The New England Law curriculum offers opportunities for study in a wide variety of subject areas
Roughly half of a student’s total coursework is drawn from a selection of approximately 150 electives. The breadth of offerings is designed to enable students to explore, experiment, and familiarize themselves with different areas of interest. In their last two years of law school, students can also choose from an extensive array of clinics and simulation courses that encourage learning through doing.
There are only ten required courses in the JD curriculum at New England Law | Boston; these courses serve as the foundation for more advanced legal study. Additional requirements include two clinical, practice, or simulation courses, two public law courses, and at least one seminar course. This curriculum provides the basis for the contemporary practice of law.
New England Law encourages students to begin taking clinics as soon as possible during their legal education. Clinics help students find the areas of the law of greatest interest to them and to build expertise in these areas. Clinical work also elevates a student’s resume and enhances readiness for the bar exam.
Through the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (CILE), and a wide variety of externships available to New England Law students, the curriculum includes opportunities for summer, semester, or year-long study at member institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
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