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BU Law at a Glance

Class of 2010 Bar Passage Rates

95% Overall bar passage rate
97% Massachusetts 1st time takers
97% New York 1st time takers

Student/Faculty Ratio: 11:1
Clinic Student /Faculty Ratio 6:1

Rankings

Princeton Review
#1-- Best Professors
#6 -- Best Classroom Experience
National Jurist
#17-- Library
U.S. News & World Report
#5-- Health Law
#6-- Tax Law
#8-- Intellectual Property Law
#26-- Overall
Leiter
#20-- Student (Numerical) Quality
Journal of Legal Education
#12 in the nation for "Where Big Firm Partners Went to Law School"
National Law Journal's “NLJ250" Annual Survey
#21 based on number of graduates working in the nation’s largest law firms

Dual Degree Programs

J.D./LL.M. in Asian Legal Studies
J.D./LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law
J.D./M.A. in English
J.D./LL.M. in European Law (with University of Paris II)
J.D./M.A. in History
J.D./LL.M. in International and European Business 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 Preservation Studies
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
Executive LL.M. in International Business Law
Intellectual Property Law
Taxation

Study Abroad Opportunities

• English Language Semester Programs:
  • Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
  • Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany)
  • The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
  • Leiden University (Leiden, The Netherlands)
  • University College London (London, UK)
  • Université Jean Moulin, Lyon III (Lyon, France)
  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE–Madrid, Spain)
  • Harris Manchester College (Oxford, UK)
  • The Buchmann Faculty of Law (Tel Aviv, Israel)
  • The National University of Singapore (The Republic of Singapore)
• Foreign Language Semester Programs:
  • The University of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • The University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
  • Université Jean Moulin, Lyon III (Lyon, France)
  • Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (Paris, France)
  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE–Madrid, Spain)
• Full-year Programs in English:
  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE–Madrid, Spain)
  • Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (Paris, France)
  • The National University of Singapore (The Republic of Singapore)
  
  

Clinical and Advocacy Programs

Civil Litigation Program
Criminal Clinical Program
Health Law Externship Program
Legal Externships
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