Boston, also known as "Beantown," the "Hub" and the "Athens of America," has long served as an educational magnet, attracting students from around the world. Each year, more than 300,000 students add to the energy and diversity of this cosmopolitan center of culture, commerce and history. 

In Boston, a law student has the opportunity to observe the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the US District Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Massachusetts Superior Court and many lower tribunals. The metropolitan Boston area offers an array of county and municipal agencies, and the state legislative process can be studied firsthand at the Massachusetts Statehouse located on Beacon Hill. 

But Boston is more than an extended campus, more than a living and learning laboratory. It is a city of unending and varied attractions: great music, big-time sports, terrific food, fascinating people and important ideas. It is one of the country's most beautiful, exciting and truly livable cities. It is a city of amazing possibilities that begin, quite literally, at Northeastern's front door, the "T" stop on Huntington Avenue (Avenue of the Arts).

With little effort, you can find whatever youÌre looking for in Boston. Shop for bargains at Filene's Basement or Haymarket Square. Sample all kinds of authentic ethnic and regional cuisines in the North End, Chinatown and beyond. Or, if the mood strikes, experience history preserved at the Old North Church or Faneuil Hall. Join Red Sox fans at Fenway Park or the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins for some fierce competition. Lie on a grassy bank along the Charles River and watch the Head of the Charles, an annual regatta that attracts rowers from all over the world. Movie theaters, clothes shops, coffeehouses and bookstores are everywhere.

You'll find many popular attractions just a few minutes from campus. Take to the ice at Northeastern's Matthews Arena, or walk across the street to the Museum of Fine Arts. Browse through the huge Virgin Megastore on fashionable Newbury Street, or rollerblade down Commonwealth Avenue. Walk, or run, to the finish line of the country's oldest marathon. Symphony Hall (home of the Boston Pops), the Berkeley Performance Center and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are all within a short walking distance of Northeastern.