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Legal skills are best learned by doing. Seton Hall offers a
wealth of opportunities for skill development, first in the
classroom setting in such courses as Patent Claim Drafting,
Appellate Advocacy and Negotiation and Drafting Legal
Instruments. In their second and third years, students
enhance their skills in trial practice, appellate moot court
competitions and externships. Seton Hall emphasizes
experience to best prepare students for life after law
school.
The Center for Social
Justice, Seton Hall’s clinical program, provides
students with actual practice experience representing local
residents with legal problems while testing their own skills
in client interviewing, fact investigation, drafting,
negotiation, and trial presentation. Students in the
Center’s pro bono program perform community service with a
variety of public service organizations. During tax season,
students in the VITA program, help clients complete and file
their tax returns.
Externships with federal and state judges and at major
health care institutions, the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the Environmental
Protection Agency, the United States Attorney’s Office, the
National Labor Relations Board, and the European Court of
Justice offer students incomparable opportunities to
participate in the work of these important agencies.
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Clinical Programs
Impact
Litigation
Civil
Litigation
Family Law
Homelessness
Immigration and Human Rights
Juvenile
Justice
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Externship Programs
- New York Stock Exchange
- Securities and Exchange
Commission
- Internal Revenue Service
- National Labor Relations Board
- United States Attorney
- Federal and State Judges
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- European Court of Justice or Court of First
Instance
- Federal Public Defender
- UMDNJ
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey
- New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center
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- American Civil Liberties Union
- Prisoner's Self-Help Legal Clinic
- American Friends Service Committee
- PSE&G Street Law Project
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Project
- New Jersey Pro Bono Bankruptcy Program
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Diversity Inc.
- Morris County Correctional
- Facility Paralegal Program
- Unity Center, Inc.
- Holocaust Reparations Project
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Pro Bono Program
Service to others is core to Seton Hall Law School's
mission. The
pro bono program is a not-for-credit opportunity
for Seton Hall students to volunteer 35 hours a semester
working in legal positions for nonprofit organizations.
- New Jersey Domestic Violence Center
- Project Self-Sufficiency - IOLTA
Legal Assistance Program
- Alternatives to Domestic Violence -
Legal Advocacy Project
- Association for Children in New
Jersey
- Office of the Public Defender
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The
Center for Social Justice
enables student to work
through all phases of cases
from start to finish.
Students acquire practical
skills that both train them
and make them more attractive
to prospective employers.
Experience
is quite often the best way to
learn. students gain
valuable experience by
participating in externships
from leading organizations,
law firms and companies in the
metropolitan area.
Pictured
here (below) is Al Koeppe,
J.D., '75, president and chief
operating officer at Public
Service Electric and Gas, New
Jersey's largest utility
company, with Seton Hall
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