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Where Arguments Are Built Before They’re Won.

A granite-columned institution where career-changers, paralegals, and first-generation students learn to dismantle arguments with surgical precision — under the watch of professors who have argued before appellate benches and drafted legislation that became law.

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$380M+
Scholarship Awarded
94%
Bar Passage Rate
87%
Employed at Graduation
2026
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Where Our Graduates Have Landed

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
American Bar Association
U.S. Department of Justice
Latham & Watkins LLP
Federal Public Defender
Skadden, Arps, Slate
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
WilmerHale LLP
ACLU National
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
American Bar Association
U.S. Department of Justice
Latham & Watkins LLP
Federal Public Defender
Skadden, Arps, Slate
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
WilmerHale LLP
ACLU National
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Case Study Narrative

Specific People. Specific Lawyers.

Every student who walks through Counsel’s doors carries a different story. What they carry out is the same: the discipline to argue, the doctrine to win, and the record to prove it.

Federal Clerkship
Marcus Delacroix, a Black man in a dark suit, standing in a wood-paneled courthouse hallway with law books visible behind him
Marcus Delacroix · Former Public Defender · Counsel J.D. '22

I spent four years watching the system from the defense table. Counsel gave me the doctrine and the discipline to argue in front of judges who were once my professors' colleagues. The first time I sat at counsel table in an appellate courtroom, I was ready.

Marcus Delacroix
Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
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Federal Clerkships, Class of '22
2018Public Defender, Cook County

Managed 120-case felony docket

2019Enrolled at Counsel

Merit scholarship recipient

2020Moot Court Champion

National Appellate Advocacy Competition

2021Law Review, Senior Editor

Published on Fourth Amendment doctrine

2022Graduated, Order of the Coif

Top 5% of class

2022Clerkship, Fourth Circuit

Judge Eleanor Whitmore, Richmond, VA

Public Interest
Valentina Reyes-Ochoa, a Latina woman with dark hair, seated at a desk reviewing legal documents with a warm expression
Valentina Reyes-Ochoa · First-Generation Law Student · Counsel J.D. '23

My parents crossed a border I now argue across in court. During my 2L year I built the clinic from a borrowed conference room and one donated laptop. By graduation we had served 340 families. The law is a tool — Counsel taught me to pick it up.

Valentina Reyes-Ochoa
Founder, Horizons Immigration Legal Clinic
800+
Pro Bono Hours, 2L Year Alone
2020Paralegal, Catholic Charities

Immigration services, Chicago

2020Enrolled at Counsel

LSAC Fee Waiver recipient

2021Founded Horizons Clinic

Pro bono immigration representation

2022ABA Pro Bono Publico Award

Recognized for 800+ pro bono hours

2023Graduated, Magna Cum Laude

Dean's Award for Public Service

2023Clinic now serves 5 cities

12 staff attorneys, 340+ families/year

BigLaw Associate
Theo Nakamura, an Asian-American man in a charcoal blazer, standing in a modern law office with city views behind him
Theo Nakamura · Former Product Manager, Google · Counsel J.D. '24

Everyone told me I was walking away from a career. I told them I was walking toward an argument. Tech gave me the analytical framework. Counsel gave me the legal vocabulary to make it count. Law Review in my second year wasn't an accident — it was the plan.

Theo Nakamura
Associate, Antitrust Practice — Cleary Gottlieb
$215k
Median BigLaw Starting Salary, '24
2018Product Manager, Google

Privacy & regulatory compliance team

2021Enrolled at Counsel

LSAT 174 · Dean's Scholar

2022Law Review, Staff Editor

Technology and antitrust law focus

2023Summer Associate, Cleary Gottlieb

Antitrust group, Brussels & NYC

2024Graduated, Law Review Senior Editor

Offer to join permanent associate class

2024Associate, Cleary Gottlieb

Antitrust & Competition Practice Group

The Faculty

Professors Who Have Argued the Cases

Every member of the Counsel faculty has practiced at the highest levels of the profession. They do not describe the law — they have made it.

Professor Eleanor Whitmore, a white woman with silver hair in a navy blazer, seated in a wood-paneled judicial chamber
First Amendment · Separation of Powers

Prof. Eleanor Whitmore

Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law

Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
The law is not memorized. It is argued. Every class is a courtroom.
Professor Desmond Okafor, a Black man in a charcoal suit, standing before a floor-to-ceiling bookcase of case reporters
Evidence · Fourth Amendment · White-Collar Defense

Prof. Desmond Okafor

Professor of Federal Criminal Procedure

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, S.D.N.Y. · Yale J.D.
I drafted the suppression motions. I argued them. Now I teach you how.
Professor Miriam Callahan, a white woman with brown hair in a burgundy blazer, reviewing a brief at a mahogany desk
Legislation · Administrative Law · Housing Rights

Prof. Miriam Callahan

Lawyering Skills & Appellate Advocacy Chair

Drafted the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act · Harvard J.D.
You will write every brief as if it will be read by someone who disagrees with every word.
Professor Jin-Ho Park, an East Asian man in a grey suit with glasses, standing in front of a whiteboard with case diagrams
Antitrust · Regulatory Strategy · Cross-Border Litigation

Prof. Jin-Ho Park

Professor of International Trade & Antitrust Law

Former Senior Counsel, WTO Appellate Body · Chicago J.D.
Antitrust is where economics meets power. I will teach you to speak both languages fluently.
Harvard Law SchoolYale Law SchoolUniversity of Chicago LawColumbia Law SchoolU.S. Supreme Court BarAmerican Law Institute
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