Get started your first year with experiential learning
A complete legal education brings the law to life, combining traditional classroom methods with practical applications. 在BC法律, first-hand experiences permeate our curriculum, beginning in the first year with six credits dedicated to experiential learning. In their second year, students test their appellate skills through the Wendell F. 格兰姆斯校内模拟法庭比赛, which leads to placements on national moot court and mock trial teams during the 3L year.
Consistent with the mission of 波士顿大学法学院 to provide the highest quality integrated graduate and professional education, the Center for 从实践经验中学习 provides a diverse set of experiential learning opportunities–in classroom, 临床, and off-campus legal practice settings–designed to promote development of legal and ethical judgment and essential practice skills as students continue to expand their substantive knowledge base. 与耶稣会一致, 电子游戏软件的天主教身份, the Center advances a commitment to social and economic justice. 因此, the Center is an essential pillar in the Law School’s mission to support 波士顿大学法学院 students not merely in becoming excellent lawyers, but in living lives of excellence–seeking and finding meaningful work in service to others that will enrich their communities and the profession. As the Center catalyzes greater engagement with practice among 电子游戏软件 law students and faculty, the Center’s activities will promote wider recognition in the legal academy of the role of 电子游戏软件 as a thought leader in all facets of experiential pedagogy.
Real clients + real cases = real world experience. 在BC法律诊所, students work in all areas of the law—from civil litigation and criminal justice to 移民 law and issues affecting women—gaining valuable insight into how a lawyer's approach influences the value, 方向, 以及法律程序的质量.
Our Externship programs explore the intersection of theory and practice by combining on-the-ground legal placements with a classroom component that allows students to reflect on their experience under the guidance of expert faculty.
A few sample externship placements include:
在我们的倡导项目中, students gain confidence in the courtroom through competitions requiring them to craft persuasive presentations, 培养智力敏捷性, and respond effectively to questions under pressure.
法律服务实验室 is a fully-functioning law firm within BC Law, serving clients since 1968. 在教师的支持下, 学生在田间当学徒, representing clients with a variety of legal problems throughout every stage of litigation.
学生 begin their first-year spring semester by choosing from a list of experiential elective offerings:
1L
Get started your first year with experiential learning
100+
experiential learning opportunities, including our award-winning advocacy programs
全球
从世界各地的位置选择
Justice and the judicial process, including the nationally known 无罪项目.
实习学期
SIP: DC中的BC
高级工业区:都柏林(覆盖欧洲)
实习项目和实习的样本
美国公民自由联盟
Administrative Law (federal, state, and local government placements)
总检察长民事诉讼项目
保护法律基金会
法院:你.S. 麻州地区法院. 最高司法法院,上诉法院 & 审判法庭
大波士顿法律服务
地球
民权律师委员会
马萨诸塞州税务局
MetroWest法律服务
受害者权利法律中心
All things business, from entrepreneurship and innovation clinics to tax and European externships.
实习学期
SIP: DC中的BC
SIP:都柏林/欧洲
实习项目和实习的样本
木通属疗法
BeiGene
Beth Israel Lahey健康中心
基础医学公司.
靛蓝
凯特的农场
LogicBio疗法
NETSCOUT
上的创新
软件进展
TripAdvisor
顶点药品
Wayfair
Improving society with opportunities in juvenile advocacy, 移民, 住房, 人权, 健康, 和更多的.
实习学期
SIP: DC中的BC
SIP:都柏林/欧洲
实习项目和实习的样本
美国公民自由联盟
Administrative Law (federal, state, and local government placements)
保护法律基金会
地球
民权律师委员会
新英格兰法律基础
受害者权利法律中心
“Being in the Defender's Clinic allowed me to be responsible for someone who had their livelihood at stake, and to stand up in court and argue for them. It educated me about how to be a practicing attorney...When I'm challenged now with something I don't necessarily have a lot of expertise in, I have the confidence knowing I did something very different — and I was successful at it.”