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ELIGIBILITY
  • Priority to continuing 8th graders
  • Then to Bronx residents
  • Then to New York City residents

SITE ACCESSIBILITY
  • Functionally Accessible

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
  • Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT)
  • SETSS
  • Special Class

ELL PROGRAMS
  • ESL

ENROLLMENT (10/31/2008)
  • Grades Served (2010 - 2011): 07,08,09,10,11,12

SCHOOL STATISTICS AND REPORTS
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
We are an educational community that believes learning is a product of thinking. Students are engaged in “hands-on, minds-on” learning in their core classes as well as through the law curriculum, mentoring, internships, advisory and extracurricular activities. The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice (LGJ) is unique in that students have the opportunity to experience our stand-alone law curriculum while sharing a campus with the Bronx Court complex.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Criminal Justice, Business Law, Forensic Science, Graphic Arts, Internships, Mentoring, Guest Speaker Series
Language Classes: Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: Biology, English Literature and Composition, Government and Politics: United States, Spanish Language

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Community-Based Organizations: Federation Employment and Guidance Service, Inc. (FEGS), Sports Foundation, 161st Street Merchants Association
  • Higher Education Institutions: St. John’s University, College of Mount Saint Vincent, The City University of New York (CUNY) Law School
  • Not-for-Profit: The Urban Assembly, buildOn, Bronx Defenders, New York Cares, All Stars Project Inc., The Development School for Youth, Summer Search, 100 Black Men, Jeter's Leaders, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
  • Corporate: News Corporation, Kaye Scholer, Proskauer Rose, The New York Yankees
  • Other: Bronx District Attorney’s Office, Bronx Family Court, Bronx Borough President’s Office, Bronx Criminal Court, Princeton Review
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Student Government, New York Police Department (NYPD) Explorers, Senior Committee
Academic: Mock Trial, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Yearbook, Newspaper, Math Club
Artistic: Chorus, Dance Club
Clubs: Capoeira, Spanish

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Baseball, Baseball & JV Baseball, Basketball, Basketball & JV Basketball
Girls: Basketball, Softball, Volleyball
Co-ed: Bowling

SCHOOL SPORTS
Fencing, Cheerleading

SCHOOLWIDE AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2007 New York City and State Mock Trial Champions
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice for New Students (Law & Government)
X95A Ed. Opt. 9 N/A N/A
10 N/A N/A

PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice for Current Students (Law & Government)
X95B For Continuing 8th Graders 9 N/A N/A
Law & Government Ed. Opt., Law & Government For Continuing 8th Graders
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  • Student Summer Orientation
  • Our school observes a uniform dress code (blue shirt, black slacks and hard-soled black shoes)

DID YOU KNOW?
  • The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice is located directly behind the new Bronx Criminal Court Complex, giving our students direct access to lawyers, judges, court officers and other professionals in law-related fields.
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, DBN 09X505 , Borough of Bronx