Above the Law

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School Website
NALP
Region
Northeast
State
New York
Dean
Matthew Diller
Enrollment
1,124
Student/Faculty Ratio
15.2
Talking Points
  • Home to the Innocence Project, which uses DNA profiling to help free innocent prisoners.
  • Notable Alumni include Geoffrey Bowers (plaintiff in one of first AIDS discrimination cases to go to public hearing), Randi Weingarten (president of American Federation of Teachers)
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Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

Just how dumb are law students? Apparently this dumb…

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 / 1:06 PM

We start with the worst so we can appreciate the best.

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 / 6:16 PM

How much did this Quinn Emanuel associate pay for his new home?

Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 / 5:31 PM

A fresh round of folks suggesting that Jimmy Carter is anti-Semitic because he isn’t on board with Israeli policy.

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 / 10:07 AM

Do you have something to say about your law school’s U.S. News ranking? This is the place to do it!

Monday, Mar 18, 2013 / 12:04 PM

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

Who should be Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Year for 2012? Please vote in our poll!

Friday, Dec 21, 2012 / 5:00 PM

Do we really need to fix law reviews when there’s so much more that could be fixed in legal education?

Friday, Nov 30, 2012 / 3:32 PM

Who should be October’s Lawyer of the Month? Vote in our poll for the winner!

Friday, Nov 9, 2012 / 2:49 PM

What happens when you jump down the trash chute to get to your apartment? Very bad things…

Monday, Oct 29, 2012 / 1:22 PM

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  • Ratings*

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

    Total Employed ? 80%
    LST
    Score ? 53%
    School Funded 5.90%
    Large Firm 11.60%
    Federal Clerkships 0.80%
    Government 9.74%
    Public Interest 8.68%
    Top Biglaw Employers ?
    1. Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    2. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
    3. Jones Day
    4. Proskauer Rose LLP
    5. Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Cost

    Tuition   $47,800
    Total Investment ?   $273,327
  • Admissions

    34.7 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    2.7 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 161/166
    GPA (25/75) 3.47/3.74
  • US News Rank

    58