one of the CBL's three institutes, which individually focus on corporate governance and ethics, intellectual property, and tax law. Typical placements include Liberty Mutual, RNK Telecommunication, Natural Microsystems, Inc., the Boston Stock Exchange, and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Clinics New England Law offers more than a dozen clinics each semester in a wide range of areas including public interest, tax law, administrative law, criminal law, family law, health law, immigration law, land use law, and mediation. Students are eligible to participate in clinics in the first semester of their second year of law school. Notable alumni New England Law's notable alumni include: Blanche E. Braxton, first African American woman to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar; Paula M. Carey, chief justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court; Susan J. Crawford, the first woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense, and former Convening Authority of the Guantanamo Military Commissions Dorothy Crockett, first African American woman to be admitted to the Rhode Island bar; Thomas J. Curry, former comptroller at the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Brian Darling, director of United States Senate relations for the Heritage Foundation; Joseph R. Driscoll, Norfolk member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; Mitchell Garabedian, lawyer best known for representing victims during the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal; Virgil Hawkins, activist best known for Florida ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control Supreme Court case Glenn Kirschner, prosecutor and television commentator; Joseph Mondello, United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2021 Wendy Murphy, attorney, professor, and author; James E. O'Neil, Rhode Island Attorney General, 1987 to 1993 Joseph Petty, mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts; Karyn Polito, Massachusetts lieutenant governor; Janine D. Rivers, Associate Justice of the Suffolk County Probate and Family Court Mark John Richard Simpson, director of the United States Secret Service; Lori St John, anti-death penalty activist; Timothy F. Sullivan, chief justice of the Massachusetts Housing Court; Andrew Vachss, children's lawyer and author of the Burke novels; Martha Ware, Massachusetts district court judge; and Leonard P. Zakim, religious and civil rights leader in Boston References External links Official website Educational institutions established in 1908 Universities and colleges in Boston Independent law schools in the United States Boston Theater District 1908 establishments in Massachusetts Private universities and colleges in Massachusetts