Spring 2026 Quick Guide

Key Contacts & Resources

Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes. The tentative Spring 2026 class schedule is available, with catalogs and instructions for J.D. students and LL.M. students. These schedules will continue to be updated, with changes noted on this page and in the relevant section of those course schedules. 

Registration. Registration was supposed to open beginning on November 3. Because of a technical issue with the production of registration PINs for JD students, registration will reopen on November 17 for students with university-level accommodations and November 18 for according to the procedures in Chicago-Kent's student handbook. 

  • Dean Tierney hosted an Q&A open house about registration on November 12. A video of the session is available on Panopto (must be logged in).

Course updates and cancellations:

  • Dec. 17 changes
    • Waitlists have been added to most, if not all, of the classes that students have requested.
    • Spring Legal Writing 4. The second IP-themed section of LW4 has returned. LAW 432-83, CRN 52974, will meet Tues/Thurs at 4pm and has enrollment available. In addition, as students shift out of their existing LW4 classes into this one, other spots will open up in your preferred sections.
  • Dec. 10 changes
    • Corporate Finance's time has been updated in Registration to fix a time conflict.
    • Legislation has two sections. It is looking increasingly likely that both will be taught by (sigh) Prof. Tierney in a (sigh) single ginormous section in the auditorium. If that's not your jam—and who could blame you—remember 1Ls can defer Legislation to their 2L fall. Those already enrolled in the "TBA" section don’t have to do anything if you want to remain; we’ll handle everything on the back end.
    • Trademarks & Unfair Competition has moved from 6pm to 5pm because of a change of instructor (and new instructor availability). It is now taught by Prof. Michelle Miller.
    • Employment Relationships has moved from 6pm to 4pm for a change of instructor (and new instructor availability). It is now taught by Prof. Jim Prozzi. It will be mostly online (which means it also counts as a Distance Education class), though there will be some in-person meetings the first and last weeks of class.
    • Real Estate Acquisition & Development was supposed to have been listed initially on Wednesdays at 10am but was listed Tuesdays at 9:35 instead. It was moved to its intended time to reflect instructor availability
  • November 26 changes
    • We know both Securities Arbitration and Housing Rights Law and Policy are still not appearing in the Registration system. We are working on it — thanks for your patience.
    • We’ve opened waitlists on a number of classes and can continue to do so as requests come in. Once the waitlist is created, adding yourself is a self-service option in Banner registration.
    • Juvenile Justice is back, in both seminar and non-seminar versions. The meeting time has changed to Thursday evenings.
    • Corporate Finance has been added to the schedule, offered on Thursday evenings in an online / mostly asynchronous format. If you’re interested, read the evening-section footnote carefully.
    • A handful of new classes (Labor and Employment Law, Free Speech and Digital Public Sphere, and Trademark Practicum) were set up incorrectly, which has made them temporarily unavailable. These should now be available for registration.
    • A revised list of experiential learning options will be posted shortly for those planning ahead for skills and clinic requirements.
    • Trademarks and Unfair Competition has a new instructor, which required a time change as well.
    • You may have seen that Bankruptcy was one of the 1L Your Way options. Because this course had never previously been open to 1Ls, the system automatically restricted it — and the restriction wasn’t lifted before the class filled (with non-1Ls). We’re working to remove the restriction so students can add to the waitlist.
  • November 11 changes
    • Please see updates to the Professional Development and Identity course for both day and evening sections.
    • Contracts, Property, and LW2 have had their meeting patterns updated; LAW 260-81, Legal Writing 2 (Prof. Nagel’s section) has an updated meeting pattern.
    • LAW 432-02, Legal Writing 4, has had its meeting pattern updated.
    • LAW 438-01, The Role of the State Attorney General, has been listed as an elective, and is not available as a seminar.
    • LAW 676-01, Animal Law, is now available either as an elective or as a seminar, but there are not different section #’s. Please coordinate with Prof. Harley if you have questions or wish to elect the seminar option.
    • There is an update about Legislation in section 1.2.1. In addition, LAW 206-01 is being offered by Prof. Tierney.
    • There is an update about Constitutional law in section 1.2.2.
    • The following classes will not be offered in spring 2026:
      • LAW 138-81, Hedge Funds (VanPelt and Hennion)
      • LAW 265-81, Commercial Law; Payment Systems (Spak)
      • LAW 343-51, Juvenile Justice, and LAW 925-51, Juvenile Justice (seminar) (Lucafo)
      • LAW 415-51, Professional Responsibility (Orlowicz)
      • LAW 432-83, Legal Writing 4 (TBA instructor)
      • LAW 451-81, Data Privacy: Resp-Pre-Breach (Dawson)
      • LAW 495-51, Electronic Discovery (Bottner)
      • LAW 679-81, Public Sector Employees (Kim)
      • LAW 813-01, Mergers and Acquisitions (Choate)
      • We hope the schedule won’t change further, but Chicago-Kent reserves the right to cancel further classes as circumstances dictate.
  • October 28 changes
    • LAW 432-02, Legal Writing 4: Business Transactions, will move earlier in the day (to MW 11am-12∶25pm) so students can enroll in both this section of LW4 as well as Business Organizations.
    • LAW 258-01, Civil Procedure (Prof. Rosen’s section) has had a change in its meeting pattern. The session previously scheduled for Tuesdays at 4pm has been moved to Thursdays at 12∶15pm to clear a conflict.
    • LAW 260-05 and 260-81, both Legal Writing 2, have switched instructors but the times for each section remain as before. Prof. Hill will teach section 05 and Prof. Harvey will teach section 81.
    • LAW 260-81, Legal Writing 2 (Prof. Nagel’s section) has had a change in its meeting pattern. In addition, the Tuesday section will meet in person, while the Thursday section will meet online.
    • LAW 720-01, Advanced Legal Research (Prof. Wenger et al.), will not be offered in spring 2026.
    • LAW 800-01, Regulation (Prof. Tierney), will not be offered in spring 2026.