Boston University Law School

Boston University School of Law
Established	1872
School type	Private
Parent endowment	$1.369 billion
Dean	Maureen O'Rourke
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, US
Enrollment	676 FT; 1 PT
Faculty	135
USNWR ranking	23
Bar pass rate	95.38%
Website	http://www.bu.edu/law/

Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is a nationally recognized law school located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.

Consistently ranked among the top American law schools, "U.S. News and World Report" currently ranks it 23rd in the country. Three specialties are in the top 10, including 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 was one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless of race or gender, 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 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.

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