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 The first high school in the nation to be located in a judicial complex, the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice combines law-related studies with real-world learning experiences. The school has its own mock courtroom and crime and forensic labs, and uses the New Bronx Criminal Court Complex as an extended classroom. Students explore careers in law and government through coursework, mentoring relationships and internships while preparing for the challenges of higher education. 
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More than 95% of LGJ graduates have been admitted to college or junior college. In 2006, LGJ graduated two Posse scholars to Trinity and Franklin & Marshall Colleges, and two other students with full scholarships to Dartmouth and NYU. The school’s debate team has won state and national competitions, including the 2000 Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Ninth-graders at LGJ, coached by attorneys from the law firm and school partner, Kaye Scholer, outperformed students from the elite private school, Horace Mann, in a mock court competition. |
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 Address: 244 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY 10451 Principal: Meisha Ross-Porter | (718) 410 2380 | fax (718) 410 4047 Partnership Coordinator: Kimberly Felder www.bxlgj.org  Bronx Criminal Court Complex FEGS Health and Human Services System Junior Achievement Kaye Scholer, LLP News Corporation |
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