Brooklyn Law School: Jobless grads will get some money back

Leipold, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to the New York Times.

Brooklyn Law School said Monday that it will refund graduates 15 percent of the total they paid in tuition if they are still searching for a job nine months after receiving their degree.

That seems to be what’s happening at Brooklyn Law School under Dean Nicholas Allard’s leadership.

Called Bridge to Success, the program is intended to create a safety net for graduates who find themselves unable to land a coveted legal job post-graduation, the Times reports. That, as mentioned by school officials, is how long it typically takes graduates to get such jobs and, if necessary, to obtain the requisite licenses. It is an independent institution, unaffiliated with any university or college, and the only law school in Brooklyn. “Bridge to Success is designed to ease the pressure for some students to settle for any job to pay for living expenses and pay off loans”. Thankfully, as of May 2015, Brooklyn Law had a $133 million endowment that will support the Bridge to Success program.

Students will need to work with the school’s career services and plan to take the bar exam to qualify for the program, as said by CNN Money. Does this program apply only to graduates who haven’t found employment as lawyers, or graduates who haven’t found employment, period?

“Bridge to Success is yet another program that further illustrates the Law School’s commitment to, and investment in, our students and graduates”, said Stuart Subotnick, Chairman of Brooklyn Law School’s Board of Trustees.

With more than 10,000 alumni practicing in every state in the country, and several continents, Albany Law’s graduates serve as a vital community and resource for the law school and its students. The maximum a student could receive, which would come in a lump sum, is around $19,000.

The school cut tuition previous year by 15 percent, to about $43,000 for students entering this year. Probably not, but nice try.