The Suffolk University Law School
Out there in Boston, Massachusetts, in the downtown area, the Suffolk University Law School stands stately-looking alongside three other really stately law schools in the state of Boston, namely the Yale University Law School, the Harvard University School of Law, and the Boston University Law School. (1) Like Yale, Harvard, and Boston, the Suffolk University Law School is also just one among the many law schools heralded by the U. S. News and World Report as well as the Princeton Review as the cream of the crop in the field of jury education. (1) The Suffolk University Law School has been in the block for 101 years, since year 1906. (2) When Gleason L. Archer, Sr. started the law school, it is an all-boys institution with the initial objective of giving the poor, the needy, and the victims of racial distinctions the opportunity to study law. (1) It was only in 1937 that it started accepting female students as well. Now, it boasts of a 1,671-strong student population, graduates that number to about 24,000, and state-of-the-art facilities. (3)
What Makes The Suffolk University Law School Stand Out?
Perhaps the Suffolk University Law School's legacy in the history of legal education in the United States started when it upheld the rights of all students, regardless of material wealth, color, or race, to quality law education. (1) For more than a century, the Suffolk University has trained and produced court officials, theory masters, government officials, journalists, and others that continue to exhibit the following ideals that are said to be characteristic in every Suffolk Law graduate: (1)
* Knowledge of all the odds and ends of the law
* Competency in their field
* Strict observance of the law professional's code of ethics
* Devotion in their chosen profession (3)
How Does The Suffolk University Law School Get To Produce Quality Law Professionals?
It is actually in their ability to mix the past and the present in their programs as well as in their amenities. (2) How do they manage to do that? All you need to do is to take a walk in Suffolk's 300,000 square feet David J. Sargent Hall. (3) It sports amazing old-world architecture and natural splendor, but just wait until you get to see what is inside. (2) Once you get inside, you'll notice an amazing interplay of old-meets-new in the prevalence of computers amidst a romantic old-world backdrop. Read: Four computer laboratories and five storeys jam-packed with a wireless network of 802.1/a/b/g! (3)
That's basically how Suffolk Law gets to produce quality law professionals: by making both ends--the past and the present--meet.
Literary Citations & Article References:
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_University_Law_School