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Welcome to the official page of Chicago-Kent School of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. Classes here are challenging and intensely engaging.

Legal education at IIT Chicago-Kent is scholarly yet pragmatic, broad-based yet personalized, demanding yet anything but rigid. There's an energy to the law school that derives partly from our proximity to Chicago's fast-paced legal community and partly from the caliber of the people here and their passion for their work. Faculty scholarship fuels our academic enterprise and brings a constant supply of fresh ideas to the classroom. Our low student-faculty ratio promotes day-to-day engagement with some of the most influential scholars and teachers in the nation. Our goal is to provide you with a solid grounding in classical legal studies along with the professional skills required to put that knowledge to use. To that end, we place a premium on skills training in a variety of ways: through our formidable legal writing, trial advocacy and appellate advocacy programs, through practicum courses in specialized areas of study, and through practical exercises integrated into many doctrinal classes. You'll also learn the practical side of being a lawyer by working on real cases through externships, through our clinical programs in the Chicago-Kent Law Offices, and via any number of pro bono opportunities you'll find through our Public Interest Resource Center. This is a place where rigorous academics, superior skills training and close interaction with faculty produce a distinctive, personalized approach to your professional education.

09/25/2026

Congratulations to Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Daniel Martin Katz on being named one of the 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia!
Published by National Law Review and Wickard, the list recognizes educators and academic leaders working to modernize legal education.
As director of Chicago-Kent’s Law Lab, Katz has spent more than a decade exploring the intersection of law, technology and entrepreneurship. His interdisciplinary work includes research on artificial intelligence and legal reasoning, including the widely cited study "GPT-4 Passes the Bar Exam."
This recognition highlights his ongoing contributions to preparing future attorneys for a legal profession shaped by emerging technologies.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4hEJwLI

09/23/2026

A historic new class is joining Chicago-Kent College of Law!

This fall, 279 students joined the J.D. program, including 40 evening students. The Class of 2029 enters with a median LSAT score of 162 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.75, both the highest entering credentials in Chicago-Kent’s history.

And there’s even more to celebrate. Students come from 28 states and nine countries and earned undergraduate degrees from 126 different institutions. Their backgrounds span fields including architecture, computer science, engineering, theater, journalism, psychology and more.

We’re excited to welcome the Class of 2029 to the Chicago-Kent community and look forward to all they’ll accomplish.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4yVTnCW

09/22/2026

One year of law school, and Adrian Ackert ’27 is already gaining experience across multiple areas of the legal field.

Her experiences include working with the Office of the State Appellate Defender, the Lee County Public Defender’s Office, the Chicago-Kent Criminal Defense Litigation Clinic and Justice Mary L. Mikva in the First District Appellate Court of Illinois. She is now clerking with Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine in Chicago. Each opportunity has helped Adrian explore different career paths while building the skills she hopes to bring to her future as an attorney and advocate.

Adrian is passionate about her growth and development as a future lawyer and plans to use what she has learned at Chicago-Kent and through her internships to become the best attorney and advocate she can be.

Read Adrian’s full story to learn more about her experiences at Chicago-Kent and how they’re shaping her path in law: https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/student-experience/student-alumni-stories/where-passion-meets-practice

09/17/2026

What happens when people follow something as if it were law, even when the law says otherwise?

Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Noah Smith-Drelich explores that question in his paper, “False Positive Law,” which received the 2026 Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Paper Prize.

In the paper, Smith-Drelich introduces a new legal theory for understanding situations where people change their behavior because an authority figure makes something appear legally binding, even when it is not.

His research examines how this phenomenon can appear across areas of law, including policing and contracts, and how recognizing these connections could help scholars identify new ways to address them.

The paper will be published in a forthcoming edition of Minnesota Law Review.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4gOvoPH

09/16/2026

A law degree is just the beginning. Chicago-Kent College of Law offers students and alumni resources to help you navigate what comes next, including career advising, externships, networking opportunities, and job postings.

That support continues beyond graduation, giving alumni access to resources that can help you grow and pursue new opportunities throughout your careers.

Learn more about Chicago-Kent’s career services and resources: https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/student-experience/career-services-and-resources

09/10/2026

Congratulations to Chicago-Kent College of Law Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs James F. Tierney on his election to membership in The American Law Institute.

Founded in 1923, The American Law Institute brings together leading judges, lawyers, and legal scholars to clarify, modernize, and improve the law. Its work has helped shape courts, legislation, legal scholarship, and legal education for generations.

Tierney joins a distinguished group of current and former Chicago-Kent faculty members who have been elected to the institute.

We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of Professor Tierney’s contributions to legal scholarship and the profession. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4h4RRqO

09/08/2026

What is the Chicago-Kent community looking forward to this year?
We asked, and they had plenty to say. Swipe through to see what they’re excited about.
P.S. Slides 2 and 8 are our favorites!

09/03/2026

Josh Nitch ’27 has already taken his legal education beyond the classroom, gaining experience with real clients, serving his community and exploring the areas of law he hopes to pursue.

At Chicago-Kent, Josh has gained hands-on experience through the Estate Planning, Probate, and Transactional Law Clinic, where he has worked on matters affecting real people and families. At the Daley Center’s Self-Help Resource Center, he also helps community members navigate legal paperwork and an unfamiliar legal system.

These experiences have helped Josh discover a growing interest in transactional law, particularly real estate and private wealth. Now, he’s putting that experience to work as a summer associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he is continuing to explore the field and prepare for his future career.

Read Josh’s full story to learn more about his journey at Chicago-Kent and where he hopes it will take him: https://bit.ly/4wPNo0L

09/02/2026

Conviser is buzzing again.

With students back on campus, the halls are lively, the classrooms are full and the school year is officially underway. Here’s a day at Conviser.

08/27/2026

Congratulations to Chicago-Kent alumnus and Adjunct Professor Scott M. Curran (’01) on the release of his new book, "Better Good."
Drawing on 25 years of experience across law, philanthropy, nonprofits, business, and public service, Curran offers a practical framework for creating greater impact with the time, talent, resources, relationships, and passions we already have.
Curran brings these ideas into the classroom through his Chicago-Kent course, Social Impact Law, where students explore how lawyers can use their skills and careers to strengthen organizations and communities working to make a difference.
"Better Good" is available wherever books are sold. Even better, 100 percent of the author’s net proceeds benefit the organizations featured in the book.
Congratulations to one of our own on this exciting milestone!

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