Study Area in Law School Bridge

Centers & Institutes

We believe unconventional collaborations lead to unexpected breakthroughs. Our 12 centers and institutes support the collective work of faculty, students and visiting scholars as they generate new knowledge that inspires and redefines their fields.

Academic Centers

Our academic centers deliver opportunities for learning and personal enrichment across the arts, humanities and social sciences, public policy and law, and science.

Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA)

The Center for the Arts produces and presents year-round programs in visual arts, performing arts, and arts education to advance the role of the arts in pre-K–12 education.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH)

MARCH supports humanities research, programming, training and communication throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Institute for Effective Education

The Institute for Effective Education advances research on the strategies and programs that promote best practices in education.

Center for State Constitutional Studies

The Center for State Constitutional Studies is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to promoting public understanding of American state constitutions and sub-national constitutions in other federal systems.

Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE)

The Center for Urban Research and Education promotes national research on urban issues while training the next generation of urban scholars.

Community Leadership Center

A grant-funded service and research center, the Community Leadership Center helps revitalize urban communities through education, leadership and community development.

Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law

The Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law studies the legal, economic and cultural implications of information production, distribution, consumption and regulation.

Institute for Law and Philosophy

The Institute for Law and Philosophy works to advance knowledge and understanding of philosophically significant legal topics, both in normative legal theory and in analytical jurisprudence.

Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs

The Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs engages public, government, nonprofit and community stakeholders in addressing regional challenges. 

Center for Government Compliance and Ethics

The Center for Government Compliance and Ethics seeks to advance the application of effective ethics and compliance program principles as an element of public governance at the federal, state and local levels in the United States and worldwide through a variety of activities, including research, education, networking and thought leadership.

Center for Computational and Integrative Biology

The Center for Computational and Integrative Biology emphasizes the development of mathematical models for biological systems and the application of the models to data from laboratory and field investigations.

Digital Studies Center (DiSC)

DiSC conducts and supports research at the convergence of digital technologies and the various disciplines of the Rutgers–Camden College of Arts and Sciences.

Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility

The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School explores the ways in which society makes choices about risk, its proper allocation, and compensation for the harm caused when risks materialize, with a special focus on insurance and insurance law.