Founded in 1976 and now located on Fifth Avenue near Union Square in Lower Manhattan, the school is named for Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo.

[12] Highly cited faculty members include Professors Myriam Gilles, Michael Herz, Peter Markowitz, Alexander Reinert, Anthony Sebok, Stewart Sterk and Edward Zelinsky.

requirements, students may choose to participate in clinics housed within the school, taking on legal work under faculty supervision.

The clinics provide pro bono services to clients across a range of areas of legal practice, including both civil and criminal cases.

[17] Many of Cardozo's 12,000 alumni reside in the New York metropolitan area, while many pursue their careers internationally and can be found across the country.

through clinical education, mainly in-house pro bono work focused on public service and including civil litigation, criminal defense, divorce mediation, and a variety of other legal areas.

degrees in General Studies, Comparative Legal Thought, Dispute Resolution and Advocacy, and Intellectual Property.

According to Cardozo's ABA-required disclosures, 81% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment within ten months of graduating.

[3] The Law School Transparency estimated non-discounted, debt-financed cost of attendance (including living expenses) for three years is $323,858.

[37] Located on lower Fifth Avenue at the corner of 12th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, Cardozo's urban campus is in a 19-story building, known as the Brookdale Center.

Encompassing four floors of Cardozo's building, the library holds more than 535,000 volumes,[38] over 140 computers, and study space for about 500 students.

[45] Cardozo offers students the opportunity to participate in the Moot Court Honor Society, a competition-based organization at the school.

[49][50] Although Cardozo is under the umbrella of Yeshiva University, which has been involved in legal proceedings after refusing to recognize an undergraduate Pride Alliance group for LGBTQ+ students and allies,[51][52] Cardozo has long had an active, officially recognized LGBTQ student groups; the Gay and Lesbian Alliance was active on campus by the early 1990s,[53] and presently has a student group, OUTLaw, which has put out statements opposing YU's discrimination against its LGBTQ undergraduates.

[54] Faculty and students at both Cardozo and YU's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology have voiced their disapproval of the university's discrimination and lawsuit.

[54] In a letter signed by over 50 members of the Cardozo faculty (which has 56 full-time members), and in statements made by the Dean of the Law School and the Cardozo Board of Overseers, the Law School has publicly affirmed support for LGBTQIA+ rights and called on YU's administration to desist from its appeal and end its discrimination policy.