| President and Dean: | Anthony W. Crowell Dean and President Professor of Law University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 1992, magna cum laude American University, J.D. 1997, cum laude Appointed: May 2012 |
| Founded: | 1891 |
| ABA Accreditation*: | 1954 |
| Location: | Manhattan's TriBeCa district--home of New York
City's legal, government, and corporate headquarters. |
| Campus: | Urban campus includes four integrated buildings,
including the School's state-of-the-art, 235,000-square-foot facility,
opened in 2009. |
| Enrollment: | The total number of J.D. students enrolled in all divisions,
all classes, is approximately 1,503. There are approximately 95 students
enrolled in the School's advanced degree programs in financial services
law, real estate, taxation, and mental disability law. Students are 50.4% women, and 25.1% self-identified minority (entering class of 2012). |
| Bar Pass Rate: | In July 2012, 453 May graduates sat for the NY bar exam and 71.1% passed. |
| Graduation Rate: | For the past five years, 85% of students, on
average, have completed their law degrees at NYLS. |
| Current Faculty: | Full-Time:
94; Adjunct: 118 |
| Degree Programs: | J.D. (Full-Time Day and Part-Time Evening
Divisions) LL.M. in Taxation LL.M. in Real Estate LL.M. in Financial Services Law LL.M. in American Business Law M.A. in Mental Disability Law Studies Bachelor's/J.D. with Stevens Institute of Technology J.D./M.B.A. with Baruch College J.D./M.A. in Forensic Psychology and Law, with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY |
| Distance Learning: | Online
Program in Mental Disability Law |
| Research Facilities: | The Mendik Law Library with
extensive special collections, and computer research and training
laboratories |
| Publications: | Student-edited journal: New York Law School Law Review Publications of the Centers: |
Centers: |
|
Special Programs: |
|
| Moots: | The Moot Court Association administers two annual moot court competitions: |
| Student
Organizations: | More than 30 student-run
organizations |
| Major Law Firms with NYLS Alumni as Founders and Name Partners: | Abbey
Spanier Rodd & Abrams Chadbourne & Parke Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendl Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst Guggenheimer & Untermeyer Kaye Scholer Kelley, Drye, Warren, Clark, Carr & Ellis LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Proskauer Rose Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan |
| Our Distinguished Graduates: | For more than 100 years, NYLS
graduates have enriched their communities—as jurists, public
servants, government and corporate leaders, private practitioners, and
creative artists. Some of our most distinguished graduates include:
|
* Office of the
Consultant on Legal Education /
Section of Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar
American Bar
Association
321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312.988.6738
Fax: 312.988.5681
legaled@americanbar.org