Albany Law School At Union Univ. ?
Q: I am interested to hear from current students and
any alumni of Albany Law School. I received my
acceptance letter today, and would like to hear
opinions on the particular strengths and weaknesses
of the school, it's faculty, it's facilities,
and it's reputation in NY state (esp. in the
NYC Metro area).
A:I took a look at Albany a few years back. I spent my undergraduate
days in Albany.... They have a nice and modern law library and their
facilities overall didn't look too bad. The school itself is accross the
street from Albany Medicial Center, Albany's biggest hospitial, and its
associated Medical School, Albany Medicial College {semi-related to the law
school}. Albany College of Pharamcy, also semi-related, is next to the law
school. The area is not bad. Albany is a regional law school, with some
strengths in upstate NY and parts of New England. They also send some
people down to NYC. I would hazard a guess that Brooklyn would be a better
choice if you plan on being in NYC. Albany is also supposed to have the
highest bar pass rate in NY, but I don't consider that a useful factor. I
think that Brooklyn may be going places long term....
Schools
are somewhat touchy about admiting to their pass rate but the highest in Mass
is supposed to belong to Suffolk. I wouldn't turn down Harvard or BC or
BU or Northeastern to attend Suffolk just because their bar pass
rate is higher in Mass than those other four. The same thing is true in
New York. Albany Law is supposed to have the highest bar pass rate in
NY. Would you go to Albany over Columbia, NYU, Cornell, Fordham, etc because
Albany has the higher bar pass rate?
Why does Suffolk have the highest bar pass rate in Mass? First
thing is that Suffolk has two required years of courses, unlike any other
school in Mass. That second