New York Law School

Director of admissions

William Perez

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

$65

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,606

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

2,410

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

565

Number of full-time program applicants

4,721

Number of full-time program acceptances

2,148

Full-time acceptance rate

45.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

441

Number of part-time program applicants

885

Number of part-time program acceptances

262

Part-time acceptance rate

29.6%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

124

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.05-3.52

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

153-158

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.92-3.48

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

149-154

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

NY

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

378

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

28%

Median public service starting salary

$52,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

23.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

3.0%

Percent employed in law firms

48.0%

Percent employed in public interest

5.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

6.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

82%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.3%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

90.1%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

1.8%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.6%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

3.3%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.0%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.9%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

1.5%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

0.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: NYLS provides an array of student resources and services, including: individual counseling; recruitment programs and job fairs; the Career Services Alumni Mentor Program; Law Practice Options Series; Career Day; Networking Lunch Series; informational guides, books, and handouts; video library; equipment available for student use; reciprocity with other law schools

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

71.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

16.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

3.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

4.0%