波士顿大学法学院 offers a wide variety of programs to ensure all students achieve their academic potential. Our programs begin from the time of admission to the law school and continue through admission to the bar.
Our goal is to promote positive learning strategies and help students develop the skills essential to success in law school and as a practicing attorney. 我们提供课程, workshops and individual coaching that furthers meaningful engagement with course materials inside and outside of the classroom.
我们提供的服务
While many of our programs are geared to the special challenges first year students face as they adjust to law school, we provide a variety of offerings for students throughout their years at BC Law.
我们的服务
- 律师的基本原理: A pre-orientation course offered in August that offers a realistic preview of the law school classroom experience and gives incoming 1Ls the opportunity to practice key skills and get substantive feedback on writing and legal 分析 before the semester begins. The course is designed to support a smooth transition from typical undergraduate thought processes and study habits to lawyer-like thinking, 推理, 分析, 以及解决问题的能力.
同伴辅导辅导时间
EW房间335a & B
星期一至五下午12时至1时30分
学生 can also book an appointment with any one of our six Peer Coaches for help with study skills, 包括个案简报, 笔记, 提纲和考试准备. These successful law students are here to help and provide advice from the perspective of someone who has recently survived the 1L year and developed superior study habits. Our peer coaches can be reached at aspeercoaches@highw.net.
1l101工作坊系列
我们的学术成功主任, 尼娜法伯, leads this series of interactive workshops in the fall semester. It is designed to help students transition to legal education and develop skills critical to law school success. 主题包括:
- 情况下阅读 & 简报
- 概述
- 写作考试
同侪辅导小组
Our six Academic Peer Coaches lead a variety of informal panels on topics including time management, best practices for the law school classroom, 创建攻击轮廓, choosing 1L electives and life after the 1L year.
实践法律分析: This course focuses on critical legal 分析 skills that support development throughout law school as well as in practice. 学生 have multiple opportunities for hands-on practice of these skills through realistic assignments typical of the responsibilities of beginning lawyers. The small class size allows for regular, individual feedback to help students learn how to evaluate their work and continually improve.
酒吧策略课程: This course provides second semester third year students who plan to sit for the Bar exam early preparation for the Multistate 律师资格考试 (MBE), 多州作文考试(MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). The course helps students hone legal 分析 skills, practice test performance techniques and develop the strategic mindset necessary for success on the 律师资格考试.
Book an appointment with 尼娜法伯 for counseling regarding the bar application process, your character and fitness application, 或者律师资格考试准备.
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认识妮娜·法伯
Prior to joining 波士顿大学法学院 as Director of the 学术成就 项目, 尼娜法伯 had a diverse career as a law professor and in private practice. She was an Assistant Professor of Legal Writing at Brooklyn 法学院 and also taught advanced writing courses at Northeastern University School of Law and Stockholm University, where she was a Fulbright Specialist. 除了教学, she regularly presents at conferences throughout the United States on legal writing and academic success pedagogy and has given workshops to international students at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain and the University of Lyon in France. Before joining academia, she was an attorney at the law firms of Allegaert, Berger & Vogel LLP and Patterson, Belknap Webb & 泰勒律师事务所，都在纽约. Her practice areas included complex litigation arising out of the 2008 financial crisis, 还有制药业, employment and death penalty litigation. 她是法官的书记官. 詹姆斯·R. Browning on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Hon. 爱德华R. Korman on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 她毕业 优等生 from Brooklyn 法学院 where she was the valedictorian of her law school class.