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BOSTONCOLLEGELAWSCHOOL StudentGuide 2000-2001 WELCOME Top 10 Welcome and congratulations to the incoming Class of 2003, as well as STUDENT SERVICES Places to Eat to our newly admitted transfer and visiting students. We hope that you have enjoyed your summer and are ready to devote yourself to your legal ATHLETIC FACILITIES Close to BCLS education. All law students are eligible to participate in the athletic program and facilities of the University. Law students with a Boston College ID card --------------------- The Law School is committed to fostering a humane environment may purchase memberships at the Recreation Complex Membership while recognizing the rigors of a high quality and demanding educa- Cityside- office. The student membership fee will be $230 annually (summer tional program. This spirit of supportive community, sought by the included), $200 for the 2000-2001 academic year, $110 per semester, or 1860 Beacon St., administration and entire Law School, is based upon the conviction that Brookline $ $5 per visit. the lawyer must be a collaborator as well as a competitor, a peacemaker as well as an adversary. The recreation complex, located on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill Union St.,- campus, has facilities for basketball, nautilus, universal, indoor track, 107 Union St., Your Boston College Law School experience will not be “painless.” tennis, racquetball, volleyball, squash, handball, swimming, and diving. Newton $ As at any first-rate law school, you will feel the pressure of the workload The complex also offers a sauna and whirlpool; aerobics classes; and and the demands of engaging in intellectually challenging courses. We instruction in tennis, squash, and fencing. Appetitto- try to maintain an academically competitive law school, while making 761 Beacon St., every effort to ensure that this competitiveness does not adversely affect Members may reserve a court for tennis, handball, racquetball, and Newton $$$ our students. It is a delicate balance and we ask your assistance in squash one day in advance by signing up in person at the recreation maintaining our community environment. complex front desk. Same-day reservations may be placed in person or by Boston Common phone at 552-3035. Foods- The recreation complex hours are: 447 Centre St., THE LAW SCHOOL Monday-Friday 6:00 a.m. - 10:45 p.m. Newton $ Established in 1929, the Law School is one of 13 schools, colleges, and institutes which comprise Boston College. Founded as a small Jesuit Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Legal Sea Foods- liberal arts college in 1863, Boston College today enrolls more than (closed day of football home games) 43 Boylston St., 14,000 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Brookline $$$ Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. The Law School has been located on Boston College’s Newton Johnny’s campus since 1975. This campus covers approximately 40 acres and is Luncheonette- less than two miles from the Chestnut Hill campus. Stuart House is the Quonset Hut (Gym) main Law School building, featuring classrooms, the Henry E. Foley 30 Langley Road, Use of the basketball courts, cardiovascular machines, Lifecycles, Newton $ Courtroom, faculty and administrative offices, the faculty library, seminar rooms, some clinical program offices, student organization Stairmasters, free weights, and locker rooms in the Quonset Hut on the Newton campus is free with a Boston College ID card. For further details Bertucci’s- offices, and the offices of the five Law School publications. The Smith Wing contains student organization offices, the Bookstore, a snack bar, about this facility, call Chris Darcy at the Boston College University 275 Centre St., Housing Office, at 552-4716. Newton $ and student lockers. The East Wing opened in January, 1999, houses the Career Services office and resource library, five classrooms, a student lounge, faculty offices and the John J. Curtin, Jr. and Mary Daly Curtain Public Interest Center.The Law Library is connected to the East Wing via internal connectors. 2 Boston College Law School comprehensive career services to all students. These services include BANKING SERVICES helping students to explore their career goals and interests, to develop Amarin- A Fleet/CIRRUS/NYCE 24-hour automatic teller machine is located realistic expectations about the legal job market, to prepare for the job 287 Centre St., on the Newton campus near the dining hall. This machine is accessible search process, and to identify opportunities for summer or permanent Newton $$$ to Fleet customers as well as to any card holder linked to the CIRRUS/ employment. NYCE network. Students with a Boston College ID card can cash During the year, representatives of law firms, government agencies, checks at the Cashier’s Office in More Hall, on the Chestnut Hill Buff’s Pub- corporations, and public interest organizations visit the Law School to 317 Washington campus, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. There is a $50 interview first, second, and third year students. Many additional employ- St., Newton $ limit per day and a 50c per check fee for this service. Any questions can ers post notices of their position vacancies with the office. be directed to 552-3367. Pizzeria Uno’s In addition to individual career planning sessions, the office offers 275 Washington St., workshops on writing resumes and cover letters and on developing effective Newton $ BOOKSTORE interviewing skills. It also sponsors panel discussions on careers in the law The Law School Bookstore located on the Newton campus, is open and in law-related fields. Applebee’s Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It is located on the 316 Washington St., Every effort is made to assist each student in making career choices basement level between the locker area and the stairs to the former Newton, $$ consistent with his/her values which will offer the greatest prospects for a Kenny Cottle library. Managed by Joan Curran, the bookstore carries all satisfying professional life. required texts ordered by the faculty, as well as some of the more popular study aids. Also available are school supplies, paperback novels, newspa- The office maintains a career resource library. It includes books, pers (The Boston Globe and The New York Times), magazines, greeting directories, and periodicals on a wide range of legal employers including cards, health and beauty aids, candy and soda, plus a variety of Boston law firms, government agencies, corporations, legal services, public interest College Law School gift items and clothing. In addition, Boston organizations, academia, and judicial clerkships. It also includes general College has a more extensive (non-law) bookstore on the Chestnut Hill career information, government application forms, city information, and Campus in McElroy Commons (552-3520). telephone directories. Computerized databases on volunteer internship opportunities (PBSA), law firms in New England and New York, New The bookstore does not carry used textbooks; however, the Law England corporations, Massachusetts government and public interest Students Association operates a used book co-op, and many students organizations and an Alumni Career Network are also available. The also post lists of books they wish to sell on the bulletin boards. Career Services website is www.bc.edu/bclscareer. BUS SCHEDULE CATHOLIC MASS ON CAMPUS A free shuttle bus provides regular service between the Law School, A daily Catholic Mass is held Mondays through Fridays at 12:20 p.m. the Chestnut Hill lower campus, and Cleveland Circle. Bus schedules in the Loft Chapel of the Holy Trinity Chapel on the Newton campus. will be available. Changes in the bus schedule will be posted on the Other times for Masses are posted on the bulletin board and announced in bulletin boards and will appear in The Counselor. As with any other bus The Counselor. On Sundays, a general Mass is held in the Main Church of company, there are occasional delays and breakdowns. When relying on the Holy Trinity Chapel at 9:00 p.m., and a Mass for law students is held the shuttle, please leave ample time to get to class. at 5:00 p.m. in the Loft Chapel. Catholic Masses also are celebrated in St. Ignatius near the Chestnut Hill campus. CAREER SERVICES The Law School maintains an Office of Career Services in Room 210 (552-4345) of the East Wing. The office is committed to providing Student Guide 2000-2001 3 CHILD CARE Christine L. Merkle, Staff Psychologist Boston College Child Care is the University-sponsored child care Thomas Nestor, Staff Affiliate program, located in the Haley Carriage House on the Chestnut Hill Yvonne Jenkins, Phd., Staff Psychologist campus. The center provides a high-quality preschool education Closest curriculum and extended day care for children ages 2 years and 9 months • Campion Hall Room 301, 552-4210 copy centers through 5 years. The program serves children of employees, faculty, and graduate students, and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.