Consistently ranked one of the best locations in the country for attorney jobs, Massachusetts, and Boston in particular, offers a great quality of life, plentiful job opportunities, competitive salaries, a booming law industry, and much more.
And New England Law | Boston is in the heart of it all.
Our convenient downtown location in Boston’s vibrant Theater District offers a wealth of options for work and play. Want a better idea of what your life in Boston would be like? Just keep reading.
Employment and Internship Opportunities
With state and federal courts, government agencies, Fortune 500 businesses, and countless law firms and nonprofits, Boston is the perfect city to launch your legal career. New England Law students take full advantage through internships, clerkships, and full-time employment upon graduation.
Some of the institutions hiring law students within walking distance of New England Law include:
-Attorney General’s Office
-Boston City Hall
-District Attorney’s Office
-Environmental Protection Agency
-Federal Reserve Bank
-Massachusetts State House
-Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
-Securities and Exchange Commission
-Suffolk County Superior Court
-U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
-U.S. Court of Appeals
-U.S. District Court
We are also blocks from Boston’s Financial District, home to many of the law firms and companies that hire our students—and drive local, national, and even international economies.
FACT: 81% of the Class of 2021 (full-time students) took at least one clinic/externship. 38% took two or more.
Going Out and Exploring
Boston is one of the most student-friendly cities in the U.S., with plenty of things to do on weekends and during your time off from law school. Perhaps that's why more than 250,000 students from across the country and around the world flock to the city each year!
You'll find everything you’d expect from a world-class city: Champion sports teams. Magnificent museums and libraries. Famous concert venues. Theater, ballet, and opera companies. Scenic biking and walking trails. Designer shopping. And restaurants for every taste.
But here are a few things you might not expect from your life in Boston—and some of our favorites at New England Law:
- Ice-skating on the famous Frog Pond
- Sitting in the courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (and speculating about where the stolen paintings are!)
- Cheering at the Head of the Charles Regatta
- Whispering in the Mapparium
- People-watching on the Esplanade
- Dancing to the street bands during HONK!
- Checking out America's oldest car collection at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum
- Grabbing student rush tickets throughout the Theater District
- Relaxing in Boston Public Garden or Boston Common between classes
And much more. Just take a look at our lists of what's near our campus, plus 101 Things to Do in Boston Before You Graduate.
Plus, when you want to get out of the city, you’ll find beautiful beaches and mountains just one to two hours away.
Student Housing
Boston is a fantastic place to live, especially during law school: there are vibrant and diverse neighborhoods, ample public transportation, and lots of student-friendly areas. Housing options range from modern apartments to quaint 19th-century brownstone buildings and everything in between.
While New England Law doesn’t offer student housing (most graduate schools in Boston don’t), our law students have many choices within the city and its suburbs. Finding housing as a law student is easy to do.
When you’re ready to start your student life in Boston, our staff is here to help you in any way they can. We also offer apartment listings and roommate-matching services exclusively for admitted New England Law students.
If you are interested in advertising a rental listing or room occupancy on New England Law’s list of available rentals for incoming law students, please complete and submit the Apartment Listing Form for Landlords.
Getting Around Boston
New England Law’s downtown location means you have many public transportation options, which make getting around Boston quick and easy.
Boston’s public transit system, the MBTA (commonly referred to as the “T”), features subways/light rail, commuter trains, busses, and ferries. For students and professionals alike, the T is the most common means of transportation for much of the city and surrounding areas.
Some of the most convenient stations for New England Law students include:
- MBTA Green Line subway via the Arlington and Boylston Stations
- MBTA Orange Line subway via the Tufts Medical Center, Back Bay, or Chinatown Stations
- MBTA Red Line subway via South Station
- MBTA Commuter Rail via Back Bay Station and South Station
- MBTA Silver Line bus via the Tufts Medical Center or South Station
You can learn more about Boston’s public transportation system here.
But as convenient as the T is, you’ll quickly learn that Boston is an incredibly walkable and bikeable city too. You can often get between neighborhoods in 10 to 15 minutes.
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