Boston University School of Law, located in Boston along Commonwealth Avenue, maintains a traditional JD degree program with the option of further specialization in one of five areas of law. BU Law also offers a number of dual degree programs. For the 2013 entering class, the median Law School Admission Test score was 166, with a median grade-point-average of 3.72.
Located in downtown Boston, New England Law offers full-time and part-time schedule options to earn a law degree. For students who started law school in fall 2010, the median LSAT score was 151 and the median GPA was 3.02. Though New England Law now operates as a coeducational institution, the school takes pride in its history as Portia Law School, a school for women founded in 1908.
Suffolk University Law School, also located in Boston, offers a traditional JD program along with several concentrations and joint degree options for students who wish to pursue interdisciplinary studies. Students complete their law degrees in three years through Suffolk's full-time day program or in four years through the evening program. In 2011, Suffolk published the median LSAT for its student body as 157 and the median GPA as 3.3.
Northeastern University School of Law, serving students in the Boston area, takes pride in its commitment to social justice. Its Cooperative Legal Education Program encourages students to engage in real-world work experiences while completing their law degrees. Northeastern reports a median LSAT score of 161 and median GAP of 3.53 for law students enrolled in the Class of 2013.
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law School provides its students with opportunities to earn traditional JD degrees while also pursuing graduate degrees through other Harvard programs. Harvard Law School uses highly-selective admissions criteria. For its class of 2013, the LSAT score range between the 25th and 75th percentiles was 171 to 176, while the GPA score range for the same percentiles was 3.78 to 3.96.
Boston College Law School, with its campus in Newton, Massachusetts, offers a three-year JD program. For the law school class that matriculated in 2010, BC Law identified a median LSAT score of 166 and a median GPA of 3.61. The school offers support for law students through meetings with faculty facilitators and its academic support program. Students choose from a variety of electives after successfully completing the first-year JD curriculum.
Serving students at its Springfield, Massachusetts, campus, Western New England College School of Law offers a part-time evening program in addition to a standard full-time program. The school allows students to apply for combined-degree programs in law, business, regional planning and social work. The school cited a 3.2 median GPA and LSAT score range of 151 and 155 between the 25th and 75th percentiles of students entering its 2010 full-time class.