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Concentrations
Several academic concentrations enhance the curriculum at Suffolk University Law School
offering law students an opportunity to obtain advanced training in a substantive field. The Law
School was one of the first schools in the country to develop academic concentrations and it
continues to be innovative in its commitment to inclusion of the concentrations in its legal
education program. Suffolk's academic concentrations were created and approved by the faculty
to complement and build upon the Law School's broad and basic legal curriculum. Students
enrolled in the concentrations sharpen their legal reasoning skills by pursuing a cumulative
program of specialized courses. The concentrations provide students planning to enter a
particular area of the law with the opportunity to focus their academic preparation and
potentially enhance their legal careers.
Business Law and Financial Services Health/BiomedicalLaw
Intellectual Property International Law Labor and Employment Law Legal Technology and Innovation Trial and Appellate AdvocacyAll concentrations at Suffolk have an open admissions policy. Any interested students are
welcome and encouraged to enroll. Students who wish to enroll in a concentration should file an
Academic Concentration Notice of Enrollment formwith the Office of Academic Services.
Participation in a concentration is only noted on a student's Law School transcript if the student
is able to satisfy the concentration's requirements by the time of graduation. No adverse
notation is made on a graduating student's Law School transcript if the student opts not to
complete the concentration or does not meet the concentration's requirements.
Students who opt to concentrate must demonstrate legal writing competency in their area of
concentration. Concentrators may either choose to write a Thesis on a concentration-related
topic, under the supervision of a full-time faculty member, or to satisfy the Law School's legal
writing requirement in connection with an approved concentration course. Those students who
opt to write a Thesis should file an
Academic Concentration Thesis Registration formwith the
Assistant Dean for Academic Services once they have determined their topic and faculty
advisor. Concentration students who opt to fulfill their Concentration's legal writing
requirement in an approved Concentration Course must file a
Legal Writing Requirement formwith the Assistant Dean for Academic Services.