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 ** J.D. 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 the ...

***

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 ***

Family Law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriage, ...

***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. ( IIT

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

) **J.D./M.P.A (Master of Public Administration) **J.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public Health, with UIC) **Bachelor's/J.D (with UIC) **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 an ...

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. Earl ...

, 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 i ...

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

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, 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 ...

, former Cook County State's Attorney * Stanley C. Armstrong, 1911. Former Illinois state representative *

Carson Block Carson Block is an American investor and the founder of Muddy Waters Research. Block is known for documenting and alleging fraudulent accounting practices in publicly traded Chinese companies. Early life and career Block grew up in Summit, ...

, investor and founder of

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* Esther Dunshee Bower, 1902. Co-founder, Illinois

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, 1983. Illinois Supreme Court Justice *

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, 1940.

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from

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1967-1979 *

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(attended), American labor leader *

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, Acting mayor of Chicago, March 15, 1933 – April 8, 1933 * William L. Dawson (attended), U.S. Congressman *

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, nightlife entrepreneur * Peter K. De Vuono, 1934, Illinois state representative and lawyer * Samuel Ettelson, 1897. Illinois state senator and attorney *

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, U.S. Congressman * Thomas D. Flanagan, 1963. Lawyer, Founder of Flanagan , Bilton * M. G. Gordon, Businessman, inventor, and social theorist * Robert J. Gorman, 1940. Attorney *

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, state representative in 1936 *

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, 1892. former Justice of the Washington Supreme Court *

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, 1993. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 14th Congressional District * Charles P. Kindregan, Jr., legal author, professor, expert on modern family law *

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, the first female patent attorney in America * Weymouth Kirkland, Namesake partner of

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* Carolyn H. Krause, Member of the Illinois House of Representatives * Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, 1925. Appointed to Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President John F. Kennedy, 1963 * James T. Londrigan, Justice of the

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from the 4th district. *

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, 1949. Illinois Governor, 1969–1973 *

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, Cook County Treasurer. *

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, Illinois Attorney General *

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, commissioner on the

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, 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 *

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, DuPage County Board Chairman *

Nathan B. Spingold Nathan Spingold (1886–June 14, 1958) was a motion picture executive and a leading administrator in the game of contract bridge. Biography Born in Chicago, Spingold studied law at the Kent College of Law before becoming a newspaper reporter. He ...

, vice-president of

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* James E. Strunck, 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 *

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, football executive and businessman *

Arthur Wilhelmi Arthur Wilhelmi (born 1968) is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 43rd District since he was appointed in 2005, until his resignation in February 2012. Wilhelmi graduated from Loyola University of Chicago (B.A. ...

, 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 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 trad ...

* 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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