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Quick Facts

Student Body

600 day, 210 evening

2011
Entering Class

2,955 applicants, 799 admitted, 227 enrolled
(176 day, 51 evening)
20 states, 28 countries, 124 undergraduate institutions represented

25% / 75% GPA:  3.61 / 3.17
25% / 75% LSAT: 160 / 155

46% women
41% students of color
13% graduate degrees

Tuition


$22,746.00 day in-state resident
$34,010.00 day out-of-state resident
$948.00 evening in-state resident (per credit)
$1,437.00 evening out-of-state resident (per credit)
Student Fees

$2,661/$1,400.00 full-time/part-time

Faculty

62 tenured, tenure-track, clinical, library, and legal research and writing
43% women, 42% minority

Clinical Program

More than 60% of students take at least one of our live-client clinics.

Other Programs

Division of Global Affairs
Domestic Violence Advocacy Project
Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program
Global Legal Studies Program
Institute on Education Law and Policy
Street Law Program
Study Abroad at the University of Leiden, Holland

Interdisciplinary Studies

JD/MA Political Science or Criminal Justice
JD/MBA Management or Accounting
JD/MCRP Urban Planning
JD/MD Medicine
JD/MSW Social Work

Student Journals

Rutgers Law Review
Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal
Women’s Rights Law Reporter
Rutgers Race and the Law Review
Rutgers Law Record

Law Library

780,000+ volumes and volume equivalents
Largest law library in New Jersey
Also houses collection of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, one of the leading collections in the world

Career Development

Approximately 88% employment rate for the Class of 2010. Employment profile:

33%     Private Practice
32%     Judicial Clerkships
22%     Business/Industry
  6%     Government
  4%     Academia
  1%     Public Interest
  1%     Military

Externships

Federal and State Court Judicial Externships
Federal Public Defender Externship
Immigration Law Externship
Intellectual Property Externship
National Labor Relations Board Externship
New Jersey Attorney General Externship

 Alumni/ae

More than 9,000 living alumni/ae in virtually every state and in 19 foreign countries