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 — 2024-2025
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $72,592 | $850 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $72,592 | $850 |
| Part-time · resident | $54,444 | $850 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $54,444 | $850 |
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$29,763
- Living off campus$29,763
- Living at home$11,763
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$72,592
- Mandatory fees$850
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$29,763
PreLaw Advisor total$103,205
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 (2024–2025 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,167 | 1,084 | 83 |
| Receiving grants | 1,072 | 990 | 82 |
| % receiving grants | 92% | 91% | 99% |
| Less than half tuition | 528 | 487 | 41 |
| Half to full tuition | 510 | 469 | 41 |
| Full tuition | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $17,000 | $13,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $34,000 | $25,500 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $51,000 | $40,000 |
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- 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 2023-2024361 received · 74 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023365 received · 61 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2021-2022390 received · 73 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.