New York State Law Schools

(Data is based on the 1999-2000 academic year)
(2000 entering class) (7/99-2/00 average percent)
School 1 Full-Time Students Part-Time Students Percent Minority Percent Women Faculty Full/Part-Time Student/Faculty Ratio Application Deadline/Fee Tuition 2 LSAT Range 3 GPA Range 3 Bar Pass Rate 4
New York University School of Law
110 W. Third St.
N.Y., N.Y. 10012
(212) 998-6060
1,368 0 25% 50.5% 91/56 Fall
98/73 Spring
12.5/1 Rolling, $65 $30,024 75% 171
25% 167
75% 3.80
25% 3.55
94%
Columbia University School of Law
435 W. 116th St.
N.Y., N.Y. 10027
(212) 854-2670
1,129 0 32.4% 48.1% 72/49 Fall
57/77 Spring
12.9/1 Feb. 15, $65 29,396 75% 172
25% 165
75% 3.78
25% 3.45
92%
Fordham University School of Law
140 W. 62nd St.
N.Y., N.Y. 10023
(212) 636-6810
1,125 328 25.5% 48.7% 61/108 Fall
60/135 Spring
18.3/1 March 1, $60 26,429
19,850
75% 165
25% 161
75% 3.70
25% 3.28
86%
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon St.
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718) 780-7906
1,029 470 22.1% 49.9% 57/62 Fall
51/53 Spring
19.6/1 Rolling, $60 25,335
19,040
75% 160
25% 155
75% 3.60
25% 3.05
77%
Cardozo Law School Yeshiva University
55 5th Ave.
N.Y., N.Y. 10003
(212) 790-0274
931 1 17.6% 49.7% 43/49 Fall
42/50 Spring
18.1/1 April 1, $60 25,433
1,440
75% 160
25% 156
75% 3.61
25% 3.08
73%
New York Law School
57 Worth St.
N.Y., N.Y. 10013
(212) 431-2888
921 453 25.5% 51.7% 45/66 Fall
44/55 Spring
22.6/1 April 1, $50 24,678
18,514
75% 152
25% 148
75% 3.41
25% 2.88
58%
Hofstra Law School
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, N.Y. 11549
(516) 463-5916
781 21 16.6% 44.4% 32/18 Fall
29/29 Spring
20.7/1 April 15, $60 24,366
18,276
75% 158
25% 152
75% 3.60
25% 3.10
71%
Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse, N.Y. 13244
(315) 443-1962
772 5 19.7% 48.1% 39/18 Fall
36/30 Spring
16.6/1 April 1, $50 24,959
21,559
75% 155
25% 149
75% 3.55
25% 3.08
61%
SUNY-Buffalo
O' Brien Hall, Amherst Campus
Buffalo, N.Y. 14260
(716) 645-2907
697 8 15.7% 46.5% 29/43 Fall
29/74 Spring
20.2/1 March 15, $50 9,625 75% 157
25% 151
75% 3.51
25% 2.90
70%
St. Johns University School of Law
8000 Utopia Pkwy.
Jamaica, N.Y. 11439
(718) 990-6600
696 227 19.3% 44.9% 38/24 Fall
34/29 Spring
19.1/1 March 1, $60 23,800
17,850
75% 160
25% 153
75% 3.50
25% 3.00
78%
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, N.Y. 12208
(518) 445-2326
680 54 16.6% 51.1% 26/21 Fall
26/18 Spring
22.9/1 March 15, $50 21,625
16,251
75% 152
25% 153
75% 3.42
25% 2.92
77%
Cornell Law School
Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
(607) 255-5141
552 0 26.1% 48.4% 37/10 Fall
40/21 Spring
13/1 Feb. 1, $65 27,350 75% 166
25% 163
75% 3.71
25% 3.33
92%
Pace University School of Law
78 N. Broadway
White Plains, N.Y. 10603
(914) 422-4210
422 316 17.3% 54.5% 30/30 Fall
33/53 Spring
17.5/1 Feb. 15, $55 24,100
18,100
75% 155
25% 148
75% 3.51
25% 2.87
71%
CUNY - Queens College
65-21 Main St.
Flushing, N.Y. 11367
(718) 340-4210
379 4 38.9% 59.8% 26/17 Fall
27/15 Spring
12.2/1 March 15, $40 6,752 75% 152
25% 145
75% 3.38
25% 2.75
62%
Touro College
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Cntr.
300 Nassau Rd.
Huntington, N.Y. 11743
(631) 421-2244
305 317 24.8% 50.8% 26/14 Fall
26/12 Spring
16.5/1 Rolling, $50 22,000
17,160
75% 150
25% 145
75% 3.26
25% 2.61
56%
Source: ABA-LSAC Official Guide to Approved Law Schools, 2002 Edition.
1. Ranked by number of full-time students.
2. Two amounts denotes full-time, part-time resident tuition.
3. Percentages given for LSAT and GPA are the 75th and 25th percentile of the 2000 entering full-time class. For example, in a class of 100, ranked by best scores first and worst last, the 75th percentile would be the 25th score from the top, and the 25th percentile would be the 25th score from the bottom.
4. Numbers are the school's total pass rate for all first-time takers, for New York State, for the summer 1999 and winter 2000 bar exams.
(New York Law Journal, December 2001)


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