The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is the law school of

Pace University Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pace ...

located in

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. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the

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(ABA)

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it in 1978. Pace has a top-ranked

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program.

Overview

In 2016, the law school renamed itself after Elisabeth Haub in recognition of Haub's environmental advocacy and philanthropy. Its campus is also home to the

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, which serves as a statewide center for the education, training, and research facility for all judges and justices of the New York State Unified Court System.

Admissions

For the class starting in 2021, 48.10% of applicants were accepted by the law school, 30.47% of those accepted enrolled, and the average enrolled student had a 152

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score and a 3.4 undergraduate GPA.

Bar passage rate

In 2017, 89.02% passed the bar within two years of graduation. In 2019, 84.12% passed from the jurisdiction of New York and 71.81% passed from 8 remaining jurisdictions.

Joint programs

The law school has several joint degree programs, including Yale School of the Environment's Master of Environmental Management (MEM), with Pace's Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law, an M.P.A. degree from Pace University's Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, an M.B.A. degree from Pace University's Lubin School of Business, a

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree with

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in women’s studies, or a

M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

degree with

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Center for Environmental Policy.

Clinics

The Pace Community Law Practice was launched in September 2012. It is a first-of-its-kind legal residency and incubator program where recent graduates serve as Fellows intensively learning legal practice under the supervision of experienced attorneys and gaining the tools to create solo and small practices.

Employment

According to its official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 79.51% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment or JD-advantage employment after graduation. The law School's

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Employment Score is 71.1% for JD required employment, and its Under-Employment Score is 14.5%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.

Rankings

In 2022, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the law school #142.

Environmental Law Program

In 2022, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the law school's ''Advanced Certificate in

'' program #1 (tied with

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and

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Notable alumni and faculty

References

External links

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Pace University—Elisabeth Haub School of Law
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