Penn State Law’s public interest curriculum provides students with training in the substance and skills necessary to advocate for the civil, political, and economic rights of individuals on a local, national, and international scale. The law school also supports students who pursue public interest and nonprofit externships through the Public Interest Law Fund.
Selected Courses:
- Asylum & Refugee Law
- Constitutional Law I & II
- Employment Discrimination
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- International Human Rights Seminar
- Children and the Law
Selected Experiential Opportunities:
- Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
- Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
- Externships Everywhere
- Family Law Clinic
- Family Law Society
- Indigent Criminal Justice Practicum
- International Sustainable Development Projects Clinic
- Penn State University Student Legal Services Externship Placements
- Public Interest Law Fund
- Public Interest and Nonprofit Externship Placements
- Rural Economic Development Clinic
- Semester in Washigton
- State Government Externship Placements
- Veterans & Servicemembers Legal Clinic
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