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{{Short description|Law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology}}
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|name = Chicago-Kent College of Law
|name = Chicago-Kent College of Law
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|students = 944 (780 Full-Time, 164 Part-Time)<ref name="kentlaw.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/students/ |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law: Student Body Profile |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012164649/http://www.kentlaw.edu/students/ |archive-date=2011-10-12 }}</ref>
|students = 764 (659 full-time, 105 part-time)<ref name="kentlaw.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/students/ |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law: Student Body Profile |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012164649/http://www.kentlaw.edu/students/ |archive-date=2011-10-12 }}</ref>
|faculty = 74 Full-Time<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/ |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law: Full-time Faculty Listing |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112164413/http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/ |archive-date=2011-11-12 }}</ref>
|faculty = 74 full-time<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/ |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law: Full-time Faculty Listing |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112164413/http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/ |archive-date=2011-11-12 }}</ref>
|ranking = 94th (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois Institute of Technology |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/illinois-institute-of-technology-03046 |website=U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
|ranking = 108th (tie) (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois Institute of Technology |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/illinois-institute-of-technology-03046 |website=U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools |access-date=April 8, 2024 }}</ref>
|bar pass rate = 97%<ref name="kentlaw.edu"/>
|bar pass rate = 90.37%<ref name="kentlaw.edu"/>
|annual tuition = $41,670 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/adm/adm_exp.html |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law Office of Admissions: Tuition & Expenses |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112164346/http://www.kentlaw.edu/adm/adm_exp.html |archive-date=2011-11-12 }}</ref>
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'''Chicago-Kent College of Law''' is the [[law school]] of the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]], a private research university in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]. It is the second oldest law school in the state of [[Illinois]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Chicago-Kent History |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/about/chicago-kent-history |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
'''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 2015 by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as the fourth best program in the U.S.<ref name="rankingsandreviews.com">{{cite web |url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+3 |title=Best Law School Rankings &#124; Law Program Rankings &#124; US News |access-date=2013-07-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905165656/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+3 |archive-date=2015-09-05 }}</ref> According to Chicago-Kent's 2014 [[American Bar Association]]-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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/Documents/Departments/Career%20Services/Handouts/C-K_ABA_EmploymentQuestionnaireSummary-REV-04-27-2015(0).pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508191943/http://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/Documents/Departments/Career%20Services/Handouts/C-K_ABA_EmploymentQuestionnaireSummary-REV-04-27-2015(0).pdf |archive-date=2015-05-08 }}</ref>

Chicago-Kent was founded in 1888 by [[Joseph M. Bailey|Justice Joseph M. Bailey]].<ref name=":0" /> Today, it employs more than 140 faculty members and hosts more than 700 students in its [[Juris Doctor]] program, [[Master of Laws]], and joint degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures) |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/about/consumer-information |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref> The school is recognized for its three-year legal writing curriculum<ref name="rankingsandreviews.com">{{cite web |title=Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Law School Overview |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/illinois-institute-of-technology-03046 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |website=U.S. News & World Report L.P.}}</ref> and offers J.D. concentrations in business law, criminal litigation, environmental and energy law, intellectual property, labor and employment, and privacy law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Areas of Study |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/academics/jd-program/areas-study |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
'''Chicago College of Law''' was founded in 1888 by Appellate Judge [[Thomas J. Moran (judge)|Thomas Moran]] and Judge [[Joseph M. Bailey|Joseph Bailey]]. The classes started in the judges' chambers to prepare men and women for the newly instituted Illinois [[bar examination]]. A year later, in 1888, the Chicago College of Law was incorporated. In 1891, Emma Baumann graduated from Chicago College of Law, becoming the first woman to earn a law degree from the school. [[Ida Platt]], in 1894, graduated with honors and also became the first black woman admitted to the Illinois bar.<ref name=":0" />

During the same period, [[Marshall Davis Ewell|Marshall D. Ewell]], former dean of [[Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law|Northwestern University Law School]], returned to academia to found '''Kent College of Law''', which was named after Chancellor [[James Kent (jurist)|James Kent]], author of [[Commentaries on American Law]], a classic in early American legal scholarship. Within ten years, the Chicago College of Law and Kent College of Law merged to form '''Chicago-Kent College of Law'''.<ref name=":0" /> The law school's chief publication is the ''Chicago-Kent Law Review'', which publishes one volume of three issues each year.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/about/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Chicago-Kent Law Review |language=en-US}}</ref> The law review has received contributions from U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[John Paul Stevens]], Circuit Judge [[Richard Posner|Richard A. Posner]], and author [[Michael Crichton]].<ref name="About" /> Students at Chicago-Kent publish five other legal journals on an annual basis, including the ''[[Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property]]'' and the ''Seventh Circuit Review''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law Review and Legal Publications |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/student-experience/law-review-and-legal-publications |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The law school has a notable history of firsts, including the establishment of the first chapters of Lambda Epsilon, later [[Phi Alpha Delta]], the world’s largest legal fraternity, and the creation of the ''Chicago-Kent Law Review'', which began as the ''Athenaeum Law Bulletin'' in 1923, one of the nation's first law reviews.<ref name=":0" />

Chicago-Kent moved several times during its history, including to the 116 North [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] building in 1912 and the 10 North Franklin Street building in 1924, which served as its home for the next 50 years, prior to its final relocation at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. In 1969, Chicago-Kent merged with the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] to prepare students to face the challenges of a complex society.<ref name=":0" />

The law school pioneered the three-year [[legal writing]] and research program in 1978 and established the first in-house, fee-generating [[Legal clinic|law school clinic]] in 1976. The law school's [[trial advocacy]] program was established in 1971 and the [[Moot court|Moot Court]] Honor Society in 1978. In 1984, it became the first law school to make the computer an integral part of the study of law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago-Kent College of Law: Center for Law and Computers |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc/about/timeline.shtml |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=www.kentlaw.edu}}</ref> Many of the applications of technology now taken for granted in the law school classroom were pioneered at Chicago-Kent.

In 1989, Chicago-Kent established a chapter of the [[Order of the Coif]], an honorary scholastic society that encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study and recognizing students, lawyers, judges, and teachers for their outstanding legal scholarship.<ref name=":0" />


==Rankings and honors==
==Rankings and honors==
The 2022 edition of ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law:
The 2023 edition of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''<ref name="rankingsandreviews.com" /> ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law:
#91st Nationally <ref>{{Cite web|title=Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/illinois-institute-of-technology-03046|url-status=live|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=U.S. News & World Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810201339/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/illinois-institute-of-technology-03046 |archive-date=2018-08-10 }}</ref>
#10th Intellectual Property Law
#19th Part-time Law
#4th Trial Advocacy
#3rd highest rank in Chicago Area


*94th in the country overall
Recent Leiter's Law School Rankings placed the law school:
*4th in the [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago Metropolitan Area]]
*37th Based on Faculty Quality, 2003-04 (tie)
*5th in [[Illinois]]
*30th Top 50 Faculties: Per Capita Productivity of Books and Articles, 2000–02
*7th in [[Trial advocacy|Trial Advocacy]]
*12th in [[Intellectual property|Intellectual Property]] Law
*13th in the country overall for its part-time law school program


The law school's trial advocacy teams have a long tradition of excellence at both national and regional competitions, and have won the National Trial Competition, the premier trial advocacy competition in the United States, in 1988, 2007, 2008, and 2015.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Trial Team {{!}} Chicago-Kent College of Law |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/practical-experience/trial-advocacy/trial-team |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
Vault's 2007 Top 25 Most Underrated Law Schools ranked the law school:
*4th Most Underrated Law School in the U.S.


Some of Chicago-Kent's past competition wins and accolades include being finalists in Syracuse Law's National Trial League, national quarterfinalists and regional champions in the National Trial Competition, and quarterfinalists in the Queens District Attorney's National Trial Competition. The law school's students have also been regional finalists in the American Association for Justice Student Trial Competition and quarterfinalists in the University of South Carolina Law's Trials and Tribulations National Trial Competition. In addition, Chicago-Kent's students have won the Best Advocate award in several competitions, including the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the All-Star Bracket Challenge.<ref name=":1" />
The Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team won the 32nd and 33rd annual National Trial Competition Championships.


In the 2020-2021 competition year, Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy teams were particularly successful, winning the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition XII and being regional champions in the National Trial Competition. They also had semifinalists in the National Ethics Trial Competition and the Drexel Battle of the Experts, as well as quarterfinalists in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the Stetson National Pre-Trial Competition.<ref name=":1" />
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==
==Degree programs==
Chicago-Kent College of law, in conjunction with the Office of International Programs, and the Illinois Institute of Technology's [[IIT Stuart School of Business|Stuart School of Business]], offer the following programs:
*'''[[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) Program'''
*'''[[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) Program'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=J.D. Program {{!}} Chicago-Kent College of Law |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/academics/jd-program |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] Certificates and Concentrations:
**[[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] Certificates and Concentrations:
***Environmental and Energy Law
***[[Corporate law|Business Law]]
***[[Intellectual Property Law]]
***[[Intellectual property|Intellectual Property Law]]
***Legal Innovation and Technology
***International and [[Comparative Law]]
***[[Labor Law|Labor and Employment Law]]
***[[Public interest law|Public Interest Law]]
***[[Litigation]] and [[Alternative Dispute Resolution]]
***Public Interest Law
***Criminal Litigation
***Criminal Litigation
***[[International law|International]] and Comparative Law
**J.D. Focused Areas of Study:
***Litigation and [[Alternative dispute resolution|Alternative Dispute Resolution]]
***Entertainment and Technology Law
***[[Family law|Family Law]]
***[[Environmental law|Environmental]] and Energy Law
***[[United States labor law|Labor]] and Employment Law
***Financial Services Law
***[[Privacy law|Privacy Law]]
***Health Law, Policy and Bioethics
***Workplace Litigation and [[Alternative dispute resolution|Alternative Dispute Resolution]]
***Personal Injury Law
*'''Graduate [[LL.M.]] Programs'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=LL.M. Programs {{!}} Chicago-Kent College of Law |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/academics/llm-programs |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
***Real Estate and Land Use
**Global Business and Financial Law
***Tax and Estate Planning
**Legal Innovation and Technology
*'''Graduate [[LL.M.]] Programs'''
**International Intellectual Property Law
**Family
**Trial Advocacy for International Students
**Financial Service Law
**International and Comparative Law
**U.S., International and Transnational Law
*'''Joint Degree Programs'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Degree Programs {{!}} Chicago-Kent College of Law |url=https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/academics/joint-degree-programs |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=kentlaw.iit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
**International Intellectual Property Law (First such degree to be offered by a U.S. law school)
**J.D./LL.M. in Global Business and Financial Law
**Taxation
**J.D./[[Master of Business Administration|M.B.A.]]
*'''Joint Degree Programs'''
**J.D./LL.M. in Taxation
**J.D./[[Master of Science|M.S.]] in [[Finance]]
**J.D./LL.M. in Financial Service Law
**J.D./M.S. in Sustainability Analytics and Management
**J.D./[[Master of Public Policy and Administration|M.P.P.A.]]
**J.D./M.B.A. ([[Illinois Institute of Technology|IIT]] [[Stuart School of Business]])
**Dual LL.M & M.B.A. degree program
**J.D./M.S. in Financial Markets ([[Illinois Institute of Technology|IIT]] [[Stuart School of Business]])
**J.D./M.P.A (Master of Public Administration)
**J.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public Health, with [[University of Illinois at Chicago|UIC]])
**Bachelor's/J.D (with [[University of Illinois at Chicago|UIC]])
**Bachelor's/J.D (with [[Shimer College]])


==Institutes and Centers==
==Institutes and centers==
*Center for Access to Justice & Technology
*Center for Access to Justice & Technology
*Center for Information, Society, and Policy
*Center for Information, Society, and Policy
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*Institute for Science, Law and Technology
*Institute for Science, Law and Technology
*Jury Center
*Jury Center
*The [[Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction| Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)]] and [[Oyez Project]] are headquartered at Chicago-Kent
*The [[Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction|Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)]] and [[Oyez Project]] are headquartered at Chicago-Kent


==History==
==Notable alumni==
* 1886
{{blockquote|Several law clerks receive tutorials in Appellate Judge [[Joseph M. Bailey]]'s chambers to prepare for the newly instituted Illinois bar examination. The evening sessions evolved into formal classes and, in 1888, the establishment of Chicago College of Law, the second law school in Illinois. Judge Bailey was selected as the school's first dean.}}


* [[Robert Sengstacke Abbott]], 1898, founder of the ''[[Chicago Defender]]''
*1894
{{blockquote|[[Ida Platt]] graduates with honors from Chicago College of Law, and soon becomes the first black woman admitted to the Illinois bar--and only the second woman of color admitted to practice law in the United States. She later helped establish the Cook County Bar Association, the nation's oldest African-American bar association.}}

*1895
{{blockquote|Appellate Judge Thomas A. Moran is named Chicago College of Law's second dean.}}

*1895
{{blockquote|Marshall D. Ewell founds Kent College of Law, named for Chancellor [[James Kent (jurist)|James B. Kent]], author of the influential ''[[Commentaries on American Law]].'' Ewell serves as the school's first and only dean.}}

*1900
{{blockquote|Chicago College of Law merges with Kent College of Law, to form Chicago-Kent College of Law. Dean Thomas A. Moran of Chicago College of Law is named the new joint law school's first dean.}}

*1902
{{blockquote|The founding chapter of [[Phi Alpha Delta]] (PAD) is established at Chicago-Kent. PAD, the world's largest law fraternity in the 21st century, has its roots in the charter chapters of Lambda Epsilon Fraternity at Kent College of Law and Chicago College of Law, which consolidated when the schools merged to form Chicago-Kent College of Law.}}

*1903
{{blockquote|Appellate Judge Edmund W. Burke is named Chicago-Kent College of Law's second dean. }}

*1912
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent College of Law moves to rented space in the 116 North Michigan Avenue building, where it remains for the next 12 years.}}

*1918
{{blockquote|Webster H. Burke '03 is named Chicago-Kent's third dean. }}

*1923
{{blockquote|''The Chicago Kent Review'' begins continuous publication under the direction of Dean Webster H. Burke. Several years later, it adopted its current name, the ''Chicago-Kent Law Review.'' The publication began as the ''Anthenaeum Law Bulletin,'' one of the nation's first law reviews.}}

*1942
{{blockquote|The Student Bar Association, the law school's student government, is organized and affiliated with the Illinois Law Student Association and the American Bar Association's Law Student Division. Officers and student representatives are elected each year from the student body.}}

*1949
{{blockquote|Webster H. Burke steps down after nearly 30 years' service as dean of the law school. Donald Campbell '21 is named Chicago-Kent's fourth dean.}}

*1956
{{blockquote|William F. Zacharias '33 is named Chicago-Kent's fifth dean.}}

*1961
{{blockquote|[[Ralph Brill]] joins the faculty.}}

*1969
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent merges with [[Illinois Institute of Technology]], becoming one of the few U.S. law schools affiliated with a technical university.}}

*1970
{{blockquote|[[Fred F. Herzog]] is named Chicago-Kent's sixth dean. During his tenure, the ''Chicago-Kent Law Review'' begins to publish an issue focusing on the work of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The Law Review continued this theme annually for nearly two decades.}}

*1974
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent faculty member Lew Collens is named Chicago-Kent's seventh dean.}}

*1976
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent starts the nation's first in-house, fee-generating law school clinic, in which a faculty of practicing lawyers engage students to work on real cases under the discipline of practice conditions.}}

*1978
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent pioneers the three-year legal research and writing program, which is now emulated at law schools across the nation.}}

*1981
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent establishes the Graduate Program in Taxation and the Graduate Program in Financial Services Law, the first LL.M. program in financial services law in the United States.}}

*1983
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent establishes the Center for Law and Computers, becoming the nation's first law school to make the computer an integral part of the study of law. Many of the applications of technology now taken for granted in the law school classroom were pioneered at Chicago-Kent.}}

*1983
{{blockquote|The Library of International Relations, one of the nation's most extensive repositories of international documents, announces its affiliation with IIT and its relocation to Chicago-Kent.}}

*1991
{{blockquote|Richard A. Matasar, a federal jurisprudence scholar, is named Chicago-Kent's eighth dean.}}

*1992
{{blockquote|The Library of International Relations dedicates its new facility in Chicago-Kent's new building at 565 West Adams Street.}}

*1997
{{blockquote|Henry H. Perritt, Jr., an expert in information technology law, is named Chicago-Kent's ninth dean.}}

*1997
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent launches the Global Law and Policy Initiative, which spearheads programs designed to promote a better understanding of the evolving global environment and to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide.}}

*2002
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent is awarded the 2002 Diversity Award by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity for the law school's continuing commitment to diversifying the legal profession.}}

*2003
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent alums head the National Lawyers Association, National Hispanic Prosecutors Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of Illinois, Cook County Bar Association, Illinois Judges Association, and Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago.}}

*2003
{{blockquote|Chicago-Kent establishes the country's first LL.M. program in international intellectual property law. The one-year program offers international and domestic lawyers an extensive education in all aspects of contemporary intellectual property practice.}}

*2003
{{blockquote|Harold J. Krent, an expert in administrative law, is named Chicago-Kent's tenth dean after serving as associate dean for five years and interim dean for one year.}}

==Notable alumni==
* [[Kathy Salvi]], 1984. Partner at Salvi & Maher, Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate]]
* [[Robert Sengstacke Abbott]], 1898. Founder of the ''Chicago Defender''
* [[Pablo Almaguer]], former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors
* [[Pablo Almaguer]], former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors
* [[Anita Alvarez]], former Cook County State's Attorney
* [[Anita Alvarez]], former Cook County State's Attorney
* [[Stanley C. Armstrong]], 1911. Former Illinois state representative
* [[Stanley C. Armstrong]], 1911, former Illinois state representative
* [[Carson Block]], investor and founder of [[Muddy Waters Research]]
* [[Carson Block]], investor and founder of [[Muddy Waters Research]]
*[[Esther Dunshee Bower]], 1902. Co-founder, Illinois [[League of Women Voters]]
*[[Esther Dunshee Bower]], 1902, co-founder, Illinois [[League of Women Voters]]
* [[Anne M. Burke]], 1983. Illinois Supreme Court Justice
* [[Anne M. Burke]], 1983, Illinois Supreme Court Justice
* [[J. Herbert Burke]], 1940. [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Florida]] 1967-1979
* [[J. Herbert Burke]], 1940, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Florida]], 1967-1979
* [[Frank J. Christensen]] (attended), American labor leader
* [[Frank J. Corr]], acting mayor of Chicago, March 15, 1933 – April 8, 1933
* [[Frank J. Corr]], Acting mayor of Chicago, March 15, 1933 – April 8, 1933
* [[William L. Dawson (politician)|William L. Dawson]] (attended), U.S. Congressman
* [[William L. Dawson (politician)|William L. Dawson]] (attended), U.S. Congressman
* [[Billy Dec]], nightlife entrepreneur
* [[Peter K. De Vuono]], 1934, Illinois state representative and lawyer
* [[Peter K. De Vuono]], 1934, Illinois state representative and lawyer
* [[Samuel Ettelson]], 1897. Illinois state senator and attorney
* [[Billy Dec]], nightlife entrepreneur
* [[Samuel Ettelson]], 1897, Illinois state senator and attorney
* [[Harris W. Fawell]], U.S. Congressman
* [[Harris W. Fawell]], U.S. Congressman
* [[M. G. Gordon]], businessman, inventor, and social theorist
* Thomas D. Flanagan, 1963. Lawyer, Founder of Flanagan | Bilton
* [[M. G. Gordon]], Businessman, inventor, and social theorist
* [[Robert J. Gorman]], 1940, attorney
* Earnest A. Greene, state representative in 1936
* [[Robert J. Gorman]], 1940. Attorney
* [[Oscar Raymond Holcomb]], 1892, former Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* [[Earnest A. Greene]], state representative in 1936
* [[Randy Hultgren]], 1993, Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 14th Congressional District
* [[Oscar Raymond Holcomb]], 1892. former Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* [[Randy Hultgren]], 1993. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 14th Congressional District
* [[Charles P. Kindregan, Jr.]], legal author, professor, expert on modern family law
* [[Charles P. Kindregan, Jr.]], legal author, professor, expert on modern family law
* [[Florence King (patent attorney)|Florence King]], the first female patent attorney in America
* [[Florence King (patent attorney)|Florence King]], first female patent attorney in America
* [[Weymouth Kirkland]], Namesake partner of [[Kirkland & Ellis]]
* [[Weymouth Kirkland]], namesake partner of [[Kirkland & Ellis]]
* [[Carolyn H. Krause]], Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
* [[Carolyn H. Krause]], Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
* [[James T. Londrigan]], Justice of the [[Illinois Appellate Court]] from the 4th district
* [[Abraham Lincoln Marovitz]], 1925. Appointed to Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President John F. Kennedy, 1963
* [[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 [[Illinois Appellate Court]] from the 4th district.
* [[Richard B. Ogilvie]], 1949. Illinois Governor, 1969–1973
* [[Richard B. Ogilvie]], 1949, Illinois Governor, 1969–1973
* [[Maria Pappas]], Cook County Treasurer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Bryan|title=What Does Maria Pappas Want?|date=August 13, 1992|newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=August 4, 2017|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/what-does-maria-pappas-want/Content?oid=880263|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140832/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/what-does-maria-pappas-want/Content?oid=880263|archive-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Maria Pappas]], Cook County Treasurer<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Bryan|title=What Does Maria Pappas Want?|date=August 13, 1992|newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=August 4, 2017|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/what-does-maria-pappas-want/Content?oid=880263|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140832/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/what-does-maria-pappas-want/Content?oid=880263|archive-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kwame Raoul]], Illinois Attorney General
* [[Kwame Raoul]], Illinois Attorney General
* [[Larry Rogers, Jr.]], commissioner on the [[Cook County Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Installed As President Of ITLA |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/pr_newswire/pr_newswire_business/larry-r-rogers-jr-installed-as-president-of-itla/article_6e85e9e6-e550-5fa3-90c7-09347dac6441.html |website=WFMZ.com |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en |date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Larry Rogers, Jr.]], commissioner on the [[Cook County Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Installed As President Of ITLA |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/pr_newswire/pr_newswire_business/larry-r-rogers-jr-installed-as-president-of-itla/article_6e85e9e6-e550-5fa3-90c7-09347dac6441.html |website=WFMZ.com |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en |date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Peter Roskam]], 1989. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 6th Congressional District
* [[Peter Roskam]], 1989, Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois' 6th Congressional District
* [[Ilana Rovner|Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner]], 1966. First woman appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, by President Bush, 1992
* [[Ilana Rovner|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 (politician)|Jim Ryan]], 1971. Former Illinois attorney general
* [[Jim Ryan (politician)|Jim Ryan]], 1971, former Illinois attorney general
* [[Kathy Salvi]], 1984, partner at Salvi & Maher, Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate]]
* [[Bob Schillerstrom]], DuPage County Board Chairman
* [[Bob Schillerstrom]], DuPage County Board Chairman
* [[Flora Warren Seymour]], 1916, Attorney, writer, historian, first woman on the [[Board of Indian Commissioners]]
* [[Nathan B. Spingold]], vice-president of [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Nathan B. Spingold]], vice-president of [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[James E. Strunck]], 1950. Illinois state senator and judge
* [[James E. Strunck]], 1950, Illinois state senator and judge
* [[Chad Taylor (politician)|Chad Taylor]], District Attorney for Shawnee County, KS
* [[Chad Taylor (politician)|Chad Taylor]], District Attorney for Shawnee County, KS
* [[Charles H. Thompson (Illinois judge)|Charles H. Thompson]], 1918, Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1945, 1945, 1949, 1950
* [[Charles H. Thompson (Illinois judge)|Charles H. Thompson]], 1918, Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1945, 1945, 1949, 1950
* [[Jerry Vainisi]], football executive and businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/388151174/?terms=%22Jerry%20Vainisi%22%20georgetown&match=1 |title=25 Aug 1983, 41 - Chicago Tribune at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1983-08-25 |accessdate=2022-10-06}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Vainisi]], football executive and businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388151174/?terms=%22Jerry%20Vainisi%22%20georgetown&match=1 |title=25 Aug 1983, 41 - Chicago Tribune at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1983-08-25 |accessdate=2022-10-06}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Wilhelmi]], 1993. Member of the Illinois Senate
* [[Arthur Wilhelmi]], 1993, Member of the Illinois Senate
* [[Bruce Wolf]], sports journalist
* [[Bruce Wolf]], sports journalist


==Notable faculty==
==Notable faculty==
* [[Ralph Brill]], legal writing scholar
* [[Michael T. Cahill]], Dean of [[Brooklyn Law School]]
* [[Michael T. Cahill]], Dean of [[Brooklyn Law School]]
* [[Sarah Harding (legal scholar)|Sarah Harding]], Dean of [[Schulich School of Law]], [[Dalhousie University]]


== Employment ==
== Employment ==
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==Publications==
==Publications==
* [[Chicago-Kent Law Review]]
* ''Chicago-Kent Law Review''
* Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law
* ''Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law''
* Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal
* ''Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal''
* Illinois Public Employee Relations Report
* ''Illinois Public Employee Relations Report''
* [[Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property]]
* ''[[Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property]]''
* Seventh Circuit Review
* ''Seventh Circuit Review''
* The Journal of International and Comparative Law
* ''The Journal of International and Comparative Law''
* Satyam: The Chicago-Kent College of Law's Journal on [[South Asia]] 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.)
* ''Satyam: The Chicago-Kent College of Law's Journal on [[South Asia]] and the Law''


==References==
==References==
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Chicago-Kent College of Law
Parent schoolIllinois Institute of Technology
Established1888
School typePrivate
DeanAnita K. Krug
LocationChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Enrollment764 (659 full-time, 105 part-time)[1]
Faculty74 full-time[2]
USNWR ranking108th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate90.37%[1]
WebsiteChicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois.[4]

Chicago-Kent was founded in 1888 by Justice Joseph M. Bailey.[4] Today, it employs more than 140 faculty members and hosts more than 700 students in its Juris Doctor program, Master of Laws, and joint degree programs.[5] The school is recognized for its three-year legal writing curriculum[6] and offers J.D. concentrations in business law, criminal litigation, environmental and energy law, intellectual property, labor and employment, and privacy law.[7]

History

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Chicago College of Law was founded in 1888 by Appellate Judge Thomas Moran and Judge Joseph Bailey. The classes started in the judges' chambers to prepare men and women for the newly instituted Illinois bar examination. A year later, in 1888, the Chicago College of Law was incorporated. In 1891, Emma Baumann graduated from Chicago College of Law, becoming the first woman to earn a law degree from the school. Ida Platt, in 1894, graduated with honors and also became the first black woman admitted to the Illinois bar.[4]

During the same period, Marshall D. Ewell, former dean of Northwestern University Law School, returned to academia to found Kent College of Law, which was named after Chancellor James Kent, author of Commentaries on American Law, a classic in early American legal scholarship. Within ten years, the Chicago College of Law and Kent College of Law merged to form Chicago-Kent College of Law.[4] The law school's chief publication is the Chicago-Kent Law Review, which publishes one volume of three issues each year.[8] The law review has received contributions from U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, and author Michael Crichton.[8] Students at Chicago-Kent publish five other legal journals on an annual basis, including the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property and the Seventh Circuit Review.[9]

The law school has a notable history of firsts, including the establishment of the first chapters of Lambda Epsilon, later Phi Alpha Delta, the world’s largest legal fraternity, and the creation of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, which began as the Athenaeum Law Bulletin in 1923, one of the nation's first law reviews.[4]

Chicago-Kent moved several times during its history, including to the 116 North Michigan Avenue building in 1912 and the 10 North Franklin Street building in 1924, which served as its home for the next 50 years, prior to its final relocation at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. In 1969, Chicago-Kent merged with the Illinois Institute of Technology to prepare students to face the challenges of a complex society.[4]

The law school pioneered the three-year legal writing and research program in 1978 and established the first in-house, fee-generating law school clinic in 1976. The law school's trial advocacy program was established in 1971 and the Moot Court Honor Society in 1978. In 1984, it became the first law school to make the computer an integral part of the study of law.[10] Many of the applications of technology now taken for granted in the law school classroom were pioneered at Chicago-Kent.

In 1989, Chicago-Kent established a chapter of the Order of the Coif, an honorary scholastic society that encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study and recognizing students, lawyers, judges, and teachers for their outstanding legal scholarship.[4]

Rankings and honors

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The 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report[6] ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law:

The law school's trial advocacy teams have a long tradition of excellence at both national and regional competitions, and have won the National Trial Competition, the premier trial advocacy competition in the United States, in 1988, 2007, 2008, and 2015.[11]

Some of Chicago-Kent's past competition wins and accolades include being finalists in Syracuse Law's National Trial League, national quarterfinalists and regional champions in the National Trial Competition, and quarterfinalists in the Queens District Attorney's National Trial Competition. The law school's students have also been regional finalists in the American Association for Justice Student Trial Competition and quarterfinalists in the University of South Carolina Law's Trials and Tribulations National Trial Competition. In addition, Chicago-Kent's students have won the Best Advocate award in several competitions, including the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the All-Star Bracket Challenge.[11]

In the 2020-2021 competition year, Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy teams were particularly successful, winning the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition XII and being regional champions in the National Trial Competition. They also had semifinalists in the National Ethics Trial Competition and the Drexel Battle of the Experts, as well as quarterfinalists in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the Stetson National Pre-Trial Competition.[11]

Degree programs

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Chicago-Kent College of law, in conjunction with the Office of International Programs, and the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School of Business, offer the following programs:

Institutes and centers

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  • 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 are headquartered at Chicago-Kent

Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

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Employment

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According to Chicago-Kent's official ABA-required disclosures, 89.9% of the Class of 2015 obtained employment nine months after graduation.[18] 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.[19]

Costs

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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.[20] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $239,727.[21]

Publications

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  • 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
  • Seventh Circuit Review
  • The Journal of International and Comparative Law
  • Satyam: The Chicago-Kent College of Law's Journal on South Asia and the Law

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chicago-Kent College of Law: Student Body Profile". Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  2. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law: Full-time Faculty Listing". Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "Illinois Institute of Technology". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Chicago-Kent History". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Law School Overview". U.S. News & World Report L.P. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "Areas of Study". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "About". Chicago-Kent Law Review. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Law Review and Legal Publications". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law: Center for Law and Computers". www.kentlaw.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Trial Team | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "J.D. Program | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "LL.M. Programs | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  14. ^ "Joint Degree Programs | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  15. ^ Miller, Bryan (August 13, 1992). "What Does Maria Pappas Want?". Chicago Reader. Chicago, Illinois. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Installed As President Of ITLA". WFMZ.com. June 8, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "25 Aug 1983, 41 - Chicago Tribune at". Newspapers.com. August 25, 1983. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  18. ^ "Employment Outcomes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  19. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law Profile". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
  20. ^ "ABA Standard 509 Consumer Information". Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  21. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law Profile". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
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