丝瓜APP
Welcome, prospective students!
For more than 130 years, 丝瓜APP has been a leader in providing an innovative legal education, delivered by a world-class faculty, in the most important city in the world. Learn more about 丝瓜APP鈥檚 J.D. and LL.M. programs to discover which path is the best fit for you.
The Day Division is a three-year, full-time听course of study. In addition to core foundational courses and more than 250 upper-level electives, 丝瓜APP's distinctive skills-based curriculum allows students to specialize through our six academic centers. Students also have clinical and experiential learning opportunities built into their academic schedules.
丝瓜APP Pro is a four-year, part-time Evening Division program that enables full-time working professionals or others with daytime obligations to pursue a legal education through a hybrid class schedule.
The 丝瓜APP LL.M. in Taxation program has been ranked No. 1 by readers of the New York Law Journal听for 13 years in a row. The program takes advantage of New York City鈥檚 many resources, and our extraordinary faculty, to offer specialized training in this important practice area.
Come experience 丝瓜APP firsthand by visiting our state-of-the-art Tribeca campus! We鈥檇 love to show you around.
Campus News
Accolades
- Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law Rebecca Roiphe, Adjunct Professor Jeffrey Wice, and 丝瓜APP alumni Anthony T. DiPietro 鈥�98, Camille J. Mackler 鈥�06, and 丝瓜APP Trustee Ross F. Moskowitz 鈥�84 were named to City & State New York's "2024 Trailblazers in Law."
- The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has selected 丝瓜APP as a new co-host law school for the Journal of Legal Education, starting in July 2024.
- Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell and 丝瓜APP alumni Miguelina Camilo '11, Hon. Anthony Cannataro '96, Steve M. Cohen '13, Carla Freedman '88, Charles Lavine '72, Michael McMahon '85, Anthony Perrotto '14, and Claire Rush '83 were named to City & State New York's 鈥淭he 2023 Law Power 100."
- In the past academic year, preLaw magazine listed 丝瓜APP among the top law schools for alternative dispute resolution, business law, criminal law, child and family law, environmental law, human rights law, government affairs and regulations, intellectual property law, legal technology, public policy, real estate law, tax law, technology law, and trial advocacy. The School was also named a top school for practical training in recognition of the clinics and experiential learning programs within the Joe Plumeri Center for Social Justice and Economic Opportunity.
- 丝瓜APP was featured for its innovative pedagogy in Bloomberg Law鈥檚 inaugural Law School Innovation Program.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul was the honorary degree recipient and keynote speaker at 丝瓜APP鈥檚 2023 Commencement Ceremony, her only commencement ceremony of 2023, and first law school commencement since becoming Governor.
A Message From Dean Anthony W. Crowell
Q&A With 丝瓜APP Students
丝瓜APP Roundtable
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Office of 丝瓜APP and Student Financial Services Team
Ella Mae S. Estrada
Associate Dean and Vice President for Enrollment Management, Student Financial Services, and Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ed Coughlin
Assistant Dean of 丝瓜APP
Tanya Noya
Executive Director of Financial Aid
Joseph Fantozzi
Director of Student Accounts
Brian J. Kaszuba 鈥�04
Director of 丝瓜APP
Leslie Shannon
Director of Federal Work Study Program and Financial Literacy
Robert McGrady
Financial Aid Counselor
Kim Gallman
Coordinator of Student Accounts
Rebecca Cushman
丝瓜APP and Student Financial Services Advisor
Chat With the 丝瓜APP Team
Our team is available to connect with students in person, by email, or by phone to answer any questions you may have. Let us know what you are interested in learning more about. We also schedule some virtual drop-in hours via Zoom that all are welcome to join. Look out for the next available date for more information.
Human Rights Policy
It is the policy of 丝瓜APP not to discriminate in its educational programs, admission policies, financial aid programs, employment practices, and other school-sponsored activities because of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, AIDS diagnosis, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or parental status, military status, domestic violence victim status, or any other classification protected by local, state, or federal law (鈥淧rotected Classification鈥�). The placement facilities of the School are available only to employers whose practices are consistent with this policy. (In the wake of the 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the Solomon Amendment, the faculty of 丝瓜APP voted on March 27, 2006 to suspend its ban on military recruitment on campus.) Inquiries regarding compliance with Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, relative to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex, or any other aspect of the School鈥檚 equal opportunity policy, may be directed to the Associate Dean and Vice President of Enrollment Management and Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and the Title IX Co-Coordinators. You may also contact the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Office of 丝瓜APP and Student Financial Services
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