Name of the University
University of Chicago
Description Of University
T he University of Chicago was founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, who later described the University of Chicago as "the best investment I ever made ever". University of Chicago Law School graduates lead and innovate in government, activism, academia, and business, as well as law. For this reason, Chicago aims not to merely certify lawyers, but to train well-rounded, critical, and socially conscious thinkers and doers. Three cornerstones provide the foundation for Chicago's educational mission: the life of the mind, participatory learning, and interdisciplinary inquiry.
Facts:
Year incorporated : 1890
Founder : John D. Rockefeller
President : Robert J. Zimmer
Motto : Crescat scientia; vita excolatur
(Let knowledge grow from more to more; And so be human life enriched)
Enrollment for 2006-07 academic year
4,526 undergraduates
8,932 graduate, professional, and other students
Number of faculty members : 2,160
Total employees: 12,460
Nobel Laureates :
80 Nobel Prize winners have been faculty members, students, or researchers at the University
7 Laureates currently on the faculty
Faculty honors :
123 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences currently on the faculty
41 members of the National Academy of Sciences
20 recipients (current and former faculty) of a MacArthur Fellowship (commonly known as a “genius grantâ€)
14 recipients (current and former faculty) of the National Medal of Science
7 recipients (current and former faculty) of the National Humanities Medal/Charles Frankel Prize
3 recipients of the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award
6 winners (current and former faculty) of the Pulitzer Prize
1 two-time winner of the Booker Prize
Student honors :
Since 2000, Chicago undergraduates have won:
* 8 Rhodes Scholarships
* 6 Marshall Scholarships
* 6 Truman Scholarships
* 3 Churchill Scholarships
* 7 Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Graduate students have won the most Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships of any U.S. institution for 20 consecutive years
Consolidated revenues : $2.2 billion (2005-06)
Endowment : $4.8 billion (June 30, 2006)
Research funding : $375.1 million (June 30, 2005)
Undergraduate tuition for 2006-07 academic year :
$33,336
admission is need-blind (independent of a student’s ability to pay)
Graduate tuition for 2006-07 academic year :
$34,920 ($11,640 per quarter)
Find details at :
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/resources/facts/
University Website
http://www.uchicago.edu/
Name of the law college
The University of Chicago -The Law College
Brief Description of law college
The Life of the Mind: What sets Chicago apart from other law schools is our unabashed enthusiasm for the life of the mind - the conviction that ideas matter, that they are worth discussing, and that legal education should devote itself to learning for learning's sake, not just for earning's sake. Chicago students enjoy their classes and do not simply endure them. Eminent faculty teach first-year courses because, as committed teachers, they want to share ideas with students.
Participatory Learning:
Learning the law at Chicago is a collaborative venture between faculty and students that begins in the classroom but extends far beyond it.
Inside the Classroom:
In a Chicago classroom, students share the stage with the professor. The professor does not lecture the students but rather engages them in a dialogue.
All first-year students participate in our legal writing program under the guidance of one of the full-time Bigelow Teaching Fellows.
In their second and third years, students complete two substantial pieces of writing, either class papers, pieces submitted to the school's scholarly journals, or briefs prepared for the Moot Court competition or one of the clinical programs. Also in their second and third years, students can take advocacy and clinical courses that allow them to polish their lawyering skills - such as managing class action lawsuits, negotiating, and arbitrating - under the tutelage of distinguished practitioners.
Inside the Courtroom:
Housed in the Arthur Kane Center, Chicago's three clinics, the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, the MacArthur Justice Center, and the Institute for Justice Center on Entrepreneurship, involve more than 100 students each year and permit them to represent clients with real-world legal problems under the guidance of the clinical faculty.
Inside the Boardroom:
The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship is one of the few Law School Clinics that offers free transactional legal services to low to moderate-income Chicago entrepreneurs. Students provide a range of transactional legal services to entrepreneurs principally located in the inner city of Chicago. This clinical experience is designed to give students exposure to transactional legal projects just as the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic gives students exposure to litigation projects.
Outside the Classroom:
Chicago students also learn by meeting in groups to explore particular areas of the law, hosting distinguished speakers, attending faculty Works-in-Progress lunches, meeting informally with faculty, and organizing symposia.
Students seeking to help advance legal scholarship work as research assistants to premier legal scholars on the Chicago faculty, either during the school year or over the summer. Such work provides a strong credential when seeking clerkships and academic positions.
About one-third of the upperclass students produce publications that feature articles by the world's leading legal minds. The University of Chicago Law Review publishes articles quarterly on every conceivable legal subject.
The Moot Court competition is open to all second and third-year students who want to hone their appellate advocacy skills. Both students and faculty avidly follow the competition.
Law College Website
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/
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Location
The University of Chicago campus is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood, six miles south of downtown Chicago. Hyde Park is centered between two large city parks, Jackson Park and Washington Park, and is just steps from the beaches, trails and parks of Lake Michigan. Hyde Park is easily accessible to just about every part of the city by either car, bus, the 'El' train, or the Metra commuter train. Hyde Park is a quiet, university neighborhood, with bookshops, cafes, and quiet, tree-lined streets. Students needing to focus have many options in Hyde Park, and students in need of diversion have a multitude of options a short drive or ride away.
Hyde Park
Right on Lake Michigan, seven miles south of downtown, Hyde Park/South Kenwood is home to 43,000 people, including more than 60 percent of the University's faculty and a great majority of its students. The area was settled in the 1850s as an elegant suburb and is among the most desirable places to live in the City of Chicago. Many new homes have been built in recent years to meet the demand from those wishing to move here. Hyde Park has a history of social activism, political leadership, and community life; it is also the site of renowned museums and architectural landmarks.
Life here can be both sophisticated and friendly, lively and tranquil. Hyde Park has been cited nationally as among the most successful racially and economically integrated urban communities in the United States. For students, it provides the essentials of life along with enough diversions to keep boredom at bay when a trip downtown is not practical.
The University of Chicago Law School
1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-9494
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Law Programmes Offered
JD Degree:
The regular curriculum of the Law School is the three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program. The program is open to Bachelor's Degree graduates of approved colleges. more... at:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/jd-index.html
LL.M. Degree:
The Law School offers two graduate degrees at the masters level: Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Comparative Law (M.Comp.L.) While most students elect to receive the LL.M., the M.Comp.L. will be awarded at the student's option if the same degree requirements are met. more...
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/llm-index.html
Law courses Offered
Faculty
Faculty The Law School has assembled a faculty that is distinguished for its scholarship and its teaching ability. Many LL.M. students are surprised to discover how accessible and available the faculty are. The custom is for faculty to work in their offices with their doors open. Students do not need to make appointments to meet with them. In addition to the full-time members of the faculty, the Law School has approximately 50 practitioners, faculty members from other areas of the University and visiting professors from other law schools who teach courses and seminars each year. Detailed information about individual faculty members can be found on our Web site at:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/index.html?Letter=%25
A significant portion of the faculty represents academic fields other than law, including economics, history, philosophy, and political science. The strong orientation of the faculty toward research provides students with unusually good opportunities and LL.M. students often do independent research projects with members of the faculty instead of taking a class or seminar.
Student Life
Find details at:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/studentlife.html
Students at the University of Chicago Law School have a large variety of reasonably priced, high-quality housing options, ranging from the Law School's dorm to high-rise lakefront apartments. Typically 80% of first-year students choose to live in Hyde Park, with the remainder usually living on the North side of Chicago. Within Hyde Park, there are several options, including a dormitory, University-owned apartments, or private apartment buildings.
More Information :-
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Life/housing.html
Student life The academic opportunities only partially describe what it is like to be an LL.M. student at Chicago. Prospective students should get a fuller picture from this section
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/llm-student-life.html
, which presents a typical LL.M. experience as a student would encounter it throughout the year.
Career Planning and Placement
Additional Information /Special Offers
Information not provided
Fast Facts
Type of Law College :
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Main language used in class :
English
Course Fees :
Application fee (full-time program): $75
For LLM:
Tuition for the 2006-2007 academic year is $37,334.
A reasonable budget for a single student, including tuition and living expenses, for the 2006-2007 academic year is $54,849.
For J.D:
Law School tuition for 2007-2008 is $39,198 for the nine-month academic year.
During the 2007-2008 academic year, the student budget, including tuition, for a single student is $61,167.
Listed below is the estimated Law School budget for the 2007-2008 academic year. In determining a student's budget, the University uses Bureau of Labor Statistics figures to estimate expenditures for the nine-month academic year. In the case of a student with dependent(s), the family's additional actual costs, within reason, will be used to determine the student budget. Such reasonable additional costs generally are about $4,000 per dependent. Some students may have additional personal expenses included in the standard budget. Examples of such additional expenses are expenses incurred by a handicapped student, if the expenses are not covered by insurance, and additional childcare or day care expenses. Students with special circumstances should verify the final amount of their budgets with Graduate Financial Aid. We also recommend that all entering students complete a projected income statement.*All law students are required to have acceptable medical insurance coverage. Students do not have to join the University's plan if they provide evidence of comparable coverage under their own plan. An individual student's actual budget will vary from this standard budget depending upon individual taste and circumstance. Keep in mind, however, that this budget is the one that the University uses for all law students in determining financial need for scholarships and loans.
2007-2008 STUDENT BUDGET
Tuition $39,198
Medical Insurance* 1,770
Health Service Fee 504
Activities Fee 135
Room 8,730
Board 4,725
Books 1,650
Personal Expenses/Misc. 2,670
Transportation Exp. 1,785
Total $61,167
Boarding Cost :
2006-2007 Expenses
Room and board: $13,455
Miscellaneous Expenses :
2006-2007 Expenses
Other expenses: $7,500
Note
Last Date Of Submission :
For LLM: application deadline is January 15
FOR J.D : December 1 Deadline for applying Early Decision
February 1 Deadline for applying Regular Decision
Acceptance Rate :Around 16.0%
Is LSAT score required ?
You will need to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) for J.D Program.
For the entering class of 2006, the median LSAT is 171, GPA 3.66.
Is TOEFL score required ?
The TOEFL and IELTS will not be necessary if the applicant studied in full-time status for at least one academic year, within five years of the date of application, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, or English medium universities in Canada or South Africa.
Students who have studied in English in other countries, for example, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, African countries, etc., are not exempt from this requirement and must provide either TOEFL or IELTS scores with their applications. Domestic applicants whose native language is not English and who have not attended schools where instruction is in English may also be required to submit these English language test scores.
That office will not certify English language proficiency for visa purposes if an applicant's score is below the required minimum of 104; therefore, if you do not meet this minimum score, you can not be issued the visa that would allow you to study at the Law School.
Any other mandatory requirements: ?
The LL.M. Program is limited to students who have already met at least one of the following requirements:
(1) obtained a J.D. degree from an A.B.A. approved law school in the United States;
(2) completed in a foreign country the academic (university based) legal education required to take the bar examination in that country or
(3) be qualified to practice law (admitted to the bar) in a foreign country.
Contact Information
Email Address for Enquiries:
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Contact Address for Admission:
The University of Chicago Law School
1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-9494
Scholarship Information
Scholarship Offered:
The majority of Chicago law students finance their education through a combination of scholarships and federal and private loans.
Admitted applicants who wish to be considered for financial assistance from the Law School will be asked at the time of admission to supply information about their own and their family's financial circumstances. Funds to support students in the LL.M. program are exceedingly limited. Grants are available only in a small portion of the total cost. Therefore, applicants requiring financial aid should make every effort to obtain assistance from their governments or other outside sources.
Find details at:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/financialaid.html
and
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/financial/index.html
PartTime Job Oppurtunities:
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