One of the first law schools in the nation to establish clinical programs supervised by full-time faculty, BU Law has consistently expanded its hands-on learning opportunities to provide “real-life” training to students with myriad legal interests and career goals. Most recently, BU Law introduced a Transactional Law program to provide students with the core skills needed to embark on a transactional practice career. At BU Law, you will benefit from attentive mentoring by supervising faculty, substantive classroom learning that complements your field experience and the ability to create the ideal learning experience to advance your professional and personal goals. More than 250 students participate annually in BU Law’s clinics, externships and legislative and semester-in-practice programs, acquiring the tangible skills that the modern legal profession requires. Every student who wants to participate in a clinical program gets the opportunity. Many students participate in more than one clinic or externship under attorney supervision.
As a BU Law student, you could be: Litigating real criminal cases in Boston’s courtrooms; Grappling with human rights issues at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland;
Researching and writing bench memoranda and draft decisions for state and federal judges; Representing asylum seekers facing deportation;
Providing legal guidance to corporations and nonprofits in a range of industries;
Defending victims of international human trafficking; and
Drafting legislation at the Massachusetts State House;
Delving into the inner workings of the federal government in Washington, D.C.
Handling employment claims of workplace discrimination and compensation denial;