Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

No page_limit is recorded because the school publishes guidance, not a cap: 'approximately two to three typewritten pages.' The J.D. admissions page lists the personal statement among the qualitative factors given 'particular emphasis,' alongside the nature and rigor of the undergraduate curriculum, writing ability, and letters of recommendation. Reapplicants must submit an updated personal statement along with the current application form and all other required materials. The page says nothing about generative AI.

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One sentence is all the school publishes about this essay — there is no separate prompt, topic list, or formatting guidance. It appears in the personal statement section of the application process, immediately after the note that a resume and addendum may accompany the personal statement.

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The Honors Scholars essay — required only of applicants seeking the Honors Scholars full-tuition scholarship, not of J.D. applicants generally, so recorded as optional. Site wording: 'To complete your application for the Honors Scholars program, you must submit an Honors Scholars essay and resume. Your essay should respond to the following questions:' followed by the prompt quoted here. No length limit is published. Submitted through the Chicago-Kent online application (section for the Honors Scholars program) or, if applying after the admission application has been submitted, through a separate online Honors Scholars program application form. Deadline: 'The application materials listed below must be received in the Office of Admissions by February 13, 2026' — a separate, earlier deadline than any admissions deadline, and stated with an explicit year for the fall 2026 entering class. Suggested credentials: an LSAT score of at least 161 (or a combined GRE score of approximately 315) and strong undergraduate grades; finalists 'typically have cumulative undergraduate GPAs of at least 3.50.' Applicants who do not meet these are considered for other scholarships. The award covers full tuition (stated as more than $150,000 over three years) plus the mandatory student activity, fitness center, LRAP, and UPass fees.

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The Part-time Day Supplemental Statement — required of applicants to the part-time DAY division only, and of no one else, which is why it is recorded as not required at the school level. The entire published text is: 'Applicants to the part-time day division must also submit a Part-time Day Supplemental Statement in addition to the personal statement. This statement may be submitted in section 1 of the Chicago-Kent online application.' No prompt, topic, or length guidance is published anywhere on the admissions pages — recorded here as the site's silence, not as an absence of requirements. Context from the J.D. admissions page: Chicago-Kent runs full-time day, part-time day, and part-time evening divisions; 'Entrance requirements are the same for all divisions'; applicants must indicate the division they wish to be considered for; 'The law school also reserves a limited number of seats in the day division for part-time students.' Applicants to the part-time EVENING division are not asked for this statement.

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Barely specified. The only direct mention is one clause in the personal statement section: 'A résumé and addendum may accompany the personal statement.' No topic list, no invitation for GPA, test-score, or character-and-fitness addenda, and no length limit appears anywhere on the admissions pages — recorded as the site's silence. The nearest adjacent guidance is inside the personal statement prompt itself, which invites applicants to use that statement 'to explain a particular part of your transcript or application.' Separately, applicants are told they must inform the school in writing of any change to information provided, and that failure to supply accurate, complete, or updated information may result in a misconduct filing with LSAC, withdrawal of an offer, or cancellation of registration.

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'Letters of recommendation play a useful role in the selection process, and the Admissions Committee requires all applicants to submit at least one letter. You may submit a maximum of two letters of recommendation with your application.' Preferred sources: 'The most helpful letters are written by professors who have taught you in substantive, upper-level college or postgraduate courses and who can provide candid and thoughtful evaluations of your academic ability and potential for the study of law,' with the school acknowledging that applicants out of school for a number of years may struggle to find an academic recommender, in which case 'letters from employers or others who have worked closely with you will be helpful.' The J.D. admissions page singles out letters 'particularly those from academic sources' among the qualitative factors given particular emphasis. Submission: the LSAC Letter of Recommendation service included in CAS registration is recommended; applicants who do not use it may use the Chicago-Kent School of Law Letter of Recommendation Form in the 'Forms' section of the online application. FERPA waiver: applicants are not required to waive the right to review letters, 'but they are advised that some people may not be willing to provide a recommendation in its absence'; the preference is marked on the recommendation form, and 'Any additional letters submitted on your behalf must contain a statement regarding your waiver preference.' The international J.D. applicants page lists 'letter of recommendation' (singular) among the documents required of all applicants.

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Not required for admission. The application-process page mentions it only permissively — 'A résumé and addendum may accompany the personal statement' — and the international J.D. applicants page, listing the documents required of every applicant, names the application form, personal statement, LSAT or GRE score, CAS report, and letter of recommendation, but not a resume. No page limit or formatting guidance is published. A resume IS mandatory for the separate Honors Scholars scholarship application: 'you must submit an Honors Scholars essay and resume' (kentlaw.iit.edu/law/admissions/jd-admissions/honors-scholars-program-admissions).

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'All candidates, including those submitting GRE scores, must register with the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS) and have official transcripts sent directly to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) from each undergraduate and graduate institution attended.' 'Applications will not be reviewed without a complete CAS report.' Degree requirement: 'Applicants for admission to Chicago-Kent must have received a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university prior to beginning classes in mid-August'; an applicant who will not have completed the degree by the expected start date must notify the Office of Admissions in writing as soon as that is known (kentlaw.iit.edu/law/admissions/jd-admissions). International coursework: applicants who completed more than one year of postsecondary work outside the U.S. (including its territories) or Canada must have their academic records translated and evaluated at their own expense and submitted through CAS; work totaling the equivalent of one year or less is exempt, and that exemption covers study-abroad, consortium, or exchange programs sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution where the work is clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript. English proficiency: 'International applicants to the J.D. program are not required to take the English language proficiency TOEFL or IELTS exams, but are encouraged to submit scores if they are available' (kentlaw.iit.edu/law/admissions/jd-admissions/application-process/international-jd-applicants). Advanced standing: up to 29 credit hours may be granted to holders of a first degree in law from a non-U.S. law school. Reapplicants 'must have an active subscription with the LSAC Credential Assembly Service and purchase a new report, making certain that the report includes an analysis of all undergraduate credits earned.' Final official transcripts and a medical form are required of all entering students.

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'All applicants must submit the results of either an LSAT or GRE exam taken within the last five years.' LSAT scores arrive through the CAS report; GRE applicants 'must arrange for an official score report to be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service to Chicago-Kent. The institution code for Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent's parent university, is 1318. No department code is required.' Precedence: 'If an applicant has taken the LSAT, that score will be the primary test for admissions purposes and the GRE score (if provided) will be considered as supplemental information. If an applicant has only taken the GRE, the Admissions Committee will consider each individual section score with particular weight given to the quantitative score.' Repeat LSAT takers: 'the Admissions Committee may consider the average score, the more recent score, or the higher score, depending on individual circumstances. Preference is typically given to the highest score earned.' 'Unless otherwise instructed, we will forward your application to the Admissions Committee as soon as we have at least one official LSAT score on file.' Repeat GRE takers: each individual score considered, preference to the highest; GRE-only applicants 'must submit the results of all GRE exams taken within the past five years.' Reapplicants need not retake if the test was taken within the last five years. Spring LSAT administrations are accepted but reviewed later in the cycle (see the May 15 deadline). No minimum score is published for admission; the separate Honors Scholars scholarship suggests at least a 161 LSAT or roughly a 315 combined GRE. JD-Next is not mentioned anywhere on the admissions pages, and the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report shows no JD-Next column — recorded as silence, not as a refusal.

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There is no application fee. Site wording on the application-process page: 'There is no application fee for 2026 first-year J.D. applicants,' under the heading 'Fall 2026 First-Year Applicants'; the J.D. admissions page carries the same statement as a callout, 'No application fee for 2026 J.D. applicants,' and the Honors Scholars page repeats 'There is no application fee.' The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report likewise certifies an application fee of 0. Because the waiver is tied by its own wording to '2026' applicants, whether it carries into the next cycle is unknown — the pages do not say. No fee-waiver process is described, since there is no fee to waive; reapplicants are not told they owe one either. ANSWERED 2026-10-07: the waiver does carry into the next cycle. The application-process page is now headed 'Fall 2027 First-Year Applicants' and reads 'There is no application fee for 2027 first-year J.D. applicants.' It adds 'We do not offer CAS fee waivers.'

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No interview is part of ordinary J.D. admission. The application-process page walks through all five required components and the decision process without mentioning an interview at any point, and neither the J.D. admissions page nor the dates-and-deadlines page mentions one — recorded as the site's silence, not as a statement that the school does not interview. The one published interview is scholarship-specific and by invitation: 'Finalists for the Honors Scholars program will be selected in late February. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview day on Friday, March 27, 2026. Finalists will interview with the dean and law school faculty, and meet with current Honors Scholars. Chicago-Kent will cover travel and hotel expenses for finalists from outside the Chicago area,' held alongside the 2026 Admitted Students Weekend on March 27-28, with scholarship decisions about two weeks later. Separately, prospective applicants may 'schedule an appointment with an admission counselor' for a 30-minute phone or Zoom counseling session about academics, the admission process, and financial aid — an advising conversation, not an evaluative interview.

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