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DeKalb, Illinois

Northern Illinois University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1978
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
150
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.41
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$23,667
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
134
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
70.1%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
61.9%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

J.D. program formats

Full-time J.D.
Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
Part-time J.D.
Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
Distance-education J.D.
Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Accelerated entry
B.A./J.D.; B.S./J.D.

Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means

Programs published by the school

Joint and dual degrees

A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.

Concentrations and courses of study

Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.

Certificates

Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.

Clinics and field placements

Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.

11 programs read from Northern Illinois University College of Law’s own website and reviewed before publication, most recently verified Sep 2026. The list covers structured academic offerings, not student organizations, and may not be complete.

Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
Covers
Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Course titles beyond 1L
77
Clinic positions available
91
43 filled
Field placements filled
77
Simulation course seats
179
Co-curricular offerings
2
Full-time faculty
26
48 total faculty

Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).