Current Rankings
1st in Intellectual Property Law — Law Street (June 2017); 9th in Intellectual Property Law — U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
4th in Trial Advocacy — U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
7th in Appellate Advocacy — Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center (June 2017)
17th in Legal Writing — U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
20th among Part-time Programs — U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
85th Overall Rank — U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
Recent innovation and technology accolades:
- Among the top 20 most innovative law schools —National Jurist (Fall 2017)
- One of two top schools in teaching legal services innovation and technology — Law School Innovation Index, MSU Center for Legal Services Innovation, November 2017
- Among the top 10 law schools teaching technology as it applies to law practice — ABA Journal (July 2014)
Faculty ranks 52nd in the nation based on scholarly impact — Sisk et al. (2015)
Among the 55 best law school facilities — preLaw magazine (Fall 2014)
Bar Passage Rate
In July 2017, 80 percent of Chicago-Kent graduates who took the Illinois bar exam for the first time received passing scores, marking the 15th consecutive year that our graduates have achieved a first-time pass rate at or above the statewide pass rate on the July Illinois bar exam.
Chicago-Kent is among the top 50 law schools whose students outperform on the bar exam, based on a statistical analysis of incoming LSAT scores and bar passage rates of U.S. law schools (National Jurist, Feb. 2015). Chicago-Kent is the only Illinois law school included on this list.
Premier Trial Advocacy & Moot Court Awards
2018
First place and best oral argument, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Championship
Best brief, Andrews Kurth Kenyon Moot Court National Championship
2016
Bryce Hensley '17, Best Oral Advocate, Tournament of Champions
Caitlin Ajax '17, Best Oral Advocate, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
2015
First place, National Trial Competition
Emily Shroeder '15, Best Advocate Award
2011
Ryan Nolte '11, Best Oral Advocate, National Trial Competition
2010
First place, National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Tournament of Champions
Joseph Carlasare '12, Best Oral Advocate Award
Best brief, Andrews Kurth Kenyon Moot Court National Championship
2009
First place, National Moot Court Competition
2008
First place, National Trial Competition
Joshua Jones '08, Best Oral Advocate Award
First place, National Moot Court Competition
Rachel Moran '08, Best Oral Advocate Award
2007
First place, National Trial Competition
Keya Rajput '07, Best Oral Advocate Award
1998
First place, Scribes Brief-Writing Award
1988
First place, National Trial Competition
Peter Roskam '89, Best Oral Advocate Award
1980
Best brief, National Moot Court Competition
Midwest regional tournament, National Trial Competition
Chicago-Kent has won the Midwest regional championship 23 times in the past 30 years.
Appellate Lawyers Association's Moot Court Competition
Chicago-Kent has won the Appellate Lawyers Association's Moot Court Competition six times since 2007.
Midwest regional tournament, National Moot Court Competition
Chicago-Kent has advanced out of the regional tournament to the national finals 12 times in the last 13 years.