#46
in the nation
– "The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools," Law.com (March 5, 2020)
Based on the 50 law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2019 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.
#39
in the nation
– "Go-To Law Schools: Associates to Partner," Law.com (March 5, 2020)
Based on the law schools with the most alumni promoted to law firm partnership during 2019 at the nation’s largest 100 firms.
90.16%
ULTIMATE BAR PASS RATE
3rd highest among the Chicago law schools
Based on 2017 law school graduates who passed the bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation.
81.12% Illinois bar exam first-time pass rate (2019)
AN ADVOCACY POWERHOUSE
A
Trial Advocacy and Litigation preLaw Magazine
(Spring 2019)
#5
in the nation for TRIAL ADVOCACY
– U.S. News & World Report (2021 rankings)
A+
Intellectual Property Law from preLaw Magazine
(Spring 2019)
#1
in the nation for
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
– Law Street Media (June 2017)
and
#13 in the nation
– U.S. News & World Report (2021 rankings)
LAW & THE WORKPLACE
A+
Only U.S. law school to earn the top rating for
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW.
– preLaw magazine (Winter 2019)
SCHOLARLY IMPACT
Chicago-Kent's faculty is ranked
#3
in Chicago
#44
in the nation
– Sisk et al., Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2018: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third (2018)
7.3:1
STUDENT-FACULTY
RATIO
#32
in the nation for
LEGAL WRITING
– U.S. News & World Report (2021 rankings)
FUTURE-FOCUSED
TOP 2 (TIED)
in LEGAL SERVICES INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
– Law School Innovation Index, MSU Center for Legal Services Innovation (November 2017)
#15
in the nation among
PART-TIME PROGRAMS
– U.S. News & World Report (2021 rankings)
2020 ENTERING CLASS
158
Median LSAT
3.48
Median GPA
4
The number of Chicago-Kent alumni named among the
"40 Under Forty" most talented young attorneys
practicing in Illinois in 2020.
CLASS OF 2019 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
87.5%
Total employment rate 10 months post-graduation, which includes graduates who are working full-time and part-time in bar passage required, J.D. advantage or professional positions.
78.9%
Employment rate in full-time, long-term bar passage required or J.D. advantage positions.
29%
STUDENTS OF
COLOR
(overall student body as of Fall 2020)
AMONG THE
TOP 20
"law schools with innovative curricula, programs and approaches to PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE."
– "Most Innovative Law Schools," National Jurist (Fall 2017)
OVERALL RANKING
TOP 100 LAW SCHOOL
83rd in the nation
– U.S. News & World Report (2021 rankings)
LEARNING BY DOING
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CLINICAL PRACTICE AREAS
