FALL 2024 ENTERING JURIS DOCTOR CLASS
D E PAUL UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF LAW
2024–2025 FAST FACTS
2024-2025 TUITION & FINANCIAL AID
Full-Time Program
Part-Time Program
$53,716
$34,900
Dean’s achievement scholarships are awarded at the time of acceptance and no separate application is required. Students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be considered for need-based aid.
FACULTY
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Business Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
Health Care Compliance
Health Law
Information Technology, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Law
Intellectual Property Law
International & Comparative Law
Public Interest Law
LEGAL CLINICS
Asylum & Immigration Law
Business Law
Civil Litigation & Health Law
Criminal Appeals
Croak Community Legal Clinic
Family Law
Technology/Intellectual Property
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
1L Applied Legal Skills (ALS)
Academic Success Program
Bar Passage Program
Preparing to Practice (P2P)
JOURNALS
DePaul Law Review
Business and Commercial Law Journal
Journal for Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law
Journal of Health Care Law
Journal for Social Justice
CLASS OF 2023 EMPLOYMENT
Numerous firms and public and private employers regularly recruit on campus. For the class of 2023, 86.9% of DePaul law graduates seeking employment reported being employed 10 months after graduation.*
JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS
JD/LLM in Health Law
JD/LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
JD/LLM in International Law
JD/MBA
JD/MS in Computer Science
JD/Master in International & European Business Law
JD/MA in International Studies
JD/MS in International Public Service
JD/MNM (Nonprofit Management)
JD/MPA (Public Administration)
JD/MPP (Public Policy)
JD/MS in Public Service Management
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
American Constitution Society
Appellate Moot Court Society
Art & Cultural Heritage Law Society
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Student Association
Business Law Society
Child & Family Law Association
Decalogue Society
DePaul Federal Bar Association
Entertainment & Sports Law Society
Federalist Society
First Generation Law Student Organization
Intellectual Property Law Society
International Law Society
Justinian Society
Reported Employment Type
Law Firms (62.4%)
Public Interest (14.3%)**
Business & Industry (11.3%)
Government (6.0%)
Judicial Clerkships (5.2%)
Education (0.8%)
* The information provided is taken directly from the annual American Bar Association (ABA) employment questionnaire, which includes all non-deferred employment, whether it is in the legal industry or in non-legal sectors, and also includes full-time, part-time, long-term and short-term employment. Additional insight on employment data reports can be found at law.depaul.edu
** Public Interest as a category does not include government employment.
PROFESSIONAL
& CAREER DEVELOPMENT
– Preparing to Practice (P2P): an innovative, required first-year professional development and identity formation course
– One-on-one job search strategy sessions with experienced advisors
– Myriad networking opportunities to connect with alumni and employers
– Public and private sector job postings
– On-campus interview program and regional job fairs
– Mock interview opportunities
– Judicial clerkship advising and application support
- Various practice area specific information sessions
BA/JD (3+3 program with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Communication)
LAW LIBRARY
Total Volumes 423,942 (including microfiche)
Librarians
Seating Capacity 490 Group Study & Media Viewing Rooms 18
ELECTRONIC & ONLINE RESOURCES
Westlaw, LexisNexis, I-Share, CALI, Bloomberg Law, FDsys, HeinOnline, E-books (including study aids), among others
Computer Labs in Law Library (5th floor) and Lewis Center (13th floor)
Printers on the 2nd and 5th floors; cost: eight cents per side; students receive $36/semester printing credit
Latino Law Student Association
Law Students Supporting Neurodiversity
Middle Eastern North African Law Student Association
Muslim Law Student Association
OUTlaws
Part-Time Law Student Organization
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Public Interest Law Association
Society for Asylum & Immigration Law
Student Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association
Office of Law Admissions 25 East Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60604-2287 (312) 362-6831
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