Spring 2025 Commencement
Monday, May 19, 7 p.m.
The Honorable Rowan D. Wilson, Chief Judge of the State of New York and the New York Court of Appeals, will deliver the commencement address at Hofstra Law’s commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, located on Hofstra’s North Campus.
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At Hofstra Law, we will provide you with an education rich in both the theory and skills needed for you to thrive in any career.
Edge Ahead: 1L Advantage Program
July 7, 2025 to July 24, 2025
Edge Ahead is open to anyone planning to attend law school in the next two years. The three-week program allows you to gain exposure to important first-year courses — Torts and Legal Writing — and to develop the skills you need to succeed in law school.
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We believe that having a community of differing perspectives and backgrounds — income, geographic, ethnic and other — enhance our intellectual and social life at the Law School. We have developed unique programming to support our diversity efforts and our diversity student organizations.
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For the Class of 2023, the Law School reported its highest job placement numbers in the last decade for full-time, long-term bar-passage-required and JD-advantage positions 10 months after graduation.
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