Rights and the State Tax Law Clinical Education Cardozo students may earn credits towards the J.D. through clinical education, mainly in-house pro bono work focused on public service and including civil litigation, criminal defense, divorce mediation, and a variety of other legal areas. Alexander Fellows Program Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic Civil Rights Clinic Criminal Defense Clinic Divorce Mediation Clinic Indie Film Clinic Innocence Project Clinic Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic Mediation Clinic Prosecutor Practicum Securities Arbitration Clinic Tech Startup Clinic Study abroad Cardozo students may study abroad through the following programs: Amsterdam Law School: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Bucerius Law School: Hamburg, Germany Central European University: Budapest, Hungary Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong ESADE (Barcelona, Spain) HEAD - L'ecode des Hautes Etudes Appliquees du Droit: Paris, France Peking University Law School Sorbonne Law School: Paris, France Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv, Israel University of Deusto: Bilbao, Spain University of Oxford Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy: Oxford, England University of Paris X-Nanterre: Paris, France University of Roma Tre: Rome, Italy University of Sydney: Sydney, Australia Independent Study Abroad May Entry While most Cardozo students begin their legal studies in August, some students begin in May. May-entry students take their first-year courses over three semesters - summer, fall, and spring, and then attend their fall and spring first-year classes with fall-entry students. Master of Laws For those who already have a law degree, Cardozo offers LL.M. degrees in General Studies, Comparative Legal Thought, Dispute Resolution and Advocacy, and Intellectual Property. LL.M. students can take almost any of the courses offered to J.D. students. The LL.M. program may be entered in the Spring Term or in the Fall Term. Post-graduation employment and costs According to Cardozo's ABA-required disclosures, 81% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment within ten months of graduating. Of the Class of 2018, 87% obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment within ten months. The law school ranks 25th in the United States for "Gold Standard" jobs (full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage that are not funded by the school). It is 37th in the percentage of graduates hired by the 100 largest firms. The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Cardozo for the 2017–2018 academic year was $86,670. The Law School Transparency estimated non-discounted, debt-financed cost of