 According to "The National Law Journal", Fordham Law ranks 20th in percentage of class of 2014 graduates hired by "NLJ 250" firms (firms with 100 or more lawyers)  and 23rd in the number of alumni promoted to partner.In 2015, 85.2% of the law school's first-time test takers passed the bar exam, placing the law school graduates as fourth-most successful New York State bar exam takers among New York's 15 law schools.In a national study of the scholarly impact of law school faculty, Fordham Law's tenured professors were tied for 35th.