White Plains, New York
Pace University - Elisabeth Haub School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1978
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 154
- Median GPA
- 3.54
- Resident tuition
- $56,648
- First-year class
- 324
- Bar-required jobs
- 80.8%
- First-time bar passage
- 65.2%
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.
- Accelerated entry
- B.A./J.D.; B.S./J.D.
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.
- J.D./LL.M. in Environmental LawSchool page for J.D./LL.M. in Environmental Law (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.B.A.School page for J.D./M.B.A. (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (7)
- Amelia A. Gould Representation in Mediation ClinicSchool page for Amelia A. Gould Representation in Mediation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice ClinicSchool page for Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Litigation ClinicSchool page for Environmental Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Equal Justice America Disability Rights ClinicSchool page for Equal Justice America Disability Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Fairbridge Investor Rights ClinicSchool page for Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Food and Farm Business Law ClinicSchool page for Food and Farm Business Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration Justice ClinicSchool page for Immigration Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (12)
- Corporate Law ExternshipSchool page for Corporate Law Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Law Externship (New York)School page for Environmental Law Externship (New York) (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Law Externship (Washington, DC)School page for Environmental Law Externship (Washington, DC) (opens in a new tab)
- Family Court ExternshipSchool page for Family Court Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Guided ExternshipSchool page for Guided Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Honors Prosecution ExternshipSchool page for Honors Prosecution Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Legal Services ExternshipSchool page for Legal Services Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Prosecution ExternshipSchool page for Prosecution Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Real Estate Law ExternshipSchool page for Real Estate Law Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Semester in PracticeSchool page for Semester in Practice (opens in a new tab)
- Social Justice Advocacy ExternshipSchool page for Social Justice Advocacy Externship (opens in a new tab)
- State Judicial ExternshipSchool page for State Judicial 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.
- Brazil-American Institute for Law and EnvironmentSchool page for Brazil-American Institute for Law and Environment (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Justice InstituteSchool page for Criminal Justice Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Food Law CenterSchool page for Food Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Global Center for Environmental Legal StudiesSchool page for Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
- Land Use Law CenterSchool page for Land Use Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Pace Energy and Climate CenterSchool page for Pace Energy and Climate Center (opens in a new tab)
- Public Interest Law CenterSchool page for Public Interest Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Women's Justice CenterSchool page for Women's Justice Center (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Advocacy ProgramSchool page for Advocacy Program (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. programs (3)
- LL.M. in Comparative Legal StudiesSchool page for LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in Environmental LawSchool page for LL.M. in Environmental Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
S.J.D. and J.S.D. programs (2)
- S.J.D. / J.S.D. in Environmental LawSchool page for S.J.D. / J.S.D. in Environmental Law (opens in a new tab)
- S.J.D. / J.S.D. programSchool page for S.J.D. / J.S.D. 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
Course titles beyond 1L
162
Clinic positions available
124
106 filled
Field placements filled
160
Simulation course seats
508
Co-curricular offerings
53
Full-time faculty
43
151 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
