Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1937
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 161
- Median GPA
- 3.59
- Resident tuition
- $75,496
- First-year class
- 414
- Bar-required jobs
- 84.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 85.5%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2020-2021
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2020)
- Covers
- Report year 2020
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $30,775 | $496 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $30,775 | $496 |
| Part-time · resident | $23,081 | $496 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $23,081 | $496 |
The school reports a tuition guarantee program.
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2020)
- Covers
- Report year 2020
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$26,725
- Living off campus$26,725
- Living at home$10,525
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$30,775
- Mandatory fees$496
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$26,725
PreLaw Advisor total$57,996
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2020–2021 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2020)
- Covers
- Report year 2020
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,072 | 968 | 104 |
| Receiving grants | 989 | 899 | 90 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 422 | 378 | 44 |
| Half to full tuition | 483 | 449 | 34 |
| Full tuition | 79 | 67 | 12 |
| More than full tuition | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $17,500 | $13,256 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $30,000 | $24,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $39,000 | $34,000 |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2020)
- Covers
- Report year 2020
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2019-2020365 received · 67 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2018-2019336 received · 63 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2017-2018338 received · 65 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.