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Special Programs
Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Law Programs (Leading to B.S./J.D. degrees)
Students in these programs do their undergraduate program with other majors who enter with substantial college credit,
at the Main Campus of IIT and the law school portion of or who place out of a substantial number of courses, may also
the program at IIT’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. Several complete both degrees in six years.
combined undergraduate and graduate law degree programs
are available. Political science and psychology majors in these Pre-law undergraduate students also have access to seminars,
programs can complete an undergraduate degree and law pre-law advising, assistance preparing for the LSAT pre-law
degree in six years, rather than the usual seven years. Students internships, and the mentoring program.
Honors Law Program
Students apply to both the undergraduate program and the
law school prior to the beginning of their freshman year
and may receive admission to both the undergraduate program
and the J.D. program at the time of their matriculation.
Admission to the J.D. program is conditioned upon the following
criteria prior to beginning law school coursework:
a) maintaining a record that the law school director of admissions
determines to be consistent with the character and
fitness requirements of the bar examining authorities
b) taking the LSAT exam
c) completing a law school application
Bachelor of Science/Juris Doctor
This program is available to qualified students who are
already enrolled at IIT. Students may apply to this program
after their sophomore or junior year. Generally students
with a GPA of 3.25 and an LSAT equal to the median score
at the law school are admitted to the program. Students
who can complete their general education and major course
requirements prior to the beginning of the fall semester
of their senior year can complete their undergraduate and law
degrees in six years instead of the usual seven. Engineering
majors usually take seven years to complete the program.
d) fulfilling the undergraduate general education requirements
and other requirements specified by their home
department for students in the Honors Law Program.
e) completing required undergraduate courses.
Students who major in political science or psychology normally
complete both their B.S. and J.D. degrees in six years
instead of the usual seven years. Students in other majors
who enter with sufficient college credit, or who place out of a
substantial number of courses, may also accelerate the completion
of both degrees, finishing in six years instead of the
usual seven years.
Admission to the law school during a student’s sophomore
year is contingent on the student maintaining a record which
the law school director of admissions determines is consistent
with the character and fitness requirements of the bar examining
authorities. Students interested in this program should
notify the pre-law adviser as soon as possible in order to
obtain assistance in planning course schedules to meet both
law school and undergraduate course requirements in the
minimum amount of time.
IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 1999-2001 109