Chicago-Kent College of Law
Future Focused, Practice Ready
What’s Your Vision for the Future?
Three important qualities combine to make Chicago-Kent a one-of-a-kind law school: our emphasis on foundational skills training, our ability to get students practical hands-on experience before graduation, and our location in one of the most thriving legal markets in the country.
Foundational Skills Practical Experience Life in Chicago
Academic Programs
A Culture of Academic Excellence
Future-focused, foundational skills training from dedicated instructors
J.D. Program
Chicago-Kent College of Law’s many distinguished programs, including top-ranked programs in Intellectual Property Law and Labor and Employment Law, prepare our students not just to succeed, but also to excel in their fields. We offer twelve formalized J.D. certificate programs as well as a number of other focused areas of study.
12th
in the nation for TRIAL ADVOCACY (U.S. News and World Report 2024-2025 rankings)
9th
in the nation for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (U.S. News and World Report 2024-2025 rankings)
90.57%
ULTIMATE BAR PASS RATE based on 2021 law school graduates who passed the bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation. (Please see our ABA Required Disclosures)
89.3%
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT RATE 10 months post-graduation for 2024 graduates, which includes graduates working in bar passage required, J.D. advantage or professional positions. (Please see our ABA Required Disclosures)
Hope and Impact: Public Interest Center Director Receives Chicago Bar Award
The Chicago Bar Foundation has awarded its 2025 Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence to Chicago-Kent College of Law Public Interest Center Director Michelle Vodenik, who also works as senior...
Bad Luck, or the Price of Living in the Digital Era?
“Contemporary surveillance practices make it difficult to get lost in the crowd, as the Coldplay incident illustrates,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Richard Warner. On Wednesday, July 16, 2025...
Features
Professor of Law
Hard Labor: Chicago-Kent Alum Featured in Illinois Tech Magazine
“If my dad wasn’t a union member, I wouldn’t have had that support to go to college,” Bob Reiter ’03 says. “As a person exposed to a variety of different...
A Father’s Influence: Two Chicago-Kent Students Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowships
“I believe most every year for the past five years, maybe a decade, at least one Chicago-Kent College of Law student, even several, have gotten a Peggy Browning Fellowship,” says...
Study Law Where It’s Happening
Life in Downtown Chicago
Be at the epicenter of a bustling, vibrant city known for its music, food, sports, theater, and world-class museums—and also a city that’s home to one of the top legal markets in the nation, ready to challenge and support you as you start your career.
Voices of Chicago-Kent
Chicago-Kent is home to an amazing community, with a diverse range of interests and backgrounds. Hear stories from students, recent graduates, and alumni of note.
A Full Circle Legal Journey
Eileen O’Neill Burke ’90 was in the sixth grade when former justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow spoke to Burke’s class about her career as a judge. McMorrow went on to...
Happening on Campus
Chicago-Kent hosts events that are open to the university community and, at times, the Chicago community at large.