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Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law
Yeshiva University Crest
Motto צדק צדק תרדף
Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof
(Justice, justice, shall you seek)
Established 1976
Type Private
Dean David Rudenstine
Faculty 55
Undergraduates 0
Postgraduates 1108
Location New York City, New York, USA
Campus Urban
Journals 10
Website www.cardozo.yu.edu

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is the law school of Yeshiva University in New York City. The school is named for Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo.

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[edit] Overview

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Cardozo is a relatively new law school, having graduated its first class in 1979. [1] Cardozo's success as a young school has been remarkable, leading some to characterized Cardozo as a "rising star" among law schools. [2] Only two young schools have matched Cardozo's rise in the U.S. News & World Report rankings – BYU Law School (founded 1973) and George Mason University School of Law (founded 1972). [3]

Cardozo is currently ranked 53rd by U.S. News, which is the most widely read (and criticized) ranking of law schools. While Cardozo is noted for its strength in a variety of areas,[4] its Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution programs are exceptionally well know. This is due, in large part, to both programs being ranked 6th by U.S. News.

The Innocence Project, run by Cardozo Professor Barry Scheck, is also very well know and frequently reported on in the national news. [5]

Signifying its recognition by long-established law schools, in 1999, Cardozo became a member of the Order of the Coif, a scholastic honor society for law scholars. [6].

Cardozo's excellence was recently acknowledged when an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court selected a Cardozo graduate for a clerkship. [7] A Supreme Court clerkship is arguably the most prestigious appointment for law graduate and is an honor typically reserved for the very best students at the most elite law schools. [8] This is the second time a Cardozo graduate has been chosen for a Supreme Court clerkship. [9]

Most of Cardozo's 9,000 alumni reside in the New York metropolitan area, and they have a considerable presence in New York City. However, some Cardozo graduates pursue their career internationally and many can be found across the country in 46 states.[10]

[edit] Admission

Admission to Cardozo has become increasingly competitive. The GPA and LSAT scores of entering students are consistently higher than schools with similar rankings.

The class entering in Fall 2005 had a 3.5 median GPA and a 164 median LSAT score. The top quarter of LSAT scores were 166 or higher, and the top 25% of the incoming class had a 3.72 GPA or higher. [11]

The top undergraduate feeder schools for Cardozo have been Cornell University, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, the State University of New York, and the University of California. [12][13][14] Approximately 20% of incoming students hail from the Ivy League. [15]

[edit] Rankings

[edit] General Rankings

U.S. News ranked Cardozo 53rd<ref>America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Top Law Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.</ref>. However, other well respected, and arguably more reliable, measures of law school quality suggest that U.S. News ranked Cardozo far too low.

  • 15th - Most Prolific Faculty <ref>James Lindgren & Daniel Seltzer, The Most Prolific Law Professors and Faculties, 71 CHI.-KENT. L. REV.781, 793 (1996).</ref>

[edit] Specialty Rankings

  • 2nd - Most Cited Arts & Entertainment Law Journal <ref>Law Journals: Submissions and Rankings. Washington & Lee Law School. Retrieved on 2006-11-20. Filtered by "Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law" and "2006 Jnls."</ref> (1st in Scholarly Impact and Cites by Courts) <ref>Law Journals: Submissions and Rankings. Washington & Lee Law School. Retrieved on 2006-11-20. Filtered by "Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law," "2006 Cases" and "2006 IF." The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court three times. See Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 780-81 (2003); Arkansas Educ. Television Com'n v. Forbes, 523 U.S. 666, 687 n.7 (1998); Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569, 578 (1994).</ref>

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Judges

On Cardozo's website it is reported that 30 Cardozo alums are now on the bench. [16]

[edit] Academia

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  • Lawrence A. Cunningham '88 - Boston College Law School, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and noted author of books on investing [26]
  • Melanie Leslie '91 - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Professor and noted coauthor of a leading Trusts and Estates casebook [27]
  • Elizabeth Rosen '82 - New York Law School, Associate Professor of Applied Legal Analysis; Assistant Director, Writing Program [[28]
  • Mary Bryna Spector '86 - Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Associate Professor [29]
  • Peter K. Yu '99 - Michigan State University College of Law, Associate Professor [30]

[edit] Fame from Non-Legal Careers

[edit] Partners at Top 50 Law Firms <ref>Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, 6th Edition. Vault. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.</ref>

Despite Cardozo's relative youth and comparatively small alumni, graduates from Cardozo have made partner at many of the 50 most prestigious law firms. With associates at all top 50 firms, more partners are in the making. According to Cardozo's website, nearly 200 Cardozo graduates are partners at major law firms. [37]

[edit] Location and Facilites

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[edit] Publications

[edit] Student-Edited

[edit] Faculty-Edited

[edit] Clinics and Internships

  • Alexander Fellows Program
  • Bet Tzedek Legal Services Clinic [99]
  • Corporation Counsel's Appellate Externship
  • Criminal Appeals Clinic [100]
  • Criminal Defense Clinic [101]
  • Family Court Clinic
  • Heyman/ACCA In-house Counsel Internship
  • Holocaust Restitution Claims Practicum
  • Human Rights and Genocide Clinic [102]
  • Immigration Law Clinic
  • Innocence Project [103]
  • Intellectual Property Externship
  • Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP)
  • Labor and Employment Law Externship
  • Mediation Clinic [104]
  • NYC Law Department Internship Program
  • Public Sector Internship
  • Securities Arbitration Clinic [105]
  • Summer Institute for Career Development
  • Tax Clinic
  • Telecommunications Workshop
  • U.S. Attorneys Office/SDNY


[edit] Centers, Institutes, and Programs

  • The Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
  • The Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Laws
  • The Leonard and Bea Diener Institute of Jewish Law
  • The Program in Family Law, Policy, and Bioethics
  • The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy [106]
  • The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance [107]
  • The Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies [108]
  • Intellectual Property Law Program [109]
  • The Program in Jewish Law and Interdisciplinary Studies [110]
  • Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution [111]
  • Stephen B. Siegel Program in Real Estate Law
  • The Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media, and Society [112]

[edit] Student Organizations

[edit] Faculty

[edit] Full-time

[edit] Visiting

Cardozo's full-time faculty members are frequently invited to visit at the most elite law schools. Only five law schools (Yale, Columbia, Chicago, Berkeley, and Texas) have more faculty visiting at the top six law schools. <ref>Visiting Professors, 2006-07. Brian Leiter's Law School Reports. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.Alex Stein and Edward Zelinsky are visiting at Yale and Suzanne Last Stone is at Columbia.</ref> Cardozo also regularly attracts high quality visiting faculty members.

[edit] Adjunct

[edit] Former Faculty

Cardozo has a reputation for recruiting young talent to join its faculty, as is demonstrated by the high number of Cardozo faculty who go on to teach at top 15 law schools.

[edit] Notable Guests, Speakers, and Panelists

[edit] Politics and Government


[edit] Entertainment and Media

[edit] Private Practice

[edit] Corporate and Business

[edit] International

[edit] Public Interest

[edit] Judiciary

[edit] Law Professors

[edit] Footnotes

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[edit] External links

Law schools in New York City
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law • Brooklyn Law School • City University of New York School of Law • Columbia Law School • Fordham University School of Law • New York Law School • New York University School of Law • Touro Law School
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