City Colleges of Chicago offers programs in paralegal studies and court reporting, as do the Career Colleges of Chicago. Chicago State University has undergraduate and graduate criminal justice coursework. DePaul University has a pre-law program, while the University of Illinois at Chicago offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in criminal justice. Loyola University Chicago offers undergraduate and graduate criminal justice degrees, and has a law school. The city is also home to the John Marshall Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, and Northwestern University School of Law.
Opportunities for legal careers and law enforcement employment in Chicago are experiencing healthy growth. Law enforcement occupations are forecast to grow 14 percent through 2012, including increases of 16 percent for correctional officers and jailers, 13 percent for detectives and criminal investigators, 14 percent for police and sheriff's patrol officers, and 10 percent for transit and railroad police. Private detectives and investigators can expect very significant growth of nearly 30 percent, and security guards 20 percent. Legal occupations overall are forecast to increase by 17 percent, with growth of 20 percent for lawyers and 24 percent for paralegals.
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