[12] Founded in 1905, Fordham Law commemorated its Centennial during the 2005–06 academic year, and capped the year-long celebration with an alumni gala on Ellis Island on September 28, the school's official birthday.

[14] In the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools", Fordham Law was ranked tied for 33rd.

)[15] Additionally, five specialty programs were nationally ranked: Dispute Resolution, 13th; Trial Advocacy, 13th; International Law, 15th; Intellectual Property, 16th; and Clinical Training, 22nd.

As part of the university's Lincoln Center Master Plan, unveiled in 2005,[21] a new law school building was built.

[22] The new law school building is part of the university's Phase 1 redevelopment of its Lincoln Center Campus.

Former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg delivered the keynote address and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor also gave a speech before presiding over the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

[25] The Clinical education program at Fordham Law is ranked 22nd nationally by U.S. News & World Report in its 2016 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools.

Fordham students have an opportunity to enroll in clinics following their first year, and after taking the Fundamental Lawyering Skills course.

[28] Fordham's Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) serves as the clearinghouse for student community service and pro bono work, and hosts 19 student-run organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Unemployment Action Center, Just Democracy, and others.

[31] Notable faculty include Matthew Diller, Toni Jaeger-Fine,[32] Rebecca Kysar,[33] Joseph Landau,[34] Ethan Lieb,[35] John Pfaff,[36] Olivier Sylvain,[37] and Zephyr Teachout.

[46] In 1924, Ruth Whitehead Whaley graduated, at the top of her class, who later became the first African-American woman admitted to the state bars of New York and North Carolina.

Ten members of the U.S. House of Representatives are Fordham Law graduates including Thomas Suozzi, Thomas Vincent Quinn, Bill Owens, Jerrold Nadler, Vito Fossella, Geraldine Ferraro, Francis E. Dorn, Dan Donovan, and Steven Derounian.

Among the sports personalities were World Light Heavyweight champion Bob Olin, New York Giants President John Mara, General Manager of the Philadelphia Eagles Howie Roseman, and Walter O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers who moved the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.