Chicago-Kent College of Law is the

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affiliated with the

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. It is the second oldest law school in the state of

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. It is ranked 91st among U.S. law schools, and its trial advocacy program is ranked in 2015 by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as the fourth best program in the U.S. According to Chicago-Kent's 2014

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-required disclosures, 85% of the 2014 class secured a position six months after graduation. Of these 248 employed graduates, 172 were in positions requiring passage of the bar exam.

Rankings and honors

The 2022 edition of ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law: #91st Nationally #10th Intellectual Property Law #19th Part-time Law #4th Trial Advocacy #3rd highest rank in Chicago Area Recent Leiter's Law School Rankings placed the law school: *37th Based on Faculty Quality, 2003-04 (tie) *30th Top 50 Faculties: Per Capita Productivity of Books and Articles, 2000–02 Vault's 2007 Top 25 Most Underrated Law Schools ranked the law school: *4th Most Underrated Law School in the U.S. The Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team won the 32nd and 33rd annual National Trial Competition Championships. Members of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society won the 58th and 59th annual National Moot Court Competitions. Chicago-Kent maintains the Midwest's highest ranking Environmental & Energy Law program.

Degree programs

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(J.D.) Program **

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Certificates and Concentrations: ***Environmental and Energy Law ***

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

***International and

Comparative Law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law ( legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including t ...

***

Labor and Employment Law Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...

***

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and

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***Public Interest Law ***Criminal Litigation **J.D. Focused Areas of Study: ***Entertainment and Technology Law ***

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***Financial Services Law ***Health Law, Policy and Bioethics ***Personal Injury Law ***Real Estate and Land Use ***Tax and Estate Planning *Graduate

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Programs **Family **Financial Service Law **International and Comparative Law **International Intellectual Property Law (First such degree to be offered by a U.S. law school) **Taxation *Joint Degree Programs **J.D./LL.M. in Taxation **J.D./LL.M. in Financial Service Law **J.D./M.B.A. (

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) **J.D./M.S. in Financial Markets (

) **J.D./M.P.A (Master of Public Administration) **J.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public Health, with

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) **Bachelor's/J.D (with

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Institutes and Centers

*Center for Access to Justice & Technology *Center for Information, Society, and Policy *Center for Open Government *Global Law and Policy Initiative *IIT Center for Diabetes Research and Policy *Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future *Institute for Law and the Humanities *Institute for Law and the Workplace *Institute for Science, Law and Technology *Jury Center *The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) and

Oyez Project The Oyez Project at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law is an unofficial online multimedia archive of the Supreme Court of the United States, especially audio of oral arguments. The website "aims to be a complete a ...

are headquartered at Chicago-Kent

History

* 1886 *1894 *1895 *1895 *1900 *1902 *1903 *1912 *1918 *1923 *1942 *1949 *1956 *1961 *1969 *1970 *1974 *1976 *1978 *1981 *1983 *1983 *1991 *1992 *1997 *1997 *2002 *2003 *2003 *2003

Notable alumni

Kathy Salvi Kathy Salvi (born April 23, 1959) is an American attorney and former assistant public defender with the Lake County Office of Public Defender. Salvi was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in the 2022 election in Illinois. Ea ...

, 1984. Partner at Salvi & Maher, Republican nominee for the

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Robert Sengstacke Abbott Robert Sengstacke Abbott (December 24, 1870 – February 29, 1940) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded '' The Chicago Defender'' in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper ...

, 1898. Founder of the ''Chicago Defender'' *

Pablo Almaguer Pablo Javier Almaguér (born 1971) is an American lawyer from Texas. He is a former chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. Biography Almaguer was the first legal aid lawyer to serve on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, an ...

, former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors *

Anita Alvarez Anita M. Alvarez (born January 16, 1960) is the former State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alvarez was the first Hispanic woman elected to this position, after being the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for s ...

, former Cook County State's Attorney *

Stanley C. Armstrong Stanley C. Armstrong (February 22, 1888 – July 12, 1950) was an American politician and lawyer. Armstrong was born in Steuben County, New York. He graduated from Savona High School in Savona, New York, and from Cook Academy in Montour Fall ...

, 1911. Former Illinois state representative * Carson Block, investor and founder of

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Esther Dunshee Bower Esther A. Dunshee Bower (September 1879 – October 13, 1962) was an American lawyer and activist based in Chicago. She was a co-founder of the Illinois League of Women Voters. Early life Esther A. Dunshee was born in Charles City, Iowa, and ...

, 1902. Co-founder, Illinois League of Women Voters *

Anne M. Burke Anne Marie Burke (née McGlone; born February 3, 1944) is an American jurist who served on the Illinois Supreme Court from 2006 until 2022. She served a term as the chief justice from 2019 until 2022. Burke had previously been appointed to the I ...

, 1983. Illinois Supreme Court Justice *

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, 1940.

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from

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1967-1979 * Frank J. Christensen (attended), American labor leader * Frank J. Corr, Acting mayor of Chicago, March 15, 1933 – April 8, 1933 * William L. Dawson (attended), U.S. Congressman *

Billy Dec Billy Dec is an American television personality, actor, and businessman in the entertainment and hospitality industries. He is the CEO/Founder of hospitality management company Rockit Ranch, marketing agency COACT, and human resources firm HR Pro. ...

, nightlife entrepreneur *

Peter K. De Vuono Peter K. De Vuono, Sr. (June 10, 1909 – January 18, 2004) was an American politician and lawyer. De Vuono was born in Chicago, Illinois, and went to the Chicago public schools. He went to DePaul University, Chicago-Kent College of Law and w ...

, 1934, Illinois state representative and lawyer *

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, 1897. Illinois state senator and attorney * Harris W. Fawell, U.S. Congressman * Thomas D. Flanagan, 1963. Lawyer, Founder of Flanagan , Bilton *

M. G. Gordon M.G. Gordon (August 10, 1915 – February 16, 1969) was a Chicago businessman, inventor, and social theorist. Gordon also was a futurist and an advocate for privacy rights, a cause that he advocated through his writings and public speaking durin ...

, Businessman, inventor, and social theorist *

Robert J. Gorman Robert James Gorman (April 22, 1915 – February 17, 2007) was a Chicago attorney who served at Normandy and was in the Jeep that General Dwight D. Eisenhower rode into Paris. Gorman was born in Chicago and died at his Chicago home. Admitted to ...

, 1940. Attorney *

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, state representative in 1936 * Oscar Raymond Holcomb, 1892. former Justice of the Washington Supreme Court *

Randy Hultgren Randall Mark Hultgren (; born March 1, 1966) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Hultgren represented the 48th district Senate seat in the Illinois Gener ...

, 1993. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 14th Congressional District *

Charles P. Kindregan, Jr. Charles P. Kindregan Jr. (June 18, 1935 – April 19, 2016) was a professor of law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, with a speciality in assisted reproduction law. Kindregan received a BA and MA from La Salle University, a Juris Doc ...

, legal author, professor, expert on modern family law *

Florence King Florence Virginia King (January 5, 1936 – January 6, 2016) was an American novelist, essayist and columnist. While her early writings focused on the American South and those who live there, much of King's later work was published in ''Natio ...

, the first female patent attorney in America *

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, Namesake partner of

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Carolyn H. Krause Carolyn H. Krause (born October 20, 1938, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and represented the 66th district from 1993 to her retirement in 2009. Krause graduated from University of Wi ...

, Member of the Illinois House of Representatives *

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (August 10, 1905 – March 17, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Early life and career Born on August 10, 1905, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to ...

, 1925. Appointed to Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President John F. Kennedy, 1963 *

James T. Londrigan James T. Londrigan (February 23, 1925 - May 31, 2019) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and as a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court. Biography Londrigan was born in Sprin ...

, Justice of the

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from the 4th district. * Richard B. Ogilvie, 1949. Illinois Governor, 1969–1973 *

Maria Pappas Maria Pappas is an American attorney, Greek American, and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Prior to that, she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners; first as one of ten members elected from ...

, Cook County Treasurer. *

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, Illinois Attorney General * Larry Rogers, Jr., commissioner on the

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Peter Roskam Peter James Roskam (born September 13, 1961) is an American politician and lobbyist who is the former U.S. Representative for , serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the Chief Deputy Majorit ...

, 1989. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 6th Congressional District * Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner, 1966. First woman appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, by President Bush, 1992 * Jim Ryan, 1971. Former Illinois attorney general * Bob Schillerstrom, DuPage County Board Chairman * Nathan B. Spingold, vice-president of

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James E. Strunck James Emmett Strunck (January 4, 1910 – May 8. 1988) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. Strunck was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Chicago parochial schools. Strunck served in the United States Army Air Forces, as a ...

, 1950. Illinois state senator and judge * Chad Taylor, District Attorney for Shawnee County, KS * Charles H. Thompson, 1918, Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1945, 1945, 1949, 1950 * Jerry Vainisi, football executive and businessman * Arthur Wilhelmi, 1993. Member of the Illinois Senate *

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, sports journalist

Notable faculty

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, Dean of

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Employment

According to Chicago-Kent's official ABA-required disclosures, 89.9% of the Class of 2015 obtained employment nine months after graduation. Chicago-Kent's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 20.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Chicago-Kent for the 2013–2014 academic year is $64,867. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $239,727.

Publications

Chicago-Kent Law Review Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois. It is ranked 91st among U.S. law schools, and its trial advocacy program is ranked in ...

* Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law * Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal * Illinois Public Employee Relations Report *

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property The ''Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property'' is a student-run law journal published at Chicago-Kent College of Law since 1999. It covers all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent law, trademark law, copyright law, and ...

* Seventh Circuit Review * The Journal of International and Comparative Law * Satyam: The Chicago-Kent College of Law's Journal on

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;; ...

and the Law (Satyam was founded in 2011 by Chicago-Kent's South Asian Law Students Association. It is believed to be the first law journal of any American law school to focus exclusively on South Asian and South Asian American legal affairs.)

References

External links

Official website
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