| ![]() Brooklyn University High School for Law focuses on providing a rigorous, college
preparatory program that produces critical thinkers, both academically
and socially. Law & Tech strongly believes that creating
productive adult citizens begins with shaping well-rounded youth. To
this end, the school has developed and continues to develop programs
that will increase the success of students during their high school
career, throughout college and into the workforce. Law & Tech’s students will have a choice between three challenging institutes: Legal Studies, Science and Technology, and AVID-based curriculum. While Law & Tech offers Advanced Placement coursework in the core subject areas of Social Studies, English, Science, and Mathematics, the goal is to develop a full array of AP coursework including vertical pre-AP alignment. Law & Tech has also expanded its dual enrollment option, implementing College Now so that students can pursue and obtain the Associate’s degree while enrolled in high school. Intent on formulating an educational institution that prepares students for a competitive college and employment future, Law & Tech will continue to seek academic programs and community relationships that present students with myriad opportunities for success. Demographics Situated in Brooklyn, Law & Tech rests between the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick
but students hail from as far away as the boroughs of Queens and Staten
Island. Largely lower
socioeconomic, the school is Title I with the majority of students
qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch. Ethnically, the school
population consists of approximately 76% African-American students, 23%
Hispanic and 1% Other. Gender-wise, Brooklyn University High School for Law
services a nearly equal number of female and male students. The faculty and staff
at Law & Tech represent a wide array of racial, ethnic and cultural groups
with faculty members hailing from a variety of states and countries.
Several teachers also hold backgrounds in middle school and
college-level instruction lending an eclectic experience to the
education of students. |