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Established | 1872 |
School type | Private |
Parent endowment | $1.655 billion |
Dean | Maureen O'Rourke |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Enrollment | 676 FT; 1 PT |
Faculty | 135 |
USNWR ranking | 22 |
Bar pass rate | 95.38% |
Website | http://www.bu.edu/law/ |
Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school of Boston University, located on the university's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. News and World Report currently ranks the school as 22nd in the country. Three specialties are in the top 10: Health Law (#2), Tax Law (#7), and Intellectual Property Law (#9). Princeton Review ranks it 1st place nationally in "Best Professors" and 8th place for "Best Classroom Experience." For the class of 2018, the median student LSAT score was 164 and median GPA was 3.68.
BU Law was one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless of race or gender. It is the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts, and a charter member of the American Bar Association. Nearly 700 students are enrolled in the full-time J.D. degree program and about 350 in the School's five LLM degree programs. The School offers more than 200 classes and seminars, 21 study abroad opportunities, and 17 dual degree programs. Students learn critical legal theory and doctrine in classes that average a 10.6:1 student/faculty ratio, while developing professional lawyering skills in the School’s 1L Lawyering Lab, civil and criminal law clinics, national and international externships, pro bono placements, and transactional law program. BU Law also pioneered a clinic to represent victims of human trafficking in Boston.
BU Law's most recent entering class comes from 32 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These students represent 16 countries and 124 undergraduate institutions.