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Northeastern University School of Law is an American Bar Association-accredited law school within Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, with a unique cooperative education approach incorporated into its curriculum. The school describes itself as "the premier public-interest law school in the United States." Northeastern University School of Law was founded in 1898 as Boston's first law school that offered classes in the evening. It flourished throughout the earlier part of the last century, but limited resources forced the school to close in 1956. It reopened in 1968 organized around its revolutionary cooperative education program, which stressed practical experience in legal settings as the best way to learn the art and craft of lawyering.

Year Founded:1898Type:Private
ABA Accredited:YesAALS Member:Yes
Location:Boston, MAWebsite:http://www.slaw.neu.edu
Law School Dean:Admissions Dean:MJ Knoll-Finn
 
Admissions (2007 – 2008)Rankings (2008 – 2009)Selectivity (Class of 2009)Programs(2007 – 2008)
Application Fee:$75 U.S. News (2009):88# Applications:3355Part Time J.D.:No
Spring Deadline:None Ciolli Nat'l (2005):53# Admitted:988LL.M. Program:No
Summer Deadline:None LSN Selectivity (2007): # Matriculated:218J.S.D. Program:No
Fall Deadline:3/1/2008 LSN Attrition (2007): Acceptance Rate:29%Joint Degrees:Yes
Financial Aid Deadline:2/15/2008   Yield Rate:22% 
 
Curriculum (2006 – 2007)Faculty (2006 – 2007)GPA (Class of 2009)LSAT (Class of 2009)
1L Section Size (FT):70Full Time Faculty:2875th GPA:3.65 75th LSAT:162
1L Section Size (PT):Part Time Faculty:45Median GPA:3.4 Median LSAT:161
2L/3L Courses:60Student to Faculty Ratio:17.325th GPA:3.17 25th LSAT:156
 
Housing(2006 – 2007)Enrollment(2006 – 2007)Attrition(Class of 2008)OCI(2007 – 2008)
On-Campus Housing:Yes1L Students:214 1L Attrition:4.3%Total Law Firms:51
Law School Dorm:NoAll FT Students:626 Transfers In:6NY Law Firms:4
Other Grad Dorm:YesAll PT Students: Transfers Out:4DC Law Firms:3
  Total Students:626   CA Law Firms:3
 
Costs (2006 – 2007)Scholarships (2005 – 2006)Employment (Class of 2005)Bar Passage(Class of 2005)
Full Time Tuition:$34,737% Receiving Grant Aid:78.0% % Employed (Grad):n/aPrimary Jurisdiction:MA
Part Time Tuition:Full Tuition & Stipend:0.0% % Employed (9 mos.):91.1%% Pass (First Time):94%
Living Expenses:$17,400Full Tuition:0.2%   State Average:84%
Total Cost (FT):$52,137Half Tuition:6.1%   Difference:10%
Total Cost (PT):Other Scholarships:71.7%