Boston University School of Law
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Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school
affiliated with Boston University
, and is ranked #22 among American law schools by US News and World Report magazine. It is the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts
and one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless of race or gender. It is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools
and a charter member of the American Bar Association
.
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. The U.S. News and World Reports currently ranks the school 22nd.
In 2010, BU Law was named one of the top 4 Public Service Law Schools in the country by National Jurist. The School offers public interest scholarships, public interest grants (for students taking non-paying public interest jobs in summer), pro bono programs in Boston and pro bono trips to areas in need over spring break. The School offers a Semester in Practice Program in which students spend a semester working in public interest organizations in Geneva, in government positions in Washington, D.C. or in the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta. Other clinical programs are offered in Boston (see below).
Admission to Boston University School of Law is very competitive. For the class of 2014, BU Law received approximately 7,073 applications for an entering class enrollment of roughly 242. The median GPA for incoming BU Law students was 3.72, and the median Law School Admission Test
score was 167. Entering students for the class of 2014 came from 32 different states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and graduated from over 110 different undergraduate colleges and universities. Also, 9 entering students already obtained at least one advanced degree.
.
U.S. News & World Report's Specialty Rankings (2012 edition) place BU Law at 9th in Tax Law, 2nd in Health Law, and 7th in Intellectual Property Law. Additionally, according to the 2011 Princeton Review law school rankings, BU Law places 8th in Best Classroom Experience and 1st in Best Professors.
In terms of career prospects, BU Law is ranked 10th according to the 2011 Princeton Review law school rankings. In the 2011 "Go-To Law Schools" compilation by the National Law Journal, BU Law was ranked 17th out of law schools with the highest percentages of graduates (30.0%) hired by the nation's 250 largest law firms. In a 2011 US News survey, recruiters at top law firms were asked to rank law schools based on a school's reputation for developing quality lawyers; BU Law ranked 18th. Finally, based on a Forbes study of median mid-career salaries of lawyers in private practice, BU Law ranked 5th at $206,000, ahead of peer schools such as Harvard Law School
, New York University School of Law
, or the University of Pennsylvania Law School
.
Consequently, it was one of the first law schools to admit women and minorities, at a time when most other law schools barred them. In 1881, Lelia Robinson became the first female BU Law graduate. Then, women lawyers were less than half of one percent of the profession. Upon graduation, she successfully lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to permit the admission of women to the state bar, and in 1882, became the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Her classmate, Nathan Abbott
, would later become the founding dean of Stanford Law School
. Another prominent female alum at the time, Alice Stone Blackwell
, would go on to help found the League of Women Voters
and edit the Woman's Journal
. Takeo Kikuchi
(1877), the School's first Japanese graduate, was co-founder and president of Tokyo's English Law School which grew into Chuo University
. Clara Burrill Bruce (1926) was the first black woman elected editor-in-chief of a law review (the Boston University Law Review).
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 "Tower." BU Law shared the Tower with the School of Education for some years but now occupies the entire building. BU Law's expansive legal library, Pappas Law Library, is attached to the Tower. Pappas Law Library also occupies two basement floors of the adjacent Mugar Memorial Library, BU's main library.
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.
Joint Degree Programs
BU Law offers joint degrees with the following programs:
Concentrations
The J.D.
program offers certificates in the following concentrations:
LL.M. Programs
In addition to J.D.
and joint degree programs, Boston University School of Law offers LL.M. programs in the following:
BU Law also offers J.D./LL.M. programs in the following:
Study Abroad
BU Law offers one of the widest selections of overseas study opportunities, in which students are fully immersed in their host country’s legal system and culture, living and working with international teachers, scholars and fellow students. Students can apply to participate in programs at the following foreign universities :
Civil Litigation Program
Students serve clients in civil litigation in the following areas:
Community Courts
Students explore the structure of state trial courts that are based in the community and how they have traditionally operated. Students also examine the evolution of “problem-solving” or “specialized courts” throughout the country. Further, Judges sitting in Massachusetts District, Probate, Juvenile and Housing Courts in Boston serve as mentors to students working on cases and court projects.
Criminal Law Clinics
Students enrolled in the Criminal Law clinics carry full responsibility for the prosecution or defense of criminal cases in several Boston courts.
Health Law Externship Program
Students will develop practical lawyering skills through live-client and real-life practice experiences in Boston's non-profit health care offices. Students also gain greater understanding of the doctrines, substantive laws and context of health care.
Legal Externship Program
Students are given the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a variety of legal settings in which they're exposed to the realities of law practice under the supervision of well-respected practitioners. Students have expanded their experience through field-placements in the following areas: civil and criminal litigation, civil rights, health care, taxation, securities law, environmental law, banking, domestic violence, children's law and the judiciary.
Students have worked in the following offices as part of the Legal Externship Program:
Legislative Clinics
Students enjoy a variety of opportunities to examine the legislative process through the following programs:
Legislative Internship Program
Students matched with senators and representatives at the Massachusetts State House have the opportunity to, among other things, draft legislation, evaluate testimony and participate in planning meetings with legislators and staff.
Semester-in-Practice Program
Students may spend a semester working full-time for credit at an externship placement outside of Boston. The four options available are:
Law school
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affiliated with Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, and is ranked #22 among American law schools by US News and World Report magazine. It is the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless of race or gender. It is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools
Association of American Law Schools
The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...
and a charter member of the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
.
Located in the heart of Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
's campus on Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Commonwealth Avenue is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill...
in Boston, Massachusetts, BU Law is housed in the tallest law school building in the United States and the tallest academic building on campus. The U.S. News and World Reports currently ranks the school 22nd.
In 2010, BU Law was named one of the top 4 Public Service Law Schools in the country by National Jurist. The School offers public interest scholarships, public interest grants (for students taking non-paying public interest jobs in summer), pro bono programs in Boston and pro bono trips to areas in need over spring break. The School offers a Semester in Practice Program in which students spend a semester working in public interest organizations in Geneva, in government positions in Washington, D.C. or in the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta. Other clinical programs are offered in Boston (see below).
Admissions
BU Law students come from 46 states, 14 countries and more than 238 colleges and universities around the world. The school receives more than 8,000 applications for its entering class of 265 students. More than half of the entering class have worked between college and law school.Admission to Boston University School of Law is very competitive. For the class of 2014, BU Law received approximately 7,073 applications for an entering class enrollment of roughly 242. The median GPA for incoming BU Law students was 3.72, and the median Law School Admission Test
Law School Admission Test
The Law School Admission Test is a half-day standardized test administered four times each year at designated testing centers throughout the world. Administered by the Law School Admission Council for prospective law school candidates, the LSAT is designed to assess Reading Comprehension,...
score was 167. Entering students for the class of 2014 came from 32 different states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and graduated from over 110 different undergraduate colleges and universities. Also, 9 entering students already obtained at least one advanced degree.
Rankings
Boston University School of Law was ranked #22 among American law schools in the 2011 list of best law schools compiled by U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
.
U.S. News & World Report's Specialty Rankings (2012 edition) place BU Law at 9th in Tax Law, 2nd in Health Law, and 7th in Intellectual Property Law. Additionally, according to the 2011 Princeton Review law school rankings, BU Law places 8th in Best Classroom Experience and 1st in Best Professors.
In terms of career prospects, BU Law is ranked 10th according to the 2011 Princeton Review law school rankings. In the 2011 "Go-To Law Schools" compilation by the National Law Journal, BU Law was ranked 17th out of law schools with the highest percentages of graduates (30.0%) hired by the nation's 250 largest law firms. In a 2011 US News survey, recruiters at top law firms were asked to rank law schools based on a school's reputation for developing quality lawyers; BU Law ranked 18th. Finally, based on a Forbes study of median mid-career salaries of lawyers in private practice, BU Law ranked 5th at $206,000, ahead of peer schools such as Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
, or the University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Law School, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Ivy League, it is among the oldest and most selective law schools in the nation. It is currently ranked 7th overall by U.S. News & World Report,...
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History
The Boston University School of Law was founded in 1872 by a group of educators, lawyers, law professors and jurists united by two beliefs: first, that a 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.Consequently, it was one of the first law schools to admit women and minorities, at a time when most other law schools barred them. In 1881, Lelia Robinson became the first female BU Law graduate. Then, women lawyers were less than half of one percent of the profession. Upon graduation, she successfully lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to permit the admission of women to the state bar, and in 1882, became the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Her classmate, Nathan Abbott
Nathan Abbott
Nathan Abbott was an American lawyer and law teacher of distinction.Abbott was born in Norridgewock, Maine, the son of Abiel Abbott. He was educated at Yale College, graduating in 1877, and studied law in Boston University...
, would later become the founding dean of Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
. Another prominent female alum at the time, Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell was an American feminist, journalist and human rights advocate.-Biography:The daughter of Henry Brown Blackwell and Lucy Stone, she was born in East Orange, New Jersey....
, would go on to help found the League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
and edit the Woman's Journal
Woman's Journal
Woman's Journal was a women's rights periodical published from 1870-1931.Woman's Journal was founded in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts by Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Browne Blackwell as a weekly newspaper. The new paper incorporated Mary A...
. Takeo Kikuchi
Takeo Kikuchi
is a famous Japanese industrial and fashion designer. He designs such things as spectacle frames and chronographs in addition to clothing.In 2004 he bowed out from designing his own self-named brand, entrusting creative direction to Taishi Nobukuni, a graduate of London's St. Martin's College...
(1877), the School's first Japanese graduate, was co-founder and president of Tokyo's English Law School which grew into Chuo University
Chuo University
Chuo University is a one of the Japanese leading universities. Thus it is competitive in several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:The university has been ranked 27th, 25th, 34th during 2008-2010 respectively in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.-Research...
. Clara Burrill Bruce (1926) was the first black woman elected editor-in-chief of a law review (the Boston University Law Review).
BU Law's first homes were 36 Bromfield Street, 18–20 Beacon Street
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and several of its western suburbs. Beacon Street in Boston, Brookline, Brighton, and Newton is not to be confused with the Beacon Street in nearby Somerville, or others elsewhere.-Description:...
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.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932...
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
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Commonwealth Avenue is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill...
on the Charles River Campus, colloquially known as the "Tower." BU Law shared the Tower with the School of Education for some years but now occupies the entire building. BU Law's expansive legal library, Pappas Law Library, is attached to the Tower. Pappas Law Library also occupies two basement floors of the adjacent Mugar Memorial Library, BU's main library.
Curriculum
Joint Degree Programs
BU Law offers joint degrees with the following programs:
- Boston University Graduate School of Management (JD/MBA) - Law and Management or Law and Health Sector Management
- Boston University College of CommunicationBoston University College of CommunicationBoston University's College of Communication was founded on May 27, 1947, then called the School of Public Relations. Since 1947, the college has gone through many changes in both name and location Boston University's College of Communication was founded on May 27, 1947, then called the School of...
(J.D./M.S.Master of ScienceA Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
) - Law and Mass Communication - Boston University School of Public HealthBoston University School of Public HealthBoston University School of Public Health is Boston University's graduate School of Public Health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan...
(J.D./M.P.H.) - Law and Public Health - Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (J.D./M.A.Master of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
) - Law and International Relations, Law and Philosophy, or Law and Preservation Studies
Concentrations
The J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
program offers certificates in the following concentrations:
- Business Organizations and Finance Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
LL.M. Programs
In addition to J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
and joint degree programs, Boston University School of Law offers LL.M. programs in the following:
- American Law
- Banking and Financial Law
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
BU Law also offers J.D./LL.M. programs in the following:
- European Law
- Banking and Financial Law
- Taxation
Study Abroad
BU Law offers one of the widest selections of overseas study opportunities, in which students are fully immersed in their host country’s legal system and culture, living and working with international teachers, scholars and fellow students. Students can apply to participate in programs at the following foreign universities :
- University of Buenos AiresUniversity of Buenos AiresThe University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Tsinghua UniversityTsinghua UniversityTsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
, Beijing, China - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, Great Britain
- Jean Moulin University Lyon 3Jean Moulin University Lyon 3Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 is a French public university, based in Lyon. It is under the supervision of the Academy of Lyon...
, Lyon, France - Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris, France
- Bucerius Law SchoolBucerius Law SchoolBucerius Law School is a small, non-state university affiliated private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first private law school in Germany and is often ranked as the best law school in the country. It admits 100 bachelor students per year, who achieve very high results in...
, Hamburg, Germany - Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, Tel Aviv, Israel - University of FlorenceUniversity of FlorenceThe University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
, Florence, Italy - Leiden UniversityLeiden UniversityLeiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...
, the Netherlands - National University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeThe National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
, Republic of Singapore - Pontifical University of Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain
- Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGraduate Institute of International and Development StudiesThe Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a highly selective postgraduate educational and research institute situated in Geneva, Switzerland...
, Geneva, Switzerland
Clinics
Boston University School of Law offers several clinical programs, which allow students to apply legal theories learned in the classroom to real-life lawyering. BU Law staffs its clinical programs with full-time faculty, and most of the School's clinical professors have over 20 years of courtroom and teaching experience. Students may enroll in clinical courses in their second and third years of law school.Civil Litigation Program
Students serve clients in civil litigation in the following areas:
- Housing, Employment, Family and Disability Clinic (HEFD) - The average HEFD clinic caseload typically includes 4–5 cases in areas such as domestic relations, eviction defense, employment law and Social Security appeals.
- Asylum & Human Rights Clinic (AHR) - The average AHR clinic caseload typically includes two asylum or humanitarian/refugee related cases, and a significant research project.
- Employment Rights Clinic (ERC) - Students will represent clients in unemployment compensation cases, wage and hour disputes, discrimination/sexual harassment cases and Family Medical Leave Act cases.
Community Courts
Students explore the structure of state trial courts that are based in the community and how they have traditionally operated. Students also examine the evolution of “problem-solving” or “specialized courts” throughout the country. Further, Judges sitting in Massachusetts District, Probate, Juvenile and Housing Courts in Boston serve as mentors to students working on cases and court projects.
Criminal Law Clinics
Students enrolled in the Criminal Law clinics carry full responsibility for the prosecution or defense of criminal cases in several Boston courts.
Health Law Externship Program
Students will develop practical lawyering skills through live-client and real-life practice experiences in Boston's non-profit health care offices. Students also gain greater understanding of the doctrines, substantive laws and context of health care.
Legal Externship Program
Students are given the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a variety of legal settings in which they're exposed to the realities of law practice under the supervision of well-respected practitioners. Students have expanded their experience through field-placements in the following areas: civil and criminal litigation, civil rights, health care, taxation, securities law, environmental law, banking, domestic violence, children's law and the judiciary.
Students have worked in the following offices as part of the Legal Externship Program:
- U.S. Attorney’s Office (Civil and Criminal Division)
- Trial Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
- Clerkships on the Federal Court, Massachusetts Superior Court, Probate and Family Court
- Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
- Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Legislative Clinics
Students enjoy a variety of opportunities to examine the legislative process through the following programs:
- Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinics - Students work with state senators and representatives, mayors, city councils, administrative agencies and public interest groups to create legislative solutions to problems.
- Legislative Counsel Clinic - Students work with legislators, state executive offices, nonprofit organizations and advocacy groups to advance a bill or project.
- Africa i-Parliaments Clinic - Students assist African parliaments draft and enact more effective legislation.
Legislative Internship Program
Students matched with senators and representatives at the Massachusetts State House have the opportunity to, among other things, draft legislation, evaluate testimony and participate in planning meetings with legislators and staff.
Semester-in-Practice Program
Students may spend a semester working full-time for credit at an externship placement outside of Boston. The four options available are:
- Human Rights Externship (Geneva) - Students work in Geneva for a Non-Governmental Organization committed to the protection of human rights.
- Government Lawyering in Washington, D.C. - Students work in a government office in Washington. Examples include opportunities with the staff of a Congressional committee or subcommittee, in the legal office of an administrative agency, or with a federal board/commission.
- Death Penalty Externship - Students work at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Independent Proposal Externship - Students develop their own proposal for a full-time externship outside of Boston.
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
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
Notable alumni
- Lincoln C. Almond, JD 1961, governor of Rhode Island
- Consuelo Northrup Bailey, LLB 1925, first woman elected as lieutenant governorLieutenant governor (United States)In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have a separate, full-time office of lieutenant governor. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated...
in the United States - F. Lee Bailey, LLB 1960, disbarred criminal defense lawyer; represented Sam SheppardSam SheppardDr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard was an American osteopathic physician and neurosurgeon, who was involved in an infamous and controversial murder trial. He was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, in 1954, while residing in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Sheppard served...
& O.J. Simpson, among others - Albert BrownAlbert BrownAlbert Brown may refer to:* Albert A. Brown , Canadian politician, lawyer and football player* Albert Arthur Brown , English footballer and top scorer for Aston Villa in the 1890–1891 season* Albert B...
, JD, governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold... - Fred H. BrownFred H. BrownFred Herbert Brown was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Somersworth, New Hampshire. He served as mayor of Somersworth and as United States Attorney for New Hampshire before his term as Governor of New Hampshire from 1923 to 1925, and later served in the United States Senate.Brown...
, JD, governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...
, U.S. Congressman - Edward W. Brooke, LLB 1948, LLM 1949, Attorney General of Massachusetts; first African American elected to the Senate by popular vote; one of only five African Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate; awarded the Presidential Medal of FreedomPresidential Medal of FreedomThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...
. - William M. ButlerWilliam M. ButlerWilliam Morgan Butler was a lawyer and legislator for the State of Massachusetts, and a United States Senator....
, 1884, U.S. Senator (MA) - Norman S. CaseNorman S. CaseNorman Stanley Case was the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1927 to 1928 and the 56th Governor of Rhode Island from 1928 to 1933. In addition, he also served in the Army during World War I, and was the U.S. District Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921 to 1926.-Family:Case was married on...
, LLB 1912, Governor of Rhode Island - Martha M. Coakley, JD 1979, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator, 2010, Massachusetts Attorney General (2007–Present), District Attorney for Middlesex County, MassachusettsMiddlesex County, Massachusetts-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...
- William S. Cohen, LLB 1965, U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator from MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
- Paul A. DeverPaul A. DeverPaul Andrew Dever was a Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts.-Biography:...
, JD, Governor of MassachusettsGovernor of MassachusettsThe Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:... - Joshua Eric DodgeJoshua Eric DodgeJoshua Eric Dodge was a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and legislator.Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Dodge graduated from Grinnell College and Boston University School of Law. Moving to Racine, Wisconsin, Dodge practiced law and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1891...
, 1877, Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:... - Samuel Felker, JD, Governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...
- Michael F. FlahertyMichael F. FlahertyMichael F. Flaherty is a former at-large member of the Boston City Council. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was elected to Boston City Council Vice President in 2001 and Boston City Council President from 2002 to 2006....
, JD 1994, President of the Boston City CouncilBoston City CouncilThe Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councilors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve... - Richard W. GraberRichard W. GraberRichard W. Graber is an American lawyer from Wisconsin and Republican politician, who served as United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2006-2009. He was appointed by George W. Bush on September 14, 2006. His office ended as Barack Obama became the new President of the United States on...
, JD 1981, the United States Ambassador to the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... - Judd A. Gregg, JD 1972, LLM 1975, U.S. Senator, Governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...
- Jeff JacobyJeff JacobyJeff Jacoby is an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist.-Biography:Born in Cleveland to a Jewish family, Jacoby is a graduate of George Washington University and the Boston University School of Law, both with honors. His father, a Holocaust survivor, was born in present-day...
, JD 1983, Boston Globe opinion/editorial columnist - Dr. Barbara C. JordanBarbara JordanBarbara Charline Jordan was an American politician who was both a product and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives...
, LL.B. 1959, first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from a southern state, awarded the Presidential Medal of FreedomPresidential Medal of FreedomThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...
in 1994, first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National ConventionDemocratic National ConventionThe Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention...
in 1976 - David E. KelleyDavid E. KelleyDavid Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
, JD 1983, Emmy winning television producer - Gary F. Locke, JD 1975, United States Secretary of CommerceUnited States Secretary of CommerceThe United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"...
, Governor of Washington, and the first Asian-American governor in the mainland U.S. - Maria LopezMaria LopezMaria Lopez is a Cuban-American former judge and a former television jurist on the syndicated television show Judge Maria Lopez....
, first Hispanic appointed a judge in the Massachusetts, current television jurist on the U.S. syndicated television show Judge Maria Lopez. - Frederick William MansfieldFrederick MansfieldFrederick William Mansfield was a U.S. political figure.-Early life:Mansfield was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, March 26, 1877. Mansfield was the son of Michael Read Mansfield and Catherine Mansfield....
, LLB 1902, 46th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and 38th Treasurer and Receiver-General of MassachusettsTreasurer and Receiver-General of MassachusettsThe Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts is an executive officer, elected state-wide every four years.... - Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston, LLB 1918 - co-creator of the comic book character, Wonder WomanWonder WomanWonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
- J. Howard McGrathJ. Howard McGrathJames Howard McGrath was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Rhode Island.McGrath, a Democrat, served as U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island before becoming Governor, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S...
, LLB 1929, Sixtieth Attorney GeneralAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
, 1949-52 U.S. Senator, 1940-45Governor of Rhode Island - Thomas McIntyreThomas J. McIntyreThomas James McIntyre was a U.S. senator from New Hampshire, and a member of the Democratic Party.Born in Laconia, New Hampshire, he attended the public and parochial schools of Laconia; he graduated from Manlius Military School in Manlius, New York, in 1933, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New...
, JD, U.S. Senator (NH) - F. Bradford MorseF. Bradford MorseFrank Bradford Morse was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He had a notable career in the United States Congress and the United Nations. On Capitol Hill he served in various capacities for nearly twenty years, the last twelve as Congressman from Lowell,...
, LLB 1949, director of the United Nations Development Program - Markos Moulitsas, JD 1999, founder of the popular blog, Daily KosDaily KosDaily Kos is an American political blog that publishes news and opinions from a progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party...
- Shannon O'BrienShannon O'BrienShannon Patricia Elizabeth O'Brien is a Democrat from Massachusetts. O'Brien served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 through 1993, in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 through 1995, and was the Massachusetts State Treasurer from 1999 through 2003...
, JD 1985, first woman to hold the office of treasurer and receiver general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - William RussellWilliam Russell (governor)William Eustis Russell was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 37th Governor of Massachusetts between 1891 and 1894, becoming the state's youngest ever elected Governor at age 34.-Family:...
, JD, Governor of MassachusettsGovernor of MassachusettsThe Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:... - Sabita SinghSabita SinghSabita Singh is an Indian-American lawyer and Judge of the District Circuit Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.On Oct. 25, 2006, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney nominated Singh to be Judge of the District Circuit Court. Her nomination was confirmed on November 15 by the eight-man...
, JD 1990, first judge of south Indian descent in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Robert T. Stafford, LLB 1938; HON 1959, U.S. Senator, father or the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan (Stafford Loan) program, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) and co-sponsored the Wilderness Protection Act
- Niki TsongasNiki TsongasNicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.She is the widow of U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas, who represented the 5th district in the 1970s...
, JD, Congresswoman for Massachusetts's 5th congressional districtMassachusetts's 5th congressional districtMassachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains the cities of Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, and Methuen... - Robert Upton, JD, U.S. Senator (NH)
- David I. WalshDavid I. WalshDavid Ignatius Walsh was a United States politician from Massachusetts. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served in the state legislature and then as Lieutenant Governor and then as the 46th Governor . His first term in the U.S...
, JD, U.S. Senator, Governor of MassachusettsGovernor of MassachusettsThe Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:... - Myrth YorkMyrth YorkMyrth York is a Democratic politician, former Rhode Island State Senator and three-time unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Rhode Island....
, JD 1972, Rhode Island State Senator, first female chair of the Senate Health, Education and Welfare Committee (RI)Rhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area... - Owen D. Young, LLB 1896, founder of RCARCARCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
, 1929 Time Magazine's Man of the YearPerson of the YearPerson of the Year is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."- History :The tradition of selecting a Man of the Year...
Chairman and CEO of General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...