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%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- CUBE CertificateSchool page for CUBE Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (3)
- Prosecution Clinic: Brooklyn DASchool page for Prosecution Clinic: Brooklyn DA (opens in a new tab)
- Prosecution Clinic: US Attorney's Office EDNYSchool page for Prosecution Clinic: US Attorney's Office EDNY (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans’ Rights ClinicSchool page for Veterans’ Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (4)
- Civil Practice ExternshipSchool page for Civil Practice Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Practice ExternshipSchool page for Criminal Practice Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial Clerkship ExternshipSchool page for Judicial Clerkship Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Sports Law ExternshipSchool page for Sports Law Externship (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Center for Criminal JusticeSchool page for Center for Criminal Justice (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Health, Science & Public PolicySchool page for Center for Health, Science & Public Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Center for the Study of Business Law and RegulationSchool page for Center for the Study of Business Law and Regulation (opens in a new tab)
- Public Service Law CenterSchool page for Public Service Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- The Center for Urban Business EntrepreneurshipSchool page for The Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (opens in a new tab)
- The Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business LawSchool page for The Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial, and Commercial LawSchool page for Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial, and Commercial Law (opens in a new tab)
- The Brooklyn Journal of International LawSchool page for The Brooklyn Journal of International Law (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
