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Public Interest Law Center
The Public Interest Law Center (“PILC”) was founded in 2008 to centralize the Law School’s public interest components and to provide counseling, resources and opportunities for our students and alumni interested in public interest work. The PILC is housed in the Center for Career and Professional Development.
Help law students afford public interest summer internships by donating items or services to the annual Public Interest Law Scholarship Organization (PILSO) Auction. PILSO is currently accepting donations of items or services that will be auctioned off through an online auction in March. Donations can include retail items, tickets to sporting or cultural events, and services, such as training sessions or use of a vacation home for a weekend.
Every summer, law students who already shoulder the burden of $50-$100,000 in student loans work at unpaid summer internships at nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies that serve the poor and advocate for people’s rights. With the plight of the economy, these organizations are seeing increased caseloads and rely on their summer interns more than ever. Pace Law School’s Public Interest Scholarship Organization (PILSO) raises funds to provide grants to students who spend their summers interning at these organizations. PILSO’s biggest fundraiser of the year includes a silent and live auction, at which donated items are auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to these grants. All donors will receive a letter for their tax records indicating that they have made a tax-deductible gift. If you have an item to donate, please contact Jennifer Friedman, Director of the Public Interest Law Center, at jfriedman@law.pace.edu. Cash donations are also accepted.
SUMMER PUBLIC INTEREST PLACEMENTS
Pace Law Students make an unprecedented contribution to their communities through internships in service of the public interest. Students undertake work in a wide range of legal areas, spanning direct legal services, prosecution, environmental law, government work, and civil rights. read more >>
Jennifer C. Friedman, Esq., Director
Public Interest Law Center
Aloysia Hall, suite 305
Pace Law School
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
(914) 422-4265
jfriedman@law.pace.edu