If you’re looking for a place where you can engage deeply with professors and peers, enjoy your time outside of class, and position yourself for a successful career post graduation, you’ll find it at Cornell Law.
WHY CORNELL LAW?
Size
With about 600 J.D. students, we are a
close-knit, collegial community of learners.
Employment
Last year’s graduates secured solid positions around the country and the world.
Location
The backdrop to the Cornell Law School experience is Ithaca, a beautiful and cosmopolitan small city in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.
“I loved my time at the law school. I felt like I really grew, not just academically and professionally, but personally too by meeting people who had different perspectives. Being part of a close-knit and supportive community helped me reset expectations I had for myself.”
A DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEOS
The Right Size
When you become a student at Cornell Law,
you join a close-knit collegial community of learners.
Small Classes, Large Offerings
Our small student body means you can interact with your classmates in a supportive and friendly environment. And, in spite of our small size, we offer an impressively wide-ranging curriculum.
Dedicated Teachers, Engaged Scholars
In addition to being prolific scholars, our professors are committed to the classroom. With a low student-faculty ratio, you'll have more opportunities to interact with and get to know your professors than at most top law schools.
Robust Experience, Practical Learning
When students participate in one of our many clinics or externships, they work together with real clients on real issues of law. They engage in actual cases and gain invaluable practical experience at all levels of the process.
“Day after day, the smaller class size at Cornell enables me to learn from my amazing classmates and to be challenged by leading scholars and practitioners in all fields of law.”
The Right Location
Living
The natural world of Ithaca is breathtaking. You can easily escape your desk by hiking trails along the gorges, taking dips in waterfalls and lakes, biking on woodland paths, skiing down slopes and across fields, or picnicking in the area's many state parks. And with a thriving music and arts community, Ithaca offers abundant cultural opportunities as well.
Dining
Ithaca is known as a culinary hotspot, with more restaurants per capita than New York City and over 100 vineyards in the surrounding Finger Lakes region. A thriving farm-to-table movement has local chefs and farmers working together in sustainable (and delicious) ways. It’s no wonder some call Ithaca “a foodie paradise.”
Housing
The university offers a number of housing options close to the Law School for graduate students. In and around the Ithaca area are also many other fine places to live including modern and historical apartments in private buildings, houses and cooperatives in charming neighborhoods.
“There was no better option for me than Cornell Law and its location in Ithaca. The small class size and deep connection to New York City made it an easy choice.”
THE BACKDROP TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
JD PROGRAM IN NYC
The Program in Information and Technology Law
Through an innovative new program, students can now spend a semester in New York City studying information and technology law at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island. In the midst of the fastest growing tech market in the country, students will explore a variety of legal issues such as privacy and cybersecurity or the constitutional law implications of new technology and big data. Up to twenty JD students can participate full time during any given semester in the Program in Information and Technology Law.
The Right Outcome
Step Into Success
Upon graduation, Cornell Law students are fully prepared for the challenges of the legal landscape. Plus, they stand out in the employment marketplace.
“Cornell Law has provided me with the flexibility to craft my legal education according to my career interests.”
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