New York Law School

The Law School's campus is located in the heart of Manhattan's legal center in the TriBeCa (Triange Below Canal street) neighborhood. The law school is only .3 miles from the New York City Supreme Court (trial court of unlimited jurisdiction) and New York City Family Court, .4 miles from the New York City Civil Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1.0 mile from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and 4.4 miles from the New York City Criminal Court in Midtown. In addition, the law school is only 3.8 miles from Times Square, 5 blocks (.2 miles) from the Chambers Street subway station, and about 4.0 miles from Cental Park.

The law school has obvious advantages from its location in Manhattan and an even greater advantage from its location in the heart of the city's court system. Students can simply walk to the court to witness real attorneys arguing real cases in one of the nations most busiest court systems in the country. Many law schools lack this great opportunity and students should take advantage of this resource as a law student cannot get this real world experience in the classroom.

New York City is the by far the most populous city in the United States and has an extremely large legal community to match. There are about 114 large law firms (250+ attorneys), 116 medium sized firms (50 - 249 attorneys), and 322 smaller law firms (10 - 49 attorneys) in the city. In addition, New York is home to about 7 of the nation's 25 largest law firms. There are nearly 3500 alumni practicing in the city including a substantial number that are partners and associates in the city's largest and most prestigious law firms. The successful alumni practicing in the city can be a great resource for recent graduates and current students.

	New York Law School
Public or Private	Private
Tuition	$42,500
Acceptance Rate	47.1%
State Bar Pass Rate	New York, July 2008 94% (Average pass rate for all 15 New York law schools, 91%)
Employment Rate after 9 mos. from Graduation	92.3%
Employment Rate at Graduation	Not Made Available By the School
Average Salary for Graduates in the Private Sector	$92,500
Student Body Population	1165
LSAT score bottom 25th percentile of incoming class	153
LSAT score top 25th percentile of incoming class	157
Median LSAT of incoming class	155
Bottom 25th percentile of incoming class undergraduate GPA (UGPA)	3.25
Top 25th percentile of incoming class UGPA	3.53
Median UGPA	3.32

The New York Law School is a third tier law school, founded in 1891, and located in Manhattan the largest legal and financial hub in the country. The law school offers a full time day program as well as a part time evening division that allows students to earn a Juris Doctor in four years. The law school also offers a JD/MBA program in conjunction with Baruch College - The City University of New York - Zicklan School of Business, which can be completed in four years. There are three specialized study programs for JD students: The Institute for Information Law and Policy (program for specialized law study of technological advances and the effect on civil liberties), The Patent Law Program (great program for students who want to take the patent bar exam), the Public Interest Law program. The law school has a Masters of Law programs, or LLM, in Real Estate and Tax law; the law school allows JD applicants to apply to the LLM programs allowing students to complete both degrees two and a half years. The law school has many centers for specialized legal study including, The Center on Business Law and Policy, The Center for International Law, the Center on Financial Services Law, the Center for Real Estate Studies, the Center for Patent Innovations, and the Program in Law & Journalism.

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The grading system is based on a 4.0 scale with a corresponding letter grade i.e. A=4.0, B = 3.0, B- =2.67 etc.

The law school advertises that it has a "highly rigorous" curve and for every law school course with more than 20 students, the following curve applies:

50% of students will receive a 3.0 (B) or better.

50% of students will receive a 2.67 (B-) or lower.

Even though the law school admits their curve is very difficult, as compared with other lower ranked law schools, the curve does not seem completely unfair or overly difficult. The curve allows professors a little leeway in issuing grades and is difficult, but other law schools have a C curve, admittedly those law schools tend to be ranked in the fourth tier. Ideally many law students would like to see a B curve or slightly higher, but this curve is not unexpected for a lesser known law school.