Summer Housing for Law Interns & Associates

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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN. CLICK HERE TO APPLY

During summer 2024, numerous floors within the Cooper Union Student Residence will be available exclusively to law students employed in internships or associateships for the summer. To be considered for housing, applicants will be required to submit proof of employment as a summer intern or associate, via an employer letter, on official company letterhead.

Why Choose Cooper Union?

It’s close. Cooper Union is at the center of everything that is happening in Manhattan. Every major subway line has a stop within a ten-minute radius of Cooper Union. Once you are on the subway, it’s a mere 15 minutes downtown to Wall Street, or uptown to museums and theaters.

It’s cool. Yes, we’re in the East Village, home to many great clubs, movie theaters, restaurants, cafes and shops, but that is not the cool we are referring to. The entire building is air conditioned, with individual controls in each apartment. Air conditioning is included in the price of rent, so while the rest of New York City swelters, you stay cool.

It’s clean. An in-house maintenance staff will prepare and deliver a clean apartment to each resident. Further, should any maintenance issues arise during the summer, the responsive maintenance staff is always available to help.

It’s cheap. For well below market rates, you can spend the summer in Manhattan, in one of the city’s best neighborhoods.

It’s convenient. No long negotiations with landlords about legal sublets, no utility bills, and no furniture rentals. All you need to bring is your clothes, bedding and pillows, toiletries, and kitchen supplies.

During the summer session, each occupant is provided with their own single bedroom. Each apartment is composed of two or three single bedrooms, a shared bathroom, and a shared kitchen. Each bedroom contains two beds, two desks and desk chairs and two clothing storage units; each bathroom is equipped with a toilet, sink and shower; and each kitchen is equipped with a refrigerator, stove, microwave, sink, cabinets and a kitchen table and chairs. Most bedrooms contain two sets of furniture because they are assigned as double rooms, during the regular academic year. During the summer session, each resident receives their own single bedroom.

Building features:

  • Secure locks for each apartment
  • Air conditioning, with local controls, in each apartment
  • Sprinklers and smoke and CO detectors in each apartment
  • 24-hour security, security cameras and an alarm system control access to the building
  • Wifi connectivity throughout the building
  • Secure mail service for both letters and packages
  • In-house maintenance staff
  • Laundry room with card-operated washers and dryers

IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Our student residence hall may be impacted indirectly by construction this summer, and we want to be transparent about that impact as you consider signing a housing agreement with us for this coming summer.

Indirect Impact. There is an active construction site immediately adjacent to our student residence hall where the construction of a new building is underway. This new building touches our student residence hall. During the summer months, construction is expected to continue. We have no control over this project as it is external to Cooper Union, but we do know that the construction will impact residents as there will be noise and potentially significant building vibrations. Construction is currently limited to 7am – 6pm, Monday – Saturday. Hours of construction are set by the New York City Department of Buildings, and they would also evaluate and approve any exemptions to these hours and/or requests for weekend work. While unlikely, it is possible that these days and hours are expanded as the project advances and any additional impacts will be communicated as we become aware of them.

Potential residents should take these factors and variables into account when considering living with us this summer. Once finalized, housing agreements will be contractually binding, and residents will be unable to terminate their housing agreements or receive a refund, either partial or in full, based on these construction impacts.

Payment and Billing:
Rent is $6,300 total per occupant, for the 12 week period lasting from May 18, 2024 to August 10, 2024. Rent cannot be prorated for shorter occupancy periods and is payable in three installments:

  • $500 housing deposit along with executed housing license (This will be credited toward the first payment)
  • $2,650 first payment due by May 1, 2024
  • $3,150 remaining balance by June 30, 2024

The Cooper Union accepts checks, money orders, cash and credit cards (American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard) as a method of payment. If you wish to pay via credit card, a direct link to an online payment portal will be supplied, once you have been offered housing.

Only current law students who are completing internships or associateships will be considered for housing. Please direct all questions to Eric Conley, Administrative Manager (eric.conley@cooper.edu)

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.