Northeastern University School of Law
| Northeastern University School of Law | |
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| Parent school | Northeastern University |
| Established | 1898 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Jeremy Paul |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Enrollment | 604 |
| Faculty | 82 |
| USNWR ranking | 87 |
| Website | www.northeastern.edu/law/ |
Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees.
Northeastern University School of Law was founded by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Boston in 1898 as the first evening law program in the city. The program was incorporated as an LL.B.-granting law school, the Evening School of Law of the Boston YMCA, in 1904. Additional campuses of the YMCA Law School were opened in Worcester, Massachusetts by 1917 and in Springfield, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island by 1921, although those branches were all closed by 1942. In its early days, the school "saw itself as the working man's alternative to the elite schools" and "boasted of being 'An Evening Law School with Day School Standards,'" using the case method of teaching, according to legal historian Robert Stevens.
The school was renamed Northeastern University School of Law in 1922 and began admitting women that year. NUSL was accredited by the University of the State of New York in 1943 and became a member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1945. However, the school closed in 1956 due to declining enrollment and financial difficulties.
NUSL reopened in 1968 with an emphasis on cooperative legal education. It was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1969.
The School of Law offers a Cooperative Legal Education Program which includes four 3-month internships in law offices, judges' chambers and other organizations throughout the world. More than 900 employers participate in the School of Law's program. To accommodate this schedule, the academic year for second and third year students is broken into four quarters, with students alternating between classroom instruction and legal internships, in a program that is designed to blend theory and practice and provide students with a unique set of skills and experience to successfully practice law.
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