{"id":16,"date":"2022-06-08T10:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:14:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About BU Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1869, three Boston businessmen with abolitionist ideals chartered Boston University, envisioning an inclusive, forward-thinking university. In 1872, the School of Law opened its doors, admitting qualified students regardless of race, gender, or religion. Numerous legal and societal pioneers have emerged over the years. Today, under the leadership of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/angela-onwuachi-willig\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the School of Law continues to strive to meet that promise of an inclusive and equitable culture, and is home to more than 1,100\u00a0 students and more than 160 faculty members.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in the heart of Boston and housed in the architecturally distinctive<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/law-school-complex\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sumner M. Redstone Building and Law Tower<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, our central facility features two modern<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/libraries\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law libraries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, technologically advanced moot courtrooms, classrooms designed for optimal learning, and offices for faculty and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/offices\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">administrative departments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019d love for you to stop by and check us out!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1869, three Boston businessmen with abolitionist ideals chartered Boston University, envisioning an inclusive, forward-thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92302,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/92302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}