Boston, Massachusetts
Boston University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1925
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 170
- Median GPA
- 3.88
- Resident tuition
- $69,870
- First-year class
- 238
- Bar-required jobs
- 92.1%
- First-time bar passage
- 94.9%
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.
Clinics (10)
- Access to Justice ClinicSchool page for Access to Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Appellate ClinicSchool page for Appellate Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Litigation ClinicSchool page for Civil Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Compliance Policy ClinicSchool page for Compliance Policy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Consumer Economic Justice ClinicSchool page for Consumer Economic Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Prosecution ClinicSchool page for Criminal Prosecution Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Defender ClinicSchool page for Defender Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- International Human Rights ClinicSchool page for International Human Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Legislative Policy & Drafting ClinicSchool page for Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Racial Justice and Movement Lawyering ClinicSchool page for Racial Justice and Movement Lawyering Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (9)
- Corporate Counsel ExternshipSchool page for Corporate Counsel Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Justice ExternshipSchool page for Criminal Justice Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law ExternshipSchool page for Health Law Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Independent Proposal ExternshipSchool page for Independent Proposal Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial ExternshipSchool page for Judicial Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Learning From Practice ExternshipSchool page for Learning From Practice Externship (opens in a new tab)
- New York Pro Bono Scholars Semester-in-Practice ProgramSchool page for New York Pro Bono Scholars Semester-in-Practice Program (opens in a new tab)
- Semester-in-Practice ExternshipSchool page for Semester-in-Practice Externship (opens in a new tab)
- State and Local Tax ExternshipSchool page for State and Local Tax Externship (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
Journals and law reviews (5)
- American Journal of Law & MedicineSchool page for American Journal of Law & Medicine (opens in a new tab)
- Boston University International Law JournalSchool page for Boston University International Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Boston University Law ReviewSchool page for Boston University Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Science & Technology LawSchool page for Journal of Science & Technology Law (opens in a new tab)
- Public Interest Law JournalSchool page for Public Interest Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
Moot court and trial advocacy programs (2)
- J. Newton Esdaile Appellate Moot Court ProgramSchool page for J. Newton Esdaile Appellate Moot Court Program (opens in a new tab)
- Legal Writing & Appellate Advocacy ProgramSchool page for Legal Writing & Appellate Advocacy Program (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. programSchool page for LL.M. program (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
235
Clinic positions available
251
211 filled
Field placements filled
117
Simulation course seats
458
Co-curricular offerings
12
Full-time faculty
93
221 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
