New York Law School | |
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Motto | We are New York's law school.[1] |
Established | June 11, 1891 |
School type | Private |
Endowment | $241.5 million[2] |
Dean | Anthony Crowell[3] |
Location | New York City, New York, United States |
Enrollment | 1,130[4] |
Faculty | 50+ fulltime, 100+ adjunct[5] |
USNWR ranking | 127th (2024)[6] |
Website | www.nyls.edu |
New York Law School (NYLS) is a private law school in Tribeca, New York City. NYLS has a full-time day program and a part-time evening program. NYLS's faculty includes more than 50 full-time and over 100 adjunct professors. Notable faculty members include Penelope Andrews and Lenni Benson, founder of the Safe Passage Project.
Prominent NYLS alumni include Maurice R. Greenberg, former chairman and CEO of American International Group Inc. and current chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr and Co. Inc.; Charles E. Phillips Jr., former-CEO of Infor and former President of Oracle; and Judith "Judge Judy" Sheindlin, New York family court judge, author, and television personality. Other past graduates include United States Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan II and Wallace Stevens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. According to ABA-required disclosures, 90.2% of the NYLS class of 2022 had obtained employment 10 months after graduation, and 83.96% of the 2022 class had obtained long-term, full-time JD-required or JD-Advantage employment.[7][8]