Enhance your advocacy skills by training and competing on teams against other law schools in mock trials, appellate moot courts, and mediation, negotiation, and arbitration competitions.
Professional Skills
Whether it's helping clients through pro bono service work, earning credit at one of our award-winning clinics, or taking part in a field placement or judicial externship, you’ll gain real-world experience practicing your professional skills at Rutgers Law.
Experiential Learning at Rutgers Law
Learn from professional attorneys and faculty mentors while helping clients in legal matters that range from opening a small business to applying for asylum in the United States. Gain real-world experience in federal and state courts by working with judges and practicing your skills at nonprofit and governmental organizations.
Professional Skills
At Rutgers Law, you learn how to be a lawyer by being a lawyer. Well before graduation, you’ll have experience in the courtroom, at a law firm, at a company, or at a non-profit helping clients.
Gain Real-World Skills
Clinics
Learn lawyering skills and develop your professional identity by working with real clients on numerous issues at one of our 16 clinics.
Pro Bono & Public Interest
Develop professional responsibility, problem-solving, and leadership skills while giving back and serving the broader community.
Field Placements & Externships
Research a specific field and gain experience by working closely with practicing lawyers, judges, and legal professionals through field placements and judicial externships.
Rutgers Law Associates Fellowship Program
Join the firm! Take on a year-long residency program after graduation to provide a variety of legal services to low and moderate income New Jersey residents full-time under close supervision and instruction.
International Programs
Gain international insight and build global leadership skills by spending a semester abroad or taking a two-week deep dive with a travel study course.
Dive Into Legal Advocacy, Writing, & Research
Learn the analytical and communication skills that you will need to represent clients.
Find meaningful opportunities for intellectual and professional growth through the selection, authorship, and editing of new legal scholarship in one of our student-run law journals.
Work with our expert faculty in one of their centers to produce groundbreaking scholarship in a wide range of scholarly fields, creating ideas and solutions for important policy and legal issues.