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The only private law school in New Jersey, Seton Hall University School of Law was founded in 1951, and is located in the City of Newark.

Selected as the first dean of Seton Hall Law, Miriam T. Rooney also was the first
woman to lead a law school in the nation.

Seton Hall Law School offers both day and evening programs leading to the Juris Doctor (J.D.), Masters of Law (LL.M.), and Master of Science in Jurisprudence (M.S.J.) degrees.

Now in its second-half century, Seton Hall Law has achieved national distinction in the areas of health and pharmaceutical law, intellectual property, public interest and government service, and international and corporate law.

Seton Hall Law is home to three centers focused on health law and policy, public interest law and social justice, and intellectual property:

• The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law – an independent think tank advancing the public policy debate on access to safe and effective drugs and devices, the Center builds upon Seton Hall Law’s nationally rated Health Law and Policy Program, which prepares attorneys and other professionals knowledgeable in health law and national and international compliance.
   

• The Center for Social Justice – offering one of the most comprehensive clinical and pro bono programs in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, CSJ consists of five clinics centered on Civil Litigation, Impact Litigation, Family Law, Immigration and Human Rights, and Juvenile Justice. Student opportunities with CSJ begin the first year of law school.
   

• Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology - focusing on intellectual property law and the legal issues surrounding recent scientific and technological advances, the Institute serves as a forum for the discussion of challenges arising from innovations in the life-sciences and information technologies.

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The Seton Hall Law student population consists of 1,140 students, representing a diverse range of cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.

Students at Seton Hall Law produce four journals: Seton Hall Law Review, Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, and Seton Hall Circuit Review.

The Moot Court Board at Seton Hall Law sponsors the annual John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition, and engages in competitions ranging from criminal law and family law, to Internet law and entertainment law, to constitutional law and civil rights law.

Ninety-seven percent of Seton Hall Law graduates are employed within nine months of graduation.

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Seton Hall Law alumni are found on the federal and state benches, in top law firms, major corporations, and government agencies across the country and increasingly throughout the world.