J.D. Viewbook 2018-2019

W)HOFSTRA LAW

Everything is Possible.

law.hofstra.edu/Discover

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 resume that stands out from the competition.

LEARN FROM THE BEST

200 OVER

UPPER-LEVEL COURSES

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IN THE NATION

FOR FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP Ranked by Brian Leiter

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CLINICAL PROGRAMS

JOINT DEGREES

J.D./M.B.A. Program with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business J.D./M.P.H. Program with the School of Health Professions and Human Services

SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS CLINICAL PROGRAMS Asylum Community and Economic Development Criminal Justice Deportation Defense

CONCENTRATION AREAS Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Immigration

Corporate Compliance

Juvenile Justice

Criminal Law and Procedure

Law Reform Advocacy

Family Law

Veterans Law

Health Law

Youth Advocacy

Intellectual Property Law Honors

FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS Business Law Honors Fellowship Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship Freedman Justice Fellowship William R. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Law Dwight L. Greene Memorial Scholarship for Minority Rights Advocacy Health Law and Policy Fellowship Law, Government and Politics Fellowship Legal Ethics Fellowship Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Fellowship

JOURNALS Hofstra Law Review Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal Journal of International Business & Law (JIBL) ACTEC Law Journal (Journal of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) Family Court Review

DID YOU KNOW?

HOFSTRA LAW IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A PIONEER IN FULLY INTEGRATING CLINICAL EDUCATION INTO A TRADITIONAL LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

Federal Tax

Business Law Honors

International Law Honors

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INSTITUTES & CENTERS Center for Applied Legal Reasoning Center for Children, Families and the Law Center for Intellectual Property Law

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REQUIRED FIRST-YEAR COURSES (Full-Time)

FALL SEMESTER Civil Procedure Criminal Law Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I Torts

Center for Legal Advocacy

SPRING SEMESTER

Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

Constitutional Law I

Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation

Contracts Legal Analysis, Writing & Research II Property

Institute for the Study of Gender, Law and Policy Law, Logic & Technology Research Laboratory

STUDY ABROAD Winter Program in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean Summer Program in Pisa, Italy Cuba Field Study Immigration and Border Enforcement Program

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FIND YOUR FOCUS

REQUIRED UPPER-LEVEL COURSES (Full-Time)

SECOND YEAR Constitutional Law II Foundational Lawyering Skills

SECOND OR THIRD YEAR Evidence Experiential Course Professional Responsibility Course

Helping You Pursue Your Passion and Make a Difference in Your Field Going to Hofstra Law will open many doors for you. Our alumni have gone on

to become partners and chairs at major firms, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, sports agents, politicians, judges, professors, entrepreneurs and more.

BUILD YOUR NETWORK

140 ALUMNI IN THE

JUDICIARY

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IN THE NATION FOR ALUMNI

PARTNERS AT TOP 100 FIRMS

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12,000 ALUMNI GLOBALLY

CLASS OF 2017 JOB RANKINGS

WHERE DO OUR GRADUATES WORK? Of the Class of 2017 graduates with a known employment status, 88.4%* were employed 10 months after graduation.

This includes full-time, part-time, long-term and short-term positions in the following categories:

5TH

PRIVATE PRACTICE: 63%

AMONG NEW YORK STATE LAW SCHOOLS

GOVERNMENT: 15% BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: 10% PUBLIC INTEREST: 6% OTHER: 5%

88.4%

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* CLASS OF 2017

EMPLOYMENT

NATIONALLY

*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.

Full-Time Long-Term Bar Passage Required Jobs Source: Law School Transparency (LST)

CAREER SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU STAND OUT

One-on-One Career Coaching

Personal Branding and Marketing

Resume 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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

Arnold & Porter

Latham & Watkins

Baker & Hostetler

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Cozen O’Connor Davis Polk & Wardwell Debevoise & Plimpton Dechert Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Holland & Knight Jackson Lewis Kirkland & Ellis

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Morrison & Foerster Moses & Singer Nixon Peabody Norton Rose Fulbright Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Proskauer Rose

Schulte Roth & Zabel Seyfarth Shaw Shearman & Sterling

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

White & Case

New Jersey Superior Court

Catholic Health Services

New York City Law Department

County District Attorney’s Office: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Queens, and Suffolk

New York State Attorney General’s Office

The Legal Aid Society Legal Aid Society of Nassau County

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division PwC

The Best of New York City Plus the Amenities of a College Campus Choosing a law school means choosing your new home for the next three years.

Our campus offers the unique experience of being close to New York City, the hub of the world’s legal profession, yet removed from the daily distractions of the big city.

25

MILES TO MANHATTAN

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

240 ACRE CAMPUS

15

MINUTES TO THE BEACH

OUR CAMPUS

LONG ISLAND HAS IT ALL

NYC IS JUST 25 MILES AWAY

Few, if any, law schools can match the combination of our green, 240-acre campus and easy access to New York City. The campus provides all the amenities of a leading university and several that are unique to Hofstra, such as a bird sanctuary and a nationally recognized arboretum.

Whether you want to go for a jog on the Long Beach boardwalk, tee off on the challenging Bethpage Black golf course, shop at one of the country’s largest malls, or visit the Gold Coast mansions made famous by The Great Gatsby, there is something for everyone to do on Long Island.

HOUSING

AT THE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND GOVERNMENT

New York is the hub of the nation’s legal profession. In just a short train ride, you can be working at the courthouse downtown, attending a Hofstra Law networking event at a firm overlooking Bryant Park, or just meeting a friend for drinks in the Village. Whether it’s for work or fun, our students take full advantage of everything New York City has to offer.

While many students choose to live off campus, on-campus housing is available for law students and other Hofstra graduate students in the Graduate Residence Hall.

The living units are organized as suites with separate bedrooms surrounding a common room and a kitchenette.

DINING Hofstra’s dining program offers 18 restaurant locations, including Gavel+Spoon, Hofstra Law’s 24/7 café, and a diverse array of culinary options, including organic foods, sushi, an omelet station, Mexican, wraps, kosher meals and a Red Mango.

SPORTS AND RECREATION Hofstra University is home to 17 Division I sports teams. In addition to cheering on the Hofstra Pride teams, you can enjoy a workout in the beautifully redesigned, state-of-the-art David S. Mack Fitness Center, which offers 63 cardio pieces, 50+ Cybex strength training pieces, Cycle Studio, Yoga/Pilates Studio, Aerobics Studio, Indoor track, 6 basketball hoops and more.

GET INVOLVED Participation in one of our more than 30 student organizations helps foster the social skills you need as an aspiring attorney as you connect with kindred spirits, perform public service and develop leadership skills.

During the school year or during the summer, you have the opportunity to work in one of the nine Nassau County courts. Most of the courts, including the Supreme Court, are only a short drive from campus.

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.

LAUNCH YOUR CAREER HERE Many Hofstra Law students go on to work in New York City after graduation. From the 2017 graduating class, 90% of employed students work in New York state.

NETWORK WITH ALUMNI New York City is great for networking. We host many events in Manhattan so that you can meet and talk to our alumni working in the area.

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman (East Meadow) Cullen and Dykman (Garden City) Farrell Fritz (Uniondale) Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana (Uniondale) Garfunkel Wild (Great Neck) Jaspan Schlesinger (Garden City) Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone (Mineola) Moritt Hock & Hamroff (Garden City) Rivkin Radler (Uniondale) Ruskin Moscou Faltischek (Uniondale)

AFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING

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HOUSING IN NASSAU COUNTY IS

57% LESS

THAN IN MANHATTAN SOURCE: COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Everything is Possible.

WE TEACH THE BUSINESS OF LAWYERING Our professional development programs help you develop your personal brand and your marketing and leadership skills.

OUR FACULTY ARE TOP EDUCATORS AND SCHOLARS Our faculty ranks 47th nationally in scholarly impact.

WE’RE A LEADER IN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION More than 150 students pursued an externship this past year.

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OUR RICH TRADITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE We pioneered fully integrating clinical education into a traditional law school curriculum.

MENTORING IS KEY Our faculty and alumni regularly mentor students, providing valuable career and personal guidance.

OUR CURRICULUM IS CUTTING-EDGE The American Bar Association has ranked us in the top 10 for teaching the technology of practice.

OUR LOCATION IS ONE OF A KIND Our 240-acre campus is just 25 miles from NYC and 15 minutes from the beach.

DIVERSITY MATTERS TO US The Princeton Review has ranked us in the top 10 for “Best Environment for Minority Students.”

NETWORK. NETWORK. NETWORK. Hofstra Law ranks 58th nationally for the number of alumni partners at top 100 firms.

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 91.6 percent is calculated by dividing the number of employed graduates, 174, by the number of graduates whose employment status was known, 190. The total number of graduates in the Class of 2016 was 198. 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.

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