Student Success at the Boston University School of Law

Real estate attorney Henrietta Feldman practices law at her own firm in Palm Beach, Florida. Before that, Henrietta “Hattie” Feldman practiced in Boston, where she earned her law degree.

Since 1872, the Boston University School of Law has been providing a top-tier education to its students in a range of different areas of law. U.S. News and World Report ranked BU Law at number 22 of the best law schools in the nation, and the faculty was ranked third in a 2017 Princeton Review report. 

BU Law was ranked at number 16 by a Law School Transparency report for its graduates’ ability to achieve work within the field of law. A full 91 percent of the school’s graduates passed the bar in New York or Massachusetts on the first attempt in 2015. 

BU Law offers its students 24 options for clinics and externships along with 21 opportunities to study internationally. Every year, students are invited to participate in the Spring Break Pro Bono Service Trip, in which they have an opportunity to apply their skills and gain real-world experience by helping people in need. 

Last year’s spring break trip sent students to Puerto Rico to help people with housing problems after the damage of Hurricane Maria. Students also visited Louisiana to provide legal support to the Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative.