92.54%
ULTIMATE BAR PASS RATE
3rd best among the Chicago law schools
Based on 2016 law school graduates who passed the bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation.
73.53% Illinois bar exam first-time pass rate (2018)
AN ADVOCACY POWERHOUSE
A
Trial Advocacy and Litigation preLaw Magazine
(Spring 2019)
#5
in the nation for TRIAL ADVOCACY
– U.S. News & World Report
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
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)
7:1
STUDENT-FACULTY
RATIO
#3
in Chicago
#37
in the nation
– "Go-To Law Schools: Associates to Partner," National Law Journal (April 1, 2018)
#37
in the nation for
LEGAL WRITING
– U.S. News & World Report
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 (March 2018)
2018 ENTERING CLASS
157
Median LSAT
3.44
Median GPA
7
The number of Chicago-Kent alumni named among the
"40 Under Forty" most talented young attorneys
practicing in Illinois in 2018.
CLASS OF 2018 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
90.5%
Total employment rate 10 months post-graduation, which includes graduates who are working full-time and part-time in all professional employment categories tracked by the American Bar Association.
81.0%
Employment rate in full-time, long-term bar passage required or J.D. advantage positions.
30%
STUDENTS OF
COLOR
(overall student body)
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
87th in the nation
– U.S. News & World Report
LEARNING BY DOING
11
CLINICAL PRACTICE AREAS
