Overview
Founded: 1835 in New York City
Dean: Troy McKenzie '00
Academic Year Calendar: Semester
Degree Programs Offered: JD, LLM, JSD
JD Student Body: 1,370 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)
Centers and Institutes: 30+
Clinics: 40+
Student-run Publications: 10
Student Organizations: 80+
Fall 2022 Entering JD Class Profile*
376 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)
LSAT Score:
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75th percentile: 174
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50th percentile: 172
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25th percentile: 169
Undergraduate GPA:
- 75th percentile: 3.94
- 50th percentile: 3.88
- 25th percentile: 3.72
Who They Are:
- 100 colleges represented
- 37 states plus DC represented
- 57 percent women
- 45 percent students of color
- 68 percent out of college one to four years
- 13 percent out of college five or more years
- 14 percent hold advanced or professional degrees
*Fall 2022 entering class figures are accurate as of October 2022
Careers
Class of 2021 Employment
- 70.68% Law Firms
- 27.13% Public Interest/Government/Judicial Clerkships
- 2.19% Corporate/Academic
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About 20% of each graduating class eventually clerks.
Median Salaries
- $215,000 Median Law Firm Salary
- $215,000 Median Overall Salary
- See Employment Data for Recent Graduates.
Public Service
The Law School's Loan Repayment Assistance Program eases the burden of debt repayment obligations for those choosing careers in public service. More than 500 JD graduates in public service now have their debt burden paid in full or in part by NYU Law.
In 2022, 475 students received Public Interest summer funding grants to work in 20 countries.
For more information, see the ABA Standard 509 Information Report (PDF: 356 KB)