Boston, Massachusetts
Northeastern University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1969
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 164
- Median GPA
- 3.77
- Resident tuition
- $65,652
- First-year class
- 283
- Bar-required jobs
- 82.2%
- First-time bar passage
- 90.5%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Offered. The school is 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
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Civil Rights and Restorative Justice ClinicSchool page for Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Community Business ClinicSchool page for Community Business Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Domestic Violence ClinicSchool page for Domestic Violence Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigrant Justice ClinicSchool page for Immigrant Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property Law ClinicSchool page for Intellectual Property Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- LGBTQ+ ClinicSchool page for LGBTQ+ Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Prisoners’ Rights ClinicSchool page for Prisoners’ Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Public Health Advocacy ClinicSchool page for Public Health Advocacy Clinic (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 Global Law and JusticeSchool page for Center for Global Law and Justice (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Health Policy and LawSchool page for Center for Health Policy and Law (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Law, Equity and RaceSchool page for Center for Law, Equity and Race (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Public Interest Advocacy and CollaborationSchool page for Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration (opens in a new tab)
- Domestic Violence InstituteSchool page for Domestic Violence Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Institute for Law & AISchool page for Institute for Law & AI (opens in a new tab)
- Public Health Advocacy InstituteSchool page for Public Health Advocacy Institute (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Northeastern University Law ReviewSchool page for Northeastern University Law Review (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)
- LL.M. program (online)School page for LL.M. program (online) (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
110
Clinic positions available
397
396 filled
Field placements filled
225
Simulation course seats
513
Co-curricular offerings
5
Full-time faculty
58
132 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
