Summer Financial Aid
Suffolk Summer School Tuition Rates
Tuition costs for the summer school program are charged per credit hour. Please visit Student Account Services for JD and LLM summer rates in addition to summer dual degree program charges.
Summer Federal Direct Loans
Students who enroll at least half-time (3 law school credits, or 6 graduate school credits if in a dual degree program) for Summer Boston, the Galway Study Abroad Program, a Summer Externship, or at another law school are eligible to apply for federal loans.
The summer term is the first term of the academic year when determining aid eligibility. To apply for summer 2024 federal loans funding, the 2024-2025 FAFSA is required. All students who submit a FAFSA and enroll in the minimum number of credits to be eligible for summer federal loan funding will be automatically considered for Federal Direct Loan eligibility.
Please note: Borrower-based academic year (BBAY) loans are awarded to eligible students who enroll in the summer. Since two terms represent an annual loan period, a BBAY loan includes the summer and fall terms as one loan period, with the spring term starting a new loan period. Loans borrowed in the spring BBAY loan period will include the following summer term when loan eligibility is determined.
If additional loan funding is needed for the summer term, students can apply for Federal Graduate PLUS Loan or private loan funding.
Summer: Federal Work Study (FWS) and Suffolk Public Interest Law Group (SPILG) Fellowship
The SPILG Fellowship (Suffolk Public Interest Law Group) is a Suffolk University Law School program that offers up to $6200 in Federal Work Study (FWS) funding to students working a summer internship in public service with a non-profit or government organization. Work must be performed in the United States and judicial internships (including but not limited to FYSIP) do not qualify.
Please note: Federal Work Study funds are need based funds and as such not all students who apply will qualify. Also, some student who apply may decide not to participate in the Federal Work Study program. These students may still be considered for the $1550 stipend funded by the Law School SPILG program.
If you have questions about your eligibility for FWS please reach out to your financial aid counselor. For more information on this program, please refer to the SPILG Fellowship 2024 FAQs on the Document Library on Symplicity.
How do I apply for Summer FWS to fund the SPILG Fellowship?
- Submit the FAFSA for the 2023-2024 academic year AND the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.
- Submit your resume, a one to two-page statement of interest and the application form through the SPILG OCI tab on Symplicity by March 8, 2024. The application form is available in the Document Library and should be uploaded into Symplicity.
How do I apply for the SPILG only stipend?
- If you wish to be considered for the stipend only, you must submit your resume, statement of interest and application form by March 8, 2024. You do not need to complete the FAFSA for stipend only consideration.
- International students are not eligible to complete the FAFSA and will only be considered for the stipend.
Summer Federal Work Study (FWS)
The Suffolk Clinic Internship is funded through the FWS program and does not require the SPILG application. The Clinic staff will notify Student Financial Services of the possible recipients. To be considered for the FWS program for this position, students must submit the 2023-2024 FAFSA and the 2024-2025 FAFSA.