Boston College Law School is one of the six professional graduate schools at Boston College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston College Law School is situated on a 40-acre wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts. With approximately 800 students and 125 faculty members, the Law School is one of the largest of BC's seven graduate and professional schools. Admission to BC Law is among the most selective in the United States, with 18% of applicants being accepted in 2010. 29% of the students are AHANA. Reflecting its Jesuit heritage, BC... Law has established programs in human rights, social justice and public interest law. Its faculty played a part in unsuccessfully arguing for the repeal of the Solomon Amendment, presenting oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. FAIR. Considered a highly prestigious American law school, BC Law graduates are highly recruited in New England. The median private sector starting salary is $160,000, and the median public sector starting salary is $57,000.
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