PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

New York Law School

Graduates on the New York attorney register

Graduates
15,601
Registered, current or due
87.0%
Admitted
1951 to 2026

15,601 living graduates of New York Law School are on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026; 87.0% are registered (currently, or due to re‑register), against 87.1% of all living registrants. 4,737 give an office in New York, and 3,236 give an office outside New York.

When they were admitted

New York Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s2%1960s7%1970s17%1980s19%1990s22%2000s22%2010s11%2020s
New York Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s2%1960s7%1970s17%1980s19%1990s22%2000s22%2010s11%2020s
New York Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s2%7%1970s17%19%1990s22%22%11%2020s
New York Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s2%1960s7%1970s17%1980s19%1990s22%2000s22%2010s11%2020s
Share of living graduates of New York Law School admitted in each decade (columns) against every living registrant (dashed); register file of Sep 29, 2026.
DecadeThis schoolEvery living registrant
1950s<1%<1%
1960s2%2%
1970s7%6%
1980s17%13%
1990s19%17%
2000s22%22%
2010s22%24%
2020s11%15%

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Where they practice

CityGraduates
New York, NY4,737
Brooklyn, NY581
Staten Island, NY233
Bronx, NY220
White Plains, NY180
Washington, DC149
Garden City, NY129
Newark, NJ89

The most common states outside New York: NJ (1,129), FL (345), CA (273), CT (198), DC (151).

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Firms that employ the most of them

FirmGraduates
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP40
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP24
Greenberg Traurig, LLP23
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP22
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP20
Fragomen, del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP20
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP20
Fox Rothschild LLP19

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.

Questions this school leads to

  1. Everyone who lists Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP40 of them studied at New York Law School, the most of any employer.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY4,737 of New York Law School’s graduates give an office there.
  3. Law schools on the New York register: who is still registeredNew York Law School: 87.0% registered, against 87.1% of all living registrants.
  4. New York bar exam pass rates, 2004 to 2025First-time and repeat takers, year by year.
  5. Every law school on the registerEach school with its graduates and the share still registered.
  6. Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.