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Fact Sheet
General Information:
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Established in 1976 in White Plains, New York 20 miles
north of New York City.
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The Joseph and Bessie Gerber Glass Law Library was
completed in 1979.
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A new state-of-the-art classroom building with wireless
Internet access was
constructed in 1999.
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The New York State Judicial Institute, located at Pace Law School,
is the first judicial training and research facility in the nation
built by and for a state court system. The state-of-the-art-
30,000-square-foot facility features a 160-seat auditorium, a
multi-use lecture hall, three classrooms, two conference rooms, and
a business center.
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The School offers a J.D.
program for full-time and part-time day and evening students.
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Post-graduate programs
include the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in environmental Law and the
LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies.
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Only twenty law schools in the country are accredited
to offer S.J.D. degrees and Pace is the only one to offer a S.J.D.
in environmental law.
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Pace’s environmental law
program has once again been ranked number three in the nation by U.S.
News & World Report.
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The clinical education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in
domestic
violence prosecution, poverty law, environmental litigation,
securities, arbitration, and disability law.
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Pace Law School is part of
Pace University, a comprehensive, independent and diversified
University with campuses in New York City and Westchester County,
and a Hudson Valley Center located at Stewart Airport in New
Windsor.
2004 Entering Class Profile:
- 180 full-time day
- 9 part-time day
- 70 part-time evening
- 61% women
- 17% minorities
- Average age for full-time division: 25
- Average age for part-time division: 29
- Median undergraduate GPA: 3.3
- Average LSAT: 155
- Undergraduate Schools represented: 152
- States Represented: 29
- Countries represented: 5
Faculty:
- 1 to 16 faculty to student ratio
- 40 full-time faculty members
- 63 adjunct faculty members
- 2 visiting faculty members
Employments and Salary Status, 2002 Graduates:
The following chart details the employment and salary status of recent
graduates as of February 2002*
| Employment Status |
Number Of Students |
Percent Employed |
Average |
Median |
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| All Legal & Non-Legal |
(192) |
91% |
$ 65,213 |
$ 53,000 |
| J.D. Required or Preferred, Full-time |
(133) |
69.27% |
$ 61,186 |
$ 48,750 |
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| Gender |
| Women |
(99) |
51.6% |
$ 65,508 |
$ 52,000 |
| Men |
(93) |
48.4% |
$ 64,884 |
$ 57,000 |
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| Minority Status |
| Non-Minority |
(158) |
82.3% |
$ 63,494 |
$ 52,000 |
| Minority |
(33) |
17.2% |
$ 71,316 |
$ 70,000 |
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| Private Practice |
| Total Reported |
(89) |
46.4% |
$ 65,375 |
$ 55,000 |
| 1 to 10 Attorneys |
(40) |
44.9% |
$ 43,704 |
$ 41,250 |
| 11 to 25 Attorneys |
(7) |
7.9% |
$ 48,143 |
$ 46,500 |
| 26 to 50 Attorneys |
(5) |
5.6% |
$ 57,200 |
$ 56,000 |
| 51 to 100 Attorneys |
(2) |
2.2% |
$ 62,500 |
$ 62,500 |
| 101 to 250 Attorneys |
(2) |
2.2% |
$ 110,000 |
$ 110,000 |
| 251 to 500 Attorneys |
(8) |
9% |
$ 98,125 |
$ 107,500 |
| 501 or more Attorneys |
(5) |
5.6% |
$ 90,000 |
$ 70,000 |
| Firm size unknown |
(20) |
22.5% |
$ 83,125 |
$ 80,000 |
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| Government Categories |
| Total Reported |
(32) |
16.7% |
$ 54,680 |
$ 48,950 |
| Prosecutorial Federal |
(1) |
3.1% |
$ 44,000 |
$ 44,000 |
| Prosecutorial State |
2) |
6.3% |
$ 36,000 |
$ 36,000 |
| Prosecutorial Local |
(8) |
25.0% |
$ 44,500 |
$ 46,500 |
| Military Federal |
(3) |
9.4% |
$ 59,000 |
$ 59,000 |
| Defender State |
(1) |
3.1% |
$ 41,500 |
$ 41,500 |
| Defender Local |
(1) |
3.1% |
$ 38,000 |
$ 38,000 |
| Other Federal |
(1) |
3.1% |
$ 52,000 |
$ 52,000 |
| Other State |
(3) |
9.4% |
$ 60,000 |
$ 60,000 |
| Other Local |
(11) |
34.4% |
$ 67,173 |
$ 60,000 |
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| Judicial Clerkship |
| Total Reported |
(9) |
4.7% |
$ 41,631 |
$ 41,500 |
| Federal Clerkships |
(4) |
44.4% |
$ 48,262 |
$ 48,024 |
| State Clerkships |
(5) |
55.6% |
$ 35,000 |
$ 35,000 |
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| Public Interest Total Reported |
(3) |
1.6% |
$ 38,500 |
$ 38,500 |
| Public Interest |
(2) |
66.7% |
$ 42,000 |
$ 42,000 |
| Direct Legal Services
Policy/Advocacy |
(1) |
33.3% |
$ 35,000 |
$ 35,000 |
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| Business |
| Total Reported |
(46) |
24.0% |
$ 89,261 |
$ 90,000 |
| Insurance/ In-house |
(2) |
4.3% |
$ 87,500 |
$ 87,500 |
| Insurance/Management |
(2) |
4.3% |
$ 100,500 |
$ 100,500 |
| Technology/In-house |
(2) |
4.3% |
$ 135,000 |
$ 135,000 |
| Technology/Other |
(1) |
2.2% |
$ 108,000 |
$ 108,000 |
| Entertainment |
(1) 2.2% |
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| Other Business/In-house |
(3) |
6.5% |
$ 125,000 |
$ 125,000 |
| Other Business/Management |
(3) |
6.5% |
$ 99,000 |
$ 100,000 |
| Other Business/Marketing |
(5) |
10.9% |
$ 85,000 |
$ 90,000 |
| Other Business/HR |
(2) |
4.3% |
$ 79,000 |
$ 79,000 |
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| Academic |
| Total Reported |
(3) |
1.6% |
$ 45,000 |
$ 45,000 |
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| * Numbers do not add up in all
categories because not every response was provided by respondent. |
Degree Programs:
- Juris Doctor program for full-time
and part-time day and evening students.
- LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies
- LL.M. in Environmental Law
- S.J.D. in Environmental
Joint Degree Programs:
- J.D./M.B.A. with Pace University Lubin School of
Business
- J.D./M.P.A. with Pace University Dyson College of Arts
& Sciences
- J.D./M.E.M. with Yale University School of Forestry and
Environmental Science
- J.D./M.A. in Women's Studies with Sarah Lawrence College
- J.D./M.S. with Bard College Center for Environmental
Policy
- J.D./M.P.H. with New York Medical College
Concentrations:
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Business Law
- Civil Dispute Resolution
- Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties
- Criminal Law
- Environmental Law (ranked #3 in the nation by U.S.
News & World Report)
- Family Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Real Estate and Land Use Law
- Torts
Centers:
- The Energy Project
- Center for Environmental Legal Studies
- Land Use Law Center
- Institute for International Commercial Law
- Women’s Justice Center
- The Judicial Institute of the State of New York
Clinics:
- Environmental Litigation Clinic
- Criminal Defense Clinic
- Health Law Clinic
- Securities Arbitration Clinic
Externship Programs:
- Prosecutorial Externship
- Environmental Externship
- Family Court Externship
- Judicial Clerkship Externship
- Legal Services Externship
Simulation Courses:
- Criminal Appellate Lawyering
- Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation
- Interviewing/Counseling/Negotiating
- Advanced Appellate Advocacy
- Trial Advocacy
Law Reviews:
- Pace Law Review
- Pace Environmental Law Review
- Pace International Law Review
Moot Court Competitions:
- International Environmental Moot
- Pace National Environmental Moot
- National Health Law Moot
- National Moot Court
- Pace University School of Law Grand Moot
- William C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration
Moot in Vienna
- Pace/Gray’s Inn Moot
Financial Aid:
- 2 million dollars dedicated to scholarships and grants
2003-2004 Tuition Costs:
- Full-time division: $28,960
- Part-time division: $21,749
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