Program Overview
The Laws at Boston College is a LLM programme in Law, delivered On-campus. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of law. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Laws programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United States and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 7
- Tuition: USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — International students; USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — National students
- Location: Boston, United States, United States
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Laws programme are prepared for diverse careers in law:
- Solicitor / Barrister
- Legal Counsel
- Policy Advisor
- Legal Researcher
- Compliance Officer
- International Arbitrator
Program Curriculum
Course Structure
- LAWS4485 Advanced Legal Writing (All sections)
- LAWS6610 American Indian Law (Witten Spring)
- LAWS7735 American Jury (Brassard Spring)
- LAWS3344 American Legal Education (Coquillette Spring)
- LAWS4471 Appellate Advocacy (Carey Fall)
- LAWS4471 Appellate Advocacy (Daly Spring)
- LAWS8858 Attorney General Clinical Program Seminar (Barnico/Sweeney Fall/Spring)
- LAWS7708 Business Law and Health Care Enterprises (Hashimoto Spring)
- LAWS6663 Children\x92s Law and Public Policy (Sherman Fall) *
- LAWS7732 Church and State \x96 Constitutional Issues (Brown/Caggiano Fall) *
- LAWS8824 Corporate Governance & Risk (Jones Spring)
- LAWS3393 Death Penalty (Dowden Fall)
- LAWS9969 Environmental Law (Plater Fall) **
- LAWS3322 Environmental Law Seminar Advanced (Plater Spring)
- LAWS9942 Family Court Practice (Ginsburg Spring) *
- LAWS4000 Feminist Jurisprudence (Young Spring)
- LAWS8612 Financial Services Regulation (McCoy Fall)
- LAWS7654 Health Care: The Affordable Care Act (Chirba Spring)
- LAWS3952 Human Rights and Global Proverty (Young Spring)
- LAWS4420 International Criminal Law (Barrozo Fall) *
- LAWS4436 International Human Rights Law (Kanstroom Fall)
- LAWS4496 Judge and Community Courts Seminar (Cratsley Fall)
- LAWS6673 Law of War, War Crimes and Genocide (Ryan Spring)
- LAWS2190 Professional Responsibility (Tremblay Fall) *
- LAWS4459 Semester in Practice Seminar (West Fall; Anzalone Spring)
- LAWS6607 SIP: International Human Rights Seminar (Kanstroom Spring)
- LAWS9957 Sports Law (Yen Spring)
- LAWS9667 Supreme Court Seminar (Greenfield Spring)
- LAWS7783 Trial Practice (Curtin Fall) *
- LAWS8871 Wrongful Convictions (Beckman Fall)
- LAWS7799 Independent Studies \x96 if writing a paper of 30 pages or more.
- LAWS3335 European Union Moot Court (Perju)
- LAWS9994 First Amendment (Daly)
- LAWS6691Frederick Douglass Moot Court (Daly)
- LAWS5500 J. Braxton Craven Moot Court (Barnico)
- LAWS8881 Jessup International Moot Court (Carey and Wirth)
- LAWS9995 Immigration Moot Court (Kanstroom/Daly)
- LAWS5515 National Criminal Procedure Moot Court (Bloom)
- LAWS6618 National Environmental Law Moot Court (Plater)
- LAWS9982 National Moot Court (Carey)
- LAWS3386 Religious Freedom (Kalscheur)
- LAWS4447 Saul Lefkowitz IP Moot Court (Liu)
- LAWS9986 Journal of Law and Social Justice (Greenfield)
- LAWS9989 Environmental Affairs Law Review (Plater)
- LAWS9987 International and Comparative Law Review (Wirth)
- LAWS9999 Law Review (Wylie)
- LAWS9983 U.C.C. Reporter Digest (Hillinger)
- LAWS4426 Advanced Legal Drafting for Civil Litigation (Savery Spring)
- LAWS7797 Advanced Legal Research (All Sections)
- LAWS3323 Advanced Contracts: Sales in Practice (Holleman Spring)
- LAWS4452 Advanced Evidence: Trial Objections (Cassidy Spring)
- LAWS4462 Advanced Innocence Clinic (Whitmore Fall)
- LAWS3310 Advising the Business Planner (Gennari/Marr Fall)
- LAWS4471 Appellate Advocacy (Daly Spring)
- LAWS8856 Attorney General Program (Barnico/Sweeney (Fall/Spring)
- LAWS4402 BC Innocence Program Clinic (Whitmore Fall or Spring)
- LAWS8887 BC Innocence Program Externship (Beckman Fall)
- LAWS6605 BC Defender Seminar (Herrmann Fall)
- LAWS4468 BC Law Prosecution Clinic (Sarda/Fall)
- LAWS9978 Civil Litigation Clinic (Anderson/Minuskin Fall/Spring)
- LAWS3334 Civil Motions Practice (Brassard Fall)
- LAWS3326 Community Enterprise Clinic (Tremblay/Pantin Fall or Spring)
- LAWS7770 Corporations Lab (Quinn Fall)
- LAWS9254 Criminal Defense Lawyer Externship (Sultan Spring)
- LAWS4424 Criminal Justice Clinic (Herrmann/Sarda Fall)
- LAWS9420 Deals & Disputes (Anderson Spring)
- LAWS4010 Department of Revenue Tax Clinic (Fatale Spring)
- LAWS9930 Dispute Negotiation (All sections)
- LAWS6609 Environmental Law: Clean Water (Doliner Spring)
- LAWS4478 Environmental Legal Research (Shear Fall)
- LAWS9942 Family Court Practice (Ginsburg Spring)
- LAWS4417 Housing Law Clinic (Minuskin Spring)
- LAWS7793 Immigration Clinic (Holper Fall/Spring)
- LAWS9953 Immigration Externship (Wax Spring)
- LAWS4470 Immigration Law Research (Breda Fall)
- LAWS3341 Immigration Practice (Holper Spring)
- LAWS4488 International Business Transactions (Garcia Fall)
- LAWS3374 Insurance Law Research (Breda Spring)
- LAWS6642 Introduction to Civil Litigation (Minuskin Spring)
- LAWS4498 Judge & Community Courts (Cratsley Fall)
- LAWS8838 Judicial Process - Trial (Devlin-Joyce Spring)
- LAWS8838 Judicial Process \x96 Appeals (Macgowan Spring)
- LAWS3389 Juvenile Rights Advocacy I (Sherman (Fall)
- LAWS3389 Juvenile Rights Advocacy II (Sherman Spring)
- LAWS7787 Legal Interviewing & Counseling (West Spring)
- LAWS8667 Legal Practice Externship (Barnico Fall/Spring)
- LAWS8823 Life Cycle of a Chapter 11 Restructuring (Baldiga Spring)
- LAWS3332 Litigation Skills: Fact Development (Mahoney Fall)
- LAWS5510 London Program (Wirth Spring)
- LAWS4443 Local Government Law (Levine Spring)
- LAWS9925 Mediation (Gray Fall/Spring)
- LAWS6250 Natural Resource Remedies (Barash Spring)
- LAWS6980 Negotiation (Biondi Fall/Spring)
- LAWS7755 Ninth Circuit Appellate Project (Hong Fall/Spring)
- LAWS5660 Paris Program Externship (Wirth Spring)
- LAWS8840 Patent Law (Olson Spring)
- LAWS6641 Real Estate Finance (Levine Fall)
- LAWS4489 Semester in Practice (All Sections)
- LAWS6607 Semester in Practice: International Human Rights (Kanstroom Spring)
- LAWS4489 Semester in Practice: Public Interest (Sarda Spring)
- LAWS7778 Tax III (Darby Spring)
- LAWS9960 Tax Law Research (Neary Spring)
- LAWS7696 The Government Lawyer (Pelgro Spring)
- LAWS7783 Trial Practice (All sections)
- LAWS3335 European Union Moot Court (Perju)
- LAWS9994 First Amendment (Daly)
- LAWS6691Frederick Douglass Moot Court (Daly)
- LAWS5500 J. Braxton Craven Moot Court (Barnico)
- LAWS9981 Jessup International Moot Court (Carey and Wirth)
- LAWS9995 Immigration Moot Court (Kanstroom/Daly)
- LAWS5515 National Criminal Procedure Moot Court (Bloom)
- LAWS6618 National Environmental Law Moot Court (Plater)
- LAWS9982 National Moot Court (Carey)
- LAWS3386 Religious Freedom (Kalscheur)
- LAWS4447 Saul Lefkowitz IP Moot Court (Liu)
- LAWS3344 American Legal Education (Coquillette Spring)
- LAWS4411 American Legal Theory (Wells Fall) Cancelled
- LAWS6686 Anglo-American Legal History (Coquillette Fall)
- LAWS4464 Authority and Leadership in Professional Life (Sarda Spring)
- LAWS6605 BC Defender Program Seminar (Herrmann/Grant Fall and Spring)
- LAWS4469 BC Prosecution Seminar (Sarda Fall)
- LAWS9326 Bioethics and the Law Seminar (Kaveny Fall)
- LAWS6663 Children\x92s Law and Public Policy (Sherman Fall)
- LAWS7732 Church and State (Brown/Caggiano Fall)
- LAWS9979 Civil Litigation Clinic Seminar (Anderson/Minuskin Fall or Spring)
- LAWS3336 Community Enterprise Clinic Class (Tremblay/Pantin Fall/Spring)
- LAWS4424 Criminal Justice Clinic Class (Beckman/Grant/Herrmann/Sarda Fall/Spring)
- LAWS3930 Death Penalty (Dowden Fall)
- LAWS3339 Environmental Law: Clean Water (Doliner Spring)
- LAWS4439 European Union Law (Dillon Fall)
- LAWS9735 Faith, Morality & Law Seminar (Kaveny Fall)
- LAWS4000 Feminist Jurisprudenct (Young Spring)
- LAWS6660 Foundations of Western Legal Thought (Kohler Fall)
- LAWS4433 Globalization, Law and Legal Practice (Garcia Spring)
- LAWS7707 Habermas: Law and Politics (Rasmussen Fall)
- LAWS7654 Health Care Reform: Affordable Care Act (Chirba Spring)
- LAWS4418 Housing Law Clinic Seminar (Minuskin Spring)
- LAWS3952 Human Rights and Global Poverty (Young Spring)
- LAWS7461 Human Rights Interdisciplinary Seminar (Hollenbach Spring)
- LAWS7749 Immigration Law (O\x92Sullivan Fall)
- LAWS4420 International Criminal Law (Barrozo Fall)
- LAWS4436 International Human Rights Law (Kanstroom Fall)
- LAWS8886 International Law (Wirth Fall)
- LAWS6696 International Trade and Investment Law (Garcia Fall)
- LAWS6632 Jurisprudence (FitzGibbon Spring)
- LAWS3389 Juvenile Rights Advocacy (Sherman (Fall)
- LAWS3389 Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project II (Sherman Spring)
- LAWS8804 Law, Leadership and Social Justice (Sarda Spring)
- LAWS6672 Law and Religion (Kaveny Spring)
- LAWS2192 Professional and Moral Responsibility (Coquillette Spring)
- LAWS6608 Semester in Practice: International Human Rights Seminar (Kanstroom Spring)
- LAWS6286 Universal History of Legal Thought (Barrozo/Perju Fall/Spring)
- LAWS8871 Wrongful Convictions (Beckman Fall)
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
Applicants must have either (a) graduated from a U.S. law school that is approved by the American Bar Association, (b) obtained a full degree in law from a non-U.S. university or (c) be admitted to practice law in a country other than the U.S. Apart from this, we seek applicants from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of legal and career interests. We are most interested in applicants from other countries who have completed their prior legal studies with high rank and who intend to return to their home countries to contribute to the legal profession. We also welcome applications from experienced U.S. lawyers who may uniquely benefit from advanced work here.
English Proficiency: IELTS 7 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — International students; USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — National students
Tuition fees: USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — International students; USD 24,335 (Tuition (Semester)) — National students
IELTS requirement: 7
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Boston College directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
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University Profile- Application Deadline 2003-05-18
- Start Date 2018-09-01
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