Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 W. Adams Street Chicago, IL 60661-3691
Admissions Phone: (312) 906-5020
Admissions Email: admit@kentlaw.edu
Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/
Admissions URL: https://www.kentlaw.edu/admissions/jd_application.html

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Nicole Vilches
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$60
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
3,468
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,281
Overall acceptance rate
36.9%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
338
Number of full-time program applicants
3,056
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,059
Full-time acceptance rate
34.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
234
Number of part-time program applicants
700
Number of part-time program acceptances
234
Part-time acceptance rate
33.4%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
104
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.25-3.74
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
157-163
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.3-3.79
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
158-163
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.13-3.54
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
155-159

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
IL
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
93.5%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
88.6%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
361
Graduates employed at graduation
72.1%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
91.8%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$60,000
Median private sector starting salary
$100,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$145,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
59%
Median public service starting salary
$51,167
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
18.0%
Percent employed in government
8.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
5.0%
Percent employed in law firms
61.0%
Percent employed in public interest
7.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
4.8%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
82%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
N/A
Number of states where graduates are employed
24
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.6%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
3.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
84.2%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
2.6%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
4.2%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
N/A
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.6%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.6%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.3%
Employment location unknown
N/A
Career Services
Career services operations: Career Services employs six full-time staff members. The office includes a resource center with many additional resources online, including an Alumni Advisory Database. Career development programs on a variety of topics are presented and over 1,500 jobs listings are posted throughout the academic year. The office sponsors a fall on-campus interview program and participates in job fairs.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
82.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
9.0%
Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)
9.0%
Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)
N/A

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