New York Law School

New York Law School (NYLS) is a private law school in New York City. NYLS has a full-time day program, a part-time evening program, and a two-year accelerated J.D. honours program.

New York Law School's faculty includes 54 full-time and 59 adjunct professors. Notable faculty members include Edward A. Purcell Jr., an authority on the history of the United States Supreme Court, and Nadine Strossen, constitutional law expert and president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008.

The 2017 edition of U.S. News and World Report, released in March 2016, ranked New York Law School at in its list of U.S. law schools up 16 spots from the prior year. That edition recognized the School for its clinical programs, part-time evening division, and diversity. Currently, U.S. News and World Report rank NYLS #117 in its 2019 U.S. law school rankings. NYLS is tied with the University of St. Thomas, Texas Tech University, Gonzaga University, and Creighton University.

The faculty has established seven academic centres which provide specialized study and offer opportunities for exchange between the students, faculty, and expert practitioners. These seven academic centres engage many students in advanced research through the John Marshall Harlan Scholars Program, an academic honours program designed for students with the strongest academic credentials. Harlan Scholars affiliated with a centre to focus on a particular field of study and complement the broader legal curriculum of the J.D. program.