Boston College

Law School Overview

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Law School Overview

The Law School at Boston College has an application deadline of March 31. The full-time program application fee at the Law School at Boston College is $75. Its tuition is full-time: $43,170 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 12.6:1. The Law School at Boston College has 69 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

Boston College Law School offers students a robust curriculum, which includes the yearlong, first year Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing Program that introduces students to problem-based, analytical study. Electives make up the majority of the second and third year curriculum. There is also the Boston College Law School Land and Environmental Program, which can culminate in a Certificate in Environmental & Land Use Law. For students who want to combine their legal education with another discipline, there are multiple dual degree options, including a J.D./M.B.A. through the Carroll School of Management, a J.D./Master of Social Work through the School of Social Work, and J.D./M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning in conjunction with Tufts University.

Through the school’s numerous in-house clinical courses, students can get hands-on experience in areas including housing law, civil ligation, and criminal justice. There is also a clinic specific to women’s legal issues, called Women and the Law, in which students work on cases including divorce, spousal support, and restraining orders. Boston College Law School students can check out more than 35 student organizations, such as the Asia Law Society, as well as a variety of academic advocacy programs, including internal and inter-school competitions. Legal journals at the school include the Boston College Law Review, the Third World Law Journal, and the Environmental Affairs Law Review.

The law school is six miles from downtown Boston, and students can live in university-owned housing or can use the Boston College Off-Campus Housing Office to find rental properties nearby. Notable alumni of Boston College Law School include U.S. Senator John Kerry and U.S. Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller.

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Year founded	1929
Public/private	Private
Law school designation	National

Admissions

Application deadline	March 31
Full-time program application fee	$75
Part-time program application fee	$0
Admissions Phone	(617) 552-4351
Admissions E-mail	bclawadm@bc.edu
Web site	http://www.bc.edu/lawschool

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	69
Student-faculty ratio	12.6:1
Total faculty	98

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	759
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	260

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $43,170 per year
Room and board	$11,300

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	51.9%
Median private sector starting salary	$145,000
Median public service starting salary	$48,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

512,928

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data