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The College of Staten Island’s Legal Studies Institute (LSI) is housed within the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs and the Department of Philosophy.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Weekend of Free LSAT and Law School Prep at the College of Staten Island, March 5 and 6


The College of Staten Island Legal Studies Institute Presents:

PreProBono Weekend Program 
at the College of Staten Island

Open to all CUNY students

March 5 - 6th, 2016 at College of Staten Island
Saturday, 10am - 5pm 
Sunday, 11am - 6pm
Building 2N, Room 220
14 hours of Intensive LSAT training


All Students Attend for Free!  A $50.00 deposit is required.  The full amount of the deposit will be refunded after you complete the weekend program.

Registration closes 11:59pm on March 2nd, 2016.

The Future Looks Just. Like You.

If you have any difficulty registering on the PreProBono Website, then please contact Ms. Alina Artunian directly at:

 Questions?  Contact Professor Michael Paris, Michael.Paris@csi.cuny.edu

PreProBono is a NYC based 501(c)3 non-profit organization in operation since 2008 and with an alumni network of over 1,000 students who have been accepted to top law schools across the country, including Stanford, Harvard, Columbia and NYU.  



Thursday, February 11, 2016

A Lecture at CSI that you won't want to miss


Public Lecture

Salamishah Tillet
Associate Professor of English and Africana
Studies, University of Pennsylvania
“#FergusonGoddam: Nina Simone's
Prophetic Rage and Black Lives Matter”

Thursday, March 10, 2016, 2:30pm
Performing Arts Center
Screening Room, 1P-223

CC Clue credit

Salamishah Tillet is an activist and cultural critic.  She is the author of Sites of Slavery: Citizenship and Racial
Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination (Duke Univ. Press, 2012) and the co-founder of “A Long Walk Home,” a non-profit organization using art in the fight to end violence against girls and women.

Event Sponsors:
Program in African and African Diaspora Studies
CUNY Women's Center Council
Bertha Harris Women's Center
Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Free Weekend LSAT Prep Program for CSI Students and Discover Law at Seton Hall Law School

The College of Staten Island’s
Legal Studies Institute Presents:

PreProBono LSAT Prep Weekend Program

March 5 - 6th, 2016 at College of Staten Island
Building 2N, Room 220
Saturday, 10am - 5pm 
Sunday, 11am - 6pm
14 hours of Intensive LSAT training
All Students Attend for Free! 
Registration closes 11:59pm on March 2nd, 2016.\
If link above does not work, then point your browser to:

Registration requires a completely refundable $50.00 deposit.  Students must attend the entire program in order to receive a full refund.

The Future Looks Just. Like You.
PreProBono is a NYC based 501(c)3 non-profit organization in operation since 2008 and with an alumni network of over 1,000 students who have been accepted to top law schools across the country, including Stanford, Harvard, Columbia and NYU.

For more information, contact Professor Michael Paris, Michael.Paris@csi.cuny.ede



Register Now for Discover Law Day!

Saturday, March 5, 2016 (9:00AM—2:00PM) Presented by:
Rutgers Law School & the Seton Hall Law School

Deans Diversity Council

Location: Seton Hall Law SchoolOne Newark Center, Newark, NJ

This interactive and informative event will include:

¨    Registration & Continental Breakfast

¨    Pre-Law Advisor Panel— featuring NY/NJ area pre-law professionals to answer your questions

¨    Keynote Speaker

¨    Small Group work with current law students review case material and prepare for your mock class with current Rutgers and Seton Hall Law School students

¨    Mock class

¨    Admissions & Financial Aid Discussion

¨    Current Law Student Panel

·     Lunch—Enjoy lunch with current law school students




Register now: