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Suffolk University Law School, also known as Suffolk Law School or SULS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Suffolk University

Suffolk University

Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, university located in Boston, Massachusetts and with over 16,000 students it is the third largest university in Boston...

. Suffolk University Law School is a private, non-sectarian, law school located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk University Law School was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer, Sr.

Gleason Archer, Sr.

Gleason Archer, Sr. was the founder and first president of Suffolk University and Suffolk Law School. He was also an extensive writer and radio broadcaster for NBC.-Early life and education:...

to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination. Suffolk is the fourth oldest New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

law school in continuous existence.

The law school currently has both day and evening, part-time, divisions. Suffolk University Law School has been accredited by the American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

since 1953 and the Association of American Law Schools

Association of American Law Schools

The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...

since 1977. The school is located in Sargent Hall on Tremont Street in downtown Boston. Suffolk offers over 200 upper level electives, the most of any law school in the country, and is consistently ranked one of the most technologically advanced schools in the nation. Suffolk publishes six law reviews, to which students, faculty, and other scholars contribute. Suffolk has attracted notable scholars and prominent speakers including, but not limited to, John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

, William Rehnquist

William Rehnquist

William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...

, Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...

, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...

. Suffolk University Law School alumni are found in high level judicial, political, and private positions throughout the United States. With over 25,000 alumni, Suffolk is the fourth largest law school in the United States.

History

One of New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

's oldest law schools, Suffolk was founded in 1906 by lawyer Gleason Leonard Archer as the "Suffolk School of Law." The school was named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Suffolk County has no land border with Plymouth County to its southeast, but the two counties share a water boundary in the middle of Massachusetts Bay.-National protected areas:*Boston African American National Historic Site...

. Archer's goal was to provide immigrants, minorities, and the working class with the opportunity to study law. In 1907, Archer moved the school from Roxbury, Massachusetts

Roxbury, Massachusetts

Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...

to downtown Boston. Suffolk Law School's first student passed the bar in 1908. By 1930, Archer developed Suffolk into one of the largest law schools in the country, and the law school received full accredition from the American Bar Association

American Bar Association

(ABA). Originally an all-male school, with the New England School of Law

New England School of Law

New England School of Law is a private law school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1908 as a law school for women.-History:...

serving as a sister school

Sister school

The term sister school has several meanings:*a definite financial commerce between two colleges or universities*two schools that have a strong historical connection...

, Suffolk became co-educational in 1937. In 1999, Suffolk Law School opened its new building on 120 Tremont Street across from Boston Common

Boston Common

Boston Common is a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the "Boston Commons". Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States. The Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street,...

Curriculum and attendance statistics

Suffolk Law School has a 3-year day program and a 4-year evening program offering a broad selection of courses. The law school maintains a traditional first-year Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

curriculum which includes the year-long courses of Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property, Torts, and Legal Writing, in addition to the semester-long Constitutional Law and Criminal Law courses. A course in Professional Responsibility is required, and each student must also fulfill legal writing and legal skills requirements prior to graduation. Until 2008 Fiduciary Relations, a class concentrating on the law of Agency and Trusts, was required. Upon completion of the required curriculum, students at Suffolk choose from over 200 upper-level courses, many of which focus on learning practical skills, including several legal clinics. Students may also receive credit for diverse internships and clerkships, including those at various courts in the Boston area. Academic concentrations are available in Civil Litigation, Financial Services, Health/Biomedical, and Intellectual Property.

In addition to the JD

Juris Doctor

, Suffolk offers an advanced LLM in Global Law and Technology. Suffolk University Law School also offers joint degrees with Suffolk's Sawyer Business School

Sawyer Business School

The Sawyer Business School is part of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk was founded in 1906 and the business school was founded on Beacon Hill in 1937 by Gleason Leonard Archer. The business school offers undergraduate and graduate programs....

(JD/MBA, JD/MSF and JD/MPA

Master of Public Administration

The Master of Public Administration is a professional post-graduate degree in Public Administration. The MPA program prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in nongovernmental organization and...

), and the Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences

Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences

Suffolk University College of Arts and Sciences is the undergraduate and graduate division of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk was founded in 1906 and the College of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1934 by Gleason Leonard Archer...

(JD/MSCJ and JD/MSIE).

The average faculty to student ratio at Suffolk is 16.5 students per faculty member. Tuition for the 2011–2012 academic year is $42,540 for the day division and $31,904 for the evening division.

Admissions

Suffolk Law School students come from 50 states, 30 countries and more than 375 colleges and universities. Suffolk averages over 3,500 applications for its entering class of 340 full-time students. For the class of 2013, the median GPA for incoming Suffolk Law students was 3.3, and the median LSAT score was 157. The admission rate for the class of 2013 was 47%. The 25th – 75th percentile GPA was 3.0 – 3.5 and the 25th – 75th percentile LSAT was 155 – 159. Entering students from the class of 2013 came from 34 different states and graduated from 247 different undergraduate colleges and universities. Also, 14 countries countries are represented in the class of 2013.

Career statistics

Area of employment	Percentage of class
Law firms	54%
Business & Industry	15%
Judicial Clerkships	11%
Government	10%
Academia	5%
Public Interest	3%
Military	2%

Region of employment	Percentage of class
New England (CT Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... , ME Maine Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost... , MA Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... , NH New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian... , RI Rhode Island The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area... , VT Vermont Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England... )	71%
Mid-Atlantic (NJ New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... , NY New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , PA Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... )	9%
South Atlantic (DC, DE Delaware Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania... , FL Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , GA Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... , MD Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east... , NC North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , SC South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... , VA Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... , WV West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... )	6%
Mountain (AZ Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix... , CO Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... , ID Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.... , MT Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,... , NV Nevada Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its... , NM New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... , UT Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... , WY Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High... )	4%
Pacific (AK Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... , CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , HI Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... , OR Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... , WA)	3%
Midwest (IL Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... , IN Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is... , MI Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... , OH Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... , WI Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... )	2%
East South Central (AL Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland... , KY Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth... , MS Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... , TN Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... )	2%
North Central (IA Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... , KS Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south... , MN Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... , MO Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It... , NE Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... , ND North Dakota North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S.... , SD South Dakota South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over... )	1%
West South Central (AR Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River... , LA Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... , OK Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... , TX Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... )	1%
Foreign countries	1%

Suffolk University Law School places graduates in all 10 geographic regions according to the Association for Legal Career Professionals. Suffolk places a majority in its home region, New England, with 71% of its graduates finding employment in region, and 87% of those staying in the New England region obtain employment in the state of Massachusetts. The most popular states for Suffolk University Law School graduates to find employment are in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, New York, Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

, the District of Columbia, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, California, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

, and Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

.
The table to the right represents regional placement, with percentages, for the most recent Suffolk University Law School graduates. Suffolk University Law School has alumni that practice in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and twenty-two foreign nations. The ABA

American Bar Association

also collects data on placement and puts them into seven major categories. They are law firms, business & industry, government, judicial clerkships, military, academia, and public interest. Suffolk University Law School places a majority of its students into law firms, with eleven percent of the entire class working in Big Law, or alternatively twenty-one percent of those working in law firms in Big Law. Additionally, significant portions of the class obtain employment in other fields—business and industry, judicial clerkships and government. The table to the left represents the fields of placement, with percentages, for the most recent class from the Suffolk University Law School.

In 2009 Suffolk University Law School had a first time bar passage rate of 92.82%, fourth out of nine law schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2008, Suffolk had a first time bar passage rate of 94.37%, third out of nine law schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The median full-time starting salaries for Suffolk graduates was $82,000 in the private sector, and $54,000 in the public sector.

Academic rankings and honors

In the 2011 edition of the U.S. News Best Law Schools publication Suffolk was not ranked. Also, the 2011 edition of U.S. News publication ranked Suffolk 20th in the United States for its legal clinics, 13th for its Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative dispute resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation. ADR basically is an alternative to a formal court hearing or litigation...

program, and 15th for its Legal Writing

Legal writing

Legal writing is a type of technical writing used by lawyers, judges, legislators, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties.- Authority :...

. LawSchool100.com ranked Suffolk University Law School as 98th overall in its 2010 ranking of law schools. The 2010 edition of Judging the Law Schools ranked Suffolk 35th overall in the United States based upon ABA data. In 2010 the Princeton Review's The Best Law Schools publication ranked Suffolk 5th in the United States in "most competitive students". In 2010 the National Jurist ranked Suffolk as the 54th best law school in the country for public interest law. The ILRG also has numerous other categories and ranks Suffolk University Law School as the 68th most selective law school, 45th for job placement before graduation, 78th for job placement after 9 months, 23rd for best bar passer rates among first time takers, 14th when ranking the school versus the state average for bar passage rates, 92nd for student to faculty ratio and 87th overall for student median LSAT/GPAs. Law & Politics' 2010 ranking of law schools ranked Suffolk University Law School 33rd overall. In 2010, The Social Science Research Network

Social Science Research Network

The Social Science Research Network is a website devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities. SSRN is viewed as particularly strong in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management, and law. SSRN was founded in 1994 by Michael Jensen ...

ranked Suffolk 25th in the country. Leiter's ranking of most desirable law schools lists Suffolk as the 35th most desirable law school in the country. Law.com ranks Suffolk 54th overall for best job placement and employment trends into "BigLaw" with eleven percent of the class entering Big Law. In 2010, The Hylton Rankings placed Suffolk University Law School 94th overall among all law schools.

Research centers and institutes

In addition to the basic curriculum, moot court

Moot court

A moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a...

, legal clinics, law review

Law review

A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...

publications, and numerous extracurricular opportunities, Suffolk Law School maintains several other programs available to law students. Working with Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, Suffolk runs the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service

Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service

The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service is a privately endowed public interest law center administered by and located on the grounds of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts...

offering fellowship opportunities for law students. Suffolk also operates the Macaronis Institute, which is led by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The SJC has the distinction of being the oldest continuously functioning appellate court in the Western Hemisphere.-History:...

Justice John Greaney

John Greaney

John M. Greaney is a former Associate Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School....

, offering practical opportunities in trial and appellate practice. The law school also offers programs abroad, including: the Semester in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Program with Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

, a university where Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg conducted research for her book on Swedish Law in the 1960s.

Libraries and archives

In 1999, after construction of the new law school building was completed, the John Joseph Moakley

Joe Moakley

John Joseph "Joe" Moakley was a Democratic congressman from the Ninth District of Massachusetts, a seat held two years earlier by Speaker John William McCormack. Moakley was the last chairman of the U.S...

Library moved to its new home, on the 5th through 7th floors, in Sargent Hall. The library contains over 450,000 volumes, and budget of new acquisitions reaching approximately $2 million, covering common law

Common law

Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...

and statutes from all major areas of American law in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and with primary legal materials from the U.S. federal government, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

.

The library also features a substantial treatise and periodical collection and houses the John Joseph Moakley Archive and Institute. Some of the collections in the Archive include the Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, a collection of the late U.S. Representative's papers which he gifted to the school in 2001; the Gleason L. Archer Personal Papers, founder of the Law School and University; the Harry Hom Dow Papers, a 1929 Law School graduate; the Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America Collection and the Records of Suffolk University. The Library also houses law review

Law review

A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...

journals from all ABA accredited law schools in the United States as well as numerous journals from European and Canadian law schools. Suffolk also records and broadcasts oral arguments for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

and has archives of those proceedings available in the library and online.

Law review and journal publications

Suffolk University Law School maintains six student-run publications.

Law Review	Founded	Notes
Suffolk University Law Review Suffolk University Law Review The Suffolk University Law Review is a law review or honor board published at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.-Organization:The journal was established in 1967 and publishes all of its articles in print form and online...	1967	The oldest continuously published scholarly publication at Suffolk Law.
Suffolk Transnational Law Review Suffolk Transnational Law Review Suffolk Transnational Law Review is an honor board and law review published at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.-Organization:...	1976	Focuses on international legal issues and is the second oldest international law review in existence.
Journal of High Technology Law Journal of High Technology Law The Journal of High Technology Law is one of five law journals at Suffolk University Law School publishing articles and book reviews covering subjects related to technology law. It was established in 1998 and became the Law School's fourth honor board law journal in 2001...	1998	Focuses on providing research articles on issues of copyright, trademark and patent law.
Journal of Health & Biomedical Law	2004	Focuses on cutting-edge legal developments in the field of health law.
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy	2005	Produced by the Moot Court Honor Board.

Notable alumni

The Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association, operates chapters in all 50 states throughout the United States and 22 different countries. Throughout Suffolk's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in many different fields. Eleven Suffolk University Law School graduates have represented the States' of Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

and Massachusetts

Massachusetts

in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

in every Congress since the start of the 70th Congress

70th United States Congress

The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of...

in 1928, including two current members John F. Tierney

John F. Tierney

John F. Tierney is the United States representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate for liberal policies and government oversight. A former attorney, he has served since 1997....

, since 1997 from Massachusetts' 6th congressional district

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann. It is currently represented by John F...

, and William R. Keating

William R. Keating

William Richard "Bill" Keating is the U.S. Representative for . From 1999 to 2011 he was District Attorney of Norfolk County. He is a member of the Democratic Party and a former Massachusetts state representative and state senator....

, since 2010 representing Massachusetts' 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is a political constituency that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. With a population of 635,901 and a land area of , it is the most populous of Massachusetts's ten congressional districts and the...

. Suffolk University Law School alumni also hold a plurality in the Massachusetts Senate

Massachusetts Senate

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state...

, Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

, Rhode Island Senate

Rhode Island Senate

The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year...

, and Rhode Island House of Representatives

Rhode Island House of Representatives

The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two year terms from 75 districts of equal population. The Rhode Island General Assembly does not have...

, including Senate President Pro Tempore John F. McBurney III

John F. McBurney III

John F. McBurney III was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate, representing the 15th district from 1974 to 2010.McBurney first won election to the Senate in 1974, replacing his father, John F. McBurney Jr., who had represented Pawtucket for 16 years.He announced his retirement from the...

of the Rhode Island Senate. Other Suffolk alumni include the current, and 41st, Attorney General

Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

of Rhode Island Patrick C. Lynch

Patrick C. Lynch

Patrick C. Lynch is Rhode Island's Attorney General. He has overseen the investigation and prosecution of the second-deadliest fire in Rhode Island history and also successfully sued former lead paint manufacturers for cleanup costs associated with their old products...

since 2003, current, and 33rd, New Jersey Secretary of State

Secretary of State of New Jersey

The Secretary of State of New Jersey is responsible for overseeing artistic, cultural, and historical programs within the U.S. state of New Jersey, as well as volunteerism and community service projects within the state....

Nina Mitchell Wells

Nina Mitchell Wells is a former Secretary of State of New Jersey. She served in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine. Prior to assuming her cabinet post in January 2006, Wells served as a vice president at Schering-Plough and as an assistant dean at Rutgers School of Law—Newark...

since 2006, current, and 26th, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...

William F. Galvin

William Francis Galvin is the 27th and current Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth .-Early life and career:...

since 1995, current, and 57th, Attorney General of Maine

Maine Attorney General

This is a list of Maine Attorneys General...

William Schneider

William Schneider (politician)

William J. Schneider is a Maine politician and lawyer. Schneider was appointed the attorney general of Maine following the election of Governor Paul LePage. He is a retired United States Army officer....

since 2011 and General Treasurer

Treasurer

A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...

of Rhode Island Frank T. Caprio

Frank T. Caprio

Frank T. Caprio is a Managing Director at Chatham Capital a mezzanine finance firm with offices in Atlanta, Dallas and Providence. He had a twenty year political career which included being elected as the former General Treasurer of Rhode Island...

since 2006. Suffolk University Law School alumni also hold a majority of the District Attorney

District attorney

In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

positions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; they include Jonathan W. Blodgett of Essex County

Essex County, Massachusetts

-National protected areas:* Parker River National Wildlife Refuge* Salem Maritime National Historic Site* Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site* Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

, Gerald T. Leone Jr. of Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...

, Tim Cruz

Tim Cruz

Timothy Andrew Cruz also known as Tim Cruz is an American pop singer signed with Fearless Management. He is also in music production and does some modelling as well....

of Plymouth County

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Plymouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2010, the population was 494,919. Its county seats are Plymouth and Brockton...

and Daniel F. Conley

Daniel F. Conley

Daniel F. Conley is the current District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which serves Boston, Revere, Chelsea and Winthrop....

of Suffolk County

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

.

Suffolk alumni have made contributions to the business world and academia. Alumni include Elaine Caprio Brady

Brady

Brady is a surname derived from the Irish surname Mac Brádaigh.In a listing by the U.S. Census Bureau of the Brady is ranked at #411.-Notable Bradys:*Alice Brady , American silent-film actress, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner...

Vice President of the Liberty Mutual Group, Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro is an American playwright and author.Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, DiPietro grew up in nearby Oradell. Son of the banker Lou, and Jean DiPietro. He attended Oradell Public School and River Dell Regional High School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in 1984 with a...

Vice President of Kent Hospital

Kent Hospital

Kent Hospital is located in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was a founding member of the Care New England Health System in 1996, along with Women & Infants Hospital and Butler Hospital.-History:...

, Colleen Dinneen Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Natixis Global Associates

Natixis

Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire and IXIS ....

, Jerald G. Fishman

Jerald G. Fishman

Jerald G. Fishman has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Analog Devices since November 1996. He is a 35-year veteran of Analog Devices and also serves on the Board of Directors of Analog Devices, Cognex Corporation and Xilinx Inc.-Education:...

President and CEO of Analog Devices

Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. , known as ADI, is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts...

, Christine Garvey

Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers is a Horsham, Pennsylvania based luxury homes builder.-Company Overview:Toll Brothers is a residential and commercial real estate development company with communities in 50 markets throughout 19 states...

general counsel for Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers

, Oz Griebel

Oz Griebel

Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel is a banker, lawyer, and was a Republican primary candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election. He is currently on leave from his position as CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance. He resides in Simsbury, Connecticut.-Professional:Griebel is a former teacher and...

CEO of BankBoston

BankBoston

BankBoston was a bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. Bank of Boston had a venerable history dating back to 1784, but the merged BankBoston was short-lived, being acquired by Fleet Bank in 1999...

, Neil Goldman

Goldman

Goldman is the surname of several people:* Albert Goldman, American professor and author* Albert Goldman , American Trotskyist and lawyer* Alvin Ira Goldman, philosopher* Charley Goldman, boxing trainer...

Chief Regulatory Officer of Skype

Skype

Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...

, Michael Goulet Senior Vice President of Citizens Financial Group

Citizens Financial Group

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is an American bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, which operates in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Citizens is a wholly owned...

, Thomas Holloway

Thomas Holloway

Thomas Holloway was a patent medicine vendor and philanthropist from England.-Early life:Holloway was born in Devonport, a district of Plymouth in the county of Devon, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Holloway , who at the time of their son's birth had a bakery business. They later moved to...

, Vice President of the Boston Globe, William Looney President of Debt Exchange

Debt Exchange

The Debt Exchange is one of the world's largest loan sale advisors for the sale of commercial, consumer and specialty finance debt. The company is engaged by commercial banks, insurance companies, investment banks, government agencies and other institutions.The Debt Exchange is based in the...

, Duncan MacKay Vice President and General Counsel of Northeast Utilities

Northeast Utilities

Northeast Utilities is a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity and natural gas service to more than 2.1 million customers in New England....

, Thomas J. Ryan General Counsel and Vice President of Pepsi Co., Jane W. McCahon Vice President of Telephone and Data Systems

Telephone and Data Systems

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless, telephone and broadband services to more than 7 million customers in 36 states through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular , the sixth-largest wireless service provider in the U.S...

, Jeffery Mullan CEO of MassDOT, and William Yates Vice President of Cambridge Trust Company. Other Suffolk alumni have also held Chancellor, President, Vice President, and Dean positions at numerous universities including Robert L. Caret

Robert L. Caret

Robert L. Caret is the former president of Towson University. He became the 12th president of TU on July 1, 2003. As a former faculty member, dean, executive vice president and provost at Towson, Caret served at Towson for 21 years before assuming the presidency of San José State University of...

President of Towson University

Towson University

Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...

, Ronald Machtley

Ronald Machtley

Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Since 1996, Machtley has served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island....

President of Bryant University

Bryant University

Bryant University is a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S., that grants the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master's degrees in business, taxation and accounting. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College...

, Marty Meehan

Marty Meehan

Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a position he assumed on July 1, 2007...

Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell

University of Massachusetts Lowell

The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public university in Lowell, Massachusetts, and part of the University of Massachusetts system...

, David Sargent

David Sargent

David J. Sargent was the President of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.Sargent graduated from the Suffolk University Law School magna cum laude in 1954, ranked number one and president of his class....

President of Suffolk University

Suffolk University

Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, university located in Boston, Massachusetts and with over 16,000 students it is the third largest university in Boston...

, Hunter O'Hanian Vice President of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, James F. Linnehan Vice President of Middlesex Community College, Gretchen Brodnicki Dean at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

, and Steven Oliveira

Oliveira (surname)

Oliveira is the Portuguese name for the olive tree. It is a common surname of toponymic origin in regions with strong Portuguese influence, mainly Portugal itself, Brazil, and Galicia.-General:*A. H...

Associate Dean at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

. Suffolk alumni have also held prominent roles in athletics including Michael Murray Vice President of Hockey Operations for the ECHL

ECHL

The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...

, the Vice President of the Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...

Irwin Novack, and General Manager

General manager

General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...

of the Wareham Gatemen

Wareham Gatemen

The Wareham Gatemen are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Wareham, MA. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Western Division...

Thomas P. Gay

Gay (surname)

Gay is a surname, and may refer to:*Bram Gay Trumpet player and brass band enthusiast*Brian Gay, American golfer*Cesc Gay movie director*Claude Gay, French botanist...

.
Suffolk University Law School alumni have also made contributions to the judiciary. Suffolk alumni are present in both the Federal and State Court systems. Suffolk alumni who currently work as Federal judges include Gustavo Gelpí

Gustavo Gelpí

Gustavo Antonio Gelpí, Jr. is the youngest United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.-Early life and career:Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gelpí received a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1987 and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1991 . He was a law clerk to Juan M...

a United States District Court

United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...

Judge for the District of Puerto Rico

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The court is based in San Juan. The main building is the Clemente Ruiz Nazario U.S. Courthouse located in the Hato Rey district of San Juan...

, Richard J. Leon

Richard J. Leon

Richard J. Leon is an American lawyer and current federal judge. He has served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2002.-Early life and education:Leon was born in South Natick, Massachusetts...

a United States District Court

United States district court

Judge for the District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...

, Martin F. Loughlin

Martin F. Loughlin

Martin Francis Loughlin was a judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire from 1979 to 1995....

a United States District Court

United States district court

Judge for the District of New Hampshire

United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of New Hampshire. The Warren B. Rudman U.S...

, Michael Sullivan and Marianne B. Bowler United States District Court

United States district court

Judges for the District of Massachusetts

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and until 1813 court session locations...

and Joan N. Feeney

Courts of Massachusetts

Before 1978, all trial courts except the Land Court were county or local courts funded through the counties. The Massachusetts Trial Court was created by Chapter 478 of the Acts of 1978 that reorganized the courts into seven Trial Court Departments...

United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Massachusetts. On the State level six alumni currently serve on State Supreme Courts in four different states. They include Linda S. Dalianis

Linda S. Dalianis

Linda S. Dalianis is the current Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on that court.Linda Stewart Dalianis is a 1974 graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston where she received her Juris Doctor degree. Prior to attending Suffolk Law, she...

, chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court

New Hampshire Supreme Court

The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U. S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by the Governor and Executive...

, Paul Reiber

Paul Reiber

Paul L. Reiber is the Chief Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court. Reiber graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1970 and from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. Reiber was in private practice in Rutland until becoming a partner in Kenlan, Schweibert & Facey in 1986....

chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

Vermont Supreme Court

The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont and is one of seven state courts of Vermont.The Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices; the Court mostly hears appeals of cases that have been decided by other courts...

, Peter Zarella justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court

Connecticut Supreme Court

The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol...

, Maureen Goldberg and Francis Flaherty

Francis Flaherty (jurist)

Francis X. Flaherty is a justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.Flaherty is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Providence College. He served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970. Flaherty was elected mayor of Warwick serving from 1985 to 1990 and previously as a Warwick...

justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

Rhode Island Supreme Court

The Rhode Island Supreme Court, founded in 1747, is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices. The current Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court are:*Chief Justice Paul A...

and Paul Suttell

Paul Suttell

Paul Suttell is the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.Chief Justice Suttell is a 1976 graduate of Suffolk University Law School and a 1971 graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois...

chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

Rhode Island Supreme Court

. Suffolk alumni also serve in various other judicial positions including Associate Justices Elspeth B. Cypher

Massachusetts Appeals Court

The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. It was created in 1972 as a court of general appellate jurisdiction...

and Joseph Trainor

Massachusetts Appeals Court

The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. It was created in 1972 as a court of general appellate jurisdiction...

of the Massachusetts Appeals Court

Massachusetts Appeals Court

The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. It was created in 1972 as a court of general appellate jurisdiction...

. Associate Justices William E. Carnes

Rhode Island Superior Court

The Rhode Island Superior Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in Rhode Island.-Jurisdiction:It has original jurisdiction in all felony proceedings, civil matters with an amount in controversy in excess of $10,000, and all matters of equity...

, Francis J. Darigan

Rhode Island Superior Court

, Patty Hurst, Susan E. McGuirl

Rhode Island Superior Court

, Daniel A. Procaccini

Rhode Island Superior Court

and Melanie Wilk Thunberg

Rhode Island Superior Court

of the Rhode Island Superior Court

Rhode Island Superior Court

. Chief Judge George Healy and Associate Judges Janette A. Bertness

Courts of Rhode Island

Courts of Rhode Island include:State courts of Rhode Island*Rhode Island Supreme Court**Rhode Island Superior Courts***Rhode Island District Courts***Rhode Island Family Courts***Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Courts***Rhode Island Traffic Tribunals...

, Debra L. Olsson

Courts of Rhode Island

, Robert E. Hardman

Courts of Rhode Island

and Robert M. Ferrieri

Courts of Rhode Island

of the Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court

Courts of Rhode Island

. Chief Judge Haiganush R. Bedrosian

Courts of Rhode Island

and Associate Judges Raymond E. Shawcross

Courts of Rhode Island

, Kathleen Voccola

Courts of Rhode Island

, Stephen J. Capineri

Courts of Rhode Island

, Lauren A. D'Ambra

Courts of Rhode Island

, John E. McCann III and Karen Lynch Bernard of the Rhode Island Family Court

Courts of Rhode Island

. Michael F. Edgerton

Courts of Massachusetts

Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court

Courts of Massachusetts

, Chief Judge Jeanne LaFazia

Courts of Rhode Island

of the Rhode Island District Courts

Courts of Rhode Island

, and Lillian Almeida

Courts of Rhode Island

Associate Judge of the Rhode Island Traffic Court

Courts of Rhode Island

Notable faculty and trustees

Michael Avery
Michael Avery
Michael Avery is a professor at Suffolk University Law School and a civil rights lawyer. He was the president of the National Lawyers Guild from 2003 to 2006....

, Professor
Joseph Glannon
Joseph Glannon
Joseph Glannon, J.D. is a Professor at Suffolk University Law School and author of several legal guides. He has taught courses in civil procedure, conflict of laws and torts at Suffolk since 1980....

, Professor
John Greaney
John Greaney
John M. Greaney is a former Associate Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School....

, director of the Macaronis Institute, Justice on Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Joseph P. Hoar
Joseph P. Hoar
General Joseph P. Hoar is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command. He retired from the Corps on September 1, 1994.-Military career:...

, Trustee, Commander of U.S. central command
Charles P. Kindregan, Jr.
Charles P. Kindregan, Jr.
Charles P. Kindregan, Jr. is a a professor of law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, with a speciality in Assisted reproduction law.Kindregan received a BA and MA from LaSalle University, a Juris Doctor from Chicago–Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology and an LL.M...

Professor of Law, Family Law
Family law
Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including:*the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;...

author
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts (academic)
Alasdair S. Roberts is a Canadian professor at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, and author of articles and books on public policy issues, especially relating to government secrecy and the exercise of government authority.-Education:...

, Professor of Law and Public Policy, author of The Collapse of Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government and other works on government authority and secrecy
Charles E. Rounds, Jr.
Charles E. Rounds, Jr.
Charles E. Rounds, Jr., is a professor of law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts and author of works including Loring: A Trustee’s Handbook.-Early life:...

, Professor of Law, Author of Loring: A Trustee's Handbook and other works on trusts and estates
Michael Rustad
Michael Rustad
Michael Rustad is a law professor at Suffolk University Law School, an author and television commentator.-Education and career:He received a BA from University of North Dakota, an MA from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Ph.D from Boston College, a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University...

, Lambert Professor of Law, Author on Intellectual Property

Honorary degree recipients and speakers

John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

, 35th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

, 30th President of the United States
William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...

, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer
Stephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court....

, Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...

, Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Andrew Card
Andrew Card
Andrew Hill Card, Jr. is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W. Bush...

, Chief of Staff to George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....

, consumer advocate, Green Party
Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...

Presidential nominee
Edward Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...

, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.Mrs...

, civil rights activist
Edwin Meese III, U.S. Attorney General
Richard Posner
Richard Posner
Richard Allen Posner is an American jurist, legal theorist, and economist who is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School...

, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

, Mayor of New York City
Mayor of New York City
The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.The budget overseen by the...

during September 11
Robert S. Mueller III, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...

, mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

Suffolk Law School in television, film and literature

The Practice
The Practice
The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...

, ABC (1997–2004) Bobby Donnell
Bobby Donnell
Bobby Donnell is a fictional character, a self-made lawyer and head of a law firm on the former ABC TV drama, The Practice , set in Boston, Massachusetts. Donnell was played by Dylan McDermott.-Early Life and Practice:...

is a Suffolk Law alumnus played by Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott
Mark Anthony McDermott , better known by his professional name of Dylan McDermott, is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the television legal drama The Practice and his role in the series Dark Blue as Lt. Carter Shaw. McDermott currently stars in FX...

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The Departed
The Departed
The Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film, fashioned as a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan...

(2006) – In the film, Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...

plays a Suffolk Law School night student, Colin Sullivan, parts of the movie are filmed at Suffolk.
Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...

, ABC, (2005–2006) Justin Mentell
Justin Mentell
Justin Michael Mentell was an American artist and actor. He was best known for his role as Garrett Wells on Boston Legal. He died in a car accident in Iowa County, Wisconsin.-Life and career:...

plays Garrett Wells, a hot shot attorney who graduated at the top of his class from Suffolk Law.
The Late George Apley
The Late George Apley
The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by John Phillips Marquand. It is a satire of Boston's upper class. The title character is a Harvard-educated WASP living on Beacon Hill in downtown Boston....

, In this 1937 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

winning novel, the gardener's grandson, pensioner of a wealthy family, attends Suffolk Law.

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