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NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Law School:	Rutgers University School of Law - Newark Campus
Address:	Center for Law and Justice
	123 Washington Street, Suite 220
City:	Newark
State, Zip:	NJ, 07102
Country:	United States
Phone:	973 353-5555

Administrator Name:	Stephanie Richman
Administrator Title:	Assistant Dean for Career Services
Phone:	973 353-5555
Fax:	973 353-1590
Email:	careerdevelopment@kinoy.rutgers.edu
Web:	http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/career-development/about-offic

Registrar's Name:	Dean Linda Garbaccio
Phone No:	973 353-5396
Names & titles of key CSO staff:	Jessica Kitson, Associate Director Public Interest & Advisor, Mukti Patel, Assistant Director, Wendi Taylor, Recruitment and Events Coordinator

DEGREE PROGRAMS

No. of hours required to graduate:

Comments:

No. of Full-time students

585

No. of Evening students:

215

No. of Part-time students:

Other:

Total:

800

COMPOSITION OF ENROLLMENT

'12-'13 Year	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	Total
Men:	133	139	148	28	448
Woman:	95	131	102	24	352
Totals:	228	270	250	52	800
Black (Men):	16	19	18	5	58
Black (Women):	15	18	27	4	64
Hispanics (Men):	16	13	13	4	46
Hispanics (Women):	3	17	12	2	34
American Indian/Alaskan (Men):	2	0	1	0	3
American Indian/Alaskan (Women):	0	0	0	0	0
Asian/Pacific Islander (Men):	13	19	14	6	52
Asian/Pacific Islander (Women):	11	20	13	1	45
Disabled (Men):	0	3	2	0	5
Disabled (Woman):	0	2	1	0	3
Openly GLBT (Men):	0	2	3	0	5
Openly GLBT (Woman):	0	1	2	0	3
Comments:

Do you offer LL.M. degrees?	No
Is LL.M. grading system equivalent to JD system?	No
Do you offer joint degree programs?	Yes
NO. of LL.M. degrees awarded in previous year:	0

FIELDS OF STUDY OFFERED > LL.M DEGREES:

Subjects	Full-time	Evening	Part-time	Other
No records retrieved.

FIELDS OF STUDY OFFERED > JOINT DEGREES:

Subjects	Full-time	Evening	Part-time	Other
JD/MBA	2
JD/MCRP	2
JD/MA	1
JD/MSW	1
JD/MD	1

ADMISSIONS PROFILE

Applications received:

2796

Size of entering class:

227

No. of undergraduate colleges represented:

125

No. of states represented:

In-state enrollment:

147

Out-state enrollment:

Foreign countries represented:

GRADE POINT AVERAGE / LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST

		25%	50%	75%
Grade Point Average	Full-time	3.61	3.43	3.17
	Part-time	3.39	3.04	2.74
	Overall	3.59	3.36	3.06
Law School Admission Test	Full-time	160	158	155
	Part-time	159	157	155
	Overall	160	158	155

In determining GPA and LSAT averages, are all students included?

If "No", what percentage is not included?

Only GPA's calculated by LSAC are included. .03% were excluded

JD PROGRAM

Fall Semester:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

8/20/2012

11/28/2012

Spring Semester:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

1/14/2013

4/29/2013

Semester Break:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

12/20/2012

1/13/2013

Spring Break:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

3/17/2013

3/24/2013

CLINICAL COURSES/PROGRAMS OFFERED

Clinical Courses/Program	Enrollment Based on
Urban Legal Clinic	Open to 3L's who have completed evidence course
Child Advocacy Clinic	Open to upper class students
Constitutional Litigation Clinic	Open to upper class students
Environmental Law Clinic	Open to upper class students
Federal Tax Clinic	Open to upper class students
Special Education Clinic	Open to upper class students
Women's Rights Litigation Clinic	Open to upper class students

SPECIAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

MOOT COURT PROGRAM

Is Moot Court a required activity?

Yes

Please describe program, including when students participate, how board members are selected, etc.

Appellate Advocacy is introduced to 1st year students through the required research and writing course and offered as an advanced course. Students become members of the Moot Court Board through a writing competition. Upper-class students participate in intramural competitions and successful teams are also entered in many other interscholastic competitions.

JOURNALS/ACTIVITIES

JOURNALS

Journals	No. of Students	Grades	Write-on	Intv.	Other
Rutgers Law Review		blend			N/A
Rutgers Computer and Tech. Law Journal			x		N/A
Race and the Law Review			x		N/A
Women's Rights Law Reporter			x		N/A
Rutgers Law Record			x		N/A
Rutgers Conflict Resolution Journal			x		N/A
Rutgers Business Journal			x		N/a

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

American Bar Association

American Constitution Society

Art Law Society

Asian/Pacific-American Law Student Association

Association of Black Law Students

Association of Latin-American Law Students

Christian Legal Society

Environmental Law Society

Evening Student Association

Federalist Society

Human Rights Forum

Irish-American Law Society

Jewish Law Students Association

Justinian Law Society

Law Students for Choice

Medicine and Health Law Society

Moot Court Board

Muslim Student Association

Older and Wiser Law Students (OWLS)

Pro Bono Service Program

Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF)

Race and the Law Review

Rutgers Air and Space Association

Rutgers Business Journal

Rutgers Civil Liberties Union

Rutgers Computer and Tech. Law Journal

Rutgers Conflict Resolution Journal

Rutgers Intellectual Property Law Society

Rutgers International Law Society

Rutgers Labor and Employment Law Society

Rutgers Law Record

Rutgers Law Review

Rutgers Law Runners Club

Rutgers Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender

Rutgers Student Lawyers Guild

Student Bar Association

Sports and Entertainment Society

Women's Law Forum

Women's Rights Law Reporter

GRADING SYSTEM

EXPLANATION OF GRADING SYSTEMS

Letter Grades	Other Grade System?	Numerical Equivalents
A+		4.33
A		4.0
A-		3.67
B+		3.33
B		3.0
B-		2.67
C+		2.33
C		2.0
C-		1.67
D	U w/credit	1.0
F	U wo/credit	0.0

Comments:

MINIMUM GRADE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN (Based on May 2012 graduation class)

Top 10%:

Rutgers

Top 25%:

Newark

Top 33%:

does not

Top 50%:

rank its

Top 75%:

students

Median GPA:

Minimum grade required for graduation:

2.0

Do you have a pass/fail option?

Yes

If "Yes", please describe:

12 credits may be taken pass/fail but not for required courses.

Are students ranked in their class?

If so, how often?

Will the school verify student grades?

Yes

Please describe policy:

Rutgers - Newark will not release grades without the student's permission. However, the Law School will verfiy grades submitted by a student.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Name of Award	No. Awarded	Selection Process
Tischler Scholar	5	Top students in each day
Twenty other prizes for academic		and evening class
excellence in general and in
specific areas awarded at
graduation.

GRADUATION HONORS

	% of Class Receiving	GPA Required	# of Students
Order of the Coif:	Top 10% of	class
Summa cum laude:	*1%
Magna cum laude:	*2-5%
Cum laude:	Top 10%
Other:	*Determined	by Faculty	Committee

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Areas of practice (Include both legal and non-legal positions)	% of employed students with jobs in area	Employment locations	% of students with known location who are in region
Private practice:	25.5	New England:
Business and industry:	17	Middle Atlantic:	94
Government:	11	East North Central:
Judicial clerkship:	39	West North Central:
Military:	1	South Atlantic:	3
Public interest organization:	3	East South Central:
Academic:	3	West South Central:	0.5
Job category not identified:	0.5	Mountain:	0.5
		Pacific:	0.5
		Non-US:	1

Jurisdictions: (states and/or metropolitan areas)
with the highest % of graduates from the most recent graduating class

New Jersey
New York

ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS

Week invitations are sent to employers:

February 24, 2012

OCI requests accepted by:

Mail Beginning Date:	02/24/2012
Phone beginning date:
Email beginning date:	02/24/2012	To Email:	careerdevelopment@kinoy.rutgers.edu
Online beginning date:	02/24/2012	URL:	https://law-rutgers-csm.symplicity.com/

Please specify any changes in OCI procedures or policies that will be in effect for the first time during Fall 2013 :

OCI date assignment procedure:
	First come first served	Random
	Early/Late Rotation	Out of state employer by geographic location

Comments:

OCI Fee?

Contributions to the Law School are always welcomed.

OCI date confirmation will be sent to employers:

if requested our school will coordinate with:

Seton Hall University School of Law

Describe required employer forms:

OCI DATES

OCI dates for August:

08/13/2012 - 08/17/2012

OCI dates for Fall:

09/05/2012 - 10/30/2012

OCI dates for Spring:

01/30/2013 - 03/29/2013

Flyback dates:

Is video conferencing available? Yes

Comments:

Are employers permitted to prescreen? Yes

If "No", explain:

OCI drop date:

Date student materials sent to employer:

Date interview schedule sent to employer:

Postage/express mail fee?

Comments:

Do you provide resume collection or direct mail option for employers not participating in OCI? Yes

Are all OCI conducted in campus buildings? Yes

If "No", describe alternatives and reservation procedure:

OTHER INTERVIEW PROGRAMS

Cooperative/Consortia:

NYU Public Interest and Public Service Legal Career Symposium - February
Loyola Patent Law Interview Program - August
Equal Justice Works Career Fair and Conference - October

Diversity Interview Programs:

Boston Lawyers Group Job Fair - September
Delaware Minority Job Fair - August & January
National Black Prosecutors Association Job Fair - July
New Jersey Law Firm Group Job Fair - August
Northeast BLSA Job Fair, Inc. - August
Impact Career Fair - August

JOB POSTING

Will you send, upon request, one package containing resumes/transcripts? Yes

Will you post a notice directing students to apply directly to employer? Yes

If you provide job listings for graduates, describe how to send notice, when employers can expect responses, length of time notice is posted (whether in print or online), etc.;

Employers can register and post positions for students and alumni through our online job database (https://law-rutgers-csm.symplicity.com/employers/). Employers can also e-mail or send a copy of postings to the Career Services Office (careerdevelopment@kinoy.rutgers.edu). Unless otherwise requested, all postings will be posted on our job website for 60 days or until we are notified that the job has been filled. Candidates will respond directly, or the office will coordinate a resume collection.

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

Describe any special regulations pertaining to the recruitment of first year students that are in addition to the NALP guidelines. For example, are first year students eligible for spring OCI? When are job notices posted during second semester?

We follow NALP Guidelines. First-year students are eligible for Spring OCI. Job notices for first-year students are posted upon receipt, beginning in December.

DIVERSITY PROGRAMS

First year summer internship program, sustained through contributions from law firms and the Law School, administered by the Assistant Dean for Minority Student Program and the Minority Student Program Committee. We participate in the Northeast Minority Job Fair and the New Jersey Law Firm Group, an organization committed to the hiring and retention of diverse law students and attorneys.

PRO BONO PROGRAM

The Eric R. Neisser Pro Bono Program provides interested students with opportunities to perform volunteer work with a wide variety of projects and offices engaged in public service, both in Newark and elsewhere. Completion of 35 hours of legal pro bono work will result in a transcript notation and a certificate upon graduation. This work can be done with civil or criminal public interest offices, or with one of the law school based public service programs. The Pro Bono Program has an office located on the Atrium level of the law school.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Rutgers School of Law in Newark is firmly committed to a policy against discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or marital or veteran's status. Accordingly the School requires that employers using the services of the Career Services Office comply with this policy and use of services indicates concurrence. Please direct any questions to The Office of Career Services.

NARRATIVES/OTHER NOTES

NARRATIVES

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW-NEWARK

        Rutgers School of Law-Newark is widely regarded as the premier public law school in the Northeast.  Founded in 1908 as the New Jersey Law School, and incorporated in 1946 into Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the law school moved into the new Center for Law and Justice in January 2000.  The law school offers a three-year full or four-year part-time program leading to the Juris Doctor degree.  Both programs have equally rigorous entrance and accountability requirements.  The School also offers interdisciplinary and joint degree programs combining law study with urban planning, business, criminal justice, social work and philosophy.
        More than 3,000 applications are received annually, from which about 240 students are enrolled.  The faculty believes that the presence of diverse perspectives and backgrounds in the classroom is essential to a complete understanding of the law and its relation to contemporary social problems.  The law school therefore seeks and attracts a student body with breadth of experience and depth of talent, and provides unparalleled opportunity for women, minorities, and others who historically have been excluded from the legal profession.
        Our highly selective admissions process enrolls students of extraordinary academic and professional promise, who enrich the classroom with their intellectual strength as well as their significant life and work experience.  Many of our students already have earned one or more advanced degrees and have achieved considerable success in business, the arts, social work, medicine, or government before entering law school.  Others have studied or lived abroad, adding a global perspective to the classroom discourse.
        Rutgers alumni, now numbering more than 10,000, hold positions of prominence in legal and political circles.  Our graduates serve in many policy positions in federal, state, and local government.  As leaders of the bench and the bar, Rutgers graduates have established a national reputation for public service and for honoring the highest ethical and professional standards.
        The law school's rigorous curriculum ensures the development of professional skills and values within a theoretical framework that promotes intellectual growth and a commitment to justice.  First-year students learn the essential conceptual, analytical, and research methods to be effective lawyers in complex environments.  Upper-level students build on those skills through our extensive curriculum of 200 class, clinic and seminar options.  The faculty reviews the curriculum regularly to ensure that the offerings prepare students for a rapidly changing legal environment.
        Rutgers law students get hands-on experience in one or more of our pioneering clinical programs in constitutional rights litigation, child advocacy, federal taxation, special education, community law, urban legal needs, women's rights, and environmental protection.  The law school's strong and historic commitment to public service is also evident in the Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program, including our public interest fellowship programs and our Pro Bono Program.  The law school also has a study abroad program at the University of Leiden in Holland.  Students selected for the program study European economic law and other international issues.

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