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Originally posted by nubova
Hey,
It seems like a lot of actual practicing attorneys post on this board. I have been accepted to Boston University and Boston College and am having a slightly tough time picking which school. I have visited both schools and I find that while they are both very different I like both. So my final decision seems to fall on which school will provide me with the best opportunities to practice in Boston. If any of you have any insight on this decision that may help me make mine, I would love to hear it. Anything that will help me get some sleep at night. haha.
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I went to BUSL. In my experience, there's practically no difference between the two when it comes to practice opportunities in Boston.
Certain firms may have small biases towards one or the other in their summer and subsequent hiring, but not so noticeable that one schoool jumps out as better than the other. For example, I summered at a major Boston law firm. In my class were 4 BUSL 2nd years, 3 BC 2nd years, 8 Harvard 2nd years, and 1 from each from Northeastern and Suffolk. There were about another 16-18 summer associates, from places like Penn, Columbia, Chicago, etc. etc. And all of us got offers that summer.
It may matter to you that BUSL has plans to build a new facility eventually, and having seen the plans I can tell you it will be absolutely gorgeous. It may matter to you that BU is ultimately a city school while BC has more of a campus. It may matter to you that BU's faculty is regarded almost universally as "better".
I can tell you that I loved my 3 years at BUSL (well, at least as much as anyone can love 3 years of law school.)
If you want to know anything else, please feel free to PM me. Good luck.
