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Fordham Law School Curious, creative, and committed to the craft. Our faculty and students are dedicated to excellence and ethics and are engaged with what’s happening in the real world. Rooted in our Jesuit tradition, we cultivate a community of compassionate and highly capable lawyers who have a larger goal in mind: to make a difference for our profession, society, and world. LINCOLN CENTER | NEW YORK CITY 5,286 419 Applicants Matriculants 4,897 Day 389 Evening 362 Day 57 Evening 30% Self-Identified Minority Status 75% Prior Work Experience 54% Women 2019 Entering Class Profile 164 3.64 LSAT and GPA Nationally Ranked Programs In its 2020 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked a number of Fordham Law programs among the top 25 in the country. Clinical Training #19 International Law #19 Dispute Resolution #21 #3 #9 Evening Program Trial Advocacy Fordham Law is among the most selective schools in the nation in terms of the LSAT scores of our class. The median LSAT score of our students is in the top 10% of all LSAT test takers. #15 87.8% full-time, long-term legal job placement* in Big Law firm placement According to the National Law Journal Fordham Law School ranks #4 in the number of graduates employed in the 25 largest law firm offices of the country’s largest legal market: New York City. 1. NYU 2. Harvard 3. Columbia 4. Fordham 5. Georgetown #4 *ABA Employment Questionnaire for class of 2018: 87.87% employed ten months after graduation, full-time, long-term bar passage and J.D. advantage jobs
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Fordham Law SchoolCurious, creative, and committed to the craft. Our faculty and students are dedicated to excellence and ethics and are engaged with what’s happening in the real world. Rooted in our Jesuit tradition, we cultivate a community of compassionate and highly capable lawyers who have a larger goal in mind: to make a difference for our profession, society, and world.
LI NCOLN CE NTE R | N EW YOR K C ITY
5,286 419Applicants Matriculants
4,897 Day 389 Evening
362 Day57 Evening
30%Self-Identified Minority Status
75%Prior Work Experience
54%Women
2019 Entering Class Profile
164 3.64LSAT and GPA
Nationally Ranked ProgramsIn its 2020 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked a number of Fordham Law programs among the top 25 in the country.
Clinical Training
#19
International Law
#19
Dispute Resolution
#21
#3 #9
Evening Program
Trial Advocacy
Fordham Law is among the most selective schools in the nation in terms of the LSAT scores of our class. The median LSAT score of our students is in the top 10% of all LSAT test takers.
#15
87.8%full-time, long-term legal job placement*
in Big Law firm placement According to the National Law Journal
Fordham Law School ranks #4 in the number of graduates employed in the 25 largest law firm offices of the country’s largest legal market: New York City.
1. NYU2. Harvard3. Columbia4. Fordham 5. Georgetown
#4*ABA Employment Questionnaire for class of 2018: 87.87% employed ten months after graduation, full-time, long-term bar passage and J.D. advantage jobs
For Our Profession, Society, and World
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Specialty Degree ProgramsDual Degrees
J.D./M.B.A.
J.D./M.S.W.
J.D./M.A. (IPED)
Graduate Programs
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law
Corporate Compliance
Fashion Law
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law
International Business and Trade Law
International Dispute Resolution
International Law and Justice
U.S. Law Dual Concentration
Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)
Corporate Compliance
Fashion Law
Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.)
Elective OfferingsStudents may select from nearly 300 elective course offerings in the following areas:
Antitrust and Economic Regulation
Banking/Finance/Corporate
Civil Practice and Litigation
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law
Fashion Law
International and Foreign Law
Labor/Employment Law
Legal Ethics
Legal History and Legal Theory
National Security and Foreign Relations
Practical Lawyering Skills
Public Interest Law
Tax Law
Urban Law
Leader in Practical Training
• 17 live client clinics from Entrepreneurial
Law to Immigrant Rights to Federal
Litigation
• Over 78 unique courses focused on
teaching practical competencies
through simulated lawyering activities
including: trial advocacy, mediation, client
counseling, negotiation, deal simulation,
technology and IP transactions, and
leadership
• Outstanding legal writing program with
30-40 upper level courses
• Leading programs in trial advocacy,
dispute resolution and moot court
Top 10 in Journal CitationsFordham Law Review ranks 4th in terms of citation in judicial opinions and is the 7th- most-cited law journal in other journals.
Fordham Environmental Law Review is the 10th-most-cited student-edited environmental law journal in other journals.
Fordham International Law Journal is the 4th-most-cited international law journal in other journals
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal is the 6th-most-cited IP journal in other law journals.
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law is the most-cited banking and finance journal in other journals
Fordham Urban Law Journal is the 2nd-most-cited public policy journal
#4
A Law School In the Service of Others• 27 public service student
groups
• Major public interest centersand institutes, including:
• Leitner Center forInternational Law andJustice
• Stein Center for Law andEthics
• Feerick Center for SocialJustice
• Center on Race, Law andJustice
• National Center forAccess to Justice
