Founded in 1908 as New Jersey Law School, Rutgers School of LawNewark possesses a distinctive spirit of excellence, opportunity and innovation. From the beginning, the school welcomed women and the children of immigrants. For the past 40 years its student body has embraced racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity, literally changing the face of the legal profession. Rutgers Law has pioneered clinical legal education, instilled in its students a commitment to social justice and public service, and counted numerous top scholars and practitioners among its faculty. Not infrequently in its first 100 years, Rutgers Law has overcome societal, governmental and economic upheavals. Now new challenges confront it. Distinguished Professor of Law Paul Tractenberg chronicles the first century and looks with optimism to the future.