Rutgers Law School
| Rutgers Law School | |
|---|---|
Center for Law & Justice, Newark. | |
| Motto | Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra. "Sun of justice, shine also on the West." |
| Parent school | Rutgers University |
| Established | 1908 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Johanna Bond |
| Location | Newark and Camden, New Jersey, United States 40°44′26″N 74°10′24″W / 40.7405°N 74.1732°W |
| Enrollment | 1,121 (873 full-time, 237 part-time) |
| Faculty | 308 |
| USNWR ranking | 103rd (tie) (2024) |
| Bar pass rate | 74.6% |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Rutgers Law School Profile |
Rutgers Law School is the law school of Rutgers University, with classrooms in Newark and Camden, New Jersey. It is the largest public law school and the 10th largest law school, overall, in the United States. Each class in the three-year J.D. program enrolls approximately 350 law students. Although Rutgers University dates from 1766, its law school was founded in Newark in 1908. Today, Rutgers offers the J.D. and a foreign-lawyer J.D., as well as joint-degree programs that combine a J.D. with a graduate degree from another Rutgers graduate program.
According to Rutgers Law School's 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 93.7% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.