Boston University School of Law
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Coordinates: 42°21′03″N 71°06′24″W / 42.35083°N 71.10667°W
Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school affiliated with Boston University. Located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, BU Law is housed in the tallest law school building in the United States and the tallest academic building on campus. It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and a charter member of the American Bar Association. BU Law students come from 46 states, 14 countries and more than 238 colleges and universities around the world.
==History==The Boston University School of Law was founded in 1872 by a group of educators, lawyers, law teachers and jurists united by two beliefs; first, that a superior legal education requires instruction in the theory, analysis and practice of law; and second, that educational opportunities should be available to anyone, with merit as the only test.
BU Law's first homes were 36 Bromfield Street, 18–20 Beacon Street and 10 Ashburton Place. In 1895 the University Trustees acquired 11 Ashburton Place, which was refurbished and named Isaac Rich Hall in honor of the third founder of Boston University. The dedication speaker was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. whose historic speech "The Path of the Law" was delivered in 1897. Isaac Rich Hall housed BU Law until 1964.
In 1964 BU Law occupied the bottom half of the current building, 765 Commonwealth Avenue on the Charles River Campus, colloquially known as the "Law Tower." BU Law shared the Law Tower with the School of Education for some years but now occupies the entire building overlooking the Charles River.
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[edit] Curriculum
Boston University School of Law offers a broad selection of legal classes and seminars (approximately 150) with a student to faculty ratio of 12:1.
BU Law offers joint degrees with the Boston University Graduate School of Management (JD/MBA), the Boston University College of Communication (J.D./M.S.), the Boston University School of Public Health (J.D./M.P.H.), and the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (J.D./M.A.)
The J.D. program offers certificates in the concentrations of Business Organizations and Finance Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, and Litigation and Dispute Resolution.[1] Students who concentrate receive a separate certificate from the Registrar's Office indicating that they completed a concentration.[2]
In addition to J.D. and joint degree programs, Boston University School of Law offers LL.M. programs in American Law, Banking and Financial Law, Intellectual Property, and Taxation, as well as several J.D./LL.M. programs.
[edit] Centers and institutes
- American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics
- Institute for Business Law and Technology
- Institute of Jewish Law
- The International Distance (Internet) Legislative Drafting Program
- Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law
- N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability
[edit] Publications
- Boston University Law Review
- American Journal of Law & Medicine
- Review of Banking & Financial Law
- Boston University International Law Journal
- Journal of Science & Technology Law
- Public Interest Law Journal
[edit] Rankings
Boston University School of Law is ranked #20 among American law schools by the 2010 U.S. News & World Report. [3]
Specialty Rankings by U.S. News & World Report (2010 Rankings): #6 in Tax Law [4] (#5 among law schools with a graduate tax program); #4 in Healthcare Law [5]; and #11 in Intellectual Property Law.[6]
Career Prospect: BU Law is among the top 10 law schools in the nation in terms of career prospects according to the Princeton Review Law School Ranking. [7]
==Notable alumni==ent Program]]
- Robert Stafford, LLB 1938; HON 1959, U.S. Senator, father of the Stafford Loan program and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
- Juan R. Torruella, JD 1957, first Hispanic to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr., LLB 1920, first African-American Foreign Service Officer; the first black Foreign Service Officer diplomat (others had previously been politically appointed); first black diplomat to lead a U.S. delegation to a European country.
- Owen D. Young, LLB 1896, founder of RCA, 1929 Time magazine Man of the Year; chairman/CEO of General Electric
- Robert Khuzami, JD 1983, SEC Director of Enforcement
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