property
Delivering Access to Justice in a Challenged Society
Real Estate Development Seminar
Advanced Tort Practice and Problems
Real Estate Transactions
Animal Law
E-Discovery Practice
Land Use Regulation
TORTS
Consumer Transactions
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Law, Health, and Technology
Asylum Clinic
Logic Skills for Legal Reasoning
Community and Economic Development Clinic
The Policy and Business of Cryptocurrencies
Real Estate Development Seminar
Contract Law Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Law and Role of In-House Counsel Lawyer Malpractice
Critical Legal Theory and Critical Lawyering/Advocacy
Logic Skills for Legal Reasoning
Delivering Access to Justice in a Challenged Society
Products Liability
Medical Malpractice Torts
Everything is Possible
law.hofstra.edu/Possible
MENTORING IS KEY Our faculty and alumni regularly mentor students, providing valuable career and personal guidance.
DIVERSITY MATTERS TO US The Princeton Review has ranked us in the top 10 for “Best Environment for Minority Students.”
OUR RICH TRADITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE We pioneered fully integrating clinical education into a traditional law school curriculum.
OUR CURRICULUM IS CUTTING-EDGE The American Bar Association has ranked us in the top 10 for teaching the technology of practice.
WE TEACH THE BUSINESS OF LAWYERING Our professional development programs help you develop your personal brand and your marketing and leadership skills.
WE’RE A LEADER IN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION More than 150 students pursued an externship this past year.
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OFFICE OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT 108 Hofstra University | Joan Axinn Hall | Hempstead, New York 11549 T 516-463-5916 | F 516-463-6264 lawadmissions@hofstra.edu | law.hofstra.edu/JDAdmissions The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) defines a law school’s employment rate as the number of graduates employed divided by the number of graduates whose employment status is known. For NALP purposes, Hofstra Law’s employment rate of 88.1 percent is calculated by dividing the number of employed graduates, 207, by the number of graduates whose employment status was known, 235. The total number of graduates in the Class of 2018 was 239. Other organizations and publications, such as U.S. News & World Report, the Princeton Review and Barron’s, each define a law school’s employment rate and percentage differently. The economy, including the legal economy, is constantly changing, and employment for past classes is not an accurate predictor of employment for future classes. In addition, a law degree from Hofstra Law or any other law school is not a guarantee of employment in the legal field. 1782:9/20
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