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Curious, creative, and committed to the craft of law.

Those words describe the people you’ll meet at Fordham Law School.

Our faculty and students are dedicated to excellence and ethics and are engaged with what’s happening in the real world, whether transacting deals for clients in multinational corporate boardrooms, dispensing justice on the benches of courtrooms, or fighting for underserved communities in the heart of New York City.

Our education is grounded in enduring legal principles but always open to emerging theories, techniques, and technologies. Historically, Fordham Law has opened its doors to people not welcome at other law schools due to their religion, gender, race, or class.

Today, we build on this legacy by working to create a learning environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive to students of all backgrounds, religions, and orientations. We’re creating a community of compassionate and highly capable lawyers with a larger goal: to make a difference for our profession, society, and world.

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#7 in the nation for alumni promoted to partner, according to the National Law Journal.

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Fordham Law’s 35th Annual PIRC Awards Recognize Public Service Impact

Fordham Law’s 35th Annual PIRC Awards Recognize Public Service Impact

Fordham Law alumna Afua Atta-Mensah ’04 JD, New York City’s chief equity officer and commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice, was honored for …

From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Meet Daniel Barto ’28

From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Meet Daniel Barto ’28

This summer, Daniel Barto ’28 JD returned to his hometown of Long Beach, New York, to work in the Office of Corporation Counsel, getting real world experience working in a …

Future First-Year Law Students Gather at Fordham Law for Admitted JD Students Day Event

Future First-Year Law Students Gather at Fordham Law for Admitted JD Students Day Event

The Lincoln Center campus buzzed with conversation and new introductions as admitted JD students, current students, faculty, and staff gathered for Fordham Law’s Admitted Students Food Truck Fest. The event …

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Prof. James Brudney Comments on Federal Lawsuit

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Prof. James Brudney Comments on Federal Lawsuit

Fordham Law Professor James Brudney commented on the federal lawsuit alleging that a university denied a professor tenure, in this Chronicle of Higher Education article. Read “A Professor Argues His Tenure …

Bloomberg Tax: Prof. Jane Manners Offers Insight Into How Administration’s Federal Workforce Changes May Prove More Durable Through Procedural Rulemaking

Bloomberg Tax: Prof. Jane Manners Offers Insight Into How Administration’s Federal Workforce Changes May Prove More Durable Through Procedural Rulemaking

In this Bloomberg Tax article, Fordham Law Professor Jane Manners offers insight into how the Trump administration’s federal workforce changes may prove more durable through procedural rulemaking, even after Department …

Law360: Fordham Law’s James A. Keyte on How National Security, Industrial Policy Considerations Are Reshaping U.S. Merger Reviews

Law360: Fordham Law’s James A. Keyte on How National Security, Industrial Policy Considerations Are Reshaping U.S. Merger Reviews

How are national security and industrial policy considerations reshaping U.S. merger reviews, and what could that mean for antitrust enforcement? James A. Keyte, director of the Fordham Competition Law Institute, spoke …

Protecting Voting Rights: Meet Kira M. Charles ’28 JD

Protecting Voting Rights: Meet Kira M. Charles ’28 JD

Brooklyn native Kira M. Charles ’28 JD worked at a political consulting firm and as a congressional legislative intern before coming to Fordham Law School. This summer, she’s focusing on …

Fordham Law Hosts Nation’s Largest Gathering of Criminal Law Scholars

Fordham Law Hosts Nation’s Largest Gathering of Criminal Law Scholars

Approximately 200 criminal law and criminal procedure scholars from law schools across the country gathered at Fordham Law School on July 13 and 14 for CrimFest!, the nation’s largest annual …

POLITICO: Prof. Aaron Saiger Says AI Doesn’t Affect Everyone the Same Way or in the Same Places

POLITICO: Prof. Aaron Saiger Says AI Doesn’t Affect Everyone the Same Way or in the Same Places

Artificial intelligence does not affect everyone the same way, or in the same places, argues Fordham Law Professor Aaron Saiger, faculty director of the Fordham Urban Law Center, in this POLITICO …

Fordham Law’s In-House Counsel Institute Returns with a Focus on AI

Fordham Law’s In-House Counsel Institute Returns with a Focus on AI

Fordham Law School, in collaboration with global law firm DLA Piper, is launching the second year of its In-House Counsel Institute, with a focus on AI. The online program is …

Spectrum News NY1: Prof. Susan Scafidi on the Impact of Counterfeit Sales on Economy

Spectrum News NY1: Prof. Susan Scafidi on the Impact of Counterfeit Sales on Economy

Fordham Law Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and academic director of the Fashion Law Institute, told Spectrum News NY1 she worries that counterfeit sales drain billions of dollars from global fashion brands and …

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National: Prof. Deborah W. Denno Discusses U.S. Legal Battle Over Nitrogen Gas Executions

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National: Prof. Deborah W. Denno Discusses U.S. Legal Battle Over Nitrogen Gas Executions

Fordham Law Professor Deborah W. Denno, a legal expert in death penalty issues and the founding director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School, appeared on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National …

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National: Prof. Deborah W. Denno Discusses Use of Nitrous Oxide in Alabama

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National: Prof. Deborah W. Denno Discusses Use of Nitrous Oxide in Alabama

Fordham Law Professor Deborah W. Denno, a legal expert in death penalty issues and the founding director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School, appeared on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio …

Law360: Fordham Law’s James A. Keyte on the Latest Antitrust Cases, Changing Enforcement Priorities

Law360: Fordham Law’s James A. Keyte on the Latest Antitrust Cases, Changing Enforcement Priorities

What do the latest antitrust cases say about changing enforcement priorities? James A. Keyte, director of the Fordham Competition Law Institute, says in this Law360 article that they reflect the Trump …

State Court Report: Prof. Aaron Saiger on the Wyoming Supreme Court Paving the Way for Families

State Court Report: Prof. Aaron Saiger on the Wyoming Supreme Court Paving the Way for Families

Fordham Law Professor Aaron Saiger wrote this op-ed for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law’s State Court Report after the Wyoming Supreme Court overturned an injunction against a state …

Fordham Law Mourns the Loss of Denis F. Cronin ’72 JD

Fordham Law Mourns the Loss of Denis F. Cronin ’72 JD

Denis F. Cronin ’72 JD, a nationally recognized attorney and Fordham Law School graduate, died at the age of 78 on June 24 in New York City, surrounded by family …

July 2026: In Memoriam

July 2026: In Memoriam

We mourn the loss of… Albert William Cornachio ’61, ’64 LLB Daniel Oliver ’67 LLB Denis Cronin ’72 JD Arthur Lowenstein ’76 JD Marjorie Adler ’84 JD

July 2026: Class Notes

July 2026: Class Notes

Stuart McGregor ’76 JD was honored by the Florida Bar Association for 50 years of membership and practice. Kevin Leblang ’84 JD was recognized by Chambers and Partners in their …

The Minnesota Star Tribune: Senior Fellow John Rogan ’14’s 2023 Article on Congressional Incapacity Referenced

The Minnesota Star Tribune: Senior Fellow John Rogan ’14’s 2023 Article on Congressional Incapacity Referenced

Fordham Law Senior Fellow John Rogan ’14 JD’s 2023 essay in The Hill—which advocated for establishing a formal standard to address potential incapacity among members of Congress—was referenced in this …

Legal Help for Artists: Meet Ari Buffenstein ’28 JD

Legal Help for Artists: Meet Ari Buffenstein ’28 JD

After two years in Chicago, where he worked in the fashion resale business and discovered a love for intellectual property, Ari Buffenstein ’28 JD enrolled at Fordham Law with the …

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LL.M. admissions

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International and Non-JD Programs
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Tel: 212-636-6883
Fax: 212-636-6922
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Fordham University School of Law
International and Non-J.D. Programs
150 West 62nd Street, Suite 8-131, New York, NY 10023 USA

Tel: 212-636-6883
Fax: 212-636-6922
Email: [email protected]

 

S.J.D. admissions

Fordham University School of Law
International and Non-J.D. Programs
150 West 62nd Street, Suite 8-131, New York, NY 10023 U.S.A.

Tel: 212-636-6883
Fax: 212-636-6922
Email: [email protected]