Consider Our Legacy
For more than 100 years, New England Law | Boston has been a gateway for students searching for rewarding and meaningful careers in law. We provide an immersive experience of legal theory and contemporary practice, offering opportunities to gain real-world experience early and often.
Our location in the heart of downtown Boston’s vibrant legal marketplace provides access to valuable, real-life lawyering experiences. Our students research and collaborate to develop criminal law legislation, help the indigent avoid homelessness, and advocate for immigrants and refugees. They also work to dissect appellate tax disputes, combat international human trafficking, and raise the red flag when regulations are ignored.
Within these pages, you will discover our accomplished faculty members who are teachers and mentors dedicated to your success. As an independent law school, law is our sole focus. We channel all our energies and resources into providing you with a top-notch legal education that paves the way for your future. Come and seize your opportunity at New England Law | Boston.
John Chalmers Dean of Admissions
In the Heart of Boston
New England Law is ideally located in downtown Boston, close to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Financial District, State House, Government Center, and numerous state and federal courts, government agencies, and law firms—all frequent employers of our students and alumni.
Employment & Internship Opportunities
With state and federal courts, government agencies, Fortune 500 businesses, and countless law firms and nonprofits, Boston is the perfect city to launch your legal career. New England Law students take full advantage through internships, clerkships, and full-time employment upon graduation.
Some institutions hiring New England Law students within walking distance include:
Attorney General’s Office
Federal Reserve Bank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Massachusetts State House
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
U.S. District Court
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
Greater Boston Legal Services
A Welcoming, Close-knit Community
Since our founding in 1908 as the only law school exclusively for women, New England Law has striven to make the legal community more inclusive. Today, you will find a coeducational student body that is uniquely supportive, welcoming, and diverse.
Student Organizations
Our wide range of student organizations provides many opportunities for students to gain valuable experience while serving the community, making new friends, and having fun.
Some of our student organizations include:
Student Bar Association
OUTlaws
Black Law Students Association
Phi Alpha Delta
Women’s Law Caucus
Mentorship Programs
New England Law | Boston emphasizes mentorship because the best advice you can get about law school often comes from those who have been there before you. Our legal mentoring program connects first-year students to mentors to support you as you acclimate to law school.
“Students gain the wonderful perspective that their hard work today will lead to results in the future.”
Sean Nabi New England Law graduate
“The
faculty are deeply invested and committed to students’ success. They are active mentors in aiding us to become the best lawyers possible.” Stephanie Niles, New England Law graduate
Highly Accessible Faculty
At New England Law, you won’t have trouble getting help from our highly accessible faculty. We are an independent law school unattached to any undergraduate or graduate institution, so our law students are truly our top priority. Our professors are always available, supporting student publications, moot court, and other student organizations.
Academic Success
Law school can present challenges, but you won’t face them alone at New England Law. We are devoted to providing the guidance you need to succeed at every stage of your law school experience.
Committed to Your Success
Whether it’s developing your legal analysis skills, preparing for exams, or getting ready to pass the bar, our law school academic support programs, faculty, and staff will encourage you to take your place in our community and as a confident professional in the legal world that awaits you upon graduation.
Down the Street or Around the Globe
Through its diverse student body and faculty, our institution fosters a global perspective, preparing students to navigate the complexities of an interconnected world. New England Law’s commitment to social justice and public service extends beyond national borders, with students and alumni engaging in international human rights advocacy, cross-border legal transactions, and global legal research initiatives. Our partnerships with international organizations and law schools further enhance our global reach, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration on issues that affect us all. Through our innovative programs, scholarly contributions, and commitment to fostering global citizenship, New England Law continues to make a meaningful impact on the worldwide legal landscape.
Summer Fellowships
Attorney general, district attorney, and public defender offices across the U.S.
National and international NGOs
Private law firms and corporations in the U.S. and abroad
International Externships
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands
U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
International Bar Association in London, U.K.
40% OF 1LS PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
“If you’re drawn to international human rights law, our summer program in Galway is for you. In addition to the world-renowned resident professors, our visiting faculty has included U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.”
Victor Hansen Professor of Law Program Coordinator, Summer Program on International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Galway, Ireland
Shape Your Expertise and Ignite Your Passion
Demonstrate your expertise—and set yourself apart—by pursuing one of our concentrations or legal certificates. These programs are designed to prepare you with the skills and experiences you need to hit the ground running in your law career. Not ready to choose? Explore your options through more than 100 electives or the Pathways to the Profession program.
Concentrations
Business Law
Our proximity to Boston’s Financial District means unparalleled access to the corporations driving the local and national economy.
Family Law
As a top-ranked school for Family Law, we attract many students who are passionate about helping families and provide them with ample opportunities to learn how to do so.
International Law
Our International Law concentration is both a distinct academic path and complement to related practice areas like immigration, tax, and business law.
Public Interest Law
We are a top-ranked law school for Public Interest Law, and working toward a better, more just world is important to our students.
Litigation
If you’re eager for the excitement and challenges of the courtroom, you will be well served by our Litigation concentration and its focus on developing real-world trial skills.
Small Firm Practice
Our tight-knit and hardworking law school community has launched countless careers in small firms and as solo practitioners.
Trusts and Estates
Prepare for a career helping individuals and families in the planning and administration of their estates, as well as representing executors and trustees.
Certificates
Compliance and Risk Management
If you are interested in the fast-growing and diverse field of compliance, our downtown Boston location is the perfect place to launch your career. You will be surrounded by opportunities to gain valuable experience across this fascinating legal niche in industries such as financial services, health care, information technology, and more.
Criminal Practice and Procedure
Train in Boston’s venerable courthouses and graduate law school ready to navigate the challenges of becoming a trial lawyer.
Immigration Law
Our Immigration Law certificate will prepare you for the many roles and settings related to immigration, from private practice to government to nonprofits.
Intellectual Property Law
Perhaps it’s unsurprising that there’s an acute demand for intellectual property lawyers— as IP Law impacts virtually every field of human endeavor, from software and scientific breakthroughs to sports branding to music, movies, and literature. Our students explore the vast potential of this dynamic legal specialty.
Tax Law
Our Tax Law certificate program offers specialized courses in taxation, and allows recipients to increase their employment opportunities in the tax field.
“The curriculum simulates real-life practice, and you learn exactly how to think like a lawyer and address various legal issues.”
Gayla Martin, New England Law graduate
Transform Theory Into Practice
Clinics & Externships
Clinical law courses allow you to get hands-on experience in real-world legal settings, putting your classroom learning into practice. You will develop critical lawyering skills and represent real clients while receiving academic credit. Law clinics also offer excellent opportunities to perform public service and public interest legal work.
“With all the clinic experience I gained, I was able to secure a position as an Honors Attorney with the Department of Justice.”
Jessica Rodenhiser, New England Law graduate
15 CLINICS/ EXTERNSHIPS
3 ACADEMIC CENTERS
A top school for Public Interest and Family Law preLaw Magazine, Fall 2018; 2024
Hands-On Learning, Real-World Impact
Centers
Our three law centers let you apply your classroom learning to real-world situations in diverse and growing areas of the law: business law, social responsibility, and international law and policy. Starting as early as your first year, you will have opportunities to join professors and classmates on projects that will hone your skills, strengthen your résumé, and provide a foundation for your career after graduation.
Center for Business Law
The Center for Business Law provides opportunities for students to learn about the intersection of the legal and business worlds, tackling emerging issues such as compliance, commercial law, corporate governance, securities practice, federal tax planning and practice, estate planning, intellectual property, health law, and sports law.
Center for International Law & Policy
Center for Law & Social Responsibility
The Center for Law and Social Responsibility empowers law students to pursue their interest in public service through legal advocacy, pro bono opportunities, and other real-world projects, in addition to special networking and other center events.
If your goal is to become an international lawyer, you can launch your career with the Center for International Law and Policy. Through sought-after international externships, research projects, and academic offerings, you will gain invaluable experience and exposure to real-world international legal issues.
“At New England Law, practical training is closely tied to the curriculum and classroom learning. You can gain hands-on legal experience every semester you’re here.”
Russell Engler Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs Member of the Executive Committee, Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission
Summer Fellowship Program
Our innovative Summer Fellowship Program for first-year (1L) students helps jumpstart your legal career. Summer Fellows work for eight to ten weeks at law firms and legal organizations all over the country and world, gaining practical skills, realworld experience, professional connections, and a $3,500 stipend.
Where You Will Work
With our Summer Fellowship Program, students can work anywhere in the world in positions that fit their goals, strengths, and passions.
Past participants have worked in the attorney general and public defender offices in Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington State. Others have held national and international positions with private law firms, NGOs, and corporations from Texas to Portugal. In response to the recent global pandemic, a number of organizations offer positions with increased flexibility, including remote work.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Honors Program
The Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Honors Program at New England Law provides students with unique academic, advising, and extracurricular opportunities that can enrich their law school experience. Eligible honors students may also receive a fulltuition scholarship—worth more than $177,000 over their law school tenure.
Specialized Academic Offerings
The Honors Program is facilitated by a full-time member of the law school faculty who serves as the Honors Program advisor. There is no additional course work, but students may participate in special events and other programming.
Upon graduation and successful completion of the Honors Program, members receive Honors notations on their transcripts. This credential can also be a meaningful addition to a résumé.
Sharpen Your Advocacy, Shape Your Success
Advocacy and Skills Teams
New England Law | Boston’s Advocacy and Skills Competitions Program gives students the opportunity to sharpen skills that will prove invaluable throughout their legal careers. Participants learn with and from fellow classmates while presenting arguments, testing approaches, taking risks, and discovering how to succeed in regional and national competitions. New England Law fields strong advocacy and skills teams in an array of legal interest areas, and in recent years we have placed highly in national and international competitions, claimed first place in Oral Advocacy, and brought home major awards in the Best Advocate, Best Oralist, Top Speaker, and Legal Briefs categories. We take great pride in these triumphs, but the real payoff comes from students’ improved writing and legal skills, which give them distinct advantages in their careers.
New England Law Review
Since 1965, the student-run New England Law Review has published a law journal of cutting-edge legal scholarship by professional and student authors, enabling students to sharpen their legal writing and research skills. Over the years, Law Review articles have been cited in numerous statutes, federal regulations, cases, books, other law reviews, and journals.
Student positions on the Law Review are highly respected and sought after. A writing competition and academic performance are used to select Law Review staff, whose responsibilities include editing manuscripts submitted for publication, writing commentaries on various areas of the law, and organizing symposia.
Being part of a law review provides you with the chance to vastly improve your legal
Meet Your Classmates
At New England Law | Boston, you will join ambitious and engaging students from across the country and around the world.
Student Demographics
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Where Our Graduates Work and Live
Where Our Graduates Work
Where do our 12,000+ law school alumni work? Anywhere you can imagine! You will find New England Law | Boston graduates in virtually every legal sector, as well as government, business, and nonprofit positions.
Law Firms
Ropes & Gray LLP
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Morrison Mahoney LLP
Mintz
Public Interest
Volunteer Lawyers Project
Family Law Center of Rhode Island
Legal Aid Society
Greater Boston Legal Services
Federal Government
Federal Bureau of Investigation
First Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Attorney’s Office
United States Department of Homeland Security
Judicial Clerkships
U.S. Department of Justice
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Supreme Court of Guam
New Jersey Superior Court
State Government
Massachusetts State Senate
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Business & Industry
JP Morgan Chase
Allstate
CVS Health
Biogen
“The Career Services Office has everything you need to get a great job or internship. They will not rest if you need help, and they will introduce you to a huge variety of opportunities that you would otherwise not even know existed.”
Hailey Manfredi, New England Law graduate
Where Our Graduates Live
50 STATES
29 COUNTRIES
Why New England Law?
Students choose New England Law for its rigorous academics, practical experience, and supportive community. Our dedicated faculty, comprehensive curriculum, and extensive network of alumni provide a foundation for success in various legal fields. At New England Law, students are empowered to excel and make a meaningful impact from day one.
“One of the first attorneys I ever met in Massachusetts was the Honorable Judge Roberto Ronquillo, former Chief Justice of the Boston Municipal Court and NELB alumnus and faculty. He and other NELB alumni that I’ve worked with since have been examples of what good attorneys are. I want to continue on that path and become an attorney who can serve as they do.”
Maximo Sterling ‘26
“I first heard about New England Law from one of my advisors during undergrad. Knowing that I wanted to be in Boston for law school and have incredible opportunities for internships/externships, I decided to tour New England Law before my senior year. I absolutely loved it and was really intrigued by the Summer Fellowship Program for 1L’s. Overall, my experience has been incredible and I enjoy the community here.”
Fernando Cordova-Vizuete ‘26
Earn a Law Degree on Your Time
New England Law | Boston offers four distinct JD programs, designed around the unique needs of students at various stages in their lives and careers. They include fulltime, evening part-time, day part-time, and flexible part-time law school options.
Full-Time
New England Law’s Full-Time Program allows students to dedicate themselves full-time to their studies and complete their JD in three years.
Evening Part-Time
New England Law is the only school in Boston with part-time law school programs in both the day and night. Our Evening Part-Time Program allows you to keep your day job and attend classes at night. Admission procedures, requirements, and academic expectations are identical for New England Law’s Day and Evening Part-Time Programs. We are committed to maintaining the same faculty for both programs, so our full-time faculty members regularly teach in both.
Day Part-Time
One of the few part-time law programs available during the day, our Day Part-Time JD program is ideal for students who want more of the “traditional” JD experience but on an extended timeline. Easy access to daytime events, many clinical opportunities, and more make this an ideal program for students looking for extra flexibility in their law school schedule.
Flexible Program
This special part-time program allows select students to spend up to six years earning their JD, tailoring their law school schedule around an existing career, family responsibilities, or other work-life balance needs.
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POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION
It is the policy of New England Law | Boston to provide equality of opportunity in legal education for all applicants for admission, enrolled students, and graduates, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, gender (including identity and expression), age, handicap or disability, or sexual orientation.
The law school complies with all applicable federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws, including Title IX. Please contact the Director of Student Services at 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116 (617-422-7401) with any inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy.