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are offered. Given our favorable
faculty-student ratio, the majority
of classes have fewer than
30 students.
The law school provides an
extensive program of instruction
in advocacy studies. Some
of the most prominent practicing
attorneys in the region teach
courses in pretrial advocacy and
trial advocacy. In addition to the
full range of traditional course
offerings, our faculty offers
many courses in legal history,
jurisprudence, and public law
to promote our strong belief in
commitment to the community.
The school also offers an unusually
broad range of courses in
corporate and tax counseling,
constitutional law, criminal law,
health law, international law, litigation
and advocacy, and family
and women’s rights laws.
The curriculum strongly
emphasizes writing skills.
First-year students participate
in a yearlong course in legal
research, writing, and argument
taught by full-time writing faculty.
Small class size ensures
that students receive individual
attention from the faculty and
upper-level teaching assistants.
After their first year, students
are required to complete an
average of one course each term
that includes a significant writing
experience. The Rutgers Law
Journal, Rutgers Journal of Law
and Religion, and the Rutgers
Journal of Law and Urban Policy
are edited by students. The Law
Journal devotes one issue each
year to the field of state constitutional
law.
Many students, eager to put
their lawyering skills to practical
use, participate in one of our
many clinical programs. Some
students assist clients in our
elder law clinic on matters
such as Social Security and
landlord-tenant disputes. Others
work on pro bono bankruptcy
or domestic violence projects.
Students also work at the LEAP
Charter Academy. Our externship
programs afford third-year
students the opportunity to
work in judicial chambers, public
agencies, and public interest
organizations. Students in small
business counseling advise
clients on legal issues pertaining
to starting new businesses.
Students also may serve as
mediators in the alternative dispute
resolution program of the
local municipal courts.
OUR GRADUATES
The law school’s more than
6,000 alumni are leading members
of the bench and bar in the
public and private sectors.
Distinguished alumni include
two governors of the state of
New Jersey, a former United
States ambassador, members
of Congress and state legislatures,
federal and state judges,
corporate counsel and executives
at Fortune 500 companies,
and partners in outstanding
large and small firms throughout
the nation.
As a direct result of the quality
of legal education at Rutgers,
more then 95 percent of each
year’s class usually obtain
employment shortly after graduation.
Bar passage rates for
Rutgers’ School of Law–
Camden graduates typically
exceed state averages.
One measure of a school’s
excellence is the number of its
graduates selected by judges
to serve as their law clerks.
Rutgers places more than twice
the national average and is second
in the nation in placing its
graduates in these highly desirable
state and federal judicial
clerkships.
Rutgers’ School of Law–
Camden is a place where the
highest standards of legal scholarship
accompany the deepest
commitment to law as an instrument
of social justice.
As a relatively new member
of a community steeped in this
tradition of excellence, I welcome
your questions about our
school. You may obtain admissions
information by contacting
Camille S. Andrews, dean of
enrollment, or the Office of
Admissions at 800/466-7561.
Cordially,
Rayman L. Solomon
Dean, School of Law–Camden
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