Rutgers School of Law-Newark
| Rutgers Law School (Newark campus) | |
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| Motto | Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra |
| Established | 1908 |
| School type | Public |
| Parent endowment | US$603 million (systemwide) |
| Dean | Ronald K. Chen (co-dean) |
| Location |
Newark, New Jersey, U.S. 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 | 501 (full-time), 169 (part-time) |
| Faculty | 88 |
| USNWR ranking | 87 |
| Website | law |
Formerly the "Rutgers School of Law–Newark," the Newark campus of Rutgers Law School is one of the two campuses of the public law school of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and is located in the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, on the campus of Rutgers University-Newark, in downtown Newark, New Jersey. It and the Camden campus are the two campuses of the unified law school of Rutgers University, which is one of only two law schools in the state of New Jersey. The former Rutgers Law School–Newark officially merged with the former Rutgers School of Law–Camden on July 31, 2015, after gaining ABA approval, thereby creating the unified Rutgers Law School with two urban campuses.
Before the merger, the former Rutgers Law School–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 Law School–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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