Newton, Massachusetts
Boston College Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1932
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 168
- Median GPA
- 3.83
- Resident tuition
- $72,380
- First-year class
- 219
- Bar-required jobs
- 92.5%
- First-time bar passage
- 96.2%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Semester in PracticeSchool page for Semester in Practice (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Center for Experiential LearningSchool page for Center for Experiential Learning (opens in a new tab)
- Clough CenterSchool page for Clough Center (opens in a new tab)
- Curtin CenterSchool page for Curtin Center (opens in a new tab)
- Rappaport CenterSchool page for Rappaport Center (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Boston College Law ReviewSchool page for Boston College Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Affairs Law ReviewSchool page for Environmental Affairs Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- International & Comparative Law ReviewSchool page for International & Comparative Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Law and Social JusticeSchool page for Journal of Law and Social Justice (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
LL.M. programs (1)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
S.J.D. and J.S.D. programs (1)
- S.J.D. / J.S.D. programSchool page for S.J.D. / J.S.D. program (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
- Master of Legal StudiesSchool page for Master of Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
202
Clinic positions available
221
169 filled
Field placements filled
101
Simulation course seats
1,516
Co-curricular offerings
10
Full-time faculty
82
207 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
