Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk University Law School
Suffolk Law School building
MottoHonestas et Diligentia (Latin)
"Honesty and Diligence"
Parent schoolSuffolk University
Established1906 (118 years ago) (1906)
School typePrivate
DeanAndrew M. Perlman
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Enrollment1,176 (2021)[1]
Faculty153 (2021)[1]
USNWR ranking130th (tie) (2024)[2]
Bar pass rate80% (July 2021, First Time Takers)[3]
Websitewww.suffolk.edu/law
ABA profile509 Information Report [1]

Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two blocks from the Massachusetts State House, and a short walk to the financial district. Suffolk Law was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer Sr. to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination.[4]

Suffolk Law school has full-time, part-time evening, hybrid online, accelerated and dual-degree JD programs.[5] It has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1953 and the Association of American Law Schools since 1977.[6]

According to Suffolk's Office of Professional and Career Development 2021 ABA-required disclosures, 82.8% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, bar admission required or JD advantage employment nine months after graduation.[7]

  1. ^ a b Suffolk University (December 16, 2021). "Information report" (PDF). Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Suffolk University". Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts Bar Examination Results by Law Schools". Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. July 2021.
  4. ^ Robert Bocking Stevens, Law school: legal education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s (The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2001) pg. 80
  5. ^ "Law Admission - Suffolk University". Suffolk University. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "AALS Member Schools Fee paid law schools Association of American Law Schools Members Membership". Aals.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  7. ^ "Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates" (PDF).