A Reputation for Excellence

Academic excellence---embodied in our faculty, students, and alumni---is central to our innovative and challenging curriculum. Fordham Law attracts top scholars who lead students on an academic journey that covers not only the foundations of legal theory, but also the emerging areas of legal practice, including Intellectual Property and International Human Rights.

Fordham Law students gain an education that goes beyond simply understanding fundamental legal principles---through a variety of clinics, internships and externships, clerkships, summer placements, and fellowships. Our students are challenged to master both the letter of the law and the law's impact on people and socities.

In terms of ranks and measures, the results of our approach to legal education are astounding.

Fordham Law is one of the 15 most selective law schools in the nation, measured in terms of the LSAT scores of its most recent graduating class. With a vitually unrivaled record of graduate placement, Fordham Law is one of the top seven law schools measured in terms of graduates working at the top 25 law firms in the country.

In the U.S. News and World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools" 2010 edition, we are ranked in the top tier overall, our Evening Program was ranked 3rd in the nation. Several of our specialty programs were nationally ranked:

• Dispute Resolution, No. 10
• Clinical Legal Education, No. 12
• Intellectual Property, No. 18

And our student-edited journals are constantly rated among the world's best.

• The Fordham Law Review is the 8th most-cited student-edited law journal in court cases, placing us in the company of Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Stanford.
• The Fordham Urban Law Journal is ranked 3rd among student-edited specialty journals.
• The Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal is 3rd among student-edited IP journals, topped only by Berekley and Harvard.