New York City, United States
Private
Type
1835
Founded
New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the professional graduate law school of New York University. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New York State. Located in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, NYU Law offers J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law.
Globally, NYU Law is ranked as the fourth-best law school in the world by Shanghai's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by subject Law. NYU Law is also consistently ranked in the top 10 by the QS World University Rankings. NYU Law is among the "T14" law schools which has consistently ranked the Law school within the top 6, since U.S. News & World Report began publishing its rankings in 1987. NYU Law has also been the leading Law school in the U.S. in both International Law and Tax Law, ranking the first in both. NYU Law also ranks the first in the Princeton Review rankings of top law schools for Best Career Prospects. NYU School of Law boasts the best overall law faculty in the United States, having the leading scholars in every field of law.
NYU Law has produced the highest number of judges sitting at the International Court of Justice, numerous Nobel laureates, prominent US lawyers such as David Boies, and leading human rights practitioners such as Amal Clooney. The leading legal philosophers in the world are currently teaching at NYU Law, including Jeremy Waldron and Thomas Nagel. NYU Law private practice lawyers include the four founders of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore chairman Evan Chesler, the leading law firms in the United States. The current President of the American Civil Liberties Union, Deborah N. Archer, is a member of the faculty.
NYU Law has a significant orientation in public interest law, offering its Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Law Fellowship. According to the school's ABA-required disclosures, NYU Law's bar passage rate was 97.5 percent in 2017.
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