Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees.
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History
Northeastern University School of Law was founded by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Boston in 1898 as the first evening law program in the city. The program was incorporated as an LL.B.-granting law school, the Evening School of Law of the Boston YMCA, in 1904. Additional campuses of the YMCA Law School were opened in Worcester, Massachusetts by 1917 and in Springfield, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island by 1921, although those branches were all closed by 1942. In its early days, the school "saw itself as the working man's alternative to the elite schools" and "boasted of being 'An Evening Law School with Day School Standards,'" using the case method of teaching, according to legal historian Robert Stevens.
The school was renamed Northeastern University School of Law in 1922 and began admitting women that year. NUSL was accredited by the University of the State of New York in 1943 and became a member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1945. However, the school closed in 1956 due to declining enrollment and financial difficulties.
NUSL reopened in 1968 with an emphasis on cooperative legal education. It was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1969.
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Cooperative Legal Education Program
The School of Law offers a Cooperative Legal Education Program which includes four 3-month internships in law offices, judges' chambers and other organizations throughout the world. More than 900 employers participate in the School of Law's program. To accommodate this schedule, the academic year for second and third year students is broken into four quarters, with students alternating between classroom instruction and legal internships, in a program that is designed to blend theory and practice and provide students with a unique set of skills and experience to successfully practice law.
Master of Laws (LLM) Program
Northeastern University School of Law's LLM program offers qualified students an 11-week, full-time legal practice experience (co-op). The LLM program offers a number of concentrations and dual-degree programs.
Executive Master of Laws (LLM) Program
Northeastern University School of Law's Executive LLM program is designed to meet the needs of working professionals who want a program that is compatible with their busy lives. Combining just two 3-month terms on our Boston campus with a flexible schedule of on-line study, the Executive LLM is the feasible alternative for those who wish to advance their careers by Mastering the complexities of US law at a pace that works for them.
Master of Legal Studies (MLS) Program
Northeastern University School of Law's 100 percent online MLS program is designed specifically for non-lawyer professionals seeking the practical legal knowledge they need for career success.
Costs
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) for first-year students at Northeastern University School of Law for the 2016-2017 academic year is $67,509.
Other notable features
The School of Law is recognized as one of the top public interest law schools in the nation. All students are required to complete a public interest co-op, and many students participate in the school's clinics and institutes, such as the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. In addition, all students are required to complete a year-long social justice project during their first year. Graduates of the School of Law enter public interest careers at a rate three to five times the national average for all law school graduates.
Northeastern is #1 for "Practical Training," according to The National Jurist.
The Princeton Review's "The Best 172 Law Schools" ranks Northeastern #2 among all the law schools for both providing the "best environment" for minority students and for having the "most liberal" students.
Northeastern is one of the top 10 "Most Diverse Law Schools" according to The National Jurist.
Northeastern is one of the "Top Five Overlooked Law Schools" in the nation according to Above the Law.
WorldWideLearn, an online educational resource, says the Northeastern law website is among "20 Law School Websites That Set the Bar High."
The law school publishes an award-winning magazine, Northeastern Law Magazine
Alumni
- Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; lead counsel in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health; MacArthur "Genius"
- Dana Fabe, Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
- Maggie Hassan, United States Senator for New Hampshire
- Emily Gray Rice, US Attorney for New Hampshire
- Maura Healey, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Janet Bond Arterton, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Margot Botsford, Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Landya McCafferty, US District Court Judge for the District of New Hampshire
- Leocadia Zak, Director, US Trade and Development Agency
- Timothy Mark Burgess, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Alaska
- Marie-Therese Connolly, Elder Rights Lawyer, MacArthur "Genius"
- William "Mo" Cowan, US Senator (retired); President and Chief Executive Officer, ML Strategies
- MartÃn Espada, poet
- Delissa A. Ridgway, Judge, US Court of International Trade
- Rishi Reddi, short story writer
- Courtney Hunt, Best Picture Academy Award-nominated film director/screenwriter in 2009 for Frozen River
- Victoria A. Roberts, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Urvashi Vaid, Director, Engaging Tradition Project at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School; Author
- Kumiki Gibson, Chief Counsel to Vice President Al Gore (former)
- Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland
- Leslie Winner, North Carolina State Senator (former)
- Thomas A. Flaherty, (deceased) Member, US House of Representatives
- Harold Donohue, (deceased) Member, US House of Representatives
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