Specialty Programs
Shaping Tomorrow’s Legal Leaders
At the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, our unique specialty programs reflect a long-standing tradition of excellence and a strong national reputation defined by top rankings and a distinguished faculty of experts. Our robust curriculum is enriched by extensive experiential opportunities—ranging from clinics and centers to our top-ranked Advocacy Program, as well as unique internships, externships, and dynamic student-led organizations. Together, these offerings empower our students to develop the practical skills and deep expertise needed to lead and innovate in their fields.
Featured Specialty Programs
Ranked #18 in the nation, our Dispute Resolution program offers students exceptional training in arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and client problem-solving. Through hands-on experiences in our clinics, as well as our leading Advocacy Program, students build the practical skills needed to excel as lawyers representing clients in alternative dispute resolution processes, and as neutrals.
Our #1 ranked Environmental Law Program has set the standard in environmental legal education since its founding in 1976. Our pioneering faculty and accomplished alumni lead and shape environmental law and policy in law firms, government agencies, nonprofits, corporations, and academic institutions across the country and around the world.
Our Criminal Law Program offers aspiring prosecutors, defense attorneys, and policy-makers comprehensive training—from first year Criminal Law to upper-level seminars and hands-on experiential opportunities including prosecution externships and a Criminal Justice Clinic. Supported by the Pace Criminal Justice Institute, a research center advocating for criminal justice reform with student input, these experiences prepare graduates to launch successful careers in the criminal legal system.
Meet Our Faculty
A nationally known expert in the field of securities dispute resolution, and a prolific scholar in the areas of negotiation, mediation and arbitration of securities and other commercial disputes.
Vice Dean Jill I. Gross
An expert on human rights, food systems, and the environment, who has helped formulate policy, legal, and community-led responses to a range of social justice and ecological issues worldwide.
Professor Smita Narula
A widely recognized expert on constitutional and criminal law, and the nation's leading authority on prosecutorial misconduct and legal ethics.
Professor Bennett L. Gershman