Equality Concentration

Many Equality Concentration graduates have obtained employment practicing civil rights law, including employment discrimination. Some of our placements have hired our students and some of our field placement supervisors are CUNY Law School and Equality Concentration alumni. For example, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission New York District Office employs two graduates as trial attorneys. Two of our recent grads have been selected for the highly competitive and prestigious EEOC Honors Program.

The Legal Director of the Michigan Civil Liberties Union and the Legislative Counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union are graduates of the Concentration. A number of small civil rights firms have hired our students and quite a few of our graduates have started their own civil rights firms. Many of our students have sought and obtained employment in other areas of law, such as personal injury and criminal defense or prosecution.

Others are teaching at law schools (two at Seton Hall and one at Cardozo). Three Equality Concentration students have been awarded Skadden Arps Fellowships and a number have received PILA fellowships. Producing high quality work through commitment and thoroughness is the most important factor in obtaining employment. References from faculty and field placement supervisors citing a student's quality of work are extremely helpful.