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Freatured in Newsweek - Leading Law Programs 2024

Featured as a “leading law school for 2024″ by Newsweek, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) plays an influential role in shaping the next generation of legal industry leaders. Apply to join us for Fall 2024 and get ready to pave your path towards:

  • Career Enhancement. Complement your existing role with a JD degree through our newly re-designed part-time evening program, the first of its kind in Chicago.
  • Interdisciplinary education. Learn how legal structures and processes may perpetuate inequity in one of our many Joint JD/Graduate Degree programs.
  • Enhanced marketability. From day one, UIC Law students are prepared for practice. Expand your impact through our Office of Professionalism and Career Strategy, dedicated to providing tailored experiences to help employers identify talented students and graduates to meet their hiring needs.

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UIC LAW Women in Leadership

Traveling to abortion care, post-Dobbs: 2 UIC Professors Receive $200K+ Interdisciplinary Funding Opportunity
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
UIC School of Law and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professors join forces for interdisciplinary project, “Abortion on the move: Navigating the fractured reproductive healthcare landscape.”
Ruby Valle
Law Student’s Dedication to Public Service Lands $25k Scholarship and Job with Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Friday, May 3, 2024
Ruby Valle’s teenage dream of going into public service and becoming an Assistant State Attorney is that much closer to becoming a reality with the help of new $25,000 scholarship and accepted role within the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Legislation Created by UIC Law Professor and Students Passes Unanimously in the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate
Monday, June 17, 2024
Professor Debra Pogrund Stark and the students in her Domestic Violence Law course create the “Summary of Rights for Safer Homes” bill (HB5550 and SB3652).
PRIDE
Pro Bono Litigation Clinic Awarded $12K+ Grant from Illinois Bar Foundation
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Pro Bono Litigation Clinic awarded grant to support the expansion of its name and gender marker change work on behalf queer and transgender individuals in Chicago.
Former Scientist and Researcher Pursues a Legal Career in Bio-Technological Intellectual Property
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Read how the IP concentration at UIC Law prepared Jenieke Allen to effect change within the biomedical, pharmaceutical, and technological sectors.
Jazmin and Maria
UIC Law Students Receive Recognition and Scholarships from Diversity Scholarship Foundation
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Two UIC Law students received scholarship awards from the Diversity Scholarship Foundation (DSF), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting inclusivity and equal educational opportunities.

Gain Real-World Experience Through the JD Externship Program

Put your legal knowledge and skills into practice while exploring a practice area and working under the supervision of an attorney or judge. Combining the complementary classroom seminar and legal field placement, UIC Law’s JD Externship Program experience offers students the opportunity to further refine their essential lawyering skills while working for a judge, non-profit organization, or government agency.

Watch the video to learn more about the JD Externship Program and hear from our law students directly regarding their JD externship experience below.

Strengthen Your Advocacy Skills Through Competition

UIC Law is dedicated to teaching students the art and practice of advocacy. Through our nationally ranked Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution (TADR) program, students master skills they need to achieve social justice from their first meeting, through a negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and trial. Students can get involved with TADR through a ligitation-based externship or clinic within the TADR concentration, fulfill a leadership position on the honors board, or be selected as a member of the TADR competition team.

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