was 170, and the median GPA was a 3.84. The BU Law Admissions office hosts a large alumni network. There are 25,000+ BU Law alumni worldwide. Rankings Boston University School of Law was ranked 17th among American law schools in the 2023 list of best law schools compiled by U.S. News & World Report. It has ranked as high as 11th and as low as 22 in the same ranking. U.S. News also ranked the school's Health Law program #5 and Intellectual Property Law program #11. BU Law was ranked # 8 for graduates with the best debt-to-salary ratio. In 2022, it was ranked #29 by the Above The Law Top 50 Law Schools list for post-graduate gainful employment. Attorney Skills Accelerator Program The Attorney Skills Accelerator Program (ASAP) at Boston University School of Law offers summer classes, clinics, and externships for qualified J.D. students enrolled in accredited law schools. During Summer 2017, ASAP students will be able to enroll in Contract Drafting and/or Negotiation courses. ASAP students will also have the opportunity to take part in a legal externship, or one of three clinics: Entrepreneurship & IP Clinic Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic Criminal Law: Prosecutor Clinic Law journals Boston University Law Review American Journal of Law & Medicine Review of Banking & Financial Law Boston University International Law Journal Journal of Science & Technology Law Public Interest Law Journal Costs The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at BU Law for the 2017–18 academic year was $74,689. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $243,230. Employment According to BU Law's official 2019 ABA-required disclosures, 87.6% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation. BU Law's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 11.3%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2019 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job ten months after graduation. For new graduates, the self-reported median starting salary for the class of 2019 was $176,000 in the private sector, and $79,000 in the public sector. This ranked the school #9 on the US News list "Schools Where Salaries for Grads Most Outweigh the Debt". BU placed 68 graduates from the class of 2019 at NLJ 100 firms, earning it the number 15 slot on the National Journal law school rankings for