History

Located: Boston, Massachusetts
Founded: 1898 

Class of 2010 Statistics

• Applications Received: 3,074
• Enrolled: 200 
• Women: 59% 
• Men: 41% 
• Students of Color: 28% 
• Average Age: 25 
• Middle 50% GPA: 3.14-3.60 (25th-75th percentiles) 
• Median GPA: 3.39 
• Middle 50% LSAT: 156-162 (25th-75th percentiles) 
• Median LSAT: 161 
• Number of Undergraduate Institutions Represented: 129 
• Selected List of Most Frequently Represented Undergraduate Institutions:

- Barnard College
- Bates College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Connecticut College
- Cornell University
- George Washington University
- Hamilton College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Middlebury College
- SUNY at Binghamton
- Tufts University
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- University of Washington
- Wellesley College

Graduation Requirements & Grading System

Graduation Requirements: 
 
Completion of 103 academic credit hours
Completion of four, full-time 11-week legal internships (co-ops)
Fulfillment of Public Interest requirement 


Grading System: Narrative evaluations in each academic course in lieu of alphabetic or numeric grades.

Annual Fees

Tuition: $36,450 (2007-2008 academic year)
Estimated Living Expenses: $15,300
Books/loan Fees: $1,200
Student Activity Fee: $21
Medical Insurance: $1,250
Campus Recreation Fee: $93

Students Receiving Financial Assistance: 93% 

Faculty

Full-time Total: 34 
 
Women: 18 (52%)
Men: 16 (48%)
Faculty of Color: 9 (26%) 

Educational Opportunities

Clinical Programs:
Criminal Advocacy
Domestic Violence
Poverty Law and Practice
Prisoners' Rights
Public Health
Institutes and Centers:
Domestic Violence Institute
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy
Public Health Advocacy Institute
Dual-Degree and Concurrent-Degree Programs:
Public Health (MPH: Tufts University School of Medicine)
Business Administration (MBA)
Accounting (MS/MBA)
Law, Policy and Society (MS and PhD) 

Cooperative Legal Education

Northeastern's unique approach to training lawyers is known as cooperative legal education. Students complete a traditional first year of academic study; for the remaining two years, they alternate every three months between full-time jobs ("co-ops") in the legal workplace and attending classes. Through their co-op experiences, students acquire an array of legal skills, observe different approaches to the practice of law and determine for themselves which areas of the law most interest them. 

Number of participating employers: 800
Number of states/countries/etc. represented: 40

Computer Facilities

The law school is equiped with over 50 lab computers running WindowsXP. All of our computers are kept up to date by maintaining a three year replacement cycle. In fact, most of our computers were upgraded just last year. Our larger classrooms contain a teaching station with built in technology to aid in class presentations. Wireless Internet is available for laptop users and there are also network ports available for those who do not have a wireless card. All students receive a personal email account, as well as access to Lexis and Westlaw computer research.

Career Opportunities

The School of Law's placement statistic is impressive: an average 96 percent of the last three classes obtained employment within six months of graduation. The Cooperative Legal Education Program signficantly contributes to this placement success. On average, 40 percent of Northeastern law students accept post-graduate employment offers with a former co-op employer.

Class of 2006 Major Areas of Legal Practice: 

 
Law Firms: 41%
Judicial Clerkships: 14%
Public Interest: 16%
Government: 10%
Business: 10%
Non-legal: 9%