--- title: Seton Hall Law | Juris Doctor Program description: Are you ready to change the world? With a Seton Hall Law JD degree, you can be on the front lines of meaningful causes and decisions that will make lasting impressions. --- ![Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png?width=320&height=99&name=Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png) # LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES IN LAW Explore Your Path to a Meaningful Career with a Juris Doctor. [START YOUR JOURNEY AT SETON HALL LAW](https://info.law.shu.edu/jd#form-section) [![Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png?width=398&height=123&name=Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png "Seton-Hall-JD-logo.png")](http://law.shu.edu/) # **LIMITLESS** **OPPORTUNITIES** **IN LAW** **Explore Your Path to A Meaningful Career with a Juris Doctor.** [START YOUR JOURNEY AT SETON HALL LAW](https://info.law.shu.edu/jd#form-section) The Juris Doctor (JD) program at Seton Hall Law, located in Newark, New Jersey, provides a hands-on curriculum that prepares students to take on some of the world’s greatest challenges. With close faculty mentorship, students gain a deep understanding of real-world legal practice and develop unique paths towards a meaningful career in law.   ### Ready to start your journey? [LET'S START NOW](https://info.law.shu.edu/jd#form-section) ### **LAW FOR THE GREATER GOOD** Do you want to affect change or make an impact? At Seton Hall Law we create a community of lawyers who want to serve the greater good, give back and make a contribution in a significant way. Today's lawyers have more opportunities than ever to be on the front lines of important policy decisions that benefit our communities. At Seton Hall Law, classes are conducted in small groups, guided by professors who put students in the role of practicing attorney to approach legal problems from intellectual, strategic, emotional and ethical perspectives. ### **LAW IN ACTION:** **HANDS-ON LEARNING** **FOR BETTER LAWYERS** At Seton Hall Law, you’ll see life as a practicing lawyer. Get courtroom experience through clinic hours and other pro bono service opportunities. Experiential opportunities like these are available to students considering careers in all areas of law, not just the public interest sector. Immerse yourself in core JD subjects, skills, values and professional requirements that form the basis of American law: - WRITING - RESEARCH - INTERVIEWING - FACT ANALYSIS - NEGOTIATION - ORAL ADVOCACY ## **REIMAGINE A CAREER IN LAW** Seton Hall boasts a **98% total employment rate** with **94.3%** in positions in which passage of the bar exam is required, or a JD is an advantage.   **52.2%** of JD graduates enter judicial clerkships while **26.6%** enter private practice, two of the most common career paths for the Class of 2018.   ![blurred-image-2.jpg](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/SHL-Paper-icon.png?width=320&height=320&name=SHL-Paper-icon.png) #### Non-Traditional Law Environmental law Compliance officer Privacy officer Contract manager Professional counseling Entertainment law ![Capital](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/SHL-Capital-Icon.png?width=320&height=320&name=SHL-Capital-Icon.png) #### Government Work Politician Legal advisor for healthcare reform Lobbyist Non-profit organizer Political advisor Legal counsel in a govermental department   ![Privacy](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/SHL-Privacy-Icon.png?width=320&height=320&name=SHL-Privacy-Icon.png) #### Expert/Consulting Privacy and cybersecurity Foreign service office Think tank or policy work eDiscovery consultant  “Each student in your class comes with a different story, and no two of you will write the same chapter about law school. Many of you know exactly what kind of lawyer you want to be, and some of you will still have that dream when you graduate. Others will have found a new passion because of a class or clinic, or because the world changes between now and the time you start your career. Whatever your life story, your aspirations, or your challenges during law school, you will find administrators and faculty who guide you in writing the outline for the professional life that inspires you. Your career is a lifetime in the making, and will be uniquely yours."   **KATHLEEN BOOZANG** DEAN ## WHY SETON HALL LAW   ## **#11** --- **JOB PLACEMENT** *The National Jurist May 2019* ## **#35** --- **ABOVE THE LAW** *Top 50 Law Schools May 2019* ## **#18** --- **PART-TIME PROGRAM** *U.S. News and World Report, 2020* ## TOP **20** --- **HEALTH LAW PROGRAM** *U.S. News and World Report* ## **BEGIN** **YOUR** **JOURNEY** **AT SETON** **HALL LAW.** #### Learn more about your potential career in law. ![jpg-logotype-seton-hall-law-2017-shu-blue](https://info.law.shu.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/jpg-logotype-seton-hall-law-2017-shu-blue.jpg?width=349&height=36&name=jpg-logotype-seton-hall-law-2017-shu-blue.jpg "jpg-logotype-seton-hall-law-2017-shu-blue") © 2026 Seton Hall Law