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 — 2023-2024
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $69,800 | $581 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $69,800 | $581 |
| Part-time · resident | $52,350 | $581 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $52,350 | $581 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$26,950
- Living off campus$26,950
- Living at home$10,750
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$69,800
- Mandatory fees$581
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$26,950
PreLaw Advisor total$97,331
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 (2023–2024 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,198 | 1,099 | 99 |
| Receiving grants | 1,112 | 1,019 | 93 |
| % receiving grants | 93% | 93% | 94% |
| Less than half tuition | 538 | 496 | 42 |
| Half to full tuition | 540 | 492 | 48 |
| Full tuition | 27 | 24 | 3 |
| More than full tuition | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $23,000 | $18,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $33,800 | $28,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $44,000 | $36,000 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2022-2023365 received · 61 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2021-2022390 received · 73 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2020-2021394 received · 74 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.