What is a law school “clinic”?
Clinics, clinics, clinics! When I was considering law schools, all of my lawyer friends emphasized the importance of clinics and selecting a school that offered at least one that I’d be interested in....
View ArticleI’m a specialist, and so should you.
Law is an extremely broad field. If you say that you want to go to law school because you “like law”, what does that mean exactly? Do you like the idea of helping people navigate a complex and...
View ArticleLearning Outside of the Classroom: Judicial Externship Program
BU Law offers a large variety of great courses, but one of my best experiences in law school thus far has taken place outside the classroom. In the spring semester of my second year, I participated in...
View ArticleEmployment Rights Clinic
After doing forty hours a week of real substantive work over the summer, going back to a schedule of one hundred percent academic theoretical coursework wasn’t entirely appealing to me. Don’t get me...
View ArticleAll work, no classes = Real world fun
This semester I’m participating in a program called Semester in Practice where, instead of taking classes, I work full-time to receive academic credit. The program is run through the clinic department...
View ArticleAnother Semester, Another Course Selection Debacle
I know it’s a bit early for course selection, but as the clinics and externship deadline has come and passed for the 2018-2019 school year, I think it’s appropriate to reflect now, right before course...
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