NYU School of Law

New York, NY

NYU School of Law is located in New York, NY and enrolls approximately 452 first-year (1L) students. The median LSAT is 172 and median GPA is 3.92. In the most recent reporting year, 98.6% of graduates secured full-time, bar-required employment, with 65.2% at large firms (251+ attorneys) and 5.5% in federal clerkships.

1L Class Size
452
Median LSAT
172
Median GPA
3.92
Bar-Required Jobs
96.9%

Admissions Profile

Entering class 2024–25
75th Percentile 174
50th Percentile 172
25th Percentile 169
75th Percentile 3.97
50th Percentile 3.92
25th Percentile 3.81

Employment Outcomes

Class of 2025
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
98.6%
Full-time, long-term · of total graduates
Private Practice
Any Law Firm
70.7%
All firm sizes combined
BigLaw (251+ atty)
65.2%
Large firm placement
Clerkships
All Clerkships
7.7%
Federal, state & other
Federal Clerkship
5.5%
Article III & federal courts
Public Sector & Other
Government
2.4%
Federal, state & local
Public Interest
17.7%
Nonprofits & advocacy
Business & Industry
0.7%
In-house & corporate
Education
0%
Academia & teaching
Other Outcomes
JD Advantage
1.2%
Non-bar-required roles
Unemployed, Seeking
0.7%
Actively job searching

First-Time Bar Passage

Class of 2024
First-Time Pass Rate
96.72%
Across all jurisdictions · first-time takers
ABA Avg (Weighted)
85.02%
Peer schools, same jurisdictions
vs. ABA Avg
+11.7%
Above weighted average
First-Time Takers
519
Graduates sitting for bar

Scholarship Distribution

Full-time students · entering class

Each circle represents 1% of the entering class, colored by scholarship level received.

No scholarship 457
Less than ½ tuition 656
Half to full tuition 66
Full tuition 148
More than full tuition 0