The Graduate Tax Program
Program Overview
The Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959, was one of the first of its kind in the country, and it continues to be one of the best. BU Law ranks 8th among American law schools for tax law studies, according to U.S. News and World Report. An LL.M. in Taxation from BU Law reflects a mastery of the practice, ethics and subtleties of tax law.
Our curriculum - consisting of five required courses and more than 30 challenging electives - offers you a balance between tax law theory and practical application, meeting the needs of lawyers who wish to excel as tax practitioners. The curriculum makes it possible for you either to select a wide spectrum of elective courses and gain exposure to all areas of tax, or to concentrate on courses that will prepare you for specialization in a particular area such as business organizations and transactions; estate planning and wealth management; or international tax.
You may attend on either a part-time or full-time basis. Classes are scheduled only during the late afternoon and evening hours to facilitate participation by working lawyers. The Program’s student body is comprised of recent law school graduates as well as seasoned attorneys from both the public and private sectors, many of them from the nation's leading law and tax consulting firms. Our graduates are engaged in private practice at law and accounting firms, but several work for government agencies and corporate law departments.
Contact Us:
Boston University School of Law
Graduate Tax Program
765 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 1670
Boston, MA 02215
Telephone: 617.353.3105
Fax: 617.353.2368
E-mail: gradtax@bu.edu
Tax Writer of the Year
Joseph B. Darby III, Esq., a lecturer at law in the Graduate Tax Program, was recently recognized as the "Tax Writer of the Year - 2007" by World Trade Executive, a family of 22 tax and business publications. To learn more about his interest in writing and his teaching style, we recently caught up with Professor Darby at his office in Boston at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
>>Read Q&A with Professor Darby