堆地补助金
BC Law's 公共利益 Law Foundation has landed a $225,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation.
公共利益与公共服务
公共利益与公共服务 at BC Law
Our goal is to develop public service leaders. The 公共服务 Program integrates the academic, career and experiential opportunities that touch public service at BC, providing opportunities for students to discover and develop their talents for advancing the public good through their chosen legal path.
每一年, 我们的公共服务学者 become a core part of the entering 1L class, but the experience extends across the entire student body, from our fall 公益法律研修班, to academic and experiential course offerings, 教师指导, 与项目, pro bono opportunities and immersion trips, and many 事件 with student organizations.
公务员服务委员会, 由院长任命, is comprised of faculty and administrators dedicated to supporting and expanding the law school's public interest initiatives and programs. Those who serve are deeply engaged in the law school's vibrant public interest community and supporting students in their related academic, 职业和课外活动. The Committee also selects the recipients for 我们的公共服务学者hips, post-graduate 公共服务 Legal Fellowships, Drinan Family Fund Award for loan repayment and the Loan Repayment and Assistance Program for alumni pursuing careers in public interest and public service upon graduation. To contact the Committee, please see the Co-Chair contact information on this page.
Public service and public interest courses are prevalent throughout the BC Law 课程. In addition to courses focused specifically on public policy, 人权, 或者其他相关话题, all our faculty bring legal topics related to service into their 课程.
Related hands-on opportunities through the 体验式学习中心 包括:
- 公元前捍卫者
- BC无罪计划
- 民事诉讼诊所
- 民事诉讼诊所:儿童健康 & 教育
- 民事诉讼诊所: Family Justice
- 民权诊所
- 社区企业诊所
- 同情释放和假释诊所
- 创业创新诊所
- 移民诊所
- 国际人权诊所
- 项目的企业家
- 起诉诊所
- 法庭之友简报诊所
- 司法部长计划
- Government and 公共利益 校外实习期
- Semester-in-Practice: BC in DC Placements
- Semester-in-Practice: Dubin, Ireland Placements
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米歇尔Grossfield
公共服务委员会联席主席
公共利益 and Pro Bono Program Director
公营部门职位
BC Law graduates have a long history of service in government and public interest positions.
公益项目
Our Pro Bono Program connects students to a variety of placements and organizations where they gain invaluable experience, 培养关键技能, and build relationships with practitioners and other professionals by pledging 50+ hours of law-related community service.
2023届毕业生
20%
参与公益项目
Completing over 10,300 hours of service
公益浸入式旅行
新奥尔良, 凤凰城, Chicago—to some students those cities might sound like fun spring break destinations, 但对一些不列颠哥伦比亚省的法律来说, they were places to learn complex truths about practicing law. 几十年来,, 在春季学期的一个星期里, the school has been sending aspiring lawyers across America to gain experience in inter国家 人权, 移民, 美洲原住民法, 和更多的.
塑造公共服务领袖
“The pro bono program gave me the opportunity to learn and develop lawyering skills in the real world. It is an extremely rewarding experience to take what you have learned and use it to positively impact someone's life.”
公共利益 指定项目 (PIDP)
PIDP prepares students to launch meaningful public sector careers. PIDP students contribute not only to the BC Law community but also to the local, 国家, and inter国家 communities they serve. 学生 who complete PIDP’s requirements are honored as 公共利益 Designation Fellows at Commencement.
2023届毕业生
17%+
的学生参加了PIDP
项目要求
Complete 15 hours of public interest coursework
Spend at least one summer interning with a public sector employer
Take BC Law’s pro bono pledge and complete 50+ hours of public service
科廷中心
Opened in 1999 and dedicated by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, the John J. and Mary Daly 科廷中心 for 公共利益 Law serves as the physical home for the Law School’s initiatives supporting public interest legal work.
Funded through a gift by former American Bar Association President John J. 小科廷., BC '54, JD '57, the Center is, in the words of the late Mr. Curtin, “a visible sign of the commitment to public service for 电子游戏软件 and its students."
In addition to offices and a formal conference room, 该中心还提供非正式会议, 电子游戏正规平台, and common space for student organizations involved in various public service and pro bono activities. BC Law students regularly complete over 10,000 pro bono hours annually and about 20% of graduates participate in the 公共利益 指定项目. The Center allows these students to share their experiences and reflect on the educational and formative impact of their work.
Mr. Curtin maintained that when it came to public interest legal work, “精神是活的, 但必须得到滋养." 科廷中心 for 公共利益 Law continues to support, 鼓励, and nourish our students' commitment to public service.
公共利益法律基金会
Housed in the 科廷中心, PILF aims to promote public interest law-focused activities at BC Law. For more on PILF, please see our PILF section.
学生的成功
Our students go on to do great things across public service fields. One example: two recent 公共服务学者 won Massachusetts Bar Foundation’s prestigious Legal Intern Fellowships.
“Jack Curtin's life is a shining example of something we hold most dear at 波士顿大学法学院: a life spent in service to others in a myriad of ways.”
公益法律基金会
PILF was founded in 1984 to promote public interest opportunities and community at BC Law. PILF与教师组织活动, 社会公正培训, 一些圆桌会议, 还有一个导师项目. The organization is based in the Mary Daly Curtin and John J. 小科廷. 公共利益 Center, which is a suite on the third floor of East Wing. PILF members use the 科廷中心 for meetings, 随意的谈话, 事件, 也是一个安静的学习场所. 董事会由40多名成员组成, 2L, 和3L名学生在执行, 管理者的职位, 椅子的位置, as well as countless general members within the student body. 与法学院合作, PILF also orchestrates the summer stipend program through which over a hundred students each year are awarded cost-of-living stipends for their unpaid public interest internships. PILF also awards two special stipends to 20 exceptional students: the Racial Justice Stipend and the Hillinger Fellowship, both supported by the Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger Legacy Fund. The stipend program advances PILF’s greater mission of ensuring that public interest careers are accessible to as diverse a range of students as the communities public interest lawyers serve.
PILF has received a $225,000 grant from 卡明斯基金会 to support summer stipends for BC Law students working in public service.
其他学生组织
The BC Law 公共利益与公共服务 community is active and vibrant. In addition to the 公共利益 Law Foundation, many other student organizations working in public interest areas are visible in the 科廷中心 and across 校园:
美国宪法学会
儿童权利小组
刑事法律学会
环境法律学会
大屠杀与人权项目
移民法律小组
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全国律师协会
St. 托马斯·莫尔社会
公益法律研修班
每年秋季, our public interest community gathers at the Connors Center for the annual Retreat, led by the 公共服务学者 and the 公共利益 and Pro Bono Program Director. The retreat introduces 1Ls interested in pursuing careers in public interest and public service to mentors and resources within our vibrant public interest community. You will meet alumni working in these rewarding fields for small group conversations, hear from the Dean and from an inspiring keynote speaker and a leader in the field. The goal is to highlight the importance of this work and our commitment to supporting students engaged in it. 在晚宴和招待会上, you will meet faculty with public sector practice experience who are active in the public interest community, and learn from upperclass student leaders and recent alumni about engaging in public interest work during law school and in their public interest careers.