School Features:
- A small community of 100 students per grade.
- A strong interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes project-based learning and promotes independent thinking.
- A college preparatory environment that celebrates achievement and encourages effort.
- An advisor for every student who provides guidance, information and support and serves as the school’s liaison to the student’s family.
- A close network of partners, including the Urban Assembly, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Brooklyn Law School, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center, that brings legal concepts to life with real world experience.
- A dress code that enforces the serious academic tone and affords students greater ownership over their interactions with legal professionals.
- Student involvement in law through our Youth Court, Community Meetings and Student Council.
- An Honor Code binding all members of the SLJ community by tenets of respect and mutual support.