Rutgers School of Law—Newark
| Rutgers Law School (Newark campus) | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra (Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also) |
| Parent school | Rutgers University |
| Established | 1908 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Ronald K. Chen (co-dean) |
| Location |
Newark, New Jersey, United States 40°44′26″N 74°10′23″W / 40.74059°N 74.17307°WCoordinates: 40°44′26″N 74°10′23″W / 40.74059°N 74.17307°W |
| Enrollment | 873 (full-time), 237 (part-time) (unified Rutgers Law School) |
| Faculty | 179 (unified Rutgers Law School) |
| USNWR ranking | 62 |
| Website | https://law.rutgers.edu/ |
| ABA profile | Rutgers Law School Profile |
The Newark campus of Rutgers Law School (formerly the Rutgers School of Law–Newark) is located in the Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers University-Newark, in Newark, New Jersey. It and the Camden campus are the two campuses of the unified Rutgers Law School. In 2015, the former Rutgers Law School–Newark officially merged with the former Rutgers School of Law–Camden, thereby creating the unified Rutgers Law School with two campuses.
U.S. News & World Report, in its 2018 rankings of Best Graduate Schools, ranked Rutgers Law School 62nd among 197 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association.
Before the merger, the former Rutgers School of Law–Newark was the oldest of the then-three law schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1908 as the New Jersey Law School, it merged in 1936 with the University of Newark, which itself merged with Rutgers University, the eighth oldest college in the country. The former Rutgers School of Law–Newark celebrated its centennial on September 9, 2008. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association, a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and registered with the Board of Regents of the State of New York. According to the former school's annual 2014 ABA-required disclosure, 85.5% of the Class of 2014 secured long-term employment nine months after graduation; 65.2% of the class was employed in full-time, long-term, J.D.–required positions nine months after graduation.
By the late 1960s, Rutgers School of Law–Newark had received the moniker "The People's Electric Law School." Its faculty included such activists as Arthur Kinoy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As of January 2017, the alumni of the former Rutgers Law School–Newark include two currently sitting United States senators, Robert Menendez and Elizabeth Warren.
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