Law at Boston College
Boston College Law courses: 176 listings with descriptions, sections, instructor ratings, and teaching history.
Law at Boston College offers 176 courses in the current catalog, from LAWS2110 Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity to MLSC6700 Privacy Law and Data Protection. Each course page on Linden Study shows the catalog description, credits and prerequisites, the sections offered each term, and the instructors who have taught it, with aggregate ratings from Boston College's published course evaluations and the number of responses behind each one. Teaching records here cover 210 instructors across 11 terms, from Fall 2021 to Spring 2026.
2000-level courses
- LAWS2110 Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity
- LAWS2120 Civil Procedure
- LAWS2125 Constitutional Law
- LAWS2130 Contracts
- LAWS2135 Criminal Law
- LAWS2140 Property
- LAWS2145 Torts
- LAWS2150 Law Practice 1
- LAWS2155 Law Practice II
- LAWS2181 Constitutional Law: Speech and Religion
- LAWS2185 Religion Clause Controversies: Past, Present, and Future
- LAWS2190 Professional Responsibility
- LAWS2192 Professional and Moral Responsibility of Lawyers
- LAWS2202 The Constitution and National Security
3000-level courses
- LAWS3231 Contract Drafting
- LAWS3327 Applied Legal Concepts
- LAWS3333 Legal Analysis for Practice
- LAWS3334 Strategies for Effective Legal Analysis
- LAWS3340 Art Law
- LAWS3343 Advanced Civil Rights Class
- LAWS3345 Movement Lawyering
- LAWS3347 Federal Criminal Civil Rights Laws: Their Development and Enforcement
- LAWS3353 Prison Law & Policy
- LAWS3355 Advanced Youth & Family Rights Clinic
- LAWS3360 Law and Accounting
- LAWS3361 Law and Economics
- LAWS3362 Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Digital Assets
- LAWS3383 Selected Topics in White Collar Crime
- LAWS3397 Summer in Training Seminar
- LAWS3423 Amicus Brief Clinic
4000-level courses
- LAWS4308 Advanced Parole and Medical Release Practice
- LAWS4310 Housing Law and Policy Seminar
- LAWS4408 Law of Philanthropy
- LAWS4412 Intellectual Property Survey
- LAWS4414 Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- LAWS4416 Privacy Law
- LAWS4431 Foreign Relations of the U.S.
- LAWS4435 Insurance Law and Consumer Protection
- LAWS4436 International Human Rights Law
- LAWS4438 Venture Capital Financing
- LAWS4439 European Union Law
- LAWS4444 Local Government Law
- LAWS4450 Environmental Law: Teaching Seminar
- LAWS4458 Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy
- LAWS4460 Prosecutorial Ethics
- LAWS4461 Wrongful Convictions
- LAWS4462 Advanced Innocence Clinic
- LAWS4469 BC Law Prosecution Seminar
- LAWS4475 Climate Law
- LAWS4482 Advanced Legal Writing - Judicial Opinions
- LAWS4483 Advanced Legal Writing: Appellate Litigation
- LAWS4484 Advanced Legal Writing--Employment Law
- LAWS4485 Advanced Legal Writing
- LAWS4488 International Business Transactions
- LAWS4504 Transactions and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- LAWS4513 Constitutional History: The Framing of the Constitution
- LAWS4771 Advanced Entrepreneurship & Innovation Practice
- LAWS4897 Justice, Development, and the Global Economy
5000-level courses
6000-level courses
- LAWS6254 Introduction to Business Strategy for Lawyers
- LAWS6605 BC Defender Seminar
- LAWS6619 Trial Team
- LAWS6633 What is Justice?
- LAWS6639 Senior Trial Team
- LAWS6673 Laws of Armed Conflict
- LAWS6677 Mergers and Acquisitions
- LAWS6679 Trusts and Estates
- LAWS6682 Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
- LAWS6684 Child, Parent, and State: Legal Trends and Calls for Reform
- LAWS6687 Regulating the Family
- LAWS6697 Complex Litigation
- LAWS6698 Private Investment Funds: Formation & Operation
- LAWS6812 Environmental Lawyering: Practice for Sustainability
- LAWS6822 In-House Practice and Advising the Corporate Client
- LAWS6824 Startup Company Governance: Taming Unicorns
- LAWS6825 Corporate Governance: Shareholder Engagement and Activism
- LAWS6826 Corporate Compliance: Building a Strong Compliance Culture
- LAWS6827 Compliance and Risk Management
- LAWS6880 Dangers of the Administrative State: Advanced Topics in Administrative Law
- MLSC6000 Cyber Ecosystem & Security
- MLSC6050 Intersection of Cybersecurity Law, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Privacy
- MLSC6100 Foundations of U.S. Law for Non-Attorneys: Legal Principles & Ethical Obligations
- MLSC6300 Network Management & Infrastructure Security
- MLSC6350 Cybersecurity: Incident Planning, Response & Business Continuity
- MLSC6500 Organizational Effectiveness: Governance, Risk Management, and Compliancy
- MLSC6640 National Security: Law, Policy & Government Investigations
- MLSC6700 Privacy Law and Data Protection
7000-level courses
- LAWS7462 Advanced Human Rights Practicum
- LAWS7642 Election Law and Politics
- LAWS7650 Legislative and Public Policy Advocacy
- LAWS7652 Healthcare Law and Compliance
- LAWS7653 Women's Health Law, Policy and Politics
- LAWS7708 Business Law and Health Care Enterprises
- LAWS7717 International Investment Law: Evolution and Challenges
- LAWS7723 Partnership: Transactions, Planning, and Tax
- LAWS7727 Whistleblowing and Retaliation
- LAWS7731 Administrative Law
- LAWS7733 Business Bankruptcy
- LAWS7739 Conflict of Laws
- LAWS7743 Estate Planning
- LAWS7746 Copyright
- LAWS7747 Family Law
- LAWS7750 Corporations
- LAWS7756 International Tax
- LAWS7757 Labor Law
- LAWS7759 Land Use Law and Planning
- LAWS7760 Philosophy of Law
- LAWS7773 Consumer Financial Protection Seminar
- LAWS7774 Securities Regulation
- LAWS7776 Tax Concentration Seminar
- LAWS7777 Taxation II
- LAWS7778 Taxation III (Advanced Corporate Tax)
- LAWS7780 Tax Policy
- LAWS7781 Legal Scholarship Workshop: Regulation and Business
- LAWS7785 International Law
- LAWS7786 International Institutional Law
- LAWS7789 Entertainment Law
- LAWS7792 Federal Courts
- LAWS7796 Independent Study 2
- LAWS7805 The Courts and the LGBT+ Movement: A Critical Assessment
- LAWS7840 Patent Law
8000-level courses
- LAWS8008 Introduction to Community Economic Development
- LAWS8128 Tax Law Research
- LAWS8130 Advanced Legal Research
- LAWS8133 Business Law Research for the Transactional Practitioner
- LAWS8207 Department of Revenue Tax Externship
- LAWS8250 Government Externship Seminar
- LAWS8251 Legal Practice Seminar
- LAWS8263 BC Innocence Program Clinic
- LAWS8265 International Human Rights Practicum
- LAWS8267 Community Enterprise Clinic
- LAWS8304 BC Defenders Program Clinic
- LAWS8306 BC Law Prosecution Clinic
- LAWS8308 Compassionate Release & Parole Clinic
- LAWS8313 Immigration Law Clinic
- LAWS8328 Youth & Family Rights Clinic
- LAWS8339 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clinic
- LAWS8340 Project Entrepreneur
- LAWS8403 Introduction to Work Law: Theory and Practice
- LAWS8412 In House Externship Seminar
- LAWS8426 Mediation and Conflict Resolution
- LAWS8429 Semester in Practice Seminar
- LAWS8472 Advocacy Competitions
- LAWS8550 Trial Practice
- LAWS8701 Introduction to Administrative Practice
- LAWS8765 International and Foreign Legal Research
- LAWS8830 Supreme Court Experience
- LAWS8834 Judicial Process: Appeals
- LAWS8838 Judicial Process - Trial
- LAWS8856 MA Attorney General Civil Litigation Program
- LAWS8876 Criminal Process Clinic Seminar
- LAWS8900 Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance
- LAWS8901 Municipal Law Practice
- LAWS8910 Litigation Skills: Fact Development
- LAWS8930 Dispute Negotiation
- LAWS8950 Intellectual Property Research
- LAWS8970 Civil Rights Clinic
- LAWS8980 Housing Justice Clinic
- LAWS8981 Housing Court Lawyer for the Day Clinic
- LAWS8985 Federal Court Clinic
9000-level courses
- LAWS9100 Race, Policing, and the Constitution
- LAWS9152 Criminal Justice Reform
- LAWS9155 The Cradle to Prison Pipeline
- LAWS9922 American Legal History
- LAWS9924 Inclusion and Exclusion in American Law
- LAWS9926 Taxation I (Individual Income Taxation)
- LAWS9941 Antitrust Law in a Global Context
- LAWS9943 Criminal Procedure
- LAWS9952 Law, Finance, and Technology
- LAWS9957 Sports Law
- LAWS9969 Environmental Law
- LAWS9971 Banking Regulation
- LAWS9973 Democratic Theory and Deliberation
- LAWS9975 Criminal Procedure (Adjudication)
- LAWS9996 Evidence