Boston College Law School

Boston College Law School
Motto Αἰέν ἀριστεύειν
Established 1926
School type Private Jesuit
Parent endowment $2.220 billion (2015)[1]
Dean Vincent Rougeau
Location Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Enrollment 794[2]
Faculty 103 (Fall)
110 (Spring)[2]
USNWR ranking 30 [3]
Bar pass rate 94.0%[2]
Website www.bc.edu/schools/law

Boston College Law School (BC Law) is one of the six professional graduate schools at Boston College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston College Law School is situated on a 40-acre (160,000 m2) wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts.

With approximately 800 students and 125 faculty members, the Law School is one of the largest of BC's seven graduate and professional schools.[4] Admission to BC Law is highly selective.[5] In 2015, Above the Law ranked BC Law as the #16 law school in the country based on a ranking that focuses on job placement at top firms and costs of attendance.[6] Reflecting its Jesuit heritage, BC Law has established programs in human rights, social justice and public interest law. Its faculty played a part in arguing for the repeal of the Solomon Amendment, presenting oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. FAIR.

According to BC Law's 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 85.4% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[7]

History

Although provisions for a law school were included in the original charter for Boston College, ratified by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1863, Boston College Law School was formally organized in the 1920s and opened its doors on September 26, 1929. It was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1932 and the Association of American Law Schools in 1937. Originally located in the Lawyer's Building opposite the Massachusetts State House in central Boston, it moved to the main Boston College campus in 1954 and to its present 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus, the home of the former Newton College of the Sacred Heart, in 1975.

Nicknames

Stemming from the nickname of Boston College athletics teams, the term "Legal Eagle" is sometimes used to refer to students and alumni of Boston College Law School. The term Triple Eagle, which technically designates a recipient of any three degrees from Boston College, is usually used to refer to graduates of Boston College High School, Boston College, and BC Law. Boston College Law School has been referred to as the "Disney Land of Law Schools."

Curriculum

BC Law offers several programs abroad including the Semester in London Program and the Semester in The Hague Program with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The law school also has exchange programs with Bucerius Law School, the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, and numerous other law faculties throughout the world.[8]

Ranking

Ranking Summary

Above the Law: 16th; U.S. News & World Report 2017: 30th; National Law Journal Go-To Law Schools: 23rd; Top Law Schools 2015: 34th

Due to Boston College student placement in the top law firms in the country, the Princeton Review rankings place Boston College in the number 7 position for "Best Career Prospects". Boston College is also ranked number 5 for "Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)."[9] In 2015, "Above The Law" ranked Boston College Law School 16th overall in the country.[10]

Regarding recruiting at the top law firms in the country, since 2007 the National Law Journal has ranked BC Law in the top 15 law schools because of the large number of graduates the school places in the top American law firms. Harvard was the only other Boston school that placed in the top 20 for recruiting.[11]

The U.S. News & World Report 2016 Law School Rankings placed Boston College Law School 30th in the country.[12] BC Law's legal writing program ranked 9th in the nation[13] and its tax program 23rd.[14]

Above the Law, a legal blog that focuses on BigLaw, ranked Boston College Law School 16th in the country in 2015, based on a ranking that focuses on job placement at the top large law firms.[15]

Law reviews

Boston College Law School maintains six student-run publications. The Boston College Law Review is the oldest scholarly publication at the law school. The Boston College International and Comparative Law Review focusses on international legal issues. The Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review is dedicated solely to environmental law. The Third World Law Journal is a legal periodical that offers a progressive, alternative legal perspective on issues both within the United States and in the developing world.

The Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest is the only student-written publication at Boston College Law School published by a private corporation.[16]

Boston College Law School also maintains an online publication, the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum, covering issues of copyright, trademark and patent law.[17]

Libraries

In a new building opened in 1996, the Law Library is located on the Boston College Law School campus in Newton, and contains approximately 500,000 volumes covering all major areas of American law and primary legal materials from the federal government, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union. The library also features a substantial treatise and periodical collection and a growing collection of international and comparative law material. The library's Coquillette Rare Book Room houses works from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries, including works by and about Saint Thomas More.[18]

Research centers & institutes

Boston College Newton Campus

Employment

According to BC Law's official 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 80.4% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[19] BC Law's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 11.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2014 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[20]

The median private sector starting salary is $145,000, and the median public service starting salary is $48,000, although these numbers are based on self-reporting statistics.[21]

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at BC Law for incoming students in the 2013-2014 academic year is $64,591.[22] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $245,864.[23]

Noted people

See also

References

  1. ↑ As of June 30, 2015. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2014 to FY 2015" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Boston College Official ABA Data Archived January 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Schools and Colleges - Boston College". Bc.edu. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Boston College | Law School Numbers". Bc.lawschoolnumbers.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  6. ↑ "Above The Law Rankings". www.abovethelaw.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  7. ↑ "Law School Transparency".
  8. ↑ "BC Law International". Bc.edu. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  9. ↑ "Princeton Review List". Princetonreview.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  10. ↑ http://abovethelaw.com/careers/2015-law-school-rankings/#rankings
  11. ↑ The go-to schools Archived February 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings?int=a1d108. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "US News Legal Writing Rankings". Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  14. ↑ "US News Best Grad Schools". Premium.usnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  15. ↑ "Above The Law Rankings". www.abovethelaw.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  16. ↑ "U.C.C. Reporter Digest". Bc.edu. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  17. ↑ "The Intellectual Property and Technology Forum". Bc.edu. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  18. ↑ "Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room - Boston College". Bc.edu. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  19. ↑ "Employment Summary for 2014 Graduates" (PDF).
  20. ↑ "Boston College Profile".
  21. ↑ "Law - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report". Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  22. ↑ "2013-2014 law school cost of attendance" (PDF).
  23. ↑ "Boston College Profile".
  24. ↑ "25th Anniversary". Arbella.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  25. ↑ "Boston College Law Bookshelf, Spring 2006". Boston College. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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