Underdog Boston School Churns Out Judges, Big Law Partners (1)

Suffolk University Law School graduates are everywhere you look in Boston.

The law school is the top feeder for Massachusetts judgeships, with 118 of the state’s 440-person bench coming from Suffolk as of 2021, according to a review conducted by the school.

Three of the seven justices on the state’s highest court are Suffolk alumni, and Judge Gustavo Gelpí represents the school at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Secretary of State Bill Galvin, Chief Public Defender Anthony Benedetti, president of the University of Massachusetts Marty Meehan, and almost 100 partners at Boston’s top firms boast Suffolk ...