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Admissions Now Open for the SAL Ukraine Program 2026-2027

SAL is the first and only program in Ukraine that provides an opportunity to obtain a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in the USA in just 5 or 9 months with a discount on tuition and without requiring the TOEFL exam.

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SAL Ukraine Program

The School of American Law (SAL Program) is associated with the Chicago-Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, USA). SAL successfully functions in different European and Asian countries. The program is based on Chicago-Kent's experience offering American Law studies in Europe since 1998. The School of American Law is the first and only program in Ukraine to provide an LL.M. in just 5 or 9 months.

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Chicago-Kent faculty and students

About Chicago-Kent

Chicago-Kent College of Law, part of the Illinois Institute of Technology, is the second-oldest and one of the most prestigious law schools in Illinois. Chicago-Kent’s intellectual property law program is ranked as the ninth (#9) program in the U.S., and its trial advocacy program is ranked as the twelfth-best program in the U.S. by the U.S. News and World Report 2025 rankings.

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Chicago-Kent by the Numbers

12th

in the U.S. for TRIAL ADVOCACY (U.S. News and World Report 2025 rankings)

9th

in the U.S. for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (U.S. News and World Report 2025 rankings)

90.57%

ULTIMATE BAR PASS RATE based on 2021 law school graduates who passed the bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation

88.2%

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT RATE 10 months post-graduation, which includes graduates working in bar passage required, J.D. advantage or professional positions

Benefits and Opportunities

Benefits:

  • 100% guarantee of admission to Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA) after successful completion of the SAL Program and meeting the admission requirements
  • 3 years after graduation from the SAL Program, students have a guaranteed right to continue their LL.M. studies at Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
  • No need to take the TOEFL exam
  • SAL Program graduates have significant benefits and discounts if they choose to continue their studies at LL.M. programs at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT in Chicago, USA
  • Support with obtaining an American student visa

Opportunities after receiving an LL.M in the USA:

  • Work in international companies that require qualitative international legal education
  • Obtain the right to take the NY bar exam in the USA
  • Start legal practice in the USA (provided LL.M. graduates meet immigration and work authorization requirements)

Partners

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Lecturers

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Adam Weber

 Former Prosecutor, Associate Dean of International Programs at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA)
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Richard Warner

 SAL Worldwide Director, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA)
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Jonathan Decatorsmith

 Director of Clinical Education at the Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Edward C. Harris

 Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Associate Dean for Administration and Strategic Initiatives
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Geoffrey Mazullo

 Director of Emerging Markets ESG, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Alexander Rabanal

 Assistant Teaching Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Graham Dutfield

 Professor of International Governance at the School of Law, University of Leeds (Leeds, UK)
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Douglas Wm. Godfrey

 Professor of Legal Research and Writing at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Ronald Gieseke

 Transactional Lawyer, Visiting Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Harold J. Krent

 Professor of Law, Former Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA)
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Maurine Neiberg

 IP Attorney, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA)
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Dana Wagner

 Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Twilio Inc, Former Legal Director at Google (San Francisco, USA)
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Edward Lee

 Professor of Law, Founder nouNFT.com, IP, NFTs metaverse Web3 crypto + Internet governance DAO
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James Carlson

 Former Partner at Mayer Brown LLP (New York, USA)
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Jane E. Freedman

 Attorney at law, Principal and Founder Jane Freedman Law LLC, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT (Chicago, USA)
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Douglas Litowitz

 Finance lawyer, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Thomas Hill

 Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Joe Bogdan

 Partner at Culhane Meadows PLLC, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Edward Carter

 Chief of Special Prosecutions (Ret.), Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Richard W. Wright

 Chicago-Kent Colege of Law IIT Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Professor of Law Emeritus
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Bartram S. Brown

 Professor of Law Emeritus at the Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Olta Andoni

 General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Enclave Markets
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Peter Hanna

 U.S. Chief Privacy Officer at BMO Harris Bank (Chicago, USA)

Courses

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Who can Apply?

  • Practicing lawyers, attorneys, judges, prosecutors, regardless of age
  • Bachelors, Masters of Law, as well as Doctors of Juridical Science
  • Law students (3rd, 4th, 5th year)
  • Professionals of non-legal specialties (primarily economists, specialists in applied sciences and information technologies, management and administration, political scientists, historians, sociologists, journalists, etc.)

Registration

Team

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Taras Polianskyi

 CEO of the Center of American Law
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Marta Datsyuk

 Head of Communications at the Center of American Law
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Richard Warner

 SAL Worldwide Director, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Adam Weber

 Former prosecutor, Associate Dean of International Programs at Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT
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Tetiana Zalizko

 SAL Ukraine Program Administrator

News

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Admissions Now Open for the SAL Ukraine Program 2026-2027

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