The School of Law’s Diversity
Program
Recognizing the need for diversity within the legal profession, the
School of Law actively seeks qualified students of color, as well
as members of other traditionally underrepresented groups, as
candidates for yearly admission.
View the
Diversity Brochure.
The Law School Admission Council’s Discover Law initiative provides
tips and resources to help law school applicants develop a
competitive application package.
Summer
Institute
The School of Law sponsors a special educational program for
individuals who have faced the challenges
of discrimination, chronic financial hardship and/or other
social, educational or physical disadvantages to such an extent
that their undergraduate performance or LSAT score cannot otherwise
warrant unconditional acceptance into the entering class.
This conditional program, available at no charge to participants,
consists of a course in legal writing and a substantive course
taught and graded according to the same qualitative standards
applied to all first-year courses. Drawing upon the Vincentian
tradition of concern for the disadvantaged, this program enables
applicants to demonstrate that they have the ability to succeed in
law study. The Institute is limited to 30 students each
summer.Applicants may include a letter or addendum, along with
their application, expressing interest in the Summer Institute
Program.
The Ronald H. Brown Center for
Civil Rights and Economic Development
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development is named after Ronald H. Brown, a St. John’s law school
alumnus, who served as the first African American Secretary of
Commerce and the first African American Chair of the Democratic
National Committee.
The Ronald H. Brown Center
Programs
Designed to increase the Pipeline of Law Students from
Underrepresented Backgrounds. For additional information on the
Center and the Programs please visit the Ron
Brown Center Website.
Minority Students - A Legacy of
Success
When the doors to St. John’s University School of Law first opened
in 1925, they were opened largely to provide equal educational
opportunity to people who, in that era, were denied that access
everywhere else. Now, more than 80 years later, that mission is as
strong as it has ever been.
As a vital part of our legacy as one of the area’s top law
schools, minority graduates of the School of Law have been named to
highly coveted positions as judicial clerks with judges of the:
- New York State Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York
In additon, minority graduates have pursued career in public
service such as:
- Corporation Counsel of New York City
- Legal Aid Society
- New York County District Attorney's Office
Further evidence of our reputation among the top law schools,
minority graduates of the School of Law have entered private
practice as associates with such prominent law firms as:
- Battle Fowler, LLP
- Fish & Neave
- Herrick Feinstein LLP
- Hunton & Williams
- Mendes & Mount LLP
- O’Melveny & Myers LLP
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
- Weil Gotshal and Manges LLP
- Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelmen & Dicker
A Vibrant Minority
Community
Our historical mission, along with our location in Queens,
New York, results in a community of learners that is reflective of
the world's diverse populations. And within this vibrant
community, knowledge, scholarship and service come alive every day
in ways that simply would not be possible absent this rich
diversity.