Experience is everything

From what you’ll do in our classrooms and clinics to what you bring to the table

As the only law school founded to train outstanding public interest lawyers, CUNY Law provides an experience unlike anything or anywhere else. Located in New York City, our community of students, faculty, and staff reflects the diversity of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives needed to diversify the profession and create a more representative justice.

ACCESS. EXCELLENCE.
Established.

Recognized as a top law school for public interest and clinical education,
CUNY Law is proud to be the most accessible, inclusive,
and community-connected law school in NYC.

U.S. News & World Report

A top-five clinical program in the nation

National Jurist
Magazine 2025

#1 in the Nation for Public Interest

Sending more graduates into public interest than any other
law school

National Jurist Magazine 2026

A top school for faculty & student diversity

Need to Know

The Latest News and Events

Four Minutes: Paige McDonald on Arguing a Real Case in a Real Court — as a Law Student

In CUNY Law’s Disability Rights and Social Justice Clinic, McDonald wrote the brief, argued it, and discovered she is more than ready for what’s next.

In Federal Court, CUNY Law Clinic Students Take on a Defining First Amendment Fight  

A First Amendment case has put the Equality & Justice In-House Clinic at the center of one of the most consequential constitutional questions of the moment.

Lawyering for Liberation Comes to CUNY Law: Professor Stahly-Butts Hosts Contributors and Movement Lawyers for a Conversation on the Field

Movement lawyers and organizers on the frontline of social movements on how lawyers and legal workers can strengthen social movements through radical, movement-centered advocacy and power-building.

Spotlight

Who We Are

Talia Peleg, Co-Director, Immigration & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic and Associate Professor of Law

Professor Talia Peleg

Associate Professor of Law &
Co-Director of the Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic

Jared Trujillo stands in front of a window, smiling.

Jared Trujillo

Associate Professor of Law

Gayla Jacobson, Executive Director of Admissions at CUNY Law

Gayla Jacobson

Director of Admissions, Enrollment, and Dual Degree Programs