Many students are the first in their families to engage in professional education.
The School's curriculum is distinguished by its systematic effort to integrate the study of theory and practice and to include the perspectives of legal practitioners. To that end, the Center for New York City Law is one of three centers established at the School which provide specialized study and offer prime opportunity for exchange between the student body and expert practitioners. The other centers are the Center for International Law and the Communications Media Center. This fusion gives the School's graduates an extraordinarily rich and strong basis on which to build a productive, responsible, and rewarding life in the profession.