Fast Facts

• Merit- and need-based financial aid programs
• Admissions application deadline: July 15th
• Early Decision application deadline: January 15th 
  
  • Admission and merit scholarship decisions are made on a "rolling admissions" basis
  • June LSAT scores and late applications will be considered based on space availability
• Financial Aid application deadlines: Submit FAFSA on the Web to federal processor: beginning October 1. Priority submission deadline:  January 15.
  
• Application processes for admission and financial aid must be done concurrently; do not wait for an admissions decision to begin the financial aid application process.
• Tuition for 2017 - 2018: $47,860 Required fees: $2,106
• Average percentage of students receiving institutional financial aid: 85%

• Number of graduates in class: 166
  
• Percent of class employed in all sectors or pursuing an advanced degree: 89%
  
• Percent of class that provided salary information: 66%
  
• Average salary reported for 100+ attorney firms: $114,400
  
• Average salary reported for all private practice: $74,500
  
• Average salary reported for government employers: $56,000
  
• Average salary reported for all public sector employers: $54,440
  
  

View Office of Career Services Employment Statistics

• Disability Law and Policy (DLPP)
• Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)
• Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media (IJPM)
• Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism (PCSE)
• Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP)
  

Clinical Programs  

• Bankruptcy Clinic
• Children's Rights and Family Law Clinic
• Community Development Law Clinic
• Criminal Defense Law Clinic
• Disability Rights Clinic
• Elder law Clinic
• Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
• Securities Arbitration/Consumer Law Clinic
• Veterans Legal Clinic
   

Externship Programs

• Advocacy Externship
• Judicial Externship
• Public Interest Externship
• Washington DC - DCEx
• New York City - NYCEx
• Central New York - NYEx
• Law In London - LondonEx
    

Advocacy Skills Programs 

• Trial Advocacy Courses
• Moot Court Teams and Competitions
    

First-Year Elective Courses (3 credits each)

• Fact Investigation and Analysis
• Introduction to Legal Practice: Applying Contracts, Torts and Civil Procedure
• Land Use Planning & Zoning Law
• National Security Lawyering
• Negotiation for Lawyers
• Problem Solving & intelligent Lawyering
• Professional Responsibility: Becoming a Lawyer
• Public Interest Lawyering
  

* Courses may vary from year to year
 

• J.D./Business Administration (M.B.A)
  
• J.D./M.S. in Cultural Foundations of Education (Disability Studies)
• J.D./M.S. in Computer Science
• J.D./Environmental Science and Forestry
  
• J.D./M.S. in Forensic Science
• J.D./M.S. in Library Science
• J.D./Master in Public Administration (M.P.A.)
• J.D./M.S. Communications
• J.D./M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science
• J.D./M.A. in Economics
• J.D./M.A. in History
• J.D./M.A. in International Relations
• J.D./M.A. in Philosophy, and J.D./Doctor of Philosophy
• J.D./Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)