Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60661

Chicago-Kent College of Law is located in Chicago, Illinois, and offers students graduate and juris doctor degree programs in law. Students in the juris doctor degree program at the Illinois school concentrate or receive certification in various subjects, including criminal litigation, intellectual property law, public interest law, and litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Graduate programs offered by Chicago-Kent College of Law include family law, taxation, financial services law, and international and comparative law. The one-year graduate program at Chicago-Kent College of Law in international intellectual property law provides domestic and international lawyers with education in contemporary intellectual property practice.

The Illinois school offers its students several joint-degree programs, including taxation, financial services law, financial markets, environmental management and public administration. Chicago-Kent College of Law also offers students international nation building projects in Kosovo, Bosnia, Poland and Macedonia. Organizations available to students at Chicago-Kent College of Law include American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, National Lawyers Guild, Chicago Bar Association Law Student Division, and Society of Women in Law.

Quick Facts:

• Students at Chicago-Kent College of Law represent more than 40 states, over 10 foreign countries, and more than 250 colleges and universities.


• More than 90 percent of first-time test takers from Chicago-Kent College of Law passed the 2007 bar exam. The statewide pass rate for Illinois is 90 percent.


• Over 970 students are enrolled in the juris doctor degree program at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and more than 120 students at the Illinois school are enrolled in the graduate program.


• The student-to-faculty ratio at Chicago-Kent College of Law is 12-to-1, and more than 20 percent of students from each graduating class at the Illinois school attain at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA.


• New first-year and transfer students at Chicago-Kent College of Law are automatically reviewed for any available scholarships. Awards are based on factors like merit and financial aid, ranging from first-year grants to renewable full and partial-tuition scholarships.


• In recent years, upper-level law students who rank in the top 25 percent of their graduating class have been awarded merit scholarships by Chicago-Kent College of Law.


• In 2003, Chicago-Kent College of Law established the first graduate program in international intellectual property law in the United States.