The Real World of Law Practice

Clinical Connections

Experts and practitioners in a range of specialties, as well as their scholarship and real-world experience,  fuel our award-winning clinical program.

  • Attorney, The Family Center Experience
    Supervising Attorney, Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project

  • Senior Trial Counsel, Civil Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.

  • Of Counsel, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney & Chief, Immigration Unit, U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York

  • Mary Jo Eyster teaches the Mediation Clinic. She has been active in mediating disputes in the New York State Civil Court and the Safe Horizon Community Mediation Center, and in schools. Eyster is also a mentor for mediators in training.
  • Managing Partner, Gaulin Group LLP

  • P.C., Managing Attorney

  • Assistant Corporation Counsel/Senior Counsel, New York City Law Department

  • Judge Advocate, United States Air Force Reserve
    Special Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, Victim Cases, Asset Forfeiture Unit

  • Lead Appellate Counsel, Center for Appellate Litigation

  • Senior Appellate Counsel, Center for Appellate Litigation

  • Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

  • Assistant District Attorney, Appeals Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York

  • Laurie Parise is the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Represent, a public defender, reentry and policy agency for youth age 24 and under in New York City. Parise teaches the Youth Reentry and Legal Services Clinic.
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney & Chief, Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.

  • Assistant Corporate Counsel, New York City Law Department.

  • Mediator, NYC Family Court Mediation Program

  • General Counsel, Environmental Simulation Center.

  • U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

  • Executive Director, The Children's Law Center

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York

  • Senior Counsel, New York City, Law Department

  • Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Legal Department

  • Associate Justice, Appellate Term, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts

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Clinical Education Program Office
One Boerum Place, 3rd Floor
Telephone: (718) 780-7994
Fax: (718) 780-0367
Email: clinics@brooklaw.edu

Mailing Address:
Brooklyn Law School
Clinic Office
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Did you know?

The 2009 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools reports that 65% of all BLS students participate in an externship at least once.