He studied at Boston College Law School
One of the most interesting facts about John Kerry is that he studied at Boston College Law School. He and his wife purchased a home in the Belvidere neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts. He worked as a fundraiser for the worldwide humanitarian group Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE). He enrolled at Boston College Law School in September 1973. Kerry worked as a talk radio broadcaster on WBZ while studying and was chosen as executive director of Mass Action, a Massachusetts advocacy organization, in July 1974.
Kerry earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1976 from Boston College. He had worked as a student prosecutor in the office of Middlesex County District Attorney John J. Droney while in law school. After passing the bar exam and being admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976, he began working as a full-time prosecutor in that office and relocated to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney in January 1977, thereby making Kerry his campaign and media spokesperson due to Droney's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). Kerry tried cases as a First Assistant, achieving convictions in high-profile rape and murder cases. He also helped to run the office, establishing the formation of special white-collar and organized crime divisions, developing programs to help rape and other crime victims and witnesses, and managing trial calendars to reflect case priorities. In this capacity, Kerry announced an investigation into possible criminal charges against then-Senator Edward Brooke for misstatements in his first divorce hearing in 1978. The investigation concluded with no charges being filed because investigators and prosecutors found that Brooke's misstatements were relevant to the case but not significant enough to have changed the outcome.
Droney's health was failing, and Kerry had agreed to run for his seat in the 1978 election if Droney dropped out. However, Droney was re-elected, and his health improved, allowing him to re-assume many of the responsibilities he had delegated to Kerry. As a result, Kerry opted to resign, leaving in 1979 with assistant DA Roanne Sragow to start their own law company. Kerry also served as a WCVB-TV analyst and co-founded Kilvert & Forbes Ltd., a bakery, with businessman and former Kennedy advisor K. Dun Gifford.
