For more than 30 years, we've been the smart choice for aspiring JD students. We pride ourselves on a student-focused approach that facilitates collaboration with faculty and connections with our impressive alumni network. Our innovative curriculum is designed for the modern job market, so you can find success locally and abroad, in the courtroom, boardroom, or beyond.

One of our school's many benefits is that Massachusetts School of Law does not consider the LSAT when making admissions decisions. Instead, it considers an essay test that the school itself has developed and most importantly, it is read and graded by a full time MSLAW professor who, based upon years of practical and academic experience, is well qualified to assess an applicant's ability to think and write well. The requirement of a mandatory interview, the review of an applicant's entire record in school and the work force, and the essay aptitude test enable the Admissions Committee to identify worthy students who would be denied admission to traditional law schools simply because of their LSAT scores.

MSLAW Student Support Services

MSLAW promotes an atmosphere of support, openness and friendliness. Our diverse student body augments that culture and students truly enjoy their time here. MSLAW has multiple support services to help ensure student success:

• All students, upon being granted admission, are assigned a faculty advisor who meets with them in their first two semesters and every year until they graduate so that academic progress can be monitored and to help support students so they can achieve success.
• MSLAW offers a formalized Academic Support Program that focuses on first year support, academic probation support, individual tutoring, peer mentoring, and bar preparation.
• MSLAW offers First-Year Exam Skills Seminars to provide help with outlining, note taking, exam taking, reading and writing skills, including practice essay exams with immediate feedback.
• MSLAW staffs a writing lab, staffed by MSLAW writing professors, where students can solicit extra help in any area from grammar, to organization and types of legal authority. The Lab is accessible to both day and evening students and is also equipped with a thesaurus, dictionary, citation manuals, and other reference books that a student might use while writing. Lab professors also have access to any drills or exercises that would benefit a student having difficulty in a particular area.

MSLAW also offers courses that support and help students prepare for the bar exam. Those courses are: Bar Essay Writing and Analysis, Bar Exam Boot Camp, and a required bar preparation course titled Comparison of Massachusetts and National Law.

We Are The Most Affordable in NE!

If you decide to attend law school, you should be aware of the total cost of your education and give serious consideration to what your monthly loan payments will be to repay that debt. Below is a comparison of tuitions of New England law schools from the past academic year:

2018-2019 New England Tuition

You do the math. MSLAW students attend law school because they are looking for a more fulfilling professional career. While half of our students intend to go into traditional practice the other half choose careers in fields ranging from law enforcement, teaching, financial management, corporate management, to entrepreneurial endeavors. It is our mission to keep the tuition affordable so that our students can pursue a career that will be rewarding and fulfilling without being constrained by crushing debt.