Northwestern University School of Law

The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in 1873 and fully incorporated into the University in 1891. Located in the near north side's Streeterville, it is one of the eleven academic institutions of Northwestern University. The law school was ranked 12th by the 2012 Edition of US News and World Report guide to the nation's top law schools.... Northwestern Law is located on Northwestern University's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville/Gold Coast neighborhood. The law school is on Lake Shore Drive and Chicago Avenue, adjacent to Lake Shore Park and Lake Michigan. It is a few blocks from the John Hancock Center, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, Oak Street Beach and Navy Pier. On March 22, 2012 U.S. News & World Report included the law school in its list of "10 Law Schools That Lead to the Most Debt.". According to the same article, the average indebtedness of the law school graduates is $139,101.
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