• J.D. Program Overview
• Class Profile
• Your First Year
  • Curriculum
  • In the Classroom: Contracts Video
  • Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy Program in Your First Year
• Upper-Class Courses
  • Business Organizations and Finance Law
  • Civil Rights Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Law and Gender
  • Health Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International, Foreign and Comparative Law
  • Legal Theory and Legal History
  • Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Client Representation
  • Public Interest Law
  • Public Law
  • Real Estate, Land Use and Development
  • Taxation
• Dual Degrees
  • Asian Legal Studies
  • Banking and Financial Law
  • English
  • European Law
  • International and European Business Law
  • International Relations
  • Law & Health Sector Management
  • Law & Preservation Studies
  • Management
  • Mass Communication
  • Philosophy
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• Concentrations
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  • Health Law
  • International Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Clinics & Externships
  • Civil Litigation Program
  • Criminal Clinical Program
  • Externships
    • Affordable Housing
    • Community Courts
    • Government Lawyering Externship Program
    • Health Law Externship Program
    • Judicial Externship Program
    • Legal Externship Program
    • Semester-in-Practice Program
  • Human Trafficking Clinic
  • Immigration Detention Clinic
  • Legislative Programs
    • Africa i-Parliaments
    • American Legislative Practice
  • Meet Clinic Students
• Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy Program
• Trial Advocacy
• Study Abroad / Foreign Exchange
  • Interactive Student Travelogue
  • Beijing, China
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Florence, Italy
  • Geneva, Switzerland
  • Hamburg, Germany
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Leiden, The Netherlands
  • London, England
  • Lyon, France
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Oxford, England
  • Paris, France
  • Republic of Singapore
  • Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Dual Degree in Asian Legal Studies
  • Dual Degree in European Law
  • Dual Degree in International and European Business Law
  • Foreign Exchange
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    • Credit Towards LL.M. Degree
• Public Interest / Government
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Government Lawyering Externship Program

Through the Government Lawyering Externship Program (GLEP), students work at a state or federal agency. Recent placements have included:

• Office of the U.S. Attorney
• Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
• MassPORT
• U.S. Department of the Interior

A weekly seminar explores topics examining:

• The impact of politics on the work of a government lawyer
• Ethical and moral considerations unique to government attorneys
• How to determine who the “client” is for purposes of the attorney-client relationship
• Interaction with other government agencies