FACILITIES
In January 1992, Chicago-Kent moved to a new, ten-story, state-of-the-art facility in downtown Chicago. The
IIT Downtown Campus houses the law school as well as the university's Stuart
School of Business and Graduate Program in Public Administration.
The extensive computer network created in the building is
an essential educational feature of the classrooms and library. Almost all classroom seats, many
library carrels and numerous locations throughout the building are tied to the computer network.
More than one hundred personal computers are reserved exclusively for law student use and provide
access to the local area network and the Internet. Students with their own laptop computers are
able to connect into the network via wireless access and at numerous points throughout the building.
The Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom, named for the distinguished Chicago-Kent graduate
and former senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, integrates
design features from the best courtrooms and trial advocacy training facilities in the nation. Planned
for both law school instruction and actual legal proceedings, the Marovitz Courtroom incorporates
the latest computer and audiovisual technologies in a traditional setting. Finalists in the Ilana
Diamond Rovner Moot Court Competition present their arguments in the Marovitz Courtroom during the
spring term of their first year.
The Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium, named for the prominent Chicago-Kent alumnus and former
governor of Illinois, is a 350-seat, two-level auditorium equipped with front- and rear-screen video
projection systems and television cameras that can record proceedings. Academic convocations and
student assemblies are often transmitted live via the Internet as well as in-house to TV monitors
in classrooms and other locations throughout the building.
The IIT Downtown Campus Library, located on the sixth through the 10th floors of the building, houses one of the largest law school libraries in the country. The collection includes more than 500,000 print volumes and offers access to thousands of electronic resources both on and off campus, including, for example, law reviews, rare historical legal treatises and government documents. Professional reference librarians provide students and faculty expert assistance with legal resources and research strategies.
Wireless access is available throughout the library. Looking for a place to study? The library offers nine group study rooms for collaborative work. Or visit the Berkson Reading Room on the 10th floor, a modern reproduction of a traditional 19th century reading room with a beautiful 23-foot vaulted ceiling.
The library also serves the Stuart School of Business and other IIT graduate programs taught at the Downtown Campus, providing many business resources that are also available to law students and other patrons. |
