- J.D. Program Overview
- Your First Year
- Upper-Class Courses
- Business Organizations and Finance Law
- Civil Rights Law
- Commercial Law
- Constitutional Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
- Family Law and Gender
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International, Foreign and Comparative Law
- Legal Theory and Legal History
- Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Client Representation
- Public Interest Law
- Public Law
- Real Estate, Land Use and Development
- Taxation
- Dual Degrees
- Concentrations
- Clinics, Externships & Internships
- Moot Court
- Trial Advocacy
- Study Abroad / Foreign Exchange
- Public Interest / Government
- Journals
- Transfer Students
- Visiting Students
- Financing Your Studies
- J.D. Class Statistics
- Talk to a Current Student
- Visits & Tours
- Admissions Recruitment Calendar
- Request a Catalog
- How to Apply
- Contact Us
REAL-WORLD PREPARATION
Elizabeth Feeheery ('07)
Shawanna Johnson
('08)
('08)
Erikka
Massie ('07)
Massie ('07)
J.D. Program Overview
BU Law's J.D. curriculum combines the best of traditional legal education with a forward-looking perspective --and carefully balances theory and practical training. You can design your own curriculum around courses that prepare you for work in specific areas of interest--here or abroad:
- Choose from nearly 150 classes--we offer one of the widest selections of courses and seminars available anywhere
- Concentrate in any of five areas of focus
- Develop practical courtroom skills and represent real-world clients through our nationally-recognized clinical and advanced litigation programs
- Pursue your own interests by cross-registering for any of hundreds of classes in BU's other schools and graduate programs
- Pursue one of nine dual degrees, earning a J.D. and master's degree, by combining law study with other BU graduate programs
- Travel to one of 13 study abroad locations throughout Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia--among the most expansive set of international options at any U.S. law school
- Globalize your classroom experience--J.D. classes often include foreign-trained LL.M. students who contribute a global perspective to class discussions