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Top 10 Law Schools for Health Law
In 2014, Law Street Media released its first set of law school rankings, in response to the changing legal education industry. Law Street Specialty Rankings are a detailed resource for prospective law students as they consider the many law schools across the country. You'll notice some differences this year, as we return to the categories we first ranked in 2014. This year, we've changed the way we do our methodology slightly, to reflect feedback from our readers and the law school community. We've also redesigned our look, to make it easier to navigate and compare various schools. But as always, Law Street Specialty Rankings are built to blend the quantitative and qualitative in a way that accurately highlights the top law schools based on specialty programs. Check out this year's full list here.
This year's law school specialty rankings were compiled by Anneliese Mahoney, Alexis Evans, Celia Heudebourg, Gabe Fernandez, James Levinson, Josh Schmidt, and Marcus Dieterle.
Jobs: 13/20
Boston University offers solid employment opportunities and practical work experience for law school students. BU offers a specific health law externship program that allows students to work for health care institutions, biotech firms, and nonprofits.
Classes: 24/25
Boston University offers a specific Health Law Concentration. Interested students have access to a number of truly unique health law related courses, which include “Charity and Charitable Organizations” and “Forensic Mental Health Issues for Lawyers.”
Networking: 13/15
BU Law does a great job of encouraging its graduates to stay connected and engage with the law school community through alumni publications and events, some of which are focused specifically on health law.
Extracurriculars: 15/15
Boston University offers students the opportunity to work on the school’s American Journal of Law & Medicine, which investigates health law issues in the medical field in collaboration with the university’s medical school. Additionally, BU offers a Health Law Association to bring together like-minded students.
Location: 13/15
Boston University’s law school provides a great location for students interested in pursuing health law. As a result, BU received a near-perfect score for the locations metric.
Other Rankings: 10/10
Boston University’s law school received one of the highest scores among other surveyed law school rankings.
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