Rutgers Law School

Newark, NJ

Rutgers Law School is located in Newark, NJ and enrolls approximately 489 first-year (1L) students. The median LSAT is 158 and median GPA is 3.66. In the most recent reporting year, 84.2% of graduates secured full-time, bar-required employment, with 11.7% at large firms (251+ attorneys) and 2.2% in federal clerkships.

1L Class Size
489
Median LSAT
158
Median GPA
3.66
Bar-Required Jobs
84.8%

Admissions Profile

Entering class 2024–25
75th Percentile 161
50th Percentile 158
25th Percentile 155
75th Percentile 3.82
50th Percentile 3.66
25th Percentile 3.35

Employment Outcomes

Class of 2025
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
84.2%
Full-time, long-term · of total graduates
Private Practice
Any Law Firm
36.4%
All firm sizes combined
BigLaw (251+ atty)
11.7%
Large firm placement
Clerkships
All Clerkships
34.8%
Federal, state & other
Federal Clerkship
2.2%
Article III & federal courts
Public Sector & Other
Government
7.1%
Federal, state & local
Public Interest
6%
Nonprofits & advocacy
Business & Industry
6.2%
In-house & corporate
Education
0%
Academia & teaching
Other Outcomes
JD Advantage
4.1%
Non-bar-required roles
Unemployed, Seeking
2.4%
Actively job searching

First-Time Bar Passage

Class of 2024
First-Time Pass Rate
72.81%
Across all jurisdictions · first-time takers
ABA Avg (Weighted)
75.12%
Peer schools, same jurisdictions
vs. ABA Avg
-2.31%
Below weighted average
First-Time Takers
434
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 167
Less than ½ tuition 670
Half to full tuition 386
Full tuition 0
More than full tuition 11