91.44%
ULTIMATE BAR PASS RATE
3rd best among the 9 Illinois law schools
Based on 2015 law school graduates who passed the bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation.
78.72% Illinois bar exam first-time pass rate (2017)
AN ADVOCACY POWERHOUSE
#2
in the nation for APPELLATE ADVOCACY
– Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center (April 2018)
#4
in the nation for TRIAL ADVOCACY
– U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
#1
in the nation for
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
– Law Street Media (June 2017)
and
#9 in the nation
– U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
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)
#17
in the nation for
LEGAL WRITING
– U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
FUTURE-FOCUSED
TOP 2 (TIED)
in LEGAL SERVICES INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
– Law School Innovation Index, MSU Center for Legal Services Innovation (November 2017)
#20
in the nation among
PART-TIME PROGRAMS
– U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
2018 ENTERING CLASS
157
Median LSAT
3.44
Median GPA
5
The number of Chicago-Kent alumni named among the
"40 Under Forty" most talented young attorneys
practicing in Illinois in 2017.
– Chicago Lawyer (September 2018)
CLASS OF 2017 TOTAL EMPLOYED
86.5%
Employment statistics 10 months post-graduation include graduates who are working full-time and part-time in all employment categories tracked by the American Bar Association.
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
85th in the nation
– U.S. News & World Report (March 2018)
LEARNING BY DOING
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CLINICAL PRACTICE AREAS
