Can I pre-screen student résumés prior to On-Campus Interview?
Yes, you may prescreen student résumés. All student applications will be bundled and delivered to the individual employers for their review. Alternatively, we will be happy to make the selections for you that meet your needs and on a basis that is fair to all qualifying students. You tell us which students you would like to interview and OCS will contact each student and arrange all scheduling for on-campus interviewing on a date chosen by you. Alternatively, you may contact students for interviews at your offices. Detailed descriptions are available of Fall, Spring, and Rolling On-Campus Interviewing.
How do I register to interview on-campus during fall or spring OCI?
To register for our On-Campus Interview Program, please contact Danielle Aptekar at 212.431.2345 or send an e-mail to career@nyls.edu.
My firm was not invited to participate in your on-campus interview program; is it still possible for us to register to interview on-campus?
We can always accommodate your hiring needs.
Can my organization come on-campus to interview other than during fall or spring recruitment?
Yes, we offer Rolling Recruitment.
In order to meet your needs outside of the “hiring season,” we will be glad to work with your schedule to provide the advantage of having a large number of résumés to review at any time of the year, to arrange an interview schedule, and to host an interviewer from your office.
To register for our Rolling Recruitment Program, please contact Danielle Aptekar at 212.431.2345 or send an e-mail to career@nyls.edu.
Detailed descriptions are available of our Fall, Spring and Rolling On-Campus Interviewing.
How do I post a job opening to current students and/or alumni?
Employers may submit job listings with the Office of Career Services at any time. We post listings for student as well as graduate positions. All job listings are placed on our online Job Listing Database, accessible to all students and alumni. Employers may request that a listing be posted on a confidential basis. Other efforts will be made to respond to an employer's specific needs. To list a position with our Office, please call us at 212-431-2345 or send us an email at career@nyls.edu.
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Can my organization ask for a résumé collection?
Yes, we will bundle and distribute student résumés to firms who prefer the flexibility in office interviews, or whose needs go beyond hiring summer associates and outside of the “hiring season.” We will be glad to work with your schedule to provide the advantage of having a large number of résumés to review at any time of the year.
How do I find out which professor is teaching a certain subject?
Our course catalog is available on-line here.
What is the grading system at New York Law School?
All of New York Law School’s courses with enrollments over 20 are graded on a mandatory, highly rigorous curve is based on B, meaning that half of the students will be awarded a B- (2.67) or less, and half will receive a B (3.00) or better. This reflects our faculty’s deep commitment to setting meaningful, competitive performance standards. High grades are earned against high standards. This demanding grading standard has important consequences—which can be illustrated when one compares GPA and class rank. At some of our local peer schools, a student in the top 10 percent of the class would have received higher than a 3.53 GPA, while New York Law School would have awarded a student at the same rank, only a 3.41 GPA. By definition, student grades naturally fall in a curve at any institution. Each school’s faculty chooses, whether actively or passively, to have an inflated curve or not. At New York Law School there is certainly no grade inflation. Data taken from the NALP Directory of Law Schools 2003-2004 shows only too well the rigorous standards our faculty set.
|
SCHOOL |
TOP 10% |
TOP 25% |
TOP 33% |
TOP 50% |
TOP 75% |
|
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law |
3.547 |
3.372 |
3.286 |
3.156 |
n/a |
|
Brooklyn Law School |
3.550 |
3.333 |
3.247 |
3.092 |
2.894 |
|
St. John's University School of Law |
3.539 |
3.330 |
3.259 |
3.105 |
2.889 |
|
Pace University School of Law |
3.480 |
3.280 |
3.180 |
3.010 |
2.760 |
|
Touro Law Center |
3.433 |
3.190 |
3.032 |
2.790 |
2.496 |
|
New York Law School |
3.480 |
3.240 |
3.150 |
2.950 |
2.690 |
How are students ranked?
Student rankings are computed only at the end of each academic year. Each class (separated for the day and evening divisions) is ranked numerically (e.g. 1/375 or 375/375). At graduation, both divisions are combined for ranking purposes.
