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{{Short description|Private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}
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{{Infobox Law School
 | image          = [[File:NeLawlogo-thumb.png|center|285px]]
 | name           = New England Law {{!}} Boston
 | established    = 1908
 | type           = [[Private university|Private]] [[law school]]
 | endowment      = US$40.5 million<ref>[https://lawschoolalmanac.blogspot.com/2008/01/law-school-endowments-2008.html Law School Almanac – 2008 Endowments] Retrieved June 6, 2009.</ref>
 | employment rate = 83% with 4% pursuing an additional degree
 | head           = 
 | city           = [[Boston]] 
 | state          = [[Massachusetts]] 
 | country        = U.S.
 | students       = 602<ref>[http://www.princetonreview.com/NewEnglandSchoolofLawLawProgram.aspx Princeton Review Student Body] Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>
 | faculty        = 109<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nesl.edu/academics-faculty/faculty |title=Law School Professors and Faculty |website=nesl.edu |access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nesl.edu/academics-faculty/adjunct-faculty |title=New England Law's adjunct faculty features top practitioners |website=nesl.edu |access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
 | bar pass rate  = 77.03%<ref name="barpassrate">{{cite web |url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/ |title=February 2016 ABA Required Disclosures |access-date=October 10, 2016 |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702052924/https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | annual tuition = $40,904<ref name="Boston Tuition and Fees">{{cite web |url=http://www.nesl.edu/admissions/tuition_fees.cfm |publisher=New England School of Law |title=New England Law – Boston Tuition and Fees |access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>
 | ranking   = 159th (tie) (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=New England Law Boston |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/new-england-law-boston-03075}}</ref>
 | homepage      = [https://nesl.edu]
 | motto          = ''Jus et Auctoritas''
 }}

'''New England Law Boston''' (formerly '''New England School of Law''', and styled as '''New England Law {{!}} Boston'''){{efn|The interposing character is a [[vertical bar]].}} is a [[Private university|private]] [[law school]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. It was founded as '''Portia School of Law''' in 1908 and is located in downtown Boston near the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<ref name="lsac.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lsac.org/choosing-law-school/find-law-school/llm-and-other-law-programs-us-canada/new-england-law-boston|title=New England Law {{!}} Boston {{!}} The Law School Admission Council|website=lsac.org|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

According to New England Law's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, the class of 2018 had a full-time employment rate of 83.4% with 4% pursuing an additional degree.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nesl.edu/docs/default-source/Career-Services/aba-class-of-2018-employment-summary.pdf|title=NESL EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY FOR 2018 GRADUATES|last=New England Law|first=Boston|date=January 1, 2018|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> Eight U.S. Supreme Court justices have visited, lectured, or taught in the summer-abroad programs at New England Law.<ref name="lsac.org"/>

==History==
=== The Portia School of Law ===

The Portia School of Law started informally in 1908 when Arthur W. MacLean (1880–1943), a graduate of the [[Boston University School of Law]] and a professor at [[Suffolk University Law School]], agreed to tutor two young women who were studying for the [[Massachusetts Bar Association|Massachusetts bar]] examination. At the time, few options were available to women seeking a legal education in New England. Soon afterwards, MacLean rented space at 88 [[Tremont Street]], began admitting students, and took on a second faculty member.<ref name="portia">{{cite web |website=New England School of Law |title=Portia Law School Archives (1908-1968) |url=https://portia.nesl.edu/screens/PortiaFinding.html}}</ref> MacLean's wife, Bertha, named the school after the character Portia in Shakespeare's ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''. In the play, Portia disguises herself as a young man and impersonates a judge; she also ruins Shylock, the moneylender. The Portia School of Law was the only law school in the country exclusively for women.<ref name="bwht">{{cite web |website=[[Boston Women's Heritage Trail]] |title=Portia School of Law |url=https://bwht.oncell.com/en/4-portia-school-of-law-86164.html}}</ref>

The school was incorporated in 1918. By this time it had 91 students.<ref name="womens">{{cite web |website=New England School of Law |title=A Women's Law School |url=https://student.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/1908/}}</ref> The following year, the Massachusetts legislature granted the school the power to confer the degree of [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LL.B), and the school was reincorporated as the Portia Law School. In 1920 the school awarded its first LL.B degrees to 39 women.<ref name="portia" /> The school was one of the few that offered part-time enrollment, enabling working-class women to pursue their studies while supporting themselves.<ref name="womens" />

In 1920, the school outgrew its space on Tremont Street and moved to a townhouse at 45 Mt. Vernon Street on [[Beacon Hill, Boston|Beacon Hill]]. The Portia Law School was granted the authority to confer the degree of Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1926; five graduates were awarded the LL.M. the following year.<ref name="womens" />

The Portia Law School was integrated from its earliest days. [[Blanche E. Braxton]], who graduated in 1921, became the first African-American woman admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1923. Another Portia graduate, Dorothy Crockett, became the first African-American woman admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1932.<ref name="braxton">{{cite web |website=New England School of Law |title=Blanche Braxton and Dorothy Crockett |url=https://student.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/personalities/1908-braxton-crockett.html}}</ref> The former site of the Portia Law School at 45 Mount Vernon Street is a stop on the [[Boston Women's Heritage Trail]].<ref name="bwht" />

===Admission of male students===

The school began admitting male students out of financial necessity in the 1920s. In 1930, the school's first two male graduates received the LL.M. degree.<ref name="portia" /> From 1940 to 1950, the men's program was referred to as the [[Calvin Coolidge]] Law School.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hamilton|first1=Philip K.|title=New England School of Law|date=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Portsmouth, NH|page=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDdCP52yzIcC&pg=PA25|access-date=March 11, 2017|isbn=9780738556765}}</ref>

As the school entered the 1950s it saw its student body shift from a student body that had a majority female population to a predominantly male student body.<ref name="NESL History 1943-1968">{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/1943/|title=NESL History 1943|access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> 1963 saw Portia Law School begin the process of applying for [[American Bar Association]] accreditation,<ref name="NESL History 1943-1968"/> and some of the steps the school took included restructuring its [[board of governors]] and launching the school's first [[law review]].<ref name="NESL History 1943-1968"/> In 1969, the school changed its name to New England School of Law to coincide with its accreditation granted by the ABA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/alpha.html |title=In Alphabetical Order &#124; Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar |publisher=Abanet.org |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:1983-75th-anniversaryNESL.jpg|right|thumb|225px|President George H. W. Bush at the 75th Anniversary of NESL]]
{| class= "wikitable floatleft"
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!Dean
!Tenure
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|Arthur W. MacLean||1908–1943
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|W. Chesley York||1943–1952
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|Margaret H. Bauer||1952–1962
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|Guy V. Slade||1962–1966
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|Walter J. Kozuch Jr.||1966–1971
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|Robert E. O'Toole||1971–1974
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|Colin W. Gillis||1974–1978
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|Thomas C. Fischer||1978–1983
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|Timothy J. Cronin||1983–1988
|-
|John F. O'Brien||1988–2020
|-
|[[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]]
|2021
|-
|Lisa R. Freudenheim
|2022–2023
|-
|Allison M. Dussias (Acting)
|2023–Current
|}

As New England Law neared its 75th anniversary, new programs were started, the first was the creation of [[Law Day]] in 1970 and then the opening of its clinical law services office in 1971.<ref name="NESL History 1969-1987">{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/1969/|title=NESL History 1969|access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> The clinical law services program is performed by the law students providing representation to those who did not have the economic means to seek paid legal assistance.<ref name="NESL History 1969-1987"/>
In 1980, New England moved into its current location; which is located in the [[Boston Theater District]] neighborhood.<ref name="NESL History 1969-1987"/> [[George H. W. Bush]] was the keynote speaker at the 75th anniversary of New England Law.<ref name="NESL History 1969-1987"/>

In the 1980s, the school started a program that arranged for students to study abroad and work with former [[Soviet Bloc]] nations to develop their own legal systems.<ref name="NESL History 1988-Present">{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/1988/|title=NESL History 1988|access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> New England Law also became a co-founder of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education; which allows students to study abroad at countries throughout the world.<ref name="NESL History 1988-Present"/>

In 1996, New England Law students worked with Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals by providing legal research and analysis for war crimes in [[Rwanda]] and the former nation of [[Yugoslavia]].<ref name="NESL History 1988-Present"/>
New England Law received membership from the [[Association of American Law Schools]] in 1998.<ref name="aals.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.aals.org/about_memberschools.php#n-q |title=AALS Member Schools Fee paid law schools Association of American Law Schools Members Membership |publisher=Aals.org |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717014748/http://www.aals.org/about_memberschools.php#n-q |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2002, New England Law expanded its campus by buying adjacent buildings around the schools current location.<ref name="NESL History 1988-Present"/>

===Rebranding===
Also, in 2008, New England School of Law began a new campaign to rebrand itself as "New England Law | Boston", with the purpose to put an emphasis on its location.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/09/new_england_sch.html |title="New England School of Law has a new "nickname" |access-date=June 14, 2009 |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913143015/http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/09/new_england_sch.html |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref>

In December 2020, long-time president John F. O'Brien stepped down and former United States Senator from Massachusetts and [[U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand]], [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott P. Brown]], was named the new president and dean of the school.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burns|first=Hilary|date=November 8, 2019|title=Scott Brown will head to New England Law after New Zealand post ends|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/11/08/scott-brown-will-head-to-new-england-law-after-new.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=bizjournals.com}}</ref> Brown resigned in August 2021, citing a difference of vision from that of the board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/11/metro/scott-brown-resigns-head-new-england-law-boston-after-less-than-year-says-he-will-get-back-into-political-arena/ |title=Scott Brown resigns as head of New England Law Boston after less than a year |date=August 11, 2021 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |first=Joshua |last=Miller |access-date=October 24, 2021 }}</ref>

In January 2022, The Board of Trustees of New England Law Boston selected long-time professor Lisa R. Freudenheim<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Boston|first=New England Law {{!}}|title=New England Law {{!}} Boston Announces New Law School Dean|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-england-law--boston-announces-new-law-school-dean-301458532.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=PR Newswire|language=en}}</ref> to lead the law school as its next dean.

==Campus==
[[File:New England Law Boston (54954430423).jpg|thumb|225x225px|Main academic building on Stuart Street]]
The law school's main academic building is a five-story building on Stuart Street in the [[Boston Theater District]], which includes classrooms, faculty offices, law review offices, and the school's library.<ref name="NESL Campus">{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/admissions/directions.cfm|title=NESL Campus|access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> Other offices are in a nearby building in the Bay Village on Church Street.<ref>[http://www.nesl.edu/HistoryProject/1988/1993.html#y1993 Bay Village NESL] Retrieved June 6, 2009.</ref> [[Tufts University]] utilizes New England Law's Bookstore.<ref name="NESL Campus"/>

A valuable resource-sharing partnership has been forged between New England Law library and the library associated with Tufts medical, dental and veterinary schools. Current students, faculty and staff of each institution have on-site access to each other's collections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://student.nesl.edu/library/access.cfm|title=New England Law Library: Access – New England Law {{!}} Boston|website=student.nesl.edu|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

==Academics==
New England Law offers full-time and part-time (both day and evening) [[Juris Doctor]] programs, with an application deadline of May 1. In 2021, the entering class had Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores in the range of 149 to 157 (25th–75th percentile).<ref>[https://www.nesl.edu/about/quick-facts] January 2019</ref> New England Law has approximately 600 students.<ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/items/03075 US News overview] Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>

New England Law has seven concentrations, including in [[immigration law]] and [[intellectual property law]]<ref>[https://www.nesl.edu/academics-faculty/concentrations Concentrations] Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref> and offers an [[LL.M.]] in American Law.<ref>[https://www.nesl.edu/academics-faculty/programs Academic Programs] Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref> New England Law also offers a program where a student may spend a period of time up to two academic semesters at a law school associated with the [http://www.cile.edu Consortium for Innovative Legal Education, Inc. (CILE)]. The schools taking part in the program include [[California Western School of Law]], [[South Texas College of Law]], and [[Mitchell Hamline School of Law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cile.edu/cile_members.html |title=The Consortium |publisher=cile.edu/ |access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

==Accreditation and rankings==
New England Law is [[American Bar Association]] (ABA) accredited and is a member of the [[Association of American Law Schools]].<ref name="aals.org"/> It is also a founding member of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cile.edu |title=Consortium for Innovative Legal Education – Study Abroad Programs |publisher=Cile.edu |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>

New England Law is ranked No. 147–193 among law schools and No. 55–70 among part-time law schools by U.S. News.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/new-england-law-boston-03075|title=New England Law Boston Grad Schools}}</ref>

According to the ''Princeton Review'', New England Law is ranked the 3rd best law school with the greatest resources for women based on two criteria: student surveys and the percentage of the student body that are women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greatest Resources for Women {{!}} The Princeton Review|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/law-school-rankings?rankings=greatest-resources-for-women|access-date=2021-06-05|website=princetonreview.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Cost ==
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at New England Law for the 2021–2022 academic year is $52,288 for full-time students and $39,216 for evening and part-time students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cost of Law School Tuition & Fees - New England Law {{!}} Boston|url=https://www.nesl.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-aid/tuition-fees|access-date=2022-02-11|website=nesl.edu|language=en}}</ref>

==Employment outcomes==

According to New England Law's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, the class of 2018 had an employment rate of 83% with 4% pursuing an additional degree.<ref name=":0" />

==Centers==
The Center for Law and Social Responsibility, CLSR, works mostly pro bono and public service activities. It is run and supported by students, faculty and alumni. The CLSR serves as a socially responsible organization that works with numerous projects that are representative of its members, as well as issues that public service lawyers are currently working with. The CLSR also works to support classroom projects, scholarship, and other activities that convey current social problems.<ref name="NESL CLSR">{{cite web |url=http://www.nesl.edu/centers/clsr.cfm |title=The Center for Law and Social Responsibility (CLSR) integrates public interest and socially responsible work into the life of the school and the daily lives of students |access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

The Center for International Law and Policy, CILP, is utilized by both students and faculty for research, analysis and produce resource material on numerous topics.<ref name="CILP">{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/centers/cilp.cfm|title=CILP|author=NESL|access-date=June 8, 2009}}</ref> Students also have the chance to practice international law in overseas externships. Most students work assist in prosecutions related to war crimes, because of the schools relationships with international criminal courts and tribunals.<ref name="CILP"/> CILP also hosts the annual international law conference, by creating more awareness in global legal work, for issues such as [[Chinese unification]] and [[Taiwan independence movement|Taiwanese independence]], competition laws, responses to rogue regimes, the Rwandan genocide, and the development of new countries out of the former Yugoslavia.<ref name="CILP"/>

New England Law's Center for Business Law offers academic credit in conjunction with legal externship positions through 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/centers/cbl.cfm |title=Center for Business Law – Program and Forum for Faculty and Students – New England Law &#124; Boston |publisher=Nesl.edu |date=February 16, 2012 |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nesl.edu/students/clinics.cfm |title=Law School Clinical Program – Putting Classroom Learning into Practice – New England Law &#124; Boston |publisher=Nesl.edu |access-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==<!-- must be paragraph format per UNIGUIDE -->
New England Law's notable alumni include:

*[[Branche E. Braxton|Blanche E. Braxton]], first African American woman to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nesl.edu/about/history |title=Our History |website=NESL.edu |publisher=New England School of Law |location=Boston, MA |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Robert Craven]], member of the [[Rhode Island General Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Representative Robert E. Craven Sr. |url=https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/Craven/Pages/Biography.aspx |website=State of Rhode Island General Assembly |publisher=State of Rhode Island |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[Susan J. Crawford]], the first woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://echoesofadolphus.com/2019/08/24/judicial-spotlight-senior-judge-susan-j-crawford/ |title = Judicial Spotlight: Senior Judge Susan J. Crawford {{!}} Echoes of Adolphus| date=August 25, 2019 }}</ref> former Inspector General of the Department of Defense, and former Convening Authority of the Guantanamo Military Commissions
*[[Thomas J. Curry]], former comptroller at the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/previous-comptrollers/bio-30-thomas-curry.html |title=Thomas J. Curry: 30th Comptroller of the Currency |website=About OCC |publisher=Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |location=Washington, DC |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Ken Croken]], member of the [[Iowa House of Representatives]] from district 97<ref>{{cite web |title=State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=33997 |website=Iowa Legislature |access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Brian Darling]], director of [[United States Senate]] relations for [[The Heritage Foundation]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnla.org/1686 |title=Member Profile - Brian Darling |website=RNLA.org |publisher=Republican National Lawyers Association |location=Washington, DC |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Joseph R. Driscoll]], [[Norfolk, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Matt |date=December 15, 2010 |title=Rep. Driscoll joining {{sic|gover|ment|nolink=y}} relations unit at O'Neill |url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20101215/NEWS/312159947 |work=MetroWest Daily News |location=Framingham, MA}}</ref>
*[[Mitchell Garabedian]], lawyer best known for representing victims during the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal;<ref>{{cite news |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Who is Mitchell Garabedian? |url=https://thetablet.org/who-is-mitchell-garabedian/ |work=The Tablet |location=Brooklyn, NY}}</ref>
*[[Virgil D. Hawkins|Virgil Hawkins]], activist best known for ''Florida ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control'' Supreme Court case
*[[Glenn Kirschner]], prosecutor and television commentator;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sociology.columbian.gwu.edu/glenn-kirschner |title=Biography, Glenn Kirschner |website=Department of Sociology, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences |publisher=George Washington University |location=Washington, DC |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Mondello]], United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2021
*[[Wendy Murphy]], attorney, professor, and author;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/blog/entitled-to-equality-lawyer-works-fiercely-for-legal-protections-for-women |title=Entitled To Equality: Lawyer Works Fiercely For Legal Protections For Women |last=Weldon |first=Michele |date=September 28, 2018 |website=Take the Lead |publisher=Gloria Feldt, Amy Litzenberger |location=New York, NY}}</ref>
*James E. O'Neil, Rhode Island Attorney General, 1987 to 1993<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rhode Island Former Attorneys General - NAAG|url=https://www.naag.org/attorneys-general/past-attorneys-general/rhode-island-former-attorneys-general/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=National Association of Attorneys General|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Petty]], [[List of mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts|mayor]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts]];<ref>{{cite news |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Mayor: Joseph M. Petty |url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20171025/mayor-joseph-m-petty |work=[[Telegram & Gazette]] |location=Worcester, MA}}</ref>
*[[Karyn Polito]], Massachusetts lieutenant governor;<ref>{{cite news |date=September 12, 2017 |title=New England Law Boston to Honor Alumna Karyn Polito '91, Massachusetts Lt. Governor, at the 2017 Dean's Reception |url=https://www.nesl.edu/blog/detail/new-england-law-boston-to-honor-alumna-karyn-polito-lt.-governor-of-massachusetts-at-the-2017-dean-s-reception |work=New England Law Boston: In the News |location=Boston, MA}}</ref>
*[[John Simpson (police official)|Mark John Richard Simpson]], [[director of the United States Secret Service]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Trustee John R. Simpson '64 |url=https://www.nesl.edu/blog/detail/trustee-john-r.-simpson-64-former-us-secret-service-director-served-as-president-of-the-law-school-corporation |work=New England Law Boston Blog |publisher=New England School of Law |location=Boston, MA |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Lori St John]], anti-death penalty activist;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whomyouknow.com/2013/12/movers-and-shakers-lori-st-john-author.html |title=Interview, Lori St. John, Author |date=December 2, 2013 |website=Movers and Shakers: Lori St. John, Author |publisher=Whom You Know.com}}</ref>
*[[Andrew Vachss]], children's lawyer and author of the [[Burke (character)|Burke]] novels;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://night-flight.com/Vachss/profile.html |title=The Only True Holy War: Profile on Andrew Vachss |date=2000 |website=Night-Flight.com |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Martha Ware]], Massachusetts district court judge; and
*[[Leonard P. Zakim]], religious and civil rights leader in Boston

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==External links==
* [https://nesl.edu Official website]

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