A law school is an association which specializes in lawful education. Usually, the term directs to schools that operate independently from the larger university or college which hosts the school and is often distinguished from a faculty of law which tends to be more closely connected with the university or college. In the United States, a law school is an organization where students get a professional education in law.
A broad three-year program in School of Law (Boalt Hall) leading to the Jurist Doctor (J.D.) degree. Men and women in Boalt Hall studying not only the practice of law but also all the varied roles lawyers perform in modern society. The law school offers an intellectually challenging course of study that imparts the theoretical and practical skills necessary for effective, creative, and responsible legal consulting and advocacy.
 Curriculum is currently includes specialized curricular programs in Business, Law and Economics; Environmental Law; Comparative Legal Studies; International Legal Studies; Law and Technology; and Social Justice. The graduates are qualified to become pretenders for admission to practice in any state of the United States. Students should take courses, prepare for law school, that helps them evolve written and oral communication skills; enlarge analytical and problem-solving skills; acquire a general understanding of economics. Consultation with an undergraduate adviser may be desirable in selecting specific courses.
The school also offers programs, mainly for foreign-educated attorneys that lead to the degree of Master of Laws or the degree of Doctor of the Science of Law. Boalt Hall is only one of its kind among major U.S. law schools in housing its own interdisciplinary graduate program in the social, philosophical, and humanistic study of law, leading to the Ph.D. degree in jurisprudence and social policy (JSP).
The JSP Program promotes the study of law and legal institutions through the perspectives of several disciplines, including economics, political science, philosophy, sociology, history, psychology, and cultural studies. The first law and society program of its kind in North America, the JSP Program remains the clear leader of a vibrant and growing body of such programs, because of its deep curricular resources and its scholarly accomplishment.
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