Another prominent female alumna at the time, Alice Stone Blackwell, would go on to help found the League of Women Voters and edit the Woman's Journal.

The dedication speaker was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. whose historic speech The Path of the Law was delivered in 1897.

In 1918, former United States President William Howard Taft lectured on legal ethics at BU Law until his appointment as chief justice of the Supreme Court two years later.

In 1964 BU Law occupied the bottom half of the current building, 765 Commonwealth Avenue on the Charles River Campus, colloquially known as the "Tower".

BU Law shared the Tower with the School of Education for some years but now occupies the entire building.

[7] In July 2016, the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced a new partnership allowing BU Law to serve as headquarters for a $350 million initiative researching and combating antibiotic-resistant diseases, CARB-X.

[citation needed] There are approximately 20 study abroad opportunities at BU Law, which most students partake in their second year, including dual-degree programs with international universities.

[citation needed] BU Law's class entering in 2023 came from 34 states and the District of Columbia.

[11] The Attorney Skills Accelerator Program (ASAP)[12] at Boston University School of Law offers summer classes, clinics, and externships for qualified J.D.

ASAP students will also have the opportunity to take part in a legal externship, or one of three clinics: 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.

[3] 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.

[20] 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.