Community/Campus Connections

Rutgers-Newark reaches across socioeconomic, cultural, and other boundaries through a variety of public programs, services and events; these are some of them.

• The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development provides seed money to establish businesses owned and operated by members of Newark’s minority communities.
• Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies Program  is a natural offering for a campus in  a city with one of the largest populations of Portuguese-speaking citizens in North America.
• Eric Neisser Public Interest Program involves law students in public service work for underrepresented individuals.
• Ironbound Oral History Project preserves the heritage of Portuguese-speaking residents in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood.
• Clinical Programs at the School of Law-Newark offer hands-on legal practice for law students while serving the underserved.
• Domestic Violence Advocacy Project connects law students with victims who need lefgal assistance and protection.