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PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: 914.422.4210; Fax: 914.989.8714
E-mail: admissions@law.pace.edu; Website: www.law.pace.edu
A Well-Rounded Legal Education
Pace Law School is a national law school ranked among the
top environmental law schools in the country. Students can
explore a range of subject matters or pursue one of our
sixteen curriculum concentrations. Pace Law School also
offers a variety of clinics, centers, externships, and simulation
courses for hands-on practical experience. White Plains, New
York, home to Pace Law School, not only ranks in the top ten
nationwide for income and standard of living but is also just
20 miles north of the heartand pulseof New York City.
Founded in 1976, Pace Law School benefits from its
network of more than 7,000 alumni throughout the world.
Pace Law School offers full-time and part-time day programs,
the Master of Laws in Environmental Lawincluding the
nations first Climate Change track, the Land Use and
Sustainable Development track, Comparative Legal Studies,
and a Doctor of Laws in Environmental Law. The school is part
of Pace University, a comprehensive, independent, and
diversified university with campuses in New York City and
Westchester County.
A Varied Curriculum
The JD program provides students with the fundamental skills
necessary for the practice of law nationally, and the flexibility
to shape their elective coursework based on particular career
goals. The curriculum is based on the concept that rigorous
standards and high-quality teaching can coexist with an
atmosphere congenial to learning and enjoyment. Students
can obtain certificates in Environmental Law and in
International Law by completing a sequence of courses with a
specified GPA in the applicable area. Pace offers the
opportunity to pursue joint degrees in the JD/MBA and
JD/MPA programs, as well as the JD/MEM with Yale
University School of Forestry, the JD/MS in Environmental
Policy with Bard College, and the JD/MA in Womens History
with Sarah Lawrence College. Graduate law degrees, an LLM
in Comparative Legal Studies or Environmental Law and an
SJD in Environmental Law, attract attorneys from around the
world. Pace JD candidates taking 12 credits of environmental
law may earn LLM degrees in one additional semester.
The majority of elective classes have fewer than 25 students,
which enables close faculty-student relationships. The range
of scholarship reflects a faculty of diverse interests, and the
curriculum offers courses in traditional areas of legal study,
legal theory, and specialized studies. Curricular concentrations
include constitutional law, commercial law, corporate law, civil
litigation and dispute resolution, criminal law and criminal
procedure, evidence, family law, intellectual property, real
estate law, womens justice, and land use law. Faculty
scholarship also covers such specialized areas as the
Americans with Disabilities Act, childrens legal representation,
environmental and toxic torts, equal pay, hazardous waste,
health care fraud, international commercial law, land use, legal
and ethical issues in health care, nonprofit organizations,
prosecutorial and judicial ethics, racially motivated violence,
securities fraud, and white-collar crime.
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Renowned Centers and Programs
Pace Law School offers many clinics, simulation courses, and
externships through our on-campus centers, institutes, and
lawyering skills programs.
Students can represent the underserved through the Family
Court Externship with the Pace Womens Justice Center,
preserve individual liberties through our John Jay Legal
Services Immigration Justice Clinic, or work side-by-side with
Assistant District Attorneys through a prosecution externship
preparing and prosecuting criminal cases.
In the popular and growing field of environmental law,
students work on conservation and development matters
through the Land Use Law Center; help accelerate the worlds
transition to clean, efficient, and renewable energy alternatives
through the Pace Energy and Climate Center; extern with a
federal agency in Washington, DC; and help nation-states
develop climate change policies through the countrys only
United Nations Environmental Diplomacy Externship.
Pace Law Schools international programs allow students to
spend a summer abroad with one of the United Nations War
Crimes Tribunals, or intern locally through an international
trade with law firms and corporate legal departments handling
international trade matters. Students may also spend the
spring semester abroad through our Pace London Law Program.
Judicial externship programs allow students to hone their
writing skills in a mentoring program with a faculty member
and in the chambers of a state or United States district or
circuit court judge.
Whatever your interests, Pace Law School has the facilities
and resources to help you pursue them.
Modern Library and Physical Facilities
The Pace Law Library is housed in an airy, modern facility. The
law library contains an extensive collection of law and
law-related publications, provides access to materials in other
libraries in metropolitan New York and throughout the United
States, and subscribes to national online research systems
such as LexisNexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline and BNAs Law
School Professional Information Center. Pace Law students
have free access to these databases from computer terminals
distributed throughout the law library as well as in the
student lounge, and from their home computers. A wireless
network is available in the law library, classroom buildings,
and throughout the campus. The library was recently
renovated and features attractive, comfortable space in which
students can study individually or in groups.
Financial Aid
A comprehensive aid program has been developed to include
scholarships, need-based grants, employment, loans, and a
loan forgiveness program for graduates who choose a public
interest career. Over $1.6 million has been allocated for
first-year students. These funds may be available on the basis
of financial need and academic merit.

Supportive Career Development Services
The Center for Career Development and the Public Interest
Law Center offer a number of services to students and
alumni, including one-on-one counseling and rsum review;
panels and programs regarding the many areas of legal
practice; specific job, internship, and fellowship opportunities
(provided through our website); and on-campus interview and
rsum collection programs. The centers publish dozens of
career guides, available online, which provide an overview of
practice specialties and related legal employment markets,
descriptions of the various types of legal employers, and
specific legal recruiting information. The centers also produce
a monthly online newsletter and provide sample rsums and
cover letters. The staff actively solicits and identifies
employment opportunities through an on-campus career fair,
targeted mailings, and other outreach activities, as well as
develops and maintains an extensive collection of resources
for students and alumni to use in their job searches.
Respondents to the 2009 class survey reported 88.1 percent
employment within the nine months following graduation.
Student Activities
Pace Law School publishes three law reviews, the Pace Law
Review, the Pace Environmental Law Review, and the Pace
International Law Review. Students also work on the Journal
of Court Innovations, a joint journal created by Pace Law
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School and the New York State Judicial Institute, and
GreenLaw, an online blog published by the Pace Law Center
for Environmental Legal Studies. Students compete in
interscholastic moot court competitions, host the largest
environmental moot court competition in the country (the
National Environmental Moot Court Competition), and
participate in the Pace-sponsored and directed Willem C. Vis
International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the first and
largest international commercial arbitration moot court
competition of its kind, in Vienna, Austria. The school also
sponsors 26 active student organizations, focusing on
professional interests, diversity, politics, and social action.
Admission/Visits to Campus
Pace seeks students with demonstrated potential to
contribute meaningfully to the diversity of the law school
community and legal profession. Full-time students may apply
to enter in September or January. The January entry program
allows students to complete the program through an
accelerated two-and-a-half-year program.
The law school hosts several open house programs which
include tours; discussions with faculty, administrators, and
students; and information regarding the admission process,
financial aid, placement, and life at Pace Law School. For a
complete list of our on-campus events, visit our website at
www.law.pace.edu.
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APPLICANT PROFILE GRID
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This grid includes only applicants who earned 120180 LSAT scores under standard administrations.

GPA
3.50 3.50 3.25 3.25 3.00 3.00 2.75 2.75 2.50 2.50 2.25 2.25 2.00 2.00 Below Below No No
3.75+ 3.75+ 3.74 3.74 3.49 3.49 3.24 3.24 2.99 2.99 2.74 2.74 2.49 2.49 2.24 2.24 2.00 2.00 GPA GPA Total Total
LSAT Score Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm Apps Adm
175180 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
170174 6 6 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10
165169 7 7 13 13 13 10 10 8 8 6 6 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 64 47
160164 43 35 51 41 67 48 47 32 34 19 15 4 10 2 4 1 0 0 4 2 275 184
155159 67 55 117 96 148 121 147 103 87 45 42 17 30 4 14 0 2 0 7 6 661 447
150154 80 62 156 112 219 121 216 70 112 14 59 1 38 0 9 0 4 0 15 3 908 383
145149 36 8 102 19 130 10 135 1 91 0 55 0 24 0 9 0 2 0 17 0 601 38
140144 15 0 26 0 48 0 65 0 51 0 29 0 27 0 7 0 0 0 13 0 281 0
135139 3 0 13 0 14 0 24 0 17 0 19 0 11 0 7 0 3 0 5 0 116 0
130134 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 11 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 29 0
125129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
120124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 258 174 480 282 644 312 652 215 406 85 240 25 145 6 56 1 11 0 65 11 2957 1111
Apps = Number of Applicants
Adm = Number Admitted
Reflects 99% of the total applicant pool; highest LSAT data reported.