Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago, a Jesuit, Catholic university based in Chicago, Illinois. The school operates from the University’s Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago and combines professional legal education with a mission shaped by Jesuit values, including ethics, service, and attention to social justice. Its academic offerings include the Juris Doctor as well as graduate law degrees, and its curriculum spans core legal training alongside specialized study in areas such as health law, child and family law, business law, advocacy, and dispute resolution. The school is especially notable for nationally recognized work in health law and for programs that connect legal education to practice in a major urban center. Students can participate in clinics, externships, and institutes that serve distinct communities and legal needs. Those opportunities include the Civitas ChildLaw Center, which focuses on children’s legal issues, and the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, a long-standing center for scholarship and professional training in health law. Loyola University Chicago School of Law also houses advocacy and public-interest programming that prepares students for litigation, policy, compliance, and community-based legal work. Its role extends beyond classroom instruction. The school serves aspiring lawyers, working professionals in advanced law programs, and the broader Chicago legal community through research centers, practical training, and continuing engagement with courts, agencies, nonprofits, and employers. Within Illinois and the larger Midwest legal market, Loyola University Chicago School of Law occupies a prominent place as a Jesuit law school that links rigorous legal study with professional formation and service-oriented practice.