Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts with over 9,000 students. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The university is co-educational and comprises the Suffolk University Law School, Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences, the Sawyer Business School. It has three international campuses in addition to the main campus in downtown Boston. Due to its location...
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Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts with over 9,000 students. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
The university is co-educational and comprises the Suffolk University Law School, Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences, the Sawyer Business School. It has three international campuses in addition to the main campus in downtown Boston. Due to its location and well-known law school, Suffolk often attracts notable scholars and prominent speakers; for example, President John F. Kennedy, former Chief Justice of the United States' Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, and former President George H.W. Bush.
Founded in 1906 by lawyer Gleason Archer, Sr., Suffolk University was initially named Suffolk School of Law. The school's goal was to "serve ambitious young men who are obliged to work for a living while studying law."
In 1907, Archer moved the school from his Roxbury, Massachusetts home into his...
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