Suffolk University Law
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School Website
NALP - Region
- Northeast
- State
- Massachusetts
- Dean
- Camille A. Nelson
- Enrollment
- 1,681
- Student/Faculty Ratio
- 17
- Talking Points
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- Founded by Gleason Archer, Sr. to provide an evening program for students regardless of economic class, race or religion.
- Notable Alumni include: Thomas Ryan (GC, PepsiCo), Elaine Caprio (VP, Liberty Mutual), the Chief Justice in the State Supreme Court of Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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Commencement: emphasis on the “meh.”
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Suffolk University Law student apparently jumps out of a university building…
November is typically a month where people give thanks for all of the good things in their lives. The vast majority of the scandalous lawyers featured in these pages seem to have forgotten about that small fact. They just don’t give a damn. Family ties? Meh. The troops? Screw ‘em. Honorific ATL titles? Totally lame.…
Dear Suffolk University Law School Administrators: Your Michael Avery problem is not going away (and not just because he has tenure). Now, an adjunct law professor currently in Kabul has cut ties with Suffolk because of Avery, and Suffolk is now in the uncomfortable position of de facto supporting Avery’s comments against a pissed-off military. What should the school do now?
Suffolk Law Supports the Troops, and Free Speech, and the Constitution, and Everything Else!
On Friday, we told you about Michael Avery, a professor at Suffolk University Law School who objected to a school-wide solicitation for care packages for American servicemen fighting in Afghanistan. Both the dean of the law school and the president of the university are now weighing in and defending, well, everything….
On Wednesday, a law professor wrote a screed objecting to a solicitation to send care packages to troops deployed in Afghanistan. Let me say that again: the professor was pissed off that students were asked if they could send care packages to soldiers serving abroad. Yeah, happy Veterans Day….
There’s been a sweet apartment deal on Craigslist for about a week, but we haven’t been able to tell you about it because it took us a while to figure out where the apartment was. Oh, we knew the city (Boston). And we know there is an intense demand for $40,000/year plus, three-year rentals in the area. But now we know. You’re not going to believe this, but the building and the price correspond to an area law school….
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Ratings*
Student Alumni Academics C+ B- Practical/Clinical Training B+ A- Career Counseling B- B+ Financial Aid Advising B- B+ Social Life B B+ -
Employment
Top Biglaw Employers ?School Funded 0.60% Large Firm 8.90% Federal Clerkships 0% Government 10.96% Public Interest 2.79% -
Cost
Tuition $43,944 Total Investment ? $241,830 -
Admissions
69.5 / 100
applicants are accepted.
2.88 / 10
admitted students enroll.LSAT (25/75) 155/159 GPA (25/75) 3.00/3.50 -
US News Rank
144
