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Learn about the UChicago Law School's academic programs, faculty, scholarships, and events. Explore the life of the mind, the diversity and inclusion, and the news and publications of the law school.
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Learn about the JD, LLM, JSD, and MLS programs at UChicago Law, as well as the joint degree program with Booth School of Business. Explore the admissions process, financial aid, diversity and inclusion, and student life at the Law School.
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First-year law students take a required set of courses listed below, as well as a 1L elective in the spring. The list of electives available changes each year. Additional degree requirements include the successful completion of a class designated as meeting the professional responsibility requirement, 40 core credit hours in the second and third ye...
Master of Laws (LLM) students primarily select their courses from the upper level courses. Occasionally, faculty teaching some first-year law courses will allow a very limited number of LL.M. students to join. LL.M. students may also pursue some coursework at other UChicago schools (please review section 3.7 of the student handbook). JSD students m...
The courses listed below are loosely grouped into categories for ease of reading, although no formal groupings exist in our curriculum. These lists include courses taught in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. Not all of these courses are offered every year, but this list will give you a representative sample of the variety of courses we might of...
Given the Law School's practice of requiring no less than two hours of out-of-class student work for every hour of in-class instruction (ABA Standard 310), below is some guidance on the awarding of credit:
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program, while also offering the Master of Laws , Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of ...
The University of Chicago Law School uniquely offers the combination of a small (70–80 students) and diverse (more than 25 nationalities) LLM program with a real sense of community among our students.
Learn about the history, mission, and vision of UChicago Law, a premier law school that blends law with the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Explore our art and architecture, news, and media inquiries.
Located in the community of Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side, just 15 minutes from the city center, the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to contribute to, and draw from, the strength and diversity of this world-class metropolis.
