The program offered by the ?invites foreign students with divergent trial practice backgrounds to gain exposure to the U.S. adversarial trial system?a system somewhat similar to newly revised "oral trials" being adopted by many other countries. Chicago-Kent's reputation in trial advocacy?ranked number 3 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Schools specialty rankings (published March 2016)?as well as its physical location in Chicago, provides a distinctive master's degree in trial advocacy in a world-class setting.