Pace University School of Law, the Land Use Law Center, and the Real Estate Law Institute create practice ready law school graduates through a rich academic curriculum, a first year internship, a second year scholars program, a third year honors position, summer jobs, and paid internships during the second and third years of study. The faculty of the law school offers advanced study courses in real estate and land use law, guided research studies, advanced study seminars, and externships.

• The basic curriculum involves introductory courses in property, real estate transactions, and land use law.
  
  

• Advanced real estate courses include advanced real property, real estate transactions and finance, and the lawyer’s role in complex real estate projects.
  
  

• Several guided research, funded research projects, and two seminars offered annually move students deeper into their studies with the goal of producing a personal portfolio of research and writing products. This portfolio is presented to potential employers to demonstrate the students’ skills and professionalism.
  
  

• Numerous courses in subjects related to land use and real estate law, including tax, corporations and partnerships, sales, administrative law, environmental, municipal, natural resource, and energy law are offered and recommended to round out the student’s exposure to the practice.

Land Use and Real Estate Scholars Program: 
Pace offers positions to several second year law students in its Scholars Program. Funded by law firms that work closely with the Land Use Law Center and that hire Pace graduates, the Scholars Program enables our students to concentrate on one or two subjects in depth and produce academic work of distinction. Each scholar is associated with a contributing law firm and expected to report to that firm on his or her work, to get guidance from the firm’s attorneys, and to visit to firm to learn more about day-to-day aspects of the practice.

Third Year Honors Program: 
Students in their third year are engaged in advanced research and writing programs, supervise first and second year scholars and interns, and produce the Center’s publications under the supervision of faculty and staff attorneys.