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'''Brooklyn Law School''' ('''BLS''') is a [[law school]] located in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. ==History== The school was founded in [[1901]] by William Payson Richardson and Norman Haffey. It opened with 18 students. The school is noted for its diversity. Photographs indicate that by [[1909]], [[African Americans]] and [[women]] attended the school. The school was affiliated with [[St. Lawrence University]] from 1903 to 1943. In that year, the university decided to close the law school, but faculty and alumni bought it and Brooklyn Law became an independent institution. The school moved into its current home at 250 Joralemon Street in [[1969]]. [[image:BLSmainbuilding.JPG|left|thumb|260px|Brooklyn Law School's main building located at 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn New York]]BLS produces four legal journals: the ''Brooklyn Law Review'', the ''Brooklyn Journal of International Law'', the ''Journal of Law and Policy'', and the new ''Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law'', the first writing competition for which was held in the spring semester of 2006. In August 2005, Brooklyn Law School opened Feil Hall, which provides luxury apartments for 360 students. Feil Hall also houses the new "Geraldo's Cafe," named for famous alumnus [[Geraldo Rivera]]. Geraldo's is a coffee and snack bar that also serves as a student lounge. Brooklyn Law School owns nine [[brownstone]] buildings in the surrounding neighborhood which provide additional housing for students. According to the Leiter Report, a compendium of law school rankings published by [[Brian Leiter]], Brooklyn Law School places 31st for quality of students and a runner-up for top 30 for faculty. See [http://www.leiterrankings.com/ this link]. The ranking for faculty is based on a survey of faculty from other institutions; the ranking for students is based on GPA and [[LSAT]] scores. In the 2008 [[U.S. News and World Report]] ranking, BLS places 60th, on par with the [[University of Kentucky College of Law|University of Kentucky]], the [[Chicago-Kent College of Law|Illinois Institute of Technology]], [[Temple University Beasley School of Law|Temple University]], the [[University of Houston Law Center|University of Houston]], and [[Villanova University School of Law|Villanova University]]. See [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php this link]. The US News ranking emphasizes entering student [[LSAT|Law School Admission Test]] scores and [[GPA|Grade Point Average]]. ==Notable alumni/students== [[image:BLSboerum.JPG|right|thumb|260px|Brooklyn Law School's administrative building located at One Boerum Place, near the [[Fulton Mall]]]] {| |- | valign="top" | *[[Frank X. Altimari]] *[[Victor L. Anfuso]] *[[Frank Aquila]] *[[Mark M. Baker (attorney)|Mark M. Baker]] *[[Herman Badillo]] *[[Frank J. Brasco]] *[[John D. Clarke]] *[[Bruce Cutler]] *[[Steven Cymbrowitz]] *[[John J. Delaney]] *[[David Dinkins]] *[[Jeffrey Dinowitz]] *[[Morris Michael Edelstein]] *[[James H. Fay]] *[[Steve Harrison]] *[[Sterling Johnson Jr.]] *[[Timothy Kelly]] *[[Adam Kidan]] *[[Howard L. Lasher]] *[[Henry J. Latham]] *[[Irving Paul Lazar]] *[[Errol Louis]] | valign="top" | *[[Alexander Lowen]] *[[Abraham J. Multer]] *[[Tom Ognibene]] *[[Bertram L. Podell]] *[[David M. Potts]] *[[Geraldo Rivera]] *[[Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal]] *[[Robert Rosenthal (USAF)|Robert Rosenthal]] *[[George H. Ross]] *[[Nicholas Scoppetta]] *[[Gerald Shargel]] *[[Sheldon Silver]] *[[Larry Silverstein]] *[[Paul Simon]] *[[Lawrence J. Smith]] *[[Percy Sutton]] *[[Edwin Torres (judge)|Edwin Torres]] *[[Aaron Twerski]] *[[Benjamin Ward]] *[[James Lopez Watson]] *[[Mark Weprin]] *[[Hy Zaret]] |} ==External links== *[http://www.brooklaw.edu/ Official website] *[http://www.blssba.org/ SBA Website] *[http://www.brooklawtalk.com/ Unofficial message board]