Rankings and awards for student and faculty diversity at NIU College of Law include: a top 50 national ranking for diversity from preLaw and National Jurist magazines in 2015; being named a top five regional law school for Latina/o students by Lawyers of Color in 2014; and being named a top five regional law school for Black students in the 2014 edition of the Lawyers of Color Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools. NIU College of Law was ranked in the top ten for most diverse law faculty by The Princeton Review in 2008 and 2009 and was recognized for its diversity initiatives by the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois in 2009. In 2007, the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) presented NIU Law with its annual Diversity Award in recognition of the college’s continued commitment to diversifying the legal profession, marking the fourth time the NIU College of Law received this honor.
