Suffolk University Law School

Introduction

Suffolk University Law School has produced some of the nation's most distinguished legal professionals. Suffolk Law's curriculum combines a strong academic foundation with expertise in an array of specialty areas, and a nationally known faculty provides superior preparation for practice. Through clinical, internship, and public service opportunities, students earn credit while experiencing how the law works in the real world. Suffolk Law is an unmatched place to launch a successful career in the law.

Technology and Physical Facilities

Every seat in Sargent Hall's classrooms, library, and common areas has direct access to a high-speed network. Sargent Hall is wireless accessible throughout and all classrooms contain multimedia capabilities. A central media control room provides the ability to conduct videoconferencing and webcasting from any of the Law School's classrooms.

Concentrations and Joint-Degree Programs

Students may enroll in one of six concentrations: Business Law and Financial Services, Civil Litigation, Health and Biomedical Law, Intellectual Property (which includes a specialization in Patent Law), International Law, or Labor and Employment Law. Suffolk Law offers five, four-year, joint-degree programs that combine a Juris Doctor with a Master of Business Administration, Public Administration, International Economics, Finance, or Criminal Justice, as well as a three-year JD/MBA program.

Clinical and Internship Programs

Students are encouraged to enroll in one of our clinical programs. Suffolk Law's clinics include the Battered Women's Advocacy Program, Child Advocacy, Education Advocacy, Evening Landlord-Tenant, Family Advocacy, Health Law, Housing, Immigration, Indian Law and Indigenous Peoples, Investor Advocacy, Juvenile Internship Program, Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk Defenders, and Suffolk Prosecutors. Additionally, students can participate in the Civil and Judicial Internship Program, interning in a variety of legal settings, including state and federal courts; federal, state, and local government agencies; legal aid organizations; public defenders' offices; and private law firms and companies.

Foreign and Graduate Programs

Suffolk Law, in conjunction with the University of Lund, offers a summer study-abroad program in Lund, Sweden. The program combines the strengths of our international law curriculum with the expertise offered by the University of Lund law faculty and the Swedish Bar and Judiciary.

Suffolk Law has an exclusive agreement with the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) in Salzburg, Austria, to offer internships to US law students and externships to graduates with law degrees. International internships are available to JD students, and international externships are offered to LLM students and other postgraduates with law degrees. Internships are available at law firms, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in almost every country of the world.

Suffolk Law offers two LLM degree programs. One is in Global Law and Technology, which offers specializations in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Biotechnology and Health Law, International Law and Business, and US Law and Legal Methods. The second program is a General LLM, where students are able to custom design a program to best suit their own career goals. Students can choose from over 200 advanced elective courses, which are offered every year. Full-time and part-time schedules are offered. Enrollment begins in September or in January.

Academic Support Programs

The goal of the Academic Support Program (ASP) is to help students make the most of their abilities. To accomplish this goal, the faculty conducts weekly classes on such diverse topics as legal analysis and writing, course outlining, and time management. These optional classes are open to all first-year students. In addition, ASP professors are always available to meet with individual or small groups of students in order to address specific questions or issues. The ASP also has a lending library containing study aids and material on substantive legal topics. Additionally, the ASP library contains exercises on grammar, legal writing, and analysis. All students are encouraged to stop by and take advantage of these resources.

Scholarships and Loans

Suffolk Law participates in student financial aid programs to assist students in financing the cost of their legal education. Both need-based and merit-based aid is available. Financial aid awards (scholarships, grants, loans, and employment awards) are made to assist students in financing educational costs when their personal and family resources may not be sufficient. Merit-based scholarships are awarded by the law school's Admissions Committee at the time a candidate is admitted. These awards are made to students based on outstanding academic achievement.

In addition to the need-based grant and merit-based scholarship programs, Suffolk Law offers Sargent Scholarships ranging from $20,000 to full tuition to entering students with significant financial need and exceptional academic strength. All admitted students who apply for need-based financial aid are considered for an award.

Suffolk Law also has a Loan Repayment Assistance Program for students who, upon graduation, pursue low-income, public service, law-related employment.

Student Activities, Publications, and Opportunities

Students have a number of opportunities to develop legal skills outside of the classroom through participation in the Suffolk University Law Review, the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, the Journal of High Technology Law, and the Suffolk Journal of Health and Biomedical Law. Students may also participate in the Moot Court Board (which also publishes the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy) as well as on moot court competition teams such as the National Trial Competition Team, ATLA Trial Team, Constitutional Law Team, Information Technology and Privacy Law Team, Intellectual Property Law Team, Jessup International Law Team, National Invitational Trial Tournament of Champions, and National Moot Court Team. Students can also join securities law student organizations and have the opportunity to participate in the governance of the Student Bar Association.

Career Development Office

Suffolk University Law School is committed to preparing students to serve diverse clients and communities. Suffolk Law graduates can be found in private practice; corporations; public interest organizations; the military; the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government; and in rewarding careers outside the legal realm. The Career Development Office coordinates on- and off-campus recruitment programs and résumé collections throughout the academic year, and also maintains an extensive online job database, a resource library, and employment websites. Job searching support begins with a comprehensive career-based curriculum provided to first-year students and extends throughout students' time at the Law School and throughout graduates' professional careers. The Career Development Office offers one-on-one career counseling and coaching, résumé and cover letter critiques, mock interviews, and innovative programs, panels, workshops, and information sessions. Professional staff conduct employer visits and related job cultivation nationwide. The Career Development Office prides itself on connecting with students through personalized outreach and cutting-edge technology and makes sure all students are supported in their job searches and career development endeavors.

Peer Mentoring Program

This program helps nontraditional students transition to the law school environment. Suffolk University Law School defines nontraditional students as those who have been historically excluded or marginalized from the legal profession/law school community based on any of the following factors, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation/identity.

This is a two-week program that begins in the summer prior to the beginning of fall classes. Participating students attend classes on case briefing, outlining, stress management, and time management as well as programs with various affinity organizations, professors, and alumni. Additionally, students receive an upper-class mentor who will also assist in the students' transition to the law school community. Monthly brown bag lunches will take place throughout the academic year that will provide a continued and broader community of support for first-year students.

Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service

The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service was established in 2006, with the generous support of the Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation. Leveraging Suffolk Law School's ideal downtown location and rich tradition of public service, the Rappaport Center brings together elected officials, senior policymakers, community advocates, private sector leaders, faculty, and students to engage in dialogue about important public policy issues. The center also provides career advising to students interested in public service, administers the law school's pro bono program, and is home to the highly competitive Rappaport Fellowship Program in Law and Public Policy. For more information about the Rappaport Center, please visit www.rappaportcenter.org.

Applicant Profile

Suffolk University Law School

	GPA
LSAT Score	3.75+	3.50–3.74	3.25–3.49	3.00–3.24	2.75–2.99	2.50–2.74	2.25–2.49	2.00–2.24	Below 2.00
LSAT score 175–180	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 170–174	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 165–169	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 160–164	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 155–159	Good	Good	Good	Possible	Possible	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 150–154	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 145–149	Possible	Possible	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 140–144	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 135–139	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 130–134	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 125–129	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely
LSAT score 120–124	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely	Unlikely

Good  = Good Possibility

Possible  = Possible

Unlikely  = Unlikely