For nearly 40 years, NYLPI has been a leading civil rights advocate for marginalized New Yorkers. These communities define our work; they shape our priorities, and their struggles for justice demand innovative solutions. We strive to create equal access to health care, achieve equality of opportunity and self-determination for people with disabilities, ensure immigrant opportunity, strengthen local non-profits, and secure environmental justice for low-income communities of color.
NYLPI pioneered the practice of community lawyering in the five boroughs of New York City. Our interdisciplinary teams of advocates use every tool available – community organizing, impact litigation and individual representation, policy advocacy, media, pro bono partnerships, and public education – to solve seemingly intractable problems and empower people to advocate for themselves.
On Monday, September 15th at 12:30pm, please join Christine Chiu, Staff Attorney in the Health Justice Program, for a conversation about community lawyering, current campaigns at NYLPI, and summer and term-time internship opportunities.
NYLPI is seeking applicants for our internship program this summer 2015. We offer up to five public interest law internships to rising 3L students each summer. We provide significant and broad opportunities for professional development in our Disability Justice, Health Justice, and Environmental Justice Programs. Visit http://www.nylpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2015-NYLPI-Summer-Internships-Announcement.pdf for more details.