Loyola University Chicago School of Law
| Loyola University Chicago School of Law | |
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| Established | 1908 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Michael J. Kaufman (Interim) |
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Chicago, Illinois, United States 41°53′50″N 87°37′38″W / 41.8973°N 87.6271°WCoordinates: 41°53′50″N 87°37′38″W / 41.8973°N 87.6271°W |
| Enrollment | 869 |
| USNWR ranking | 72nd (U.S. News Rankings 2016) |
| Website | www.luc.edu/law |
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago, in Illinois. Established in 1909, by the Society of Jesus, the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits, the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago. Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers degrees and combined degree programs, including the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). Loyola University Chicago and its Water Tower campus also holds art exhibitions and other cultural events.
Due to a significant national decline in law school applications beginning in 2011, Loyola has lowered admissions standards in recent years and increased the rate of acceptance. The school admits just over one out of every two applicants. The Fall 2016 entering class had a median GPA of 3.30 and a median LSAT of 157. 32.8 percent of the 2016 entering class were students of color. The July 2016 Illinois Bar Exam pass rate for first-time test takers was 77%, placing the school 6th out of Illinois' nine law schools. The US News Rankings 2016 ranked Loyola 72nd out of 205 ABA approved law schools. Loyola is ranked 8th in the country in health law, 10th in trial advocacy, and 11th for its part-time program, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 specialty rankings. In 2015, Loyola was ranked #1 in the country in family law according to Law Street Media. Law Street Media ranked Loyola's healthcare law and business law programs #1 and #9 in the country, respectively, in 2014. Loyola recently launched a weekend JD program to provide a flexible option for working professionals.
According to Loyola's 2015 ABA-required disclosures, only 50.9% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage required employment ten months after graduation. 12.3% of graduates from the Class of 2015 were unemployed 10 months after graduation.
There are fourteen major degree programs offered at the School of Law: doctor of jurisprudence (J.D.), master of laws (LL.M.) in either business law, child and family law, health law or tax law. Students may pursue a master of jurisprudence (M.J.) in either business law, child and family law or health law. There are two major doctoral degrees: doctor of juridical sciences in health law and policy (S.J.D.) which is the highest degree any attorney may obtain in the United States and the doctor of laws (D.Law). Dual degree programs are offered with the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work (J.D./M.S.W. and M.J./M.S.W.), Department of Political Science (J.D./M.A.), Graduate School of Education (J.D./M.A. in International Comparative Law and Education) and the Graduate School of Business (J.D./M.B.A.). Loyola offers a master of laws and master of jurisprudence in rule of law for development at the University's John Felice Rome Center in Italy. Loyola offers seven online degree programs.
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