As student interest in plaintiff-side careers increases, some schools are responding with institutional resources and support.

As NPLA looks forward at the next year and all we hope to accomplish, we’re asking your help to make it happen.

“This summer, the group’s current leaders attended a conference of similar organizations, which banded together into a national coalition (opens in a new tab) aiming to offer an alternative to the BigLaw pipeline.”

On August 15th, NPLA hosted a panel of junior associates to get an inside look at the experience of being a junior associate at a plaintiffs' firm! Our virtual attorney panel included Fred Messner of Keller Postman LLC, Molly Frandsen from Outten & Golden LLP, Emily Beale at Gibbs Law Group LLP, and Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP's Jon Davidi.

The culture of law school convinces students of a false binary where their options are defending corporate misconduct in a Manhattan high-rise or becoming a public defender and struggling to pay their bills. In the past few years, PLAs have emerged on campuses across the country because students want a different option. NPLA was formed because so many of our law schools have failed to provide it.