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Rutgers School of Law–Newark
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Motto Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra
Established 1908[1]
School type Public[1]
Parent endowment US $603 million (systemwide)[2]
Dean John J. Farmer, Jr.
Location Newark, New Jersey, USA
40°44′26″N 74°10′23″W / 40.74059°N 74.17307°W / 40.74059; -74.17307Coordinates: 40°44′26″N 74°10′23″W / 40.74059°N 74.17307°W / 40.74059; -74.17307
Enrollment 610 (full-time), 229 (part-time)[1]
Faculty 84[1]
USNWR ranking #84[1]
Website law.newark.rutgers.edu

Rutgers School of Law–Newark is the oldest of the three law schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, at 123 Washington Street, in downtown Newark. Founded in 1908 as the New Jersey Law School, it merged with the University of Newark in 1936, which later became part of Rutgers University.[3] The school is accredited by the American Bar Association; is a member of the Association of American Law Schools; and is registered with the Board of Regents of the State of New York. On September 9, 2008, the law school celebrated its centennial. Today, its graduates include two current United States Senators and chairpersons of some of the most powerful New York law firms.

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Academics[edit]

The J.D. program at Rutgers requires a total of 84 credits to graduate. The 1L curriculum requires traditional courses in Torts, Contracts, Property, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Legal Research & Writing. Second semester 1Ls are also required to choose an elective. All required 1L courses are graded on a standard B-curve. Rutgers ensures that students have a 'small section' class as 1Ls, taking one core class taught by a tenured faculty member and limited to the roughly 30 people in a student's track (with whom they also take all other first year courses). Admitted students may choose to attend Rutgers law classes on either a full-time or part-time basis. The 2008 edition of the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools notes that 251 1L's began at Rutgers last year, with 73% entering on a full-time basis.[4]

Rutgers law students may choose to pursue a number of joint degrees. These include:

– J.D./M.B.A. with Rutgers Business School.
– J.D./M.A. in Criminal Justice with the School of Criminal Justice.
– J.D./M.C.R.P. in City and Regional Planning with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
– J.D./M.S.W. with the Rutgers School of Social Work.
– J.D./M.D. in conjunction with the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.[5]

Admissions[edit]

Rutgers' selective admissions are administered with a process that offers applicants a choice between competing for admission based primarily on traditional measures such as LSAT scores and college GPAs, or, alternatively, on the basis of an applicant's life experience, with a lesser (though still significant) emphasis placed on traditional factors. Factors that may be considered in the Rutgers admissions process include, but are not limited to, work experience, personal accomplishments, and other aspects of the applicant's personal background.[6][7]

Rutgers' unique admissions process is particularly significant when contrasted with the efforts of other law schools to maximize the undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores of their incoming classes in order to improve their standing in popular law school ranking publications.[8]

Ranking[edit]

The Law School is ranked as a "Tier 2" school by the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Grad Schools." Rutgers Law–Newark is ranked 82nd overall in the 2012 U.S. News Law rankings, tied with nine other schools.[9] The Law School is ranked 54th in Super Lawyers' 2010 U.S. Law School Rankings.[10] In the 2013 National Jurist law school ratings, Rutgers was the highest rated New Jersey law school in the following categories: Professor Interest Grade, Diversity Grade (A), Professor Availability Grade, Affordability Grade, and Super Lawyers Grade. It was ranked higher than Seton Hall School of Law, its closest competitor, in the number of partners at NLJ 200 firms.

Journals[edit]

The law school has five student journals:

Additionally, there are two unaccredited journals:

  • Rutgers Business Law Review [3]
  • Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal [4]

Clinics[edit]

Rutgers School of Law – Newark provides extensive clinical education and legal services in its eight clinics, listed below.

  • Child Advocacy Clinic
  • Community Law Clinic
  • Constitutional Litigation Clinic
  • Environmental Law Clinic
  • Federal Tax Law Clinic
  • Immigrant Rights Clinic
  • Special Education Clinic
  • Urban Legal Clinic
  • Women's Rights Litigation Clinic[11]

Rutgers School of Law – Newark was the first law school in New Jersey to provide for clinical education.

Diversity[edit]

The Law School is committed to enrolling a diverse student body. Historically and today, it has been one of the most diverse schools in the nation. As of 2011, students of color account for 41% of the student body, well above the percentages at peer schools such as Seton Hall (8%), Fordham (14%), Cardozo (10%) and Brooklyn (12%).[12]

The Minority Student Program "provides mentoring, internships, and academic support to students who, regardless of race or ethnic origin, can demonstrate disadvantage through a history of socio-economic, educational, cultural, or other disadvantage." [13]

Notable alumni[edit]

Graduates of the law school are prominent in the judiciary, academic, private practice, public interest practice, and all levels of government. Two alumni are current United States Senators, at least nine are current federal judges, and at least two are chairs of "white shoe" law firms. Dozens are professors—tenured and/or clinical—at highly ranked law schools. Some of the most prominent include:

Judicial[edit]

  • Harold Ackerman (1928–2009), United States District Judge, District of New Jersey, 1979–2008.
  • Raymond L. Acosta, United States District Judge, District of Puerto Rico
  • Judith M. Barzilay, Judge, United States Court of International Trade.
  • Vincent Biunno, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey 1973-1991; Director of Prudential Insurance Co., 1960-1973.
  • Renee Marie Bumb, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey
  • Robert E. Cowen, United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
  • Mary C. Cuff, New Jersey Appellate Division, Presiding Judge (currently sitting on New Jersey Supreme Court).
  • Legrome Davis, United States District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • Rosemary Gambardella, United States Bankruptcy Judge, District of New Jersey since 1985; the first woman to serve on that court; Chief Judge from August 1998 to August 2005.
  • Richard J. Hughes, Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court 1973-1979.
  • Barry Kamins, New York City Criminal Court Judge.
  • Jaynee LaVecchia, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court.
  • Margarita López-Torres, Judge, Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Brooklyn); first minority surrogate judge in State of New York; first woman surrogate in Kings County.
  • Virginia Long, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
  • William Martini, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey.
  • Barry Moskowitz, Chief United States District Judge, Southern District of California.
  • Morris Pashman (1912–1999), New Jersey Supreme Court Justice who served as mayor of Passaic, New Jersey from 1951 to 1955.[14]
  • Sylvia Pressler (1934–2010), Former Chief Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, and Editor of the New Jersey Court Rules.
  • Esther Salas, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey; first Hispanic woman appointed U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey, and first such Magistrate Judge.[15][16]
  • Diana L. Terry, Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals.
  • Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey
  • Alfred M. Wolin, United States District Judge, District of New Jersey 1987-2004.
  • James Yates, Judge, New York Supreme Court. Former Speaker of the New York Assembly.

Academia[edit]

  • Frank Askin, Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law- Newark. Former ACLU General Counsel. Current Director of Constitutional Litigation Clinic.
  • Dorothea A. Beane, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Caribbean Law and Policy, Stetson Law School.
  • Paula Berg, Professor of Law, City University of New York School of Law.
  • Leigh Bienen, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law.
  • Douglas Colbert, Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law.
  • George W. Conk, Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Fordham School of Law. Published in Yale Law Journal, among other top publications.
  • Mary Cheh, Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School. Washington, D.C. City Council member.
  • Ronald Chen, former Public Advocate of the State of New Jersey, Vice-Dean of Rutgers School of Law, Newark.
  • Patience Crowder, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Founder, Community Economic Development Clinic.
  • Bernard K. Freamon, Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School.
  • Louise A. Halper (1944–2008), Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law.
  • Diana J. Hassel, Professor of Law, Rogers Williams University School of Law.
  • C. Willard Heckel, Dean, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, 1963-1970.
  • Wade Henderson, President of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Counsel to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund; Professor of Law, Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia.
  • Leah Hill, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law and co-director of Fordham’s Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy.
  • Alan Hornstein, Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law.
  • John R. Kettle III, Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law in Newark.
  • Jules Lobel, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Constitutional rights litigator and scholar. President, Center for Constitutional Rights.
  • Kevin H. Michels, Faculty Chair in Legal Ethics and Professionalism and Visiting Associate Professor, Gonzaga University School of Law. Author of New Jersey Attorney Ethics treatise.
  • David W. Mills, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School. White collar defense litigator.
  • Louis Raveson, Professor of Law and Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Scholar at Rutgers School of Law in Newark. Expert in the law of evidence and noted litigator.[17]
  • Kathleen M. Ridolfi, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law School; Director, Northern California Innocence Project.
  • Marci Seville, Professor of Law, Golden Gate University Law School; Founder and Director, Women's Employment Rights Clinic.
  • Alfred Slocum, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers School of Law- Newark; former Public Advocate of New Jersey, and former Executive Director of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity.
  • Elizabeth Warren, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; United States Senator (D-MA); Chair of the Congressional Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) oversight panel.[18][19]
  • Clifford Zimmerman, Associate Dean and Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Law School.

Public Service[edit]

Public Interest[edit]

  • Fannie B. Besser, legendary poverty lawyer and one of the first female attorneys in New Jersey.[22]
  • Nancy Biberman, founder, Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation.[23]
  • Jeffrey Fogel, Director and lead attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights.
  • Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
  • Clinton Lyons, former president and CEO, National Legal Aid and Defender Association.
  • Hannah Pennington, Director of Sanctuary for Families’ Bronx Legal Project, the leading non-profit in New York dedicated to serving domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims and their children.
  • Elizabeth Blume Silverstein, (1892-1991) first woman to handle murder trial in New Jersey.[24]
  • Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
  • Lois Whitman, founder and director of Human Rights Watch's Children's Rights Division.[25]

Notable Private Practitioners[edit]

  • Lawrence E. Bathgate, II, Managing Partner, Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf.
  • Candace Krugman Beinecke, Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed; first female chair of a major New York firm.
  • Angelo J. Genova, founding partner, Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster, Newark.
  • Arthur Greenbaum, prominent real estate attorney; partner, Greenbaum Smith Rowe Davis.
  • Joseph A. Hayden Jr., noted trial attorney. Named partner, Walder Hayden & Brogan, P.A.
  • Mary Beth Hogan, Chair of Litigation, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
  • Martin Klepper, partner, Skappen Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Washington D.C., Co-head of the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects Group
  • Ann Berger Lesk, head of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP trusts and estates department in New York City, and President of the New York County Lawyers' Association.[26]
  • Miguel A. Pozo, member, Lowenstein Sandler PC, listed on Law Journal's "Top 40 Under 40."
  • Samuel Saiber, founder, Saiber LLC
  • Elnardo J Webster, partner, Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster, Newark.

Business and others[edit]

  • Stuart Alderoty, General Counsel of HSBC North America. Former Chief Litigation Officer of American Express.
  • Marc Berson, Founder and Chairman of Fidelco Group; philanthropist.
  • Mark Angelson, Trustee and Treasurer of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Chairman of IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund. Former Deputy Mayor of Chicago under Rahm Emanuel. Prolific investor and executive.
  • George McPhee, Vice President and General Manager, Washington Capitals (NHL)
  • Paul S. Miller, former Chairman of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Special Counsel to Kaye Scholer LLP, '100 Most Influential Lawyers in America' listing by National Law Journal.
  • Ozzie Nelson, Entertainer.
  • Lynne Stewart, Prominent lawyer and civil rights activist. Convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist client.
  • Linda Willett, General Counsel of Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Chair of Legal Momentum, the oldest women's rights advocacy group.
  • Marvin A. White, CEO of Misha Designs, Miami, Florida.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rutgers%2C-the-state-university-of-new-jersey-newark-03098
  2. ^ "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010". National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Newark marks anniversary with opening of modern residential, research buildings — Rutgers News Center
  4. ^ http://officialguide.lsac.org//SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA2512.pdf ABA Official Guide Retrieved on 07-28-2007
  5. ^ http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/joint_degree.html Joint Degree Programs Retrieved on 07-28-2007
  6. ^ http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/rutapp2007.pdf
  7. ^ Rutgers School of Law - Newark - Admissions
  8. ^ Efrati, Amir (August 26, 2008). "Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter 'Gaming'". The Wall Street Journal. 
  9. ^ Best Law Schools 2011, U.S. News & World Report, accessed September 18, 2011.
  10. ^ [1], Super Lawyers 2010 Law School Rankings.
  11. ^ The Women's Rights Litigation Clinic has been inactive since 2006.
  12. ^ ShowAllSchools
  13. ^ Rutgers School of Law - Newark - Minority Student Program
  14. ^ Honan, William H. "Morris Pashman, 87, Champion of Free Speech on New Jersey's Highest Court", The New York Times, October 10, 1999. Accessed October 19, 2009.
  15. ^ a b "SPOTLIGHT ON: Hon. Esther Salas ’94 – First Latina on New Jersey District Court". Rutgers School of Law[[{{subst:DATE}}|{{subst:DATE}}]] [disambiguation needed]. accessed July 28, 2011.
  16. ^ Sanabria, Santo. "Local roots". The Union City Reporter. July 24, 2011. pages 1 and 12
  17. ^ "Faculty Profile: Louis Raveson", Rutgers School of Law[[{{subst:DATE}}|{{subst:DATE}}]] [disambiguation needed]. Accessed March 22, 2011.
  18. ^ Rutgers School of Law- Newark. "Interview with Elizabeth Warren", Nov. 9, 2011. Accessed Nov. 19, 2011.
  19. ^ Henriques, Diana B. (December 2, 2008). "Bailout Monitor Sees Lack of a Coherent Plan". The New York Times. 
  20. ^ Cornelius Augustine McGlennon, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 2, 2007.
  21. ^ Grimes, William. "Sybil R. Moses, Prosecutor and Longtime New Jersey Judge, Dies at 69", The New York Times, January 24, 2009. Accessed October 20, 2009.
  22. ^ "Fannie Bear Besser Obituary, New York Times", Accessed March 12, 2013.
  23. ^ "Nancy Biberman's Full Bio", Accessed March 12, 2013.
  24. ^ "Jewish Women's Archive", Accessed March 12, 2013.
  25. ^ "Lois Whitman ’76 – A Pioneering Advocate for Children Around the World", Rutgers School of Law[[{{subst:DATE}}|{{subst:DATE}}]] [disambiguation needed], January 2011. Accessed January 5, 2011.
  26. ^ [2], Fried Frank: Lesk, Ann Berger. Accessed October 16, 2009.

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