
This year’s incoming Rutgers Law class broke a record set by last year’s class and set another. Rutgers Law enrolled the largest number of female students in the law school’s history, beating last year’s record of 241 by seven more students. In addition to improving upon last year’s numerical credentials, this 1L class of more than 420 students is also the most diverse in the law school’s history.

Meet Maureen Saraco, Rutgers Law School’s newest director of new programs. She arrives from Temple University, where she directed several pre-college and dual enrollment programs, creating a pathway to undergraduate education for students from Philadelphia, across the country, and around the world.
The first cohort of students have completed the Minority Student Program (MSP) Pre-Law Summer Academy and celebrated with a graduation on July 27. With support from Ballard Spahr LLP, its chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, Virginia Essandoh, and the Law School Admission Council, the Pre-Law Academy offered eight weeks of LSAT preparation through 7Sage along with two proctored practice tests. However, the Academy’s support extended well beyond test preparation.

Nicole Ryu ’24 and Francis G. Tiongson ’24 are the latest recipients of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic Award, which recognizes their exceptional proficiency in the clinical practice of intellectual property law and acknowledges their excellent leadership and teamwork with fellow clinic students.