Law school · NY bar alumni
New York
1,824 graduates of New York are registered with the New York State Bar, with the largest cohort practicing in , . Status, geography, and admission-year history come straight from the NY OCA registry.
- 1,824
- NY bar alumni
- 0.0%
- currently active
- top market
The short answer
New York has placed 1,824 graduates on the New York register, of whom 0 (0.0%) remain actively registered today.
- 1,824
- graduates on the NY register
- 0.0%
- currently active and in good standing
- largest alumni market — 965 attorneys
- 2013
- most recent class — 1 admitted
What the alumni data reveals
New York has 1,824 alumni registered with the New York State Bar, with 0 (0.0%) currently in active standing. The active-status share is a meaningful signal for prospective students and employers: it captures how many graduates are still practicing law under their New York bar credential versus those who have retired, moved to other jurisdictions, or transitioned into business, academia, or public service roles that do not require active bar membership. A rate near 0.0% is within the normal range for established law schools with alumni populations spanning multiple decades of admission classes.
Geographic placement is concentrated: , is the single largest market for New York alumni with 965 registered attorneys (52.9% of alumni in this dataset). The top 5 cities for this school's graduates are (965), New York (252), Brooklyn (33), New York (27), Bronx (15) — placement patterns that reflect both proximity to the school and the historical strength of its alumni network in those markets. The most recent admission class (2013) produced 1 new attorneys, providing a rough pulse on current graduating-class scale; comparing 2013 against earlier years in the distribution below gives a sense of pipeline growth or contraction.
Law school affiliation matters for network effects, signaling, and specific practice pipelines — but it is not a direct predictor of individual attorney competence for your matter. When using this page to evaluate an attorney who graduated from New York, treat the school as one data point alongside bar status, years of practice, discipline history, practice area alignment, and client references. For students comparing law schools, the alumni-active rate and geographic distribution here reflect outcomes for New York-registered graduates only — consult ABA-required disclosures and the school's own employment reports for complete placement data. The information below is drawn from public bar registration records and is not endorsement, ranking, or evaluation of the school's academic program.
Status Distribution
Top Cities
Recent Admissions
New York — NY bar admissions by year
New attorneys from this school admitted to the New York bar each year (most recent classes)
- 1996
1996
38 admitted
- 1997
1997
45 admitted
- 1998
1998
35 admitted
- 1999
1999
50 admitted
- 2000
2000
37 admitted
- 2001
2001
43 admitted
- 2002
2002
73 admitted
- 2003
2003
83 admitted
- 2004
2004
71 admitted
- 2005
2005
36 admitted
- 2006 20
2006
20 admitted
- 2007 11
2007
11 admitted
- 2008 2
2008
2 admitted
- 2013 1
2013
1 admitted
What this shows Each bar is a single admission year. Rising bars in recent years signal a growing New York pipeline; a peak in earlier years means the school's NY presence is largely historical.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many attorneys graduated from New York?
1,824 attorneys registered with the New York State Bar graduated from New York. Of these, 0 (0.0%) are currently registered and active.
Where do New York graduates practice?
The most common practice location for New York graduates is , , with 965 attorneys. Alumni practice across 10 cities.
What is the bar status rate for New York alumni?
Of 1,824 alumni, 0.0% are currently registered and active with the New York State Bar. The remaining 100.0% have other statuses including retired, suspended, or voluntarily resigned.
How many attorneys were admitted from New York recently?
In 2013, 1 attorneys from New York were admitted to the New York State Bar.
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Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov — attorney registration dataset.
Verification: NY Courts Attorney Registration Search.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.