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The campus’s 28 buildings
include the law school and law
library building, business and
science building, campus center
and dining hall, Walt Whitman
International Poetry Center, Paul
Robeson Library, Armitage Hall,
a gymnasium with squash and
tennis courts and a swimming
pool, two residence halls, and a
fine arts building that houses an
art gallery, studios, classrooms,
and a 750-seat theater. The law
school and many of the campus
buildings are newly renovated.
Numerous highways and the
PATCO high-speed line
provide quick, dependable
access to the campus.
The six-story glass and bronze
main law school building houses
research facilities, seminar and
reading rooms, student lounges,
study areas, a cafeteria, classrooms,
and offices. The law
library contains 420,000 bibliographic
units in book and microform,
including an impressive
historical collection of Soviet
and East European legal materials.
The library offers state-ofthe-art
computer facilities.
On-campus apartments for
law students are available, as
is housing for undergraduates.
For information, visit the
Housing Bulletin Board web site:
www.housing.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers–Camden’s new minorleague
baseball stadium, Campbell’s
Field, is a short walk
from the Camden campus. This
6,500-seat facility is home to
the Riversharks of the Atlantic
League of Professional Baseball
and the Scarlet Raptors, the
Rutgers–Camden men’s baseball
team. The complex features a
soccer field, tennis courts, softball
and Little League fields, and
a children’s playground.
AREA ATTRACTIONS
The campus is located near the
base of the Benjamin Franklin
Bridge to Philadelphia, a city
that offers world-class resources
and historic charm. Philadelphia
attractions include the neoclassic
Academy of Music, the Mann
Music Center, the 21,000-seat
First Union Center, and numerous
other venues that bring to
the area a whole range of performances
in music, ballet, opera,
and theater. Sports fans will
find plenty to cheer about, as
Philadelphia is home to the
Eagles, Phillies, 76ers, and Flyers.
Just five blocks from the law
school is the Tweeter Center at
the Waterfront (an indoor/
outdoor concert venue); the
New Jersey State Aquarium;
and the Battleship New Jersey,
our nation’s most decorated
battleship, now a floating
museum—all centerpieces for
the ongoing development of
Camden’s waterfront. The city,
which is the Camden County
seat, has federal and local courts
located adjacent to the school.
The famous New Jersey shore,
with miles of beaches and
Atlantic City, is just an hour
away. In less than two hours,
students can visit New York
City, Baltimore, Annapolis, and
Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
New Jersey’s remarkable Pine
Barrens are nearby. Fairmount
Park in Philadelphia offers some
of the best mountain biking on
the East Coast, and Pennsylvania’s
Pocono Mountains are
are also in the vicinity and offer
numerous ski resorts.
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