Hofstra Law School's history is one of vision, commitment to excellence and extraordinary success. The Law School was founded in 1970 to create a unique environment, a place which provides a superb legal education, in the broadest sense, to generations of competent and ethical attorneys; a place which makes meaningful contributions to the dialogue on pressing social issues of national and local importance and which brings together a diversity of students, faculty, judges, lawyers, scholars and professionals from a variety of disciplines in an effort to broaden the perspectives of all.