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LAW SCHOOL
Since our founding in 1929, Boston College Law
School has earned an international reputation
for educational excellence and the highest
standards of professionalism. Our school is
among the top few law schools in the U.S. in
the number of applications it receives and has
an overall applicant-to-acceptance ratio that is
among the most selective in the nation.
Boston College Law School places
unmatched emphasis on teachers as mentors,
building community, pursuing justice, global
engagement, and experiential learning.
Working together with you, we can deepen
our understanding of law, social justice, and
public service and collectively increase their
prominence on the world stage.
OUR LL.M. PROGRAM'S CENTRAL
PHILOSOPHY
International perspectives
Boston College Law School’s LL.M. program
is a centerpiece of our commitment to promote
justice internationally.
Our LL.M. program immerses students
in the knowledge and culture of the U.S.
legal system and helps prepare them for
the challenges of work in an increasingly
global legal community. Today’s world
requires every lawyer to ask “what are
the international issues?” International
perspectives must be an integral part of each
student’s experiences as a whole. Boston
College Law School’s LL.M. is directed to
lawyers and law graduates trained in other
countries and experienced U.S. lawyers
who may uniquely benefit from advanced
work here.
Our values
Our LL.M. program offers a superb legal
education within a great Jesuit university.
It offers a framework of professional and
personal values that will help you succeed
not just in practice, but in life. A LL.M. from
Boston College Law School exposes you
to renowned world-class professors of
unmatched accessibility. We even match
each LL.M. student with a faculty mentor
who works in that student's areas of interest.
Our LL.M. also gives you membership to a
carefully selected student body who is the
next generation of global leaders in legal
practice, government, NGOs, the judiciary,
law teaching, and private industry.
But our LL.M. program is not just about our
professors teaching you important skills.
It is also about you teaching us. Your
participation in the classroom inspires us to
think about the impact of law more globally.
It prepares us for a world in which the laws
of other countries permeate local decision-
making to an unprecedented degree. Your
friendship enriches our lives outside the
classroom, just as we hope our friendship
will enrich yours.
BOSTON COLLEGE
LAW SCHOOL’S LL.M.
Our program’s possibilities are as diverse as
the students we attract. LL.M. students choose
from Boston College Law School’s extensive
curriculum, including both introductory and
advanced courses. The range of options
is enormous. Students are free to pursue
particular subject area tracks, such as our
concentrations in business and commercial law,
environmental rights, human rights, intellectual
property, and taxation. Alternatively, students
can pursue our LL.M. generally and sample
from a variety of areas of law.
LL.M. students are required to complete at
least 24 credits of work in residence during
a single academic year. All foreign-trained
candidates are required to complete an
integral core course, “The United States
Legal System.” Students also are required
to fulfill a writing requirement. All foreign-
trained candidates are encouraged to take
a “Legal Research and Writing” course
designed specifically for them. Students
also can produce a piece of writing of a
breadth and magnitude commensurate
with our school’s upper-level writing
requirement for J.D. students. This can be
completed in one of our school’s regular
seminars or written independently under
faculty supervision. Otherwise, students
study alongside their J.D. classmates and
therefore can experience a true immersion
experience in American legal education.
LL.M. students also have the ability to
participate in internships and externships as
well as complete pro bono work.
