Northeastern University School of Law - <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <content version="1.1"> <field name="Lead Paragraph"><SPAN class=hl collagestyle="true" cmid="Video Document:Lead Paragraph">You canât be a true legal scholar â let alone a practicing lawyer â without a firsthand understanding of how the law works.</span> Through clinics, law student clubs and organizations â and of course, our renowned Cooperative Legal Education Program â youâll be thinking, working and understanding like a lawyer well before you apply for your first job.</field> <field name="Body Text"><h3>Co-ops</h3> <p>Our Cooperative Legal Education Programârevolutionary in 1968âis still the largest and most thorough program of its kind. It guarantees that youâll graduate with four separate 11-week work experiences. More than 900 employers around the world participate in the program, so you can choose the placements that best prepare you to reach your professional goals. To hear more about our program, check out our <a target="_self" href="$6842" class="" title="">Co-op Videos</a>.</p> <ul class="ulStyle1"> <li><a href="$3227">Program Information</a> <li><a href="$4195">Public Interest Co-op Funding</a> <li><a href="$4157">List of Co-op Employers</a></li></ul> <ul class="ulStyle1"> <li><a href="$3315">International Co-op Opportunities</a> <li><a href="$3318">Offer a Co-op</a> <li><a href="$4281">Contact the Co-op Office</a> </li></ul> <div class="sep"></div> <h3>Clinics, Institutes and Special Programs</h3> <p>Our clinics, institutes and special programs allow you to work on real issues that focus on law in the public interest. Under close faculty supervision in the clinics, youâll represent your own clients â victims of domestic violence, prisoners seeking parole. The institutues and special programs allow you to do research, policy analysis and advocacy on issues that shape the quality of peopleâs lives. Opportunities include:</p> <ul class="ulStyle1"> <li><a href="$3556">Criminal Advocacy Clinic</a> <li><a href="$3557">Domestic Violence Clinic</a> <li><a href="$3558">Poverty Law and Practice Clinic</a> <li><a href="$3559">Prisonersâ Rights Clinic</a> <li><a href="$3560">Public Health Clinic</a> <li><a href="$3843">Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project</a> </li></ul> <ul class="ulStyle1"> <li><a href="$3844">Domestic Violence Institute</a> <li><a href="$3846">Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project</a> <li><a href="$3858">Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy</a> <li><a href="$3884">Public Health Advocacy Institute</a></li></ul></field> <field name="Right Sidebar Text"></field> </content>

Co-ops

Our Cooperative Legal Education Program—revolutionary in 1968—is still the largest and most thorough program of its kind. It guarantees that you’ll graduate with four separate 11-week work experiences. More than 900 employers around the world participate in the program, so you can choose the placements that best prepare you to reach your professional goals. To hear more about our program, check out our Co-op Videos.

Program Information
Public Interest Co-op Funding
List of Co-op Employers

International Co-op Opportunities
Offer a Co-op
Contact the Co-op Office

Clinics, Institutes and Special Programs

Our clinics, institutes and special programs allow you to work on real issues that focus on law in the public interest. Under close faculty supervision in the clinics, you’ll represent your own clients — victims of domestic violence, prisoners seeking parole. The institutues and special programs allow you to do research, policy analysis and advocacy on issues that shape the quality of people’s lives. Opportunities include:

Criminal Advocacy Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Public Health Clinic
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project

Domestic Violence Institute
Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy
Public Health Advocacy Institute