Above the Law

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School Website
NALP
Region
Northeast
State
New York
Dean
Michelle S. Simon
Enrollment
788
Student/Faculty Ratio
12.7
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Notable alumni include: John Cahill (Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke, former advisor to Governor Pataki), Robert Sands (President, Constellation Brands), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (JFK’s nephew, radio host, environmental law specialist), Ruth Noemi Colon (NY Secretary of State)


Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

* Oh mon dieu, Justice Breyer was inducted as one of just 12 foreign members of France’s Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. C’est très chouette pour un Américain, non? [New York Times]

* Man, for a four-seeded firm that got knocked out of our March Madness competition after the Sweet Sixteen, Davis Polk is looking great in 2013′s first quarter as far as legal advising in M&A deals goes. [Am Law Daily]

* Brown Rudnick picked up a California boutique, and it’ll be doubled in size through lateral hiring. No layoffs are currently expected, but no one really advertises that as a merger selling point. [National Law Journal]

* The New York Times: bringing you last month’s news, today! South Dakota is offering a subsidy for law school tuition to keep lawyers in the state. Here’s our post from two weeks ago. [New York Times]

* Pace Law School’s “low bono” residency program was praised by New York’s Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, but if you’ve got other job offers, Dear Lord, take one of them. [New York Law Journal]

* AIG wants to prevent Hank Greenberg from suing in its name, probably because it’d prefer not to be known as “the poster company for corporate ingratitude and chutzpah.” [DealBook / New York Times]

* “[D]o I cover this really important story and maybe go to jail?” That’s the choice Jana Winter is facing after reporting on James Holmes’s massacre notebook and refusing to reveal her sources. [CNN]

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 / 9:11 AM

Tales from the ATL Insider Survey: where can you find the law students with the biggest smiles on their faces in NYC?

Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 / 5:15 PM

Putting mothers back to work probably means their adult children will have even more trouble finding a job.

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 / 11:06 AM

So what was that Casey Anthony case all about anyway? Here’s a short primer.

Friday, Jun 1, 2012 / 6:36 PM

* One of the reasons that members of Congress are so filthy rich is because they’re only technically breaking the law, but Scott Brown wants to try to curb Congressional “insider trading.” [CBS News] * In other Congressional news, pizza is now considered a vegetable. And fat people the world over rejoiced by stuffing their…

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 / 9:07 AM
  • Ratings*

    Student Rating ? A
    Alumni Rating ? C+
      Student Alumni
    Academics A+ C
    Practical/Clinical Training B+ C
    Career Counseling A+ B-
    Financial Aid Advising A B
    Social Life B B+
  • Employment

    Total Employed ? 81%
    LST
    Score ? 48%
    School Funded 6.50%
    Large Firm 1.30%
    Federal Clerkships 0.90%
    Government 8.11%
    Public Interest 6.31%
    Top Biglaw Employers ?
    1. McDermott Will & Emery
    2. Shearman & Sterling LLP
    3. K&L Gates
  • Cost

    Tuition   $40,978
    Total Investment ?   $218,391
  • Admissions

    40.3 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    2.56 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 152/156
    GPA (25/75) 3.13/3.58
  • US News Rank

    134