Summer Programs For High School StudentsNew York City

James P. O'Brien holds a B.A. in history and geography from the University of Albany, an M.S. in secondary school education from Hofstra University, and a J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University. He is a practicing attorney who currently coordinates King High School’s Academy of Criminal Justice, an interdisciplinary elective program incorporating criminal law and forensic science in collaboration with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is an LSAT preparation instructor at Baruch College. He helped establish the Institute for Law and Justice at Martin Luther King, Jr., High School and founded the Law Advocacy Center, a class in which high school seniors research contemporary legal issues and share their work through their Web site.