Boston College Law School, known colloquially as BC Law, is one of the six professional graduate schools at Boston College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston College Law School is situated on a 40-acre wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts. With approximately 750 students and 125 faculty members, the Law School is the largest of BC's seven graduate and professional schools.^[1] Admission to BC Law is among the most selective in the United States, with approximately 7,000 applicants for the 275 places in the first year class in 2005.^[2] 25% of the students are AHANA. Reflecting its Jesuit heritage, BC Law has established programs in human rights, social justice and public interest law. Its faculty has played a significant national role arguing for the repeal of the Solomon Amendment, presenting oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. FAIR. Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities or AJCU is an American voluntary service organization based in Washington, D.C. whose mission is to serve its member institutions, the 28 colleges and universities in the United States administered by the Society of Jesus. ... William P. Leahy, SJ (born 1948) has been the 25th President of Boston College since 1996. ... Nickname: Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1688 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor David B. Cohen (Dem) Area  - City  18. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1140x1135, 429 KB) Summary Boston College Coat of Arms Photo by author Licensing With regard to the photo: I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1140x1135, 429 KB) Summary Boston College Coat of Arms Photo by author Licensing With regard to the photo: I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... Boston College and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Located 6 miles west of Boston, Chestnut Hill is a wealthy suburb notable for its stately old houses, scenic landscape and the historic campus of Boston College. ... Nickname: Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1688 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor David B. Cohen (Dem) Area  - City  18. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... AHANA is a term that refers to persons of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American descent. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Social justice refers to the concept of an unjust society that refers to more than just the administration of laws. ... Public interest is a term used to denote political movements and organizations that are in the public interest—supporting general public and civic causes, in opposition of private and corporate ones (particularistic goals). ... The 1996 Solomon Amendment is the popular name of 10 U.S.C. § 983, a United States federal law that allows the Secretary of Defense to deny Federal grants (including research grants) to institutions of higher education if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Holding Because Congress could require law schools to provide equal access to military recruiters without violating the schools’ freedoms of speech and association, the Third Circuit erred in holding that the Solomon Amendment likely violates the First Amendment. ...

Over the past several years BC Law graduates have received post-graduate fellowships in the public interest field, including the Skadden Fellowship, the Soros Justice Fellowship, and the NAPIL Equal Justice Works Fellowship. The Law School was listed by NAPIL as among the top 25 law schools for commitment to loan repayment assistance and easing student debt. BC Law currently provides over $250,000 each year in loan repayment assistance to graduates pursuing public interest careers, an increase of over 50% from prior years. ^[3]

History

Although provisions for a law school were included in the original charter for Boston College, ratified by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1863, Boston College Law School was formally organized in the 1920s and opened its doors on September 26, 1929. It was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1932 and the Association of American Law Schools in 1937. Originally located in the Lawyer's Building opposite the Massachusetts State House in central Boston, it moved to the main Boston College campus in 1954 and to its present 40-acre campus, the home of the former Newton College of the Sacred Heart, in 1975. Boston College has consistently been ranked a top-tier law school since law school rankings began being published. State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... American Bar Associations Washington, DC office The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ... The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is a non-profit organization of 166 law schools in the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Boston redirects here. ... Newton College of the Sacred Heart was a small womens liberal arts college in Newton Center, Massachusetts. ...

Rankings

The U.S. News and World Report 2009 Law School Rankings placed Boston College Law School 26th in the country. In addition, BC Law's legal writing program ranks 7th in the nation. ^[4]

Regarding recruiting at the top law firms in the country, the National Law Journal ranked Boston College Law School in the top 15 law schools because of the large number of graduates the school places in the top American law firms. Harvard was the only other Boston school that placed in the top 20 for recruiting. ^[5] The National Law Journal, a periodical founded in 1980, provides timely legal information of national importance to attorneys, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners columns, coverage of legislative issues, and legal news for the business and private sectors. ...

Due to Boston College student placement in the top law firms in the country, The Princeton Review ranks Boston College in the top 5 for "Best Career Prospects."^[6] This is higher than both Boston University and Harvard Law School. For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit U.S. company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), such as the SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in...

Curriculum

In addition to J.D., M.A. and Ph.D. programs, Boston College Law School offers joint degrees with BC's Carroll School of Management (J.D./M.B.A.), Graduate School of Social Work (J.D./M.S.W.) and Lynch School of Education (J.D./M.Ed.). Joint degrees in the humanities, fine arts, natural sciences and social sciences are offered with BC's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) is one of the professional schools of Boston College, located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Master of Social Work (MSW) is a type of masters degree which is received from a graduate school that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education. ... The Lynch School of Education is a professional school of Boston College. ... The Master of Education (M.Ed. ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. ... The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. ... The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is the graduate faculty of humanities, natural sciences and social sciences at Boston College. ...

BC Law also offers two programs abroad: the Semester in London Program and the Semester in The Hague Program with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Hague redirects here. ... The Tribunal building in The Hague. ...

Speakers also frequently attend the law school. Past speakers have included supreme court justices, federal appellate court judges and famous scholars of law.

Libraries

In a new building opened in 1996, the Law Library is located on the Boston College Law School campus in Newton, Massachusetts and contains approximately 500,000 volumes covering all major areas of American law and primary legal materials from the federal government, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union. The library also features a substantial treatise and periodical collection and a growing collection of international and comparative law material. The library's Coquillette Rare Book Room houses works from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries, including works by and about Saint Thomas More. Nickname: Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1688 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor David B. Cohen (Dem) Area  - City  18. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... For the Elizabethan play, see Sir Thomas More (play). ...

In addition, Boston College Law students may enjoy the eight other graduate and undergraduate libraries of Boston College, many of which are in the gothic style buildings on the main campus. A portion of Bapst Library on the main campus is reserved for graduate students.

Law Review publications

Boston College Law School maintains six student-run publications. The Boston College Law Review is the oldest scholarly publication at the law school. The Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review is the nation's second oldest law review dedicated solely to environmental law and considered one of the most prestigious environmental law reviews in the country. The Boston College International & Comparative Law Review is one of approximately 30 law reviews in the United States that focus on international legal issues. The Third World Law Journal is a unique legal periodical that fills the need for a progressive, alternative legal perspective on issues both within the United States and in the developing world. The Boston College Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship and student organization at Boston College Law School. ...

The Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest is the only student-written publication at Boston College Law School published by a private corporation.^[7]

Boston College is also the first law school to implement a completely online publication, the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum, providing research articles on issues of copyright, trademark and patent law.^[8]

Student statistics

The total enrollment for BC Law is 750 students. 25% of the student population are students of color and 2% of the population are international students. The student/faculty ratio is 12:1 and 98% of students are employed at graduation. The median starting private salary is $135,000 a year. 49% of the law students receive grant assistance to pay for their education.

The 2006 entering class was composed of 257 students (from 6322 applicants) and it had a median LSAT score of 164 and a median GPA of 3.58. There were 31 students with graduate degrees.

Research centers & institutes

• Center for Human Rights and International Justice
• Business Institute, Boston College
• Center for Asset Management
• Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC)
• Center for East Europe, Russia and Asia
• Center for Ignatian Spirituality
• Center for International Higher Education
• Center For Investment Research And Management
• Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC)
• International Study Center
• Irish Institute
• Jesuit Institute
• Small Business Development Center
• Urban Ecology Institute
• Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics
• Women's Resource Center

Notable alumni

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• Brigida Benitez, JD 1993, President, Hispanic Bar Association; proposed alternative nominee for the United States Supreme Court^{[citation needed]}
• Harold Berman, JD 1994, executive director, United States Jewish Federation
• Edward P. Boland, JD 1936, former United States Congressman; author of the Boland Amendment
• Garrett J. Bradley, JD 1995, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2000 - present)
• Gary Buseck, JD 1980, Executive Director, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
• Mike Capuano, JD 1977, United States Congressman
• Paul Cellucci, JD 1973, former Governor of Massachusetts, former US Ambassador to Canada
• Robert W. Clifford, JD 1962, Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice
• Silvio Conte, JD 1949, former United States Congressman
• Bill Delahunt, JD 1967, United States Congressman
• Dannel P. Malloy, JD 1977, Mayor of Stamford Connecticut
• John Dooley, LLB 1968, Vermont Supreme Court justice
• Bob Downes, JD 1968, Alaska Superior Court Judge
• James B. Eldridge, JD 2000, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2002 - present)
• Michael S. Greco, JD 1972, President, American Bar Association (2006-2007)
• Margaret Heckler, JD 1956, former United States Congresswoman, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, former US Ambassador to Ireland
• John Kerry, JD 1976, United States Senator, 2004 Democratic candidate for President of the United States
• Ed Markey, JD 1972, United States Congressman
• Mark D. Poindexter, JD 1994, Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge, Washington, DC
• James A. Redden LLD 1954, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court; former Attorney General and State Treasurer of Oregon
• Charles E. Rice JD 1956, Author, Legal Scholar, and Professor of Law
• Thomas Reilly JD 1970, Attorney General of Massachusetts, 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate
• Warren Rudman, JD 1960, former United States Senator and New Hampshire attorney general
• Thomas Salmon, JD 1957, former Governor of Vermont
• Bobby Scott, JD 1973, United States Congressman
• Francis X. Spina, JD 1971, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice
• Michael A. Sullivan, JD 1985, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Anthony E. Varona, JD 1992, General Counsel and Legal Director, Human Rights Campaign
• Patric Verrone, JD 1984, President of the Writers Guild of America West
• Diane Wilkerson, JD 1981, first African-American Massachusetts state senator
• Debra Wong Yang, JD 1984, United States Attorney for the Central District of California
• Gerald T. Zerkin, JD 1976, Federal Public Defender for Zacarias Moussaoui
• Charles Redding Pitt, JD 1977, Former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama
• Shannon Miller, JD 2007, Olympic Gymnast

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Trivia

• The Boston College Club is an exclusive club located on the top floor of a Boston skyscraper. BC Law events are often held at the club.
• Stemming from the nickname of Boston College athletics teams, the term "Legal Eagle" is used to refer to students and alumni of Boston College Law School.
• The term "Triple Eagle," which technically refers to a recipient of any three degrees from Boston College, is usually used to designate graduates of Boston College High School, Boston College, and BC Law.
• Boston College Law students popularly use the epithet "that's BC lawyering" to describe an act of exceptional wit and ingenuity that has a sense of absurdity.

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See also

• List of Boston College people
• Presidents of Boston College

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References

1. ^ Schools and Colleges - Boston College
2. ^ http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/about/ataglance/
3. ^ http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/newsevents/2007-archive/LRAPrecord.html. BC Law has also consistently been ranked in the top 5 by US News in Most Collegial Law Schools, and the friendly atmosphere has led Vault.com to name it the Disney land of law schools. In 2007, the National Law Journal ranked Boston College Law School in the top 15 schools based on law schools with the highest percentage of graduates hired by the top American law firms. <ref>[http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1168423325385 The go-to schools<!-- Bot generated title -->]</li> <li id="cite_note-3">'''[[#cite_ref-3|^]]''' [http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/writing]<ref> Regarding the prestige of the program, [[Brody Admissions]] ranks BC Law as the 23rd most prestigious law school in the United States, third in [[New England]] behind Harvard and Yale. <ref> [http://www.brody.com/law/resources/brody_law_school_rankings.php prestige rankings]</li> <li id="cite_note-4">'''[[#cite_ref-4|^]]''' [http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1168423325385 The go-to schools<!-- Bot generated title -->]</li> <li id="cite_note-5">'''[[#cite_ref-5|^]]''' [http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/newsevents/2007-archive/101007.html 101007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</li> <li id="cite_note-6">'''[[#cite_ref-6|^]]''' [http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/uccrd/ U.C.C. Reporter Digest]</li> <li id="cite_note-7">'''[[#cite_ref-7|^]]''' [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/ The Intellectual Property and Technology Forum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</li></ol></ref>

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   Athletics	Athletics Association · ACC · The BC Eagle (Baldwin) · Alumni Stadium · Conte Forum · Kelley Rink · Shea Field · The Plex · Intramurals · Club sports · Green Line Rivalry · Commonwealth Classic · Holy War · Doug Flutie · Hail Mary · Superfans This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Boston College mascot, Baldwin Baldwin the Eagle is the mascot of Boston College, named after the Bald Eagle. ... Alumni Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, approximately two miles west of Boston. ... Conte Forum is a 8,606-seat multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Kelley Rink is the name of the ice hockey rink within Conte Forum at Boston College. ... Shea Field is a baseball stadium in Chestnut Hill, MA. It is the home field of the Boston College Eagles college baseball team. ... The Green Line Rivalry, also known as the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, is the name for the hockey rivalry between Boston College and Boston University. ... The Commonwealth Classic, also known as Commonwealth Cup [1] or Governors Cup (for the trophy awarded to the victor of the game [2]), is the title of the basketball rivalry between Boston College and the University of Massachusetts. ... The Holy War is a title used to describe the college football game between Boston College and Notre Dame. ... Douglas Richard Doug Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football quarterback. ... A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a forward pass made in desperation, with only a very small chance of success. ... Bill Swerskis Superfans was a recurring sketch on the American sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live. ...
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   Traditions & student life	The Heights · Student clubs & organizations · WZBC · AHANA · Student Media · The BC · My Mother's Fleabag · Heightsmen · The Bostonians · School Songs · Boston College Coat of Arms · UGBC · Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Student Groups · Elements · Campus ministry · Dance Marathon · Screaming Eagles Marching Band · Performance groups · BC Democrats · BC Republicans For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... The Heights (est. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... WZBC is the Boston College student-run radio station. ... AHANA is a term that refers to persons of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American descent. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... My Mothers Fleabag is a shortform improv comedy troupe at Boston College. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... The University Seal on a window in Burns Library The Boston College Coat-of-Arms incorporates the heraldic symbols of knowledge; Boston, Massachusetts; Boston, Lincolnshire; and the Jesuit Order. ...
   People	Notable Alumni · Faculty · Fr Leahy · Presidents · Provost · Double Eagles & Triple Eagles Stemming from its nickname as The Heights, persons affiliated with Boston College have been referred to as Heightsmen, Heightswomen, Heightsonians and Eagles, the latter in reference to the Universitys mascot, the Eagle. ... Stemming from its nickname as The Heights, persons affiliated with Boston College have been referred to as Heightsmen, Heightswomen, Heightsonians and Eagles, the latter in reference to the Universitys mascot, the Eagle. ... William P. Leahy, SJ (born 1948) is the 25th President of Boston College, a post he has held since 1996. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Double, Triple, and Quadruple Eagles. ...

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