All Summer Boston elective classes in 2026 will be offered online except as noted below.
Earn credits toward your law degree during the summer to help reduce your course load during your final semester. Most classes meet just two or three times per week in six-week sessions. Summer classes are taught by Suffolk’s full-time tenured law professors as well as retired judges and respected legal practitioners.
Key Details
- 6-week or 12-week sessions
- All classes start at 5:30 p.m. or 7:35 p.m.
- All of the elective classes are offered as live/synchronous instruction.
- Available to current law students in good standing at any ABA-accredited law school (including Suffolk Law). First year students must have earned at least a 2.50 GPA.
Summer 2026 Classes include:
- Advanced Legal Writing
- Antitrust
- Business Entity Fundamentals
- Character/Fitness For Professional Success (In Person)
- Compliance Practice Seminar
- Consumer Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Intellectual Property
- Interviewing & Counseling
- Negotiation
- Professional Responsibility
- Transactional Skills
- Trial Advocacy - Summer I (In Person)
- Trial Advocacy - Summer II
*NOTE: Summer classes that are restricted to Suffolk Law students in specific degree programs are not listed here.
Apply to Summer Boston
Ready to apply? https://grad.suffolk.edu/register/law-summer-boston-2026