Legal Clinic Applications and Enrollment

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Legal Clinic Applications and Enrollment

Application

We are now accepting applications for the In-House Clinics for the Summer and Fall semesters. Please see the special notes section below for further information about the Mediation and Criminal Law Clinics. The due date for Summer and Fall 2025 applications has passed but you can still apply and go onto the waiting list.

JD Students: Summer 2025 Application

JD Students: Fall 2025 Application

More Information

For most of Chicago-Kent's in-house clinical programs, students are given the option of enrolling for three or four credits. During the Fall and Spring semesters, students will put in an average of 11 hours per week for three credits and an average of 14 hours per week for four credits over the course of 13 weeks.

In the summer semester, students will put in an average of 18 hours per week for three credits and 23 hours per week in the summer over the course of 8 weeks.

Each clinical program provides classroom as well as field work instruction. With permission students may enroll for a second semester in any program, with the exception of the Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic.

If you have any questions, please email Tracy Kish at tkish@kentlaw.iit.edu.

Special Notes

Mediation/ADR Clinic

Students must attend four days of mediation training via Zoom between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to approx. 5:30 p.m.

The four days of training for the Summer 2025 semester are: Wednesday May 28, Thursday May 29, Wednesday June 4, Thursday June 5, 2025.

The four days of training for the Fall 2025 semester are: Saturday August 23, Sunday, August 24, Saturday September 6 and Sunday September 7, 2025.

Attendance at all four days of training is mandatory to participate in this clinic. These dates are subject to modification and all enrolled students will be informed immediately if there is any change in the schedule. There is an extra fee of $990 (added to your tuition) for this training and certification from the Center for Conflict Resolution.

Please note that if you decide to drop the Mediation/ADR clinic you must give written notice to Tracy Kish and Professor Pam Kentra at least 3 business days before the first day of training to be eligible for a refund of the training fee.

Important Scheduling Note for the Mediation Clinic:

Please keep at least three (or more) for the summer and at least two (or more) in the fall of the following time slots open in your schedule so you can schedule mediation sessions in the zoom court calls:

Monday - Friday: 9:00 am. - 1:00 pm (if you have a class beginning at 12:45 pm you will be dismissed in time to attend class.)
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons: 1:00 - 5:00 pm (if you have a class beginning at 4:00 pm you will be dismissed in time to attend class.)

Criminal Clinic

To get the optimal experience from the Criminal Clinic, it would be best to be available at least two mornings each week to go to court (either in person or remote) with your supervising attorney. In addition, if you have in the past worked or expect to concurrently work in the criminal defense or prosecution area, there may be a conflict, and this experience should be divulged via email to Tracy Kish at tkish@kentlaw.iit.edu. before the applications are due.