Law School
885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459-1154
Admissions Phone: (617) 552-4351
Admissions Email: bclawadm@bc.edu
Web site: http://www.bc.edu/lawschool
Admissions URL: http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/admission
885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459-1154
Admissions Phone: (617) 552-4351
Admissions Email: bclawadm@bc.edu
Web site: http://www.bc.edu/lawschool
Admissions URL: http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/admission
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Rita Jones
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$75
Part-time program application fee
N/A
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
6,552
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,334
Overall acceptance rate
20.4%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
299
Number of full-time program applicants
6,552
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,334
Full-time acceptance rate
20.4%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
299
Number of part-time program applicants
0
Number of part-time program acceptances
0
Part-time acceptance rate
N/A
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
0
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.49-3.77
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
162-165
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.49-3.77
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
162-165
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
N/A
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
N/A
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
MA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
94.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
86.1%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
255
Graduates employed at graduation
85.7%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
98.1%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$135,000
Median private sector starting salary
$160,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
74%
Median public service starting salary
$47,008
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
9.0%
Percent employed in government
5.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
14.0%
Percent employed in law firms
65.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
3.5%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
52%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
26
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
60.2%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
17.6%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
2.9%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.4%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
11.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.4%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
4.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.1%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Our C. S. Office works with our students to educate them about the profession and career options, and to help them develop successful job search techniques and market themselves. Approximately 400 employers recruit our students. We sponsor off-campus recruiting programs in NY, LA, San Fran., Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
92.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
5.0%
Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)
1.0%
Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)
2.0%
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