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Chicago-Kent College of Law

October 19, 2023

Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois.[5]

Chicago-Kent College of Law
Parent schoolIllinois Institute of Technology
Established1888
School typePrivate
DeanAnita K. Krug
LocationChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Enrollment764 (659 Full-Time, 105 Part-Time)[1]
Faculty74 Full-Time[2]
USNWR ranking99th (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate90.37%[1]
WebsiteChicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago-Kent was founded in 1888 by Justice Joseph M. Bailey.[5] Today, it employs more than 140 faculty members and hosts more than 700 students in its Juris Doctor program, Master of Laws, and joint degree programs.[6] The school is recognized for its three-year legal writing curriculum[7] and offers J.D. concentrations in business law, criminal litigation, environmental and energy law, intellectual property, labor and employment, and privacy law.[8]

The law school's chief publication is the Chicago-Kent Law Review, which publishes one volume of three issues each year.[9] The law review has received contributions from U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, and author Michael Crichton.[9] Students at Chicago-Kent publish five other legal journals on an annual basis, including the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property and the Seventh Circuit Review.[10]

History Edit

Chicago-Kent College of Law was founded in 1888 by Appellate Judge Thomas Moran and Judge Joseph Bailey. The classes started in the judges' chambers to prepare men and women for the newly instituted Illinois bar examination. A year later, in 1888, the Chicago College of Law was incorporated. In 1891, Emma Baumann graduated from Chicago College of Law, becoming the first woman to earn a law degree from the school. Ida Platt, in 1894, graduated with honors and also became the first black woman admitted to the Illinois bar.[5]

During the same period, Marshall D. Ewell, former dean of Northwestern University Law School, returned to academia to found Kent College of Law, which was named after Chancellor James Kent, author of Commentaries on American Law, a classic in early American legal scholarship. Within 10 years, the Chicago College of Law and Kent College of Law merged to form Chicago-Kent College of Law.[5]

The law school has a notable history of firsts, including the establishment of the first chapters of Lambda Epsilon, later Phi Alpha Delta, the world’s largest legal fraternity, and the creation of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, which began as the Athenaeum Law Bulletin in 1923, one of the nation's first law reviews.[5]

Chicago-Kent moved several times during its history, including to the 116 North Michigan Avenue building in 1912 and the 10 North Franklin Street building in 1924, which served as its home for the next 50 years, prior to its final relocation at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. In 1969, Chicago-Kent merged with the Illinois Institute of Technology to prepare students to face the challenges of a complex society.[5]

The law school pioneered the three-year legal writing and research program in 1978 and established the first in-house, fee-generating law school clinic in 1976. The law school's trial advocacy program was established in 1971 and the Moot Court Honor Society in 1978. In 1984, it became the first law school to make the computer an integral part of the study of law.[11] Many of the applications of technology now taken for granted in the law school classroom were pioneered at Chicago-Kent.

In 1989, Chicago-Kent established a chapter of the Order of the Coif, an honorary scholastic society that encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study and recognizing students, lawyers, judges, and teachers for their outstanding legal scholarship.[5]

Rankings and Honors Edit

The 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report[7] ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law:

The law school's trial advocacy teams have a long tradition of excellence at both national and regional competitions, and have won the National Trial Competition, the premier trial advocacy competition in the United States, in 1988, 2007, 2008, and 2015.[12]

Some of Chicago-Kent's past competition wins and accolades include being finalists in Syracuse Law's National Trial League, national quarterfinalists and regional champions in the National Trial Competition, and quarterfinalists in the Queens District Attorney's National Trial Competition. The law school's students have also been regional finalists in the American Association for Justice Student Trial Competition and quarterfinalists in the University of South Carolina Law's Trials and Tribulations National Trial Competition. In addition, Chicago-Kent's students have won the Best Advocate award in several competitions, including the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the All-Star Bracket Challenge.[12]

In the 2020-2021 competition year, Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy teams were particularly successful, winning the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition XII and being regional champions in the National Trial Competition. They also had semifinalists in the National Ethics Trial Competition and the Drexel Battle of the Experts, as well as quarterfinalists in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the Stetson National Pre-Trial Competition.[12]

Degree programs Edit

Chicago-Kent College of law, in conjunction with the Office of International Programs, and the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School of Business, offer the following programs:

Institutes and centers Edit

  • Center for Access to Justice & Technology
  • Center for Information, Society, and Policy
  • Center for Open Government
  • Global Law and Policy Initiative
  • IIT Center for Diabetes Research and Policy
  • Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future
  • Institute for Law and the Humanities
  • Institute for Law and the Workplace
  • Institute for Science, Law and Technology
  • Jury Center
  • The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) and Oyez Project are headquartered at Chicago-Kent

Notable alumni Edit

Notable faculty Edit

Employment Edit

According to Chicago-Kent's official ABA-required disclosures, 89.9% of the Class of 2015 obtained employment nine months after graduation.[19] Chicago-Kent's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 20.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[20]

Costs Edit

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Chicago-Kent for the 2013–2014 academic year is $64,867.[21] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $239,727.[22]

Publications Edit

  • Chicago-Kent Law Review
  • Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law
  • Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal
  • Illinois Public Employee Relations Report
  • Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
  • Seventh Circuit Review
  • The Journal of International and Comparative Law
  • Satyam: The Chicago-Kent College of Law's Journal on South Asia and the Law

References Edit

  1. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  3. ^ "Illinois Institute of Technology". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Chicago-Kent History". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  6. ^ "Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  7. ^ a b "Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Law School Overview". U.S. News & World Report L.P. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Areas of Study". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  9. ^ a b "About". Chicago-Kent Law Review. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  10. ^ "Law Review and Legal Publications". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  11. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law: Center for Law and Computers". www.kentlaw.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  12. ^ a b c "Trial Team | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  13. ^ "J.D. Program | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  14. ^ "LL.M. Programs | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  15. ^ "Joint Degree Programs | Chicago-Kent College of Law". kentlaw.iit.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  16. ^ Miller, Bryan (August 13, 1992). "What Does Maria Pappas Want?". Chicago Reader. Chicago, Illinois. from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  17. ^ "Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Installed As President Of ITLA". WFMZ.com. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  18. ^ "25 Aug 1983, 41 - Chicago Tribune at". Newspapers.com. 1983-08-25. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  19. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  20. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law Profile". from the original on 2014-07-15.
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  22. ^ "Chicago-Kent College of Law Profile". from the original on 2014-07-15.

External links Edit

  • Official website

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Chicago Kent College of Law is the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology a private research university in Chicago Illinois It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois 5 Chicago Kent College of LawParent schoolIllinois Institute of TechnologyEstablished1888School typePrivateDeanAnita K KrugLocationChicago Illinois U S Enrollment764 659 Full Time 105 Part Time 1 Faculty74 Full Time 2 USNWR ranking99th 2024 3 Bar pass rate90 37 1 WebsiteChicago Kent College of LawChicago Kent was founded in 1888 by Justice Joseph M Bailey 5 Today it employs more than 140 faculty members and hosts more than 700 students in its Juris Doctor program Master of Laws and joint degree programs 6 The school is recognized for its three year legal writing curriculum 7 and offers J D concentrations in business law criminal litigation environmental and energy law intellectual property labor and employment and privacy law 8 The law school s chief publication is the Chicago Kent Law Review which publishes one volume of three issues each year 9 The law review has received contributions from U S Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Circuit Judge Richard A Posner and author Michael Crichton 9 Students at Chicago Kent publish five other legal journals on an annual basis including the Chicago Kent Journal of Intellectual Property and the Seventh Circuit Review 10 Contents 1 History 2 Rankings and Honors 3 Degree programs 4 Institutes and centers 5 Notable alumni 6 Notable faculty 7 Employment 8 Costs 9 Publications 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditChicago Kent College of Law was founded in 1888 by Appellate Judge Thomas Moran and Judge Joseph Bailey The classes started in the judges chambers to prepare men and women for the newly instituted Illinois bar examination A year later in 1888 the Chicago College of Law was incorporated In 1891 Emma Baumann graduated from Chicago College of Law becoming the first woman to earn a law degree from the school Ida Platt in 1894 graduated with honors and also became the first black woman admitted to the Illinois bar 5 During the same period Marshall D Ewell former dean of Northwestern University Law School returned to academia to found Kent College of Law which was named after Chancellor James Kent author of Commentaries on American Law a classic in early American legal scholarship Within 10 years the Chicago College of Law and Kent College of Law merged to form Chicago Kent College of Law 5 The law school has a notable history of firsts including the establishment of the first chapters of Lambda Epsilon later Phi Alpha Delta the world s largest legal fraternity and the creation of the Chicago Kent Law Review which began as the Athenaeum Law Bulletin in 1923 one of the nation s first law reviews 5 Chicago Kent moved several times during its history including to the 116 North Michigan Avenue building in 1912 and the 10 North Franklin Street building in 1924 which served as its home for the next 50 years prior to its final relocation at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago s West Loop neighborhood In 1969 Chicago Kent merged with the Illinois Institute of Technology to prepare students to face the challenges of a complex society 5 The law school pioneered the three year legal writing and research program in 1978 and established the first in house fee generating law school clinic in 1976 The law school s trial advocacy program was established in 1971 and the Moot Court Honor Society in 1978 In 1984 it became the first law school to make the computer an integral part of the study of law 11 Many of the applications of technology now taken for granted in the law school classroom were pioneered at Chicago Kent In 1989 Chicago Kent established a chapter of the Order of the Coif an honorary scholastic society that encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study and recognizing students lawyers judges and teachers for their outstanding legal scholarship 5 Rankings and Honors EditThe 2023 edition of U S News amp World Report 7 ranked Chicago Kent College of Law 94th in the country overall 4th in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 5th in Illinois 7th in Trial Advocacy 12th in Intellectual Property Law 13th in the country overall for its part time law school programThe law school s trial advocacy teams have a long tradition of excellence at both national and regional competitions and have won the National Trial Competition the premier trial advocacy competition in the United States in 1988 2007 2008 and 2015 12 Some of Chicago Kent s past competition wins and accolades include being finalists in Syracuse Law s National Trial League national quarterfinalists and regional champions in the National Trial Competition and quarterfinalists in the Queens District Attorney s National Trial Competition The law school s students have also been regional finalists in the American Association for Justice Student Trial Competition and quarterfinalists in the University of South Carolina Law s Trials and Tribulations National Trial Competition In addition Chicago Kent s students have won the Best Advocate award in several competitions including the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the All Star Bracket Challenge 12 In the 2020 2021 competition year Chicago Kent s trial advocacy teams were particularly successful winning the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition XII and being regional champions in the National Trial Competition They also had semifinalists in the National Ethics Trial Competition and the Drexel Battle of the Experts as well as quarterfinalists in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the Stetson National Pre Trial Competition 12 Degree programs EditChicago Kent College of law in conjunction with the Office of International Programs and the Illinois Institute of Technology s Stuart School of Business offer the following programs Juris Doctor J D Program 13 J D Certificates and Concentrations Business Law Intellectual Property Law Legal Innovation and Technology Public Interest Law Criminal Litigation International and Comparative Law Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Environmental and Energy Law Labor and Employment Law Privacy Law Workplace Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Graduate LL M Programs 14 Global Business and Financial Law Legal Innovation and Technology International Intellectual Property Law Trial Advocacy for International Students U S International and Transnational Law Joint Degree Programs 15 J D LL M in Global Business and Financial Law J D M B A J D M S in Finance J D M S in Sustainability Analytics and Management J D M P P A Dual LL M amp M B A degree programInstitutes and centers EditCenter for Access to Justice amp Technology Center for Information Society and Policy Center for Open Government Global Law and Policy Initiative IIT Center for Diabetes Research and Policy Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future Institute for Law and the Humanities Institute for Law and the Workplace Institute for Science Law and Technology Jury Center The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction CALI and Oyez Project are headquartered at Chicago KentNotable alumni EditRobert Sengstacke Abbott 1898 Founder of the Chicago Defender Pablo Almaguer former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Anita Alvarez former Cook County State s Attorney Stanley C Armstrong 1911 Former Illinois state representative Carson Block investor and founder of Muddy Waters Research Esther Dunshee Bower 1902 Co founder Illinois League of Women Voters Anne M Burke 1983 Illinois Supreme Court Justice J Herbert Burke 1940 U S Representative from Florida 1967 1979 Frank J Christensen attended American labor leader Frank J Corr Acting mayor of Chicago March 15 1933 April 8 1933 William L Dawson attended U S Congressman Billy Dec nightlife entrepreneur Peter K De Vuono 1934 Illinois state representative and lawyer Samuel Ettelson 1897 Illinois state senator and attorney Harris W Fawell U S Congressman Thomas D Flanagan 1963 Lawyer Founder of Flanagan Bilton M G Gordon Businessman inventor and social theorist Robert J Gorman 1940 Attorney Earnest A Greene state representative in 1936 Oscar Raymond Holcomb 1892 former Justice of the Washington Supreme Court Randy Hultgren 1993 Republican U S Representative for Illinois 14th Congressional District Charles P Kindregan Jr legal author professor expert on modern family law Florence King the first female patent attorney in America Weymouth Kirkland Namesake partner of Kirkland amp Ellis Carolyn H Krause Member of the Illinois House of Representatives Abraham Lincoln Marovitz 1925 Appointed to Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President John F Kennedy 1963 James T Londrigan Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court from the 4th district Richard B Ogilvie 1949 Illinois Governor 1969 1973 Maria Pappas Cook County Treasurer 16 Kwame Raoul Illinois Attorney General Larry Rogers Jr commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review 17 Peter Roskam 1989 Republican U S Representative for Illinois 6th Congressional District Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner 1966 First woman appointed to the U S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President Bush 1992 Jim Ryan 1971 Former Illinois attorney general Kathy Salvi 1984 Partner at Salvi amp Maher Republican nominee for the United States Senate Bob Schillerstrom DuPage County Board Chairman Flora Warren Seymour 1916 Attorney writer historian first woman on the Board of Indian Commissioners Nathan B Spingold vice president of Columbia Pictures James E Strunck 1950 Illinois state senator and judge Chad Taylor District Attorney for Shawnee County KS Charles H Thompson 1918 Chief Justice Illinois Supreme Court 1945 1945 1949 1950 Jerry Vainisi football executive and businessman 18 Arthur Wilhelmi 1993 Member of the Illinois Senate Bruce Wolf sports journalistNotable faculty EditMichael T Cahill Dean of Brooklyn Law School Ralph Brill legal writing scholarEmployment EditAccording to Chicago Kent s official ABA required disclosures 89 9 of the Class of 2015 obtained employment nine months after graduation 19 Chicago Kent s Law School Transparency under employment score is 20 9 indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed pursuing an additional degree or working in a non professional short term or part time job nine months after graduation 20 Costs EditThe total cost of attendance indicating the cost of tuition fees and living expenses at Chicago Kent for the 2013 2014 academic year is 64 867 21 The Law School Transparency estimated debt financed cost of attendance for three years is 239 727 22 Publications EditChicago Kent Law Review Chicago Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal Illinois Public Employee Relations Report Chicago Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Seventh Circuit Review The Journal of International and Comparative Law Satyam The Chicago Kent College of Law s Journal on South Asia and the LawReferences Edit a b Chicago Kent College of Law Student Body Profile Archived from the original on 2011 10 12 Retrieved 2011 10 16 Chicago Kent College of Law Full time Faculty Listing Archived from the original on 2011 11 12 Retrieved 2011 10 16 Illinois Institute of Technology U S News amp World Report Best Law Schools Retrieved 13 May 2023 Chicago Kent College of Law Office of Admissions Tuition amp Expenses Archived from the original on 2011 11 12 Retrieved 2011 10 16 a b c d e f g Chicago Kent History kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 01 28 Consumer Information ABA Required Disclosures kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 01 28 a b Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Kent Law School Overview U S News amp World Report L P Retrieved January 28 2023 Areas of Study kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 01 28 a b About Chicago Kent Law Review Retrieved 2023 01 28 Law Review and Legal Publications kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 01 28 Chicago Kent College of Law Center for Law and Computers www kentlaw edu Retrieved 2023 03 14 a b c Trial Team Chicago Kent College of Law kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 03 14 J D Program Chicago Kent College of Law kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 03 14 LL M Programs Chicago Kent College of Law kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 03 14 Joint Degree Programs Chicago Kent College of Law kentlaw iit edu Retrieved 2023 03 14 Miller Bryan August 13 1992 What Does Maria Pappas Want Chicago Reader Chicago Illinois Archived from the original on August 5 2017 Retrieved August 4 2017 Larry R Rogers Jr Installed As President Of ITLA WFMZ com 8 June 2020 Retrieved 17 November 2020 25 Aug 1983 41 Chicago Tribune at Newspapers com 1983 08 25 Retrieved 2022 10 06 Employment Outcomes PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 04 08 Retrieved 2017 03 22 Chicago Kent College of Law Profile Archived from the original on 2014 07 15 ABA Standard 509 Consumer Information Archived from the original on 2014 06 22 Retrieved 2014 07 09 Chicago Kent College of Law Profile Archived from the original on 2014 07 15 External links EditOfficial website 41 52 43 N 87 38 32 W 41 87861 N 87 64222 W 41 87861 87 64222 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chicago Kent College of Law amp oldid 1178793583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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