BU Law at a Glance

96.3%   Grads employed by graduation
98.7%   Grads employed nine months after graduation
95%   Overall bar passage rate
94%   Rate of retention
     
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12:1
Clinic Student /Faculty Ratio 6:1
 

Rankings

#21   Top Law School, U.S. News & World Report Ranking
#7   Health Law, U.S. News & World Report Ranking
#8   Tax Law, U.S. News & World Report Ranking
#9   Intellectual Property Law, U.S. News & World Report Ranking
#1   Teaching Quality ("Professors Rock") Princeton Review Law School Ranking
#10   Best Career Prospects, Princeton Review Law School Ranking
#1   Faculty Teaching Quality, Leiter Law School Ranking
#21   Student (Numerical) Quality, Leiter Law School Ranking

Dual Degree Programs

J.D./LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law
J.D./M.B.A. in Law and Health Sector Management
J.D./M.A. in Law and International Relations
J.D./M.B.A. in Law and Management
J.D./M.S. in Law and Mass Communication
J.D./M.A. in Law and Philosophy
J.D./M.A. in Law and Historic Preservation
J.D./M.P.H. in Law and Public Health
J.D./LL.M. in Taxation

Concentrations

Business Organizations and Finance Law
Health Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Law
Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Graduate Programs

American Law (for Non-U.S. lawyers)
Banking and Financial Law
Intellectual Property Law
Taxation

Study Abroad Programs

Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Leiden University, The Netherlands
National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France
Université Panthéon-Assas ( Paris II) Paris, France
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain

Clinical and Advocacy Programs

Civil Litigation Program
Criminal Clinical Program
Legal Externship Program
Legislation Clinics
Legislative Internship Program
Trial Advocacy Program

Journals

American Journal of Law and Medicine
Review of Banking & Financial Law
Boston University Law Review
Boston University International Law Journal
Journal of Science and Technology Law
Public Interest Law Journal

Centers and Institutes

The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
The Institute of Jewish Law
The International Distance (Internet) Legislative Drafting Program
Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law