Name: Cusaj Thomas
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: Boston College, Class of 2015; Henry J. McMahon Award recipient; Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship finalist
Activities at BC Law (besides being an Ambassador): Historian, Black Law Students Association
Name: Charlene Ochogo
Year: 2L (Class of 2017)
Undergraduate institution: University of Florida, Class of 2014
Experiences between college and law school: The most relaxed summer ever (i.e., I went straight through).
Going to BC Law doesn’t have to mean spending three years in Boston. For those who want to use law school as an opportunity to explore other places, BC sponsors a ton of Semester in Practice programs in cities as close as New York and as far away as Amsterdam.
Watch the video below to learn about Diane Prend, ’16, who spent a Semester in Practice in Washington, D.C. as part of the #BCinDC program. You can also check out an article about her time in D.C. here.
And if you’re interested in learning more about the Semester in Practice programs, you can check those out here.
Meghan and Katie, 3L instructors for the environmental law course
BC Law has a very unique opportunity called the Environmental Law & Policy teaching program. Under the supervision of a BC Law professor, pairs of 3Ls teach a course for BC undergrads based around environmental law.
One pair of 3L instructors, Meghan Morgan and Katie Kelliher, was kind enough to give us an inside look at what they’re teaching their students, as well as what they each take away from the program personally (in addition to the academic credit).
Name: Allison Walsh
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: Fairfield University, Class of 2013, graduated cum laude; Deans List: 2010-2013; All-Academic Team 2009-2013; English Honors Society
Experiences between college and law school: I was a paralegal at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City.
Name: Alain Mathieu
Year: 2L (Class of 2017)
Undergraduate institution: Bowdoin College, Class of 2012, graduated cum laude, Government and Legal Studies
Experiences between college and law school: I worked as the Alumni Fund Associate for Bowdoin College for two years. There, I managed the College’s young alumni and senior class gift campaigns.
Name: Sarah Shaw
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: Northeastern University, B.S. in Political Science, Class of 2012, graduated magna cum laude
Experiences between college and law school: I earned my M.A. in Political Science with a focus on Voting Systems in American Government, Northeastern University 2013. I then worked at a litigation law firm in Waltham, MA for two years.
Name: Jill Gately
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: Wesleyan University, Class of 2015
Name: Michael Donadio
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: Union College, Class of 2015, graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Name: Anna Nikolayeva
Year: 1L (Class of 2018)
Undergraduate institution: George Washington University, Class of 2014, graduated cum laude
Experiences between college and law school: I worked as a paralegal at a law firm in Washington, D.C., practicing administrative law related to transportation issues.
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