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Future-Focused Legal Education
Located in downtown Chicago, Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the most innovative law schools in the country.
 
Here are some of the reasons why you should consider Chicago-Kent:
  

  • You’ll develop highly effective research and writing skills through our five-semester Legal Writing Program — one of the most comprehensive in the country.

  • You can customize your first-year coursework and explore legal practice areas through our unique 1L Your Way program.

  • You can opt to specialize your studies in 11 areas—from intellectual property law to international law to business law.

  • You’ll have numerous opportunities to develop your legal skills through our externship programs, in-house legal clinics and practicum course work.

  • You can cultivate superior courtroom skills through our award-winning programs in trial advocacy and appellate advocacy, which consistently garner national rankings.

  • You’ll study in the third-largest legal market in the United States, providing access to legal employers and networking opportunities both during and after law school.
J.D. Program
Chicago-Kent offers full-time day, part-time day, and part-time evening divisions. Your first year at Chicago-Kent lays the academic foundation for your legal career. Your second and third years balance rigorous academics with practical skills training plus a wealth of opportunities to gain firsthand legal experience.
Students with focused career goals can specialize their studies in one of 11 certificate programs:
Business Law
Criminal Litigation
Environmental and Energy Law
Intellectual Property Law
International and Comparative Law
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Innovation + Technology
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Praxis Program
Public Interest Law
Workplace Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
About Chicago-Kent

Located in downtown Chicago, Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology offers an innovative curriculum with study options in 11 specialty areas—from intellectual property law to international law to business law—and includes award-winning programs in trial advocacy and appellate advocacy. As one of the few law schools in the nation attached to a technological university, Chicago-Kent teaches students to use technology effectively to prepare for careers in an evolving legal market.

1L Your Way
Our distinctive 1L Your Way program is an optional track for full-time students that allows you to defer the required first-year course Legislation to the second year in favor of taking either an approved, upper-division elective course or a rotation through three practice areas of our in-house legal clinic. This means you’ll start gaining knowledge in specialized areas earlier in your law school career—a fact you can highlight when applying for summer jobs and externships.
Legal Writing

To a large extent, your success as a lawyer will depend on your writing skills. Chicago-Kent was the first law school in the United States to develop a three-year legal research and writing curriculum, and our program is widely acknowledged as one of the best in the nation. Even before you graduate, you’ll be thoroughly prepared to excel in summer clerkships, externships, and whatever other practice opportunities you may choose to explore.

Learn Effective Advocacy Skills
Chicago-Kent’s rigorous trial advocacy curriculum—ranked #7 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report (2023 rankings)—is led by a talented corps of judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and private practitioners. 
 
Chicago-Kent’s Appellate Advocacy program is currently ranked #6 in the United States by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center (April 2022).
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Gaining Experience
The law school’s extensive alumni network, faculty connections to the practicing bar, and downtown Chicago location—close to major law firms, corporate offices, state and federal courts, government agencies, and advocacy organizations—all make it possible for you to gain invaluable real-world experience through clerkships, externships and volunteer opportunities during your studies at Chicago-Kent. 
Legal Clinics
Chicago-Kent's unique in-house legal clinic uses a fee-generating model designed to replicate the experience of employment at a private law firm. Each year, nearly 200 clinical placements are filled by second- and third-year students who work on actual cases under the close supervision of experienced, practicing attorneys who serve on our faculty.
Future-Focused Legal Education

Chicago-Kent is a tech-savvy law school where you'll learn to leverage continuing technological developments that will transform the substance and practice of law during your career.

The internet, social media, and big data alter our understanding of the First Amendment, intellectual property, international law and more. Our faculty provides sophisticated instruction in how to understand the ways in which technology is affecting substantive law, as well as how to use technology effectively to advance your future clients' interests. And our students are second to none in developing technology for the public interest to create greater access to justice for all.

Guaranteed Tuition Rate & Generous Scholarship Assistance

New students pay a guaranteed tuition rate that will not increase while in law school.

Substantial scholarship support is available to applicants with strong credentials. The Honors Scholars Program provides full-tuition awards to a select group of students with exceptional academic and leadership potential.
History & Accreditation
Chicago-Kent was founded in 1888—making it the second-oldest law school in the state of Illinois—and is accredited by the American Bar Association.
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Phone: 312-906-5020
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