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Law School Pricing: Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees for the 2024-2025 Academic School Year:



  Tuition  Fees
 
  Annual Flat Rate Per Credit Hour
Law Program Fee/Semester  General Fee/Semester
JD Degree (Semester)   $55,200
$1,840* (Registered
<9 credits)
$480**  $420
Masters Programs (Quarter)   N/A
$945  N/A $180

*The per credit hour rate does not apply to the Accelerated JD Program and the first semester of the Summer Starter program.
**There is no Law Program Fee for summer semesters, except for students in the Accelerated JD Program.

JD students must complete 85 credits in order to graduate. The first-year law curriculum consists of 29 required credits, and upper-level students typically take 14 credits per semester. The LLM degree requires 24 credits to graduate, or 33 with the New York Bar Concentration. The Master of Legal Studies requires 45 quarter credits to graduate.

Tuition Refund and Credit Policy

Students who withdraw from a course for the semester are subject to the University's tuition refund policy for “WITHDRAWAL FROM A COURSE(S) FOR STUDENTS BILLED BY CREDIT HOUR.”

Please note that for first-year students, the first week of the Fall Semester is Orientation week. For all other students, it is the first week of classes.

Students who were awarded financial aid should meet with the Kline School of Law's Financial Aid Advisor to discuss the financial implications of withdrawal.

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