Chicago-Kent College of Law

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Chicago-Kent College of Law, the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology, is nationally recognized for the scholarship and accomplishments of its faculty and student body. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois. Many of the applications of technology in the law school classroom today were pioneered at Chicago-Kent. It is also the only law school in Chicago with a 3 year legal writing program.

Chicago-Kent is located within walking distance of the Sears Tower, Union Station and some of the largest law firms in the country, as well as important governmental bodies. The School currently occupies the building at 565 W. Adams St., across the street from the newly constructed USG building. The building offers wireless network access throughout the building, along with electrical plugs in classrooms and libraries.

Kent also provides the city of Chicago with the second highest group of students who work in the city of Chicago after graduation. Students from the Chicago-Kent College of Law come from 49 states, and around the world.

Chicago-Kent teaches a standard first year law school curriculum with courses in Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property and Civil Procedure. The school places a heavy emphasis on Legal Research and Writing. Kent's writing curriculum has been used as a model for other programs. The Illinois bar exam first time pass rate is 88.5%. Professors at Chicago-kent were responsible for founding and developing the curriculum of Bar Bri, the largest and most popular bar exam review preparation course in the country.

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[edit] Rankings and honors

The 2007 edition of U.S. News & World Report's ranked Chicago-Kent College of Law:

  • 60th in the country overall (tie)
  • 9th Intellectual Property Programs
  • 10th in the country in Legal Writing (tie)

Recent Leiter’s Law School Rankings placed the law school:

  • 37th Based on Faculty Quality, 2003-04 (tie)
  • 30th Top 50 Faculties: Per Capita Productivity of Books and Articles, 2000-02

Vault's 2007 Top 25 Most Underrated Law Schools ranked the law school:

  • 4th Most Underrated Law School in the U.S.

The Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team won the 32nd and 33rd annual National Trial Competition Championships.

Chicago-Kent maintains the Midwest's highest ranking Environmental & Energy Law program.

[edit] Degree programs

[edit] History

  • The school is founded as the Chicago College of Law in 1888.
  • Chicago College of Law and the Kent College of Law merge to form the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1900.
  • The school received its American Bar Association accreditation in 1936.
  • Chicago-Kent and the Illinois Institute of Technology merged in 1969.
  • Landmark three year legal writing program begins in 1978.
  • The current dean of the law school is Harold Krent (2001-present).

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Frank J. Corr, Acting mayor of Chicago, March 15, 1933 – April 8, 1933
  • William L. Dawson (attended), U.S. Congressman
  • Harris W. Fawell, U.S. Congressman
  • Ida Platt, 1894. First black woman admitted to the Illinois bar, second black woman admitted to bar in the United States.
  • Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, 1925. Appointed to Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President John F. Kennedy, 1963.
  • Richard B. Ogilvie, 1949. Illinois Governor, 1969-1973.
  • Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner, 1966. First woman appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, by President Bush, 1992.
  • Peter Roskam, 1989. Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th Congressional District.
  • Anne Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice
  • Margaret O'Mara Frossard, Illinois Appellate Judge of 1st District
  • Michael J. Gallagher, Illinois Appellate Judge of 1st District
  • Robert J. Gorman, attorney
  • Thomas E. Callum, Illinois Appellate Judge of 2nd District
  • Randy Hultgren, member of the Illinois Senate
  • Arthur Wilhelmi, member of the Illinois Senate
  • Barbara Gilleran Johnson, Illinois Appellate Judge of 2nd District
  • Thomas P. Appleton, Illinois Appellate Judge of 4th District
  • Cameron Davis, Executive Director of Lake Michigan Federation
  • Michael Partee, Assistant Attorney General with the Environmental Enforcement Division of Illinois Attorney General Office
  • R. Seth Shippee, Assistant State Attorney with the Environmental & Energy Division of the Cook County State's Attorney Office
  • Amy Atoniolli, Assistant Attorney of Illinois Pollution Control Board
  • Michael K. Demetrio, Partner at Corboy & Demetrio
  • Lauretta Higgins Wolfson, General Counsel of Cook County State's Attorney Office & General Counsel of Illinois Department of Human services, and now appointed as Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County
  • Frances Kao[1], Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Robert J. Schillerstrom, DuPage County Board Chairman
  • Bruce Wolf, sports journalist

[edit] Publications

  • Chicago-Kent Law Review
  • Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal
  • Illinois Public Employee Relations Report
  • Journal of Intellectual Property
  • Seventh Circuit Review
  • The Journal of International and Comparative Law

[edit] Resources

Official resources

[edit] Notes