Pace University School of Law

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York is the law school of Pace University, a private university with multiple locations in New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA) accredited it in 1978.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Motto	Opportunitas (Latin for Opportunity)
Parent school	Pace University
Established	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
School type	Private law school
Dean	Horace Anderson Jr.[1]
Location	White Plains, New York, US
Enrollment	830[2]
Faculty	36 (full-time), 109 (adjunct)[2]
USNWR ranking	136th (tie) (2025)[3]
Bar pass rate	68.55% (2024 first-time takers)[4]
Website	law.pace.edu

In 2016, the law school was renamed for Elisabeth Haub in recognition of Haub's environmental advocacy and philanthropy.^[5] Its campus is also home to the New York State Judicial Institute, which serves as a statewide center for the education, training, and research facility for all judges and justices of the New York State Unified Court System.^[6]

The law school has a top-ranked environmental law program.^[7]

Admissions

For the classes starting in 2024, 52% of applicants were accepted by the law school, 28.6% of those accepted enrolled, and the enrolled students had a median 153 LSAT score and a 3.5 undergraduate GPA.^[1]

Bar passage rate

In 2024, Pace had a 68.55% pass rate for first-time takers, while 78.22% passed a bar examination within two years of graduation.^[4] In 2024, 71.01% first time takers passed from the jurisdiction of New York, 54.55% from New Jersey, and 57.89% passed from 6 remaining jurisdictions.^[4]

Joint programs

The law school has several joint degree programs which require additional applications for admission.^[8] This option includes dual degrees with four masters programs in the Yale School of the Environment (Master of Environmental Management, Master of Environmental Science, Master of Forestry, and Master of Forest Science),^[9] and an M.S. in Environmental Policy at Bard College.^[8]

Clinics and Centers

John Jay Legal Services, Inc. is a not-for-profit legal services firm that houses and runs the clinic and externship programs at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, including the Amelia A. Gould Representation in Mediation Clinic, Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice Clinic, Environmental Litigation Clinic, Equal Justice America Disability Rights Clinic, Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic, Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, and Immigration Justice Clinic. Additionally, the school operates several nationally-renowned centers and institutes including the Pace Energy and Climate Center, Land Use Law Center, and Women’s Justice Center.

Employment

According to Pace’s official 2024 ABA-required disclosures, after graduation 75.4% of the Class of 2023 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment (i.e., as attorneys) and 9.27% obtained JD-advantage employment. Most employment was in 1–10 attorney firms or in government, and no graduates obtained federal clerkships.^[10] The graduate Under-Employment Score as calculated by Law School Transparency is 9.7%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2023 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.^[11]

Rankings

In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked the law school tied at No.136 out of 196 schools,^[3] and ranked the law school's Environmental Law program No.1.^[12] Other notable rankings include Trial Advocacy tied at No. 13, Dispute Resolution tied at No. 29, International Law tied at No. 59, its Part-time Program tied at No. 43 out of 68, Business/Corporate Law tied at No.140, Clinical Training tied at No.142, Contracts/Commercial Law tied at No.120, Intellectual Property Law tied at No.143, and Constitutional Law tied at No.150.^[3]

Notable alumni and faculty

Main article: List of Pace University people