April 27, 2013 at 9:55 am
Here is another question from a prospective student, as relayed by the Admissions Office: “What kinds of internships do students do? Do you have specific examples of how an alum has helped a student get an internship/job?” First of all, students at BU Law do a wide variety of internships during their 1L summer. I personally [...]
February 22, 2013 at 11:32 pm
This week I’m writing to answer a specific question asked by a prospective student. Here is a “Question From the Road” that Jeff from Admissions has encountered in the past couple weeks: “What is the atmosphere like? Are students friendly?” I also received a similar question from a friend-of-a-friend trying to decide between BU Law [...]
February 10, 2013 at 11:13 am
The first semester of law school has a huge learning curve. In September, you hit the ground running but you’re faking it. Everyone’s faking it. You just have to do your best to figure things out as they come, because each experience: first graded memo, first cold call, first exam, is a brand new one [...]
January 31, 2013 at 5:07 pm
Well it’s been about two and a half weeks that I’ve been back at the law tower. As the month winds down, here are a few great things I discovered about BU Law in January: 1. The Ski Trip Leading up to the annual BU Law ski trip, we were told that we just had [...]
January 3, 2013 at 5:06 pm
Two weeks ago today, a few hours after my last exam ended, I was sitting on a Greyhound bus headed back to New York for a friend’s wedding. As I stared out the big bus window at Christmas lights and commuters, I felt like I was in another world. I had just spent about 15 [...]
December 2, 2012 at 12:46 pm
I’ll be honest with you, I only left my apartment once yesterday. I walked half a block to Seven-Eleven to buy a yogurt and a mediocre chocolate chip cookie. It was snowing. I wore sweatpants. The cashier was the first person I had spoken to all day. Yes folks, it’s officially exam time. Right now, [...]
