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Part-Time Evening J.D. Quick Facts

For more than 100 years, Chicago-Kent has served the needs of part-time law students. Here are a few more reasons to consider Chicago-Kent's Evening J.D. Program for your legal education:

  • geared toward the working professional seeking a highly selective, competitive course of part-time study
  • ranked 12th in the country in the U.S. News & World Report assessment of part-time law programs (2013 edition)
  • offering unique and flexible scheduling options for first-year students who choose to start law school in the summer, then attend classes three evenings per week (as opposed to the typical four) during the academic year
  • providing a low student-faculty ratio and close interaction with faculty members
  • offering J.D. certificate programs in intellectual property law, environmental and energy law, labor and employment law, business law, public interest law, and international and comparative law
  • teaching more than 120 electives ranging from food and drug law to international capital markets to tax policy to electronic discovery
  • offering peerless programs in appellate advocacy (back-to-back National Moot Court Competition championships in 2008 and 2009) and trial advocacy (back-to-back National Trial Advocacy Competition championships in 2007 and 2008)