Curricular Requirements & Policies

Meet ABA requirements & customize your education.

BU Law has a number of curricular requirements and policies in place to ensure that you meet American Bar Association requirements for your JD degree. At the same time, there is enough flexibility and variety in the curriculum to provide you with opportunities to customize your legal education. Look to this site for JD degree requirements, including the experiential learning and upper-class writing requirements. As you consider a concentration, an independent study, or classes outside the law school, check here to see how your curricular choices will be applied toward your degree. There is also information on grade point averages for academic honors and scholarly categories.