Fordham Law Facts

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#33
Best Law Schools by U.S. News & World Report

 

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#2
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Fordham Law Facts Go-to Law School Ranking 2023

#18
“Go-To Law School” by National Law Journal

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#15
Law School Degree ROI by Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce

    • #4 in Trial Advocacy
    • #8 in Intellectual Property
    • #13 in Dispute Resolution
    • #15 in Criminal Law
    • #17 in Business & Corporate Law
    • #18 in Contracts & Commercial Law
    • #18 in International Law
    • #23 in Clinical Training
    • #25 in Tax Law
    • #29 in Constitutional Law

Student Profile

2024 Entering J.D. class data

  • The entering class in Fall 2024 (as of August 20, 2024) had the following LSAT and GPA distribution:

    LSAT/ GPA Full-time students Part-time evening students
    Top 1/4 169 / 3.85 168 / 3.75
    Median 167 / 3.77 165 / 3.60
    Bottom 1/4 165 / 3.62 160 / 3.24

     

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  • The top feeder schools ranked by number of students in the entering class:

    1. Fordham University
    2. Georgetown University 
    3. Cornell University
    4. Columbia University
    5. New York University
    6. University of Michigan
    7. Boston College University
    8. Colgate University
    9. University of Southern California
    10. University of Virginia
  • Women

    Underrepresented

    (self-identified)

    LGBTQ+

    (self-identified)
    56% 34% 20%
  • Applicants
    6,881 overall
    6,328 full-time day
    553 part-time evening

    Matriculants
    439 overall
    375 full-time day
    64 part-time evening

Academics

From the classroom to our clinics, our students are engaged in finding real-world solutions to the most pressing legal issues shaping politics and society.

Fordham Graduating Law School Students
Academics

300+ elective courses

19 centers and institutes

19 clinical practice areas

100,711 hours of public interest work volunteered by students

Fordham Law Fact Sheet PageFaculty & Scholarship

#20 ranking in scholarly impact nationally

75+ full-time faculty dedicated to teaching and research

200+ adjunct faculty leading in business, government, and public service in New York City

Career Placement

Fordham Law alumni are making an impact as leaders of top law firms and nonprofit organizations, practicing public interest law, and serving in government.

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93% of 2023 Fordham Law graduates employed 10 months after graduation

#4 in employment of law school graduates by top 100 law firms' New York City offices 

#7 in the nation for alumni promoted to partner

Student Journals

Our student-edited journals are highly cited by both judges and scholars for their influential scholarship.

  • Judges rely on Fordham's student journals: in terms of citations in judicial opinions, three of Fordham's six journals are in the top ten most cited journals of their respective fields. 

    All Journals

    1. Harvard Law Review
    2. California Law Review
    3. Yale Law Journal
    4. Cardozo Law Review
    5. Notre Dame Law Review
    6. Virginia Law Review
    7. Columbia Law Review
    8. New York University Law Review
    9. Stanford Law Review
    10. Fordham Law Review

    All IP Journals

    1. Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property [online]
    2. UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
    3. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
    4. Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
    5. Boston College Intellectual Property and Technology Forum [online]
    6. Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property [online]

    Student-Edited Public Policy Journals

    1. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
    2. Fordham Urban Law Journal
    3. Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
    4. Harvard Law & Policy Review
    5. New York University Review of Law & Social Change
    6. Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
    7. New York University Journal of Law & Liberty
    8. University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
    9. Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

    Methodology: Data compiled by Washington & Lee Law School, retrieved from lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx, November 2022. Table 1 filtered by "2021 Case Cites." Table 2 filtered by "Intellectual Property" and "2021 Case Cites." Table 3 filtered by "Public Policy, Politics and the Law," "Student-edited," and "2021 Case Cites." 

  • Fordham's journals are also some of the most cited by law reviews. Two of Fordham’s journals are the single most cited in their fields, and five are in the top ten most cited journals of their fields.

    All Law Journals

    1. Harvard Law Review
    2. Yale Law Journal
    3. Columbia Law Review
    4. California Law Review
    5. Stanford Law Review
    6. University of Pennsylvania Law Review
    7. Fordham Law Review
    8. Notre Dame Law Review
    9. Georgetown Law Journal
    10. Michigan Law Review

    All IP Journals (only 6 journals cited)

    1. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
    2. Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property [online]
    3. UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
    4. Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
    5. Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property [online]
    6. Boston College Intellectual Property and Technology Forum [online]

    All International Journals

    1.American Journal of International Law
    2. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
    3. Fordham International Law Journal
    4. European Journal of International Law
    5. Yale Journal of International Law
    6. Chicago Journal of International Law
    7. Harvard International Law Journal
    8. Washington International Law Journal
    9. Journal of International Economic Law
    10. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

    All Public Policy Journals

    1. Fordham Urban Law Journal
    2. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
    3. Harvard Law & Policy Review
    4. Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
    5. New York University Review of Law & Social Change
    6. University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
    7. New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
    8. Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
    9. Harvard Journal on Legislation
    10. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

    All Banking and Finance Journals

    1. Yale Journal on Regulation
    2. Business Lawyer
    3. Journal of Corporation Law
    4. Columbia Business Law Review
    5. American Business Law Journal
    6. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law
    7. New York University Journal of Law & Business
    8. Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
    9. Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
    10. Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

    Methodology: Data compiled by Washington & Lee Law School, retrieved from lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx, November 2022. Table 1 filtered by “2021 Journal Cites.” Table 2 filtered by "Intellectual Property" and "2021 Journal Cites." Table 3 filtered by "International Law" and "2021 Journal Cites." Table 4 filtered by "Public Policy, Politics and the Law" and "2021 Journal Cites." Table 5 filtered by "Banking and Finance" and "2021 Journal Cites."

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