Tuition: Full-time BU Law students will be charged $44,720 in tuition, for the 2013-2014 school year. Student fees will add another $1,066 to the cost of admission. At such ridiculous prices, why are people even considering a “legal education”?!?! The only possible, valid economic justification for doing so – other than being from a wealthy and connected family - is to land Biglaw.
Total Cost of Attendance: According to this same page, living expenses will amount to $16,240. For instance, room and board is estimated at $12,070. Apparently, the school feels that students will reside in a cardboard box, and survive on Ramen noodles and tuna fish sandwiches. According to current Apartment Guide listings, the lowest-priced apartment in that area is $600 per month, and it is located in Lowell, Massachusetts - which is roughly 38 miles outside Boston. Pretty much anything else will run you $900 or more, each month.
The school published a total estimate of $63,388. Keep in mind that ABA-accredited diploma mills low-ball living costs, by basing their figures off of the nine-month academic calendar. Seeing that actual law students will incur living expenses for the full year, I will prorate the following areas over twelve months: room and board; transportation; and personal expenses. Doing so, and using the commode’s amounts for books and supplies – as well as Direct Loan fees – we reach a total, estimated COA of $69,101.
Ranking: Bob Morse and US “News” & World Report have listed Bo$ton Univer$ity $ewer of Law as the 29th greatest, most prestigious and illustrious law school in the entire country. That must mean that the majority of the student land Biglaw positions upon graduation, right?!?!
Employment Placement Figures: There were 273 members of the Boston University JD Class of 2012. The first tier toilet claims that 225 grads landed jobs where “bar passage was required.” Of course, only 175 of these positions were long term. Seven JDs were pursuing another degree, whereas two people were unemployed and not looking – and 12 were still looking for work. Using these figures, and seeing that seven law grads did not furnish their employment status to the school, the placement rate was 92.1 percent, i.e. 245/266.
Boston University School of Law hired 38 of its 2012 graduates in law school or university funded positions. Had the trash heap not done so, then these students would likely have been unemployed at the nine months after graduation mark. It’s not as if law grads are choosing such positions over full-time, legal work. In fact, the placement rate would have stood at 77.8% for the Class of 2012, i.e. 207/266. Simply put, the school artificially enhanced its employment rate by 14.3 percent.
Yes, law school pigs truly have no sense of personal ethics. If you look closer, you will notice that 11 grads were placed in full-time but short term positions. All 27 part-time workers are listed as short term workers. That is correct: not a single damn person placed in a school-funded post was a long term employee. But this is still a marvelous in$titution, huh?!?!
Under Employment Type, you will see that a total of 118 grads from this class ended up working in private law firms. That represents 43.2% of the entire cohort of 273 students. In sum, 74 BU Law grads found jobs in firms of more than 101 attorneys. Even at such a high-ranked school, you are taking on one hell of a gamble.
Average Law Student Indebtedness:USN&WR lists the average law student indebtedness - for those members of the Bo$ton Univer$ity JD Class of 2012 who incurred debt for law school - as $110,437. Fully 82 percent of this school’s 2012 class took on such toxic debt. Remember, this figure does not include undergraduate debt – and it also does not take accrued interest into account.
Administrator Salary Info: No member of the law faculty appears on the list of Highest Compensated Employees, on pages 17-19 of the Form 990 for Employer ID No. 04-2103547, i.e. Trustees of Boston University. However, you will note that Robert A. Brown, “president,” raked in $1,141,330 in TOTAL COMPENSATION – for the tax year ending June 30, 2011. Yes, the bastard/academic thief made $830,046 in reportable compensation, plus $311,284 in “estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations.” Do the world a favor, and shave that walrus mustache, grossly overpaid ass-clown.
Conclusion: If you are not from a wealthy family - or do not have tremendous business or political connections - then do not contemplate attending this school. In the event that you land a full tuition scholarship, you may choose to proceed. However, if you lose those funds due to your class rank, then you should drop out immediately - unless you are fully committed to absorbing such debt. If your first semester grades are weak, then head to the Registrar's Office and leave school entirely. In the last analysis, we are talking about your financial future. The dean and "law professors" will continue to live handsomely - for their minimal "work" - without YOU incurring an additional $120K-$185K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt. There is no need for you to take on such significant risk, when the chances of a high reward are slim.
Conclusion: If you are not from a wealthy family - or do not have tremendous business or political connections - then do not contemplate attending this school. In the event that you land a full tuition scholarship, you may choose to proceed. However, if you lose those funds due to your class rank, then you should drop out immediately - unless you are fully committed to absorbing such debt. If your first semester grades are weak, then head to the Registrar's Office and leave school entirely. In the last analysis, we are talking about your financial future. The dean and "law professors" will continue to live handsomely - for their minimal "work" - without YOU incurring an additional $120K-$185K in NON-DISCHARGEABLE debt. There is no need for you to take on such significant risk, when the chances of a high reward are slim.