Health & Safety - Massachusetts School of Law

Campus Security
The Andover Police are the appropriate authority to report any breach of campus security. We encourage all students to work with school officials and appropriate police agencies to ensure accurate and prompt reporting of any crimes. 668.47(a)(3) For a six year summary of crime statistics and incident breakdown, please inquire within the Office of Financial Aid. Surrounding towns are Tewksbury, Methuen, Lawrence and North Andover.

Traliant Trainings
MSLAW provides trainings for faculty, staff, and students via Traliant. Traliant offers regulatory online compliance training including preventing workplace discrimination, sexual harassment training, and diversity training. For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office.

Emergency Notification System (ENS) MSLAW utilizes the Emergency Notification System through a text messaging system. This system is designed to notify students of emergency conditions, dangerous persons, or other hazards on campus via SMS Text Message, Robo-Call, and via email. Students must complete a registration as soon as possible, as it is the most efficient method of informing our entire student-body and community quickly in case of an emergency situation at MSLAW. Students can register for the Emergency Notification System at mslaw.edu/signup. For more information, contact the Technology Department.

Campus Law Enforcement
MSLAW is open to the public. Our hours are M-TH 8AM to 10:45PM and Saturdays 8AM to 2PM. Because the building is open to the public, it is very important to keep all valuables within sight. MSLAW is not responsible for any items lost or stolen. We consider the grounds to be safe. However, you must always be aware of your surroundings.

We encourage all students to work with school officials and appropriate police agencies to ensure accurate and prompt reporting of any improper action. In the event of a criminal action or other emergency call 911 immediately. All criminal and immoral actions should be reported to Dean Coyne. For more information regarding campus crime rates, please make all inquiries to the Office of Financial Aid.

Will you be notified about violent offenses?
MSLAW will distribute a security report to current students and employees regarding any violent offenses, that were reported to MSLAW, through direct mail, if these offenses occur. All prospective students and employees will be provided a copy of these reports, upon request. MSLAW will post on the student services bulletin board any criminal offenses, such as stolen laptops, books or vehicle break- ins. Students will be given this summary annually with their Fall and Spring registration in hopes to remind students about community and personal safety and encourage community awareness and prevention.

Violent Crime and Arrest Statistics
2023-2024
The number of arrests on campus by local police is 0. 668.47(a)(7) Criminal offenses reported to local police agencies or to any official of the institution during the academic year August 2023 thru July 2024:

Crime	# Of Offenses
a. Murder	0
b. Sex Offenses	0
c. Robbery/Theft	0
d. Aggravated Assault	0
e. Burglary	0
f. Motor Vehicle Theft	0
g. Arson	0
h. Arrest for Liquor Law/Drug Law Violation or Illegal Weapon Possession	0

2022-2023
The number of arrests on campus by local police is 0. 668.47(a)(7) Criminal offenses reported to local police agencies or to any official of the institution during the academic year August 2022 thru July 2023:

Crime	# Of Offenses
a. Murder	0
b. Sex Offenses	0
c. Robbery/Theft	0
d. Aggravated Assault	0
e. Burglary	0
f. Motor Vehicle Theft	0
g. Arson	0
h. Arrest for Liquor Law/Drug Law Violation or Illegal Weapon Possession	0

February 2023 MSL did have a phishing incident which was quickly resolved and corrected.

2021-2022
The number of arrests on campus by local police is 0. 668.47(a)(7) Criminal offenses reported to local police agencies or to any official of the institution during the academic year August 2021 thru July 2022:

Crime	# Of Offenses
a. Murder	0
b. Sex Offenses	0
c. Robbery/Theft	0
d. Aggravated Assault	0
e. Burglary	0
f. Motor Vehicle Theft	0
g. Arson	0
h. Arrest for Liquor Law/Drug Law Violation or Illegal Weapon Possession	0

2020-2021
The number of arrests on campus by local police is 0. 668.47(a)(7) Criminal offenses reported to local police agencies or to any official of the institution during the academic year August 2020 thru July 2021

Crime	# Of Offenses
a. Murder	0
b. Sex Offenses	0
c. Robbery/Theft	0
d. Aggravated Assault	0
e. Burglary	0
f. Motor Vehicle Theft	0
g. Arson	0
h. Arrest for Liquor Law/Drug Law Violation or Illegal Weapon Possession	0

Crime rates in Andover by year Type 2021 2022

Arson (per 100,000) 1 (2.7) 1 (2.7)

Assaults (per 100,000) 4 (10.70 36 (98.3)

Auto thefts (per 100,000) 9 (24.2) 11 (30.00)

Burglaries (per 100,000) 37 (99.4) 26 (71.00)

Murders (per 100,000) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

Rapes (per 100,000) 0 (0.0) 5 (13.6)

Robberies (per 100,000) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.5)

Thefts (per 100,000) 179 (489.8) 122 (333.9)

City-Data.com crime index 27.4 55.5

Violent crime rate in 2022

Andover: 65.5

U.S. Average: 219.8

Property crime rate in 2022

Andover: 38.6

U.S. Average: 166.5

According to our research of Massachusetts and other state lists, there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Andover, Massachusetts as of July 18, 2024. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Andover is 3,103 to 1. The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is lower than the state average.

Fire Safety Report
MSLAW’s location is inspected annual by the Town of Andover Fire Department. MSLAW has exit and evacuations signs posted in various locations through the building. We are a nonsmoking building and do not allow smoking within 100 feet of its entrances. Since our relocation to 500 Federal Street Andover MA 01810, MSLAW has not had any fire related incidences within our building.