Faculty scholarship defines a law school's influence. Measured in terms of scholarly output, Chicago-Kent's faculty is prolific. The 2007 Leiter Law School Rankings, a widely respected, quantitative assessment of law school scholarship, rates Chicago-Kent's faculty among the top 35 in the nation based on scholarly impact..

The words and deeds of Chicago-Kent professors carry weight in a number of spheres. As advisers frequently approached for their expertise, they are helping to shape policy and thinking on a variety of issues: e-commerce, environmental justice, international intellectual property law, capital markets, age discrimination, and more. The Chicago-Kent faculty encourages scholarly dialogue about their current work on the C-K Faculty Blog. To learn about recent scholarly activities, visit the Chicago-Kent Faculty News page. To read about the faculty's involvement with the media, follow the links from Chicago-Kent's news portal.

The faculty's active involvement in scholarship in the legal arena, and in the wider world, fuels the academic enterprise. Beyond bringing new supplies of energy and ideas to the classroom, Chicago-Kent professors make it a point to involve students in their particular areas of influence.

To learn more about particular faculty members, read Chicago-Kent's online faculty biographies, with links to publication listings.