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New York, New York

New York Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1954
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
157
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.63
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$71,052
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
409
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
74.8%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
86.5%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
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Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
75.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.9%
Difference
-7.76 pts
First-time takers
278
209 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
New York24718976.5%84.1%-7.60
8 Remaining Jurisdictions16956.3%71.4%-15.14
New Jersey151173.3%75.5%-2.20

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
77.3%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
238
Takers
229
Passers
177

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202586.5%85.9%
202481.9%84.7%
202370.7%81.6%
202272.5%81.5%
202174.3%84.6%
202078.8%84.2%
201975.2%82.9%
201862.8%79.6%
201759.9%82.7%