Legal Clinics

C-K Law Group: The Law Offices of Chicago-Kent

Many law schools have clinics. Chicago-Kent’s clinics are unique, in a practical sense: Most of them are housed within the C-K Law Group, an actual in-house law firm staffed not simply by academics, but by practicing attorneys, some of whom allow even first-year students to work on a wide range of legal matters alongside them.

Known since the early 1980s simply as “The Law Offices of Chicago-Kent,” the C-K Law Group was a pioneer in clinical legal education when it adopted a fee-generating model designed to replicate the experience of employment at a private law firm. Our clinic takes the concept of experiential “learning by doing” to an entirely new level, allowing students to work on sophisticated litigation and transactional matters within numerous fields, all while under the supervision of highly experienced and ethical practitioners. Students will have the opportunity to engage in many, if not all, aspects of a case, including client interviews; discovery; preparation of motions, pleadings and correspondence; pretrial conferences; depositions; preparation for settlement or trial; and, at times, even arguing before a judge.

Today, C-K Law Group is a giant among the nation's law school legal clinics, with nine in-house practicing attorneys and two off-site adjunct attorneys. Our in-house practicing attorneys rank among the top practitioners nationally, with a record of client success that rivals that of Chicago's premier law firms.

Those interested in enrolling should visit our application page.  While the due date for applications for the Fall clinics has passed, you can still apply and be put onto a waiting list.