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Stats

Links
School Website
NALP
Region
Midwest
State
Illinois
Dean
Gregory Mark
Enrollment
1,056
Student/Faculty Ratio
13.9
Talking Points
  • DePaul’s International Aviation Law Institute is the first of its kind in the United States.
  • Notable Alumni include: former mayers of Chicago Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Michael Anthony Bilandic, and former US Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner.

Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

One recent law graduate with crazy sauce, coming right up.

Monday, May 13, 2013 / 5:32 PM

Why you might not want to go out for karaoke with Justice Ginsburg.

Monday, May 13, 2013 / 3:50 PM

Suicide is a real problem at law schools, but schools don’t seem to be interested in investing money in mental health.

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 / 10:06 AM

I don’t usually say this, but this “departure memo” was way too soon.

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 / 2:02 PM

According to the ATL Insider Survey, who are the happiest law students in Chicago?

Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 / 5:19 PM

Now that the rankings are out, who is getting fired?

Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 / 11:20 AM

* The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear arguments today over the state’s voter ID law. But at this point, who cares? Come on, Election 2012 is probably going to be decided by a court anyway. [Bloomberg]

* Sedgwick’s New York office is relocating to Two World Financial Center. This won’t be just any office; no, it’ll be an “office of the future.” They don’t need roads where they’ll be reviewing documents. [Real Estate Weekly]

* Paul Bergrin, the Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey, will be tried on all 26 counts in his racketeering case in one fell swoop. Not to worry, because this badass thinks he’s going to be acquitted. [The Record]

* This year’s summer associates didn’t want to be wined and dined. They wanted to be put to work, because “[m]andatory social events can be physically and mentally taxing.” Aww, boohoo, social skills sure are tough. /sadface [Am Law Daily]

* Another day, another law school lawsuit tossed out: Team Strauss/Anziska’s case against DePaul Law was dismissed because it’s pretty hard to blame a law school for the effects of a bad economy. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Anna Gristina, the alleged Millionaire Madam, vowed that she’d never spill the beans on a mystery man from her little black book. Could it be the “prominent Manhattan lawyer” mentioned earlier? [New York Daily News]

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 / 9:11 AM

Back in October, we informed our readers that law school litigators Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to file class action lawsuits against 15 additional schools, on top of the two they’d already filed against Cooley Law and New York Law School. In mid-December, we brought you an update on the status of those potential filings after Anziska told us that at least three named plaintiffs had been secured for 11 out of the 15 law schools on October’s target list. And now, about a month and a half later, have we got some news for you….

Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 / 2:53 PM

Back in October, we brought you the news that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to sue 15 more law schools over their post-graduate employment rates, in addition to their already pending class action suits against Cooley Law and New York Law School. As mentioned during their October 5 media conference, Team Strauss/Anziska will not…

Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 / 4:02 PM

Kurzon Strauss, the law firm that brought us some of the most prolific class action lawsuits of the year has split up. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you’ve got major cases to deal with. So, what’s a lawyer to do? Apparently the solution is to file fifteen more class action lawsuits against law schools with questionable post-graduate employment data. Is your law school or alma mater a defendant?

Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 / 2:50 PM
  • Ratings*

    Student Rating ? B-
    Alumni Rating ? C+
      Student Alumni
    Academics A- B-
    Practical/Clinical Training B B-
    Career Counseling C C
    Financial Aid Advising B- B
    Social Life B+ B
  • Employment

    Total Employed ? 75%
    LST
    Score ? 40%
    School Funded 0.80%
    Large Firm 3.50%
    Federal Clerkships 0.30%
    Government 6.9%
    Public Interest 3.13%
    Top Biglaw Employers ?
    1. Winston & Strawn LLP
    2. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
    3. Mayer Brown
  • Cost

    Tuition   $43,220
    Total Investment ?   $239,320
  • Admissions

    42.2 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    1.49 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 154/160
    GPA (25/75) 3.13/3.58
  • US News Rank

    109