Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law - Rankings

Rankings

General rankings

• U.S. News ranked Cardozo 56th out of 194 law schools. By other measures, the law school ranks:
• 13th - Faculty Quality
• 17th - Highest Percentage of Grads Hired by the 250 Largest Firms
• 31st - Princeton Review
• 34th - Student Quality
• 48th - Peer Reputation Ranking

Specialty rankings

• Top 3 - Law and Literature
• 4th - Critical Theories
• 5th - Law & Philosophy
• 7th - Dispute Resolution
• 11th - Intellectual Property
• 10th - LL.M./Masters of Law
• Top-20 Runner-Up - International & Comparative Law

Miscellaneous rankings

• 2nd - Most Cited Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (1st in Scholarly Impact and Cites by Courts)
• 2nd - Per Capita Publication For Law Schools Ranked Below 50 by U.S. News (2008)
• 3rd - New York State Bar Pass Rate (2007)
• 15th - Most Prolific Faculty
• 23rd - Most Cited Law Review
• 31st - Most SSRN Downloads
• Most Competitive Students

Bar examination passage rates

In 2011, Cardozo had a 90% bar passage rate, the fourth-highest bar-exam passage rate among the fifteen law schools in New York State.