College Profile
- For the second consecutive year, the University of Illinois College of Law saw record-breaking application numbers, receiving over 3,500 applications for the 2009-2010 academic cycle.
- Consistently regarded as one of the nation's top public law schools
- Nearly a quarter of the law faculty has received the University's prestigious, campus-wide award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching
- 98% employment rate, with graduates securing positions as federal judicial clerks, associates at leading national law firms, lawyers at Fortune 100 corporations, and governmental and public interest fellows
- Student-to-faculty ratio of 12 to 1
- Small class section approach for first-year students
- Expanded curriculum includes more than 100 course offerings for second- and third-year students, as well as a variety of experiential learning opportunities
- 37 student organizations
- Wireless computing areas and over 1,000 data ports in the law building
- Loan Repayment Assistance Program established and supported by students and alumni
With the significant resources of a major research university, the expertise of world-renowned faculty members, and a variety of special program opportunities, the College of Law consistently ranks among the top law schools in the country and among the top 10 public law schools.
Backed by the prestigious reputation of the University of Illinois, the College of Law resides on the University's flagship Urbana-Champaign campus. Established in 1897, the College was a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools, and was home of the founding chapter of the law honor society now known as the Order of the Coif. The College has specialized expertise in the areas of business and commercial law, employment law,environmental law, intellectual property law, international and comparative law,public interest law, and taxation law.
The College's scholarly journals include the University of Illinois Law Review, The Elder Law Journal, and the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy. In addition,the College serves as the home institution for the Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, and for Law and Philosophy.
An all-inclusive learning environment features dining facilities, a bookstore, student lounge, wireless computing areas, and a computer lab. The Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Library is the country's 14th largest academic law library, with some 750,000 volumes and access to thousands of electronic legal information sources.
The College of Law is a place not only to learn the law, but to gain a full understanding of it. Our mission is to train well-rounded, critical, and socially conscious individuals to become outstanding lawyers.
