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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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The admissions process is similar to most law schools. The school looks
at LSAT and undergrad GPA. You must also supply recommendations and
writ... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The LS admissions process seems to have gotten a lot more competitive and
stringent compared to when I applied. For example, I recall the magic
num... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Fordham law school had a fairly standard admissions process including an
essay portion. Applicants are judged on their undergraduate GPA, LSATs
a... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The admissions process was much the same as it is at law other law schools:
LSAT scores count for a great deal, as do undergraduate grades. Law app... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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The professors were superb. Grading was tough. Workload, like at most
law schools, was incredibly rigorous. READ MORE
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Alumni
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The first year of classes were the best and worst. Best in the sense
that you felt less insecure and helpless b/c you saw the same peole
everyday (... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Fordham Law School has the most loyal alumni network of any law school
for a reason. Fordham is a wonderful place to learn the law. The
professo... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The Fordham faculty is very strong. I'm in my third year. I've had two or three
duds, but fourteen or fifteen terrific teachers. We have a new de... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Fordham grads do very well in the New York legal market. Most of the top firms in the nation come to the school's on-campus recruiting. Fordham grad... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The CPC is awful, they don't help with anything except scheduling OCI interviews, they are worthless although the website is helpful for a job search. READ MORE
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Alumni
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Fordham has an excellent career placement record and an active career planning department. Hundreds of employers from the private sector and the gove... READ MORE
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Current Student
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I think I speak for most when I say that we like the people in career services but we don't feel they do enough for us. At the same time, they, as we... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Fordham is located on the Upper West Side, which is a great neighborhood. The law school, though, is housed in a pretty
lame building. I'm told, h... READ MORE
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Alumni
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housing is great, no campus, beautiful facilities, expansive library,
great neighborhood, no crime, plenty safe READ MORE
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Alumni
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I lived off campus in the Lincoln Center area as did many of my
classmates. However, in 1996, Fordham opened a huge, beautiful
dormitory right in... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Our building is threadworn. The library is new and comfortable, the faculty offices
are nice, the lobby is fine, but much of the rest of the buildi... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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It's a law school! People study really, really hard. READ MORE
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Alumni
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not many bars, colisseum is the fordham haunt of choice, but you're in
nyc so you can find your own scene, plus you don't wanna be hangin out
with l... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Since Fordham law is located on the upper west side of Manhattan,
students are right in the middle of a city full of opportunities to
socialize. ... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The best thing about Fordham is that there's a spirit of comraderie among
students. I dont know what accounts for it. We're in the midst of an ext... READ MORE
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