Boston College Law School

Boston College Law School
MottoΑἰέν ἀριστεύειν
"Ever to excel"
Parent schoolBoston College
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established1929
School typePrivate law school
Parent endowment$3.8 billion (2021)
DeanOdette Lienau
LocationNewton Centre, Massachusetts, U.S.
Enrollment634 (2024)
Faculty82 (full-time)
138 (part-time)
USNWR ranking25th (2025)
Bar pass rate93.82% (2024 first-time takers)
Websitebc.edu/law
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College, a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is situated on a 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill.

The law school has approximately 650 students and 80 full-time faculty members. BC Law has programs in human rights, social justice, and public interest law, as well as programs in business law and innovation, law and public policy, and criminal and civil litigation.