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Grades, Academic Honors & Scholarly Categories

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Spring 2025 notice: Transcript processing will be on hold for 1Ls beginning on Friday, May 23 at 3 pm. We will begin processing transcripts again on Monday, June 2. Rising 3Ls – your transcripts will be on hold beginning Friday, May 30 at 3 pm. We will begin processing your transcripts on Monday, June 9.

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Academic Honors & Scholarly Categories

2024-2025 Academic Year

Class of 2025

3L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for Summa Cum Laude 4.06
Cut-off point for top 5% 3.97
Cut-off point for Magna Cum Laude and top 10% 3.91
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.85
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.81
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.76
Cut-off point for Cum Laude and top one-third 3.71

3L Mid-Year Rank Based on Fall 2024 Cumulative Average

G.P.A. cut-off point for top 5% 3.95
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 10% 3.90
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 15% 3.83
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 20% 3.79
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 25% 3.75
G.P.A. cut-off point for top one-third 3.69

Class of 2026

2L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.95
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.87
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.83
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.79
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.75
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.70

2L Mid-Year Rank Based on Fall 2024 Cumulative Average*

G.P.A. cut-off point for top 5% 3.93
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 10% 3.86
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 15% 3.81
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 20% 3.77
G.P.A. cut-off point for top 25% 3.72
G.P.A. cut-off point for top one-third 3.64

*This rank includes only second-year students who have completed at least three semesters at BU Law.

Class of 2027

First Year By Section A (73) B (71) C (71)
Cut-off point for top 5% 3.92 3.97 3.96
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholars 3.88 3.92 3.87
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Scholars and top 10% 3.84 3.88 3.81
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.83 3.83 3.77
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.78 3.77 —
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.68 3.70 3.75
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.63 3.61 3.62

2023-2024 Academic Year

Class of 2024

3L End-of-Year Rank Based on Third Year Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 4.06
Cut-off point for Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholars and top 20 students* 4.04
Cut-off point for Edward F. Hennessey Scholars and top 10% 4.00
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.95
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.92
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.89
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.85

* For the Class of 2024 only, the Distinguished Scholar category was expanded from the top 15 students to the top 20 students.

3L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for Summa Cum Laude 4.03
Cut-off point for top 5% 3.93
Cut-off point for Magna Cum Laude and top 10% 3.89
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.84
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.80
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.77
Cut-off point for Cum Laude and top one-third 3.71

3L Mid-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.94
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.88
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.82
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.78
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.75
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.69

Class of 2025

2L End-of-Year Rank Based on Second Year Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 4.03
Cut-off point for Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholars 4.00
Cut-off point for Paul J. Liacos Scholars and top 10% 3.99
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.97
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.93
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.91
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.85

2L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.94
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.89
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.83
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.80
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.76
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.69

2L Mid-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average*

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.93
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.88
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.81
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.76
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.71
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.63

*This rank includes only second-year students who have completed at least three semesters at BU Law.

Class of 2026

First Year By Section A (76) B (78) C (76)
Cut-off point for top 5% 3.95 3.91 3.92
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholars 3.92 3.89 3.86
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Scholars and top 10% 3.85 3.85 3.83
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.79 3.79 3.78
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.70 3.74 3.73
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.63 3.70 3.68
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.59 3.60 3.64

2022-2023 Academic Year

Class of 2023

3L End-of-Year Rank Based on Third Year Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 4.06
Cut-off point for Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholars and top 15 students 4.05
Cut-off point for Edward F. Hennessey Scholars and top 10% 4.00
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.97
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.94
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.89
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.84

3L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for Summa Cum Laude* 4.06
Cut-off point for top 5% 4.00
Cut-off point for Magna Cum Laude and top 10% 3.86
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.83
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.79
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.76
Cut-off point for Cum Laude and top one-third 3.70

*NOTE: The faculty is not obliged to award summa cum laude honors.  Students may not represent that a GPA close to 4.06 is a GPA close to summa cum laude

Class of 2023

3L Mid-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.99
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.85
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.81
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.78
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.75
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.68

Class of 2024

2L End-of-Year Rank Based on Second Year Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 4.03
Cut-off point for Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholars 4.00
Cut-off point for Paul J. Liacos Scholars and top 10% 3.97
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.93
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.90
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.87
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.81

2L End-of-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.93
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.88
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.81
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.78
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.73
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.68

2L Mid-Year Rank Based on Cumulative Average*

Cut-off point for top 5% 3.91
Cut-off point for top 10% 3.86
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.80
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.76
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.72
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.64

*This rank includes only second-year students who have completed at least three semesters at BU Law.

Class of 2025

First Year By Section A (74) B (68) C (73)
Cut-off point for top 5% 4.00 3.96 3.94
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholars 3.97 3.94 3.92
Cut-off point for G. Joseph Tauro Scholars and top 10% 3.90 3.94 3.89
Cut-off point for top 15% 3.84 3.88 3.84
Cut-off point for top 20% 3.77 3.79 3.74
Cut-off point for top 25% 3.71 3.68 3.71
Cut-off point for top one-third 3.60 3.59 3.63

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