improving the well-being of its students and for promoting the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program within its community. NIU College of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic received the Illinois State Bar Association’s Excellence in Legal Education award the same year. In 2017, NIU College of Law was named by Law.com as the number five law school in the nation for placing graduates in government and public interest jobs. It was also named to National Jurist’s “Best Value Law School” list (adding to previous “Best Value Law School” awards in 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2010). In 2016, National Jurist magazine ranked the NIU College of Law eleventh in the nation in graduates being hired by firms with 100 or fewer attorneys, making it one of the best law schools in the nation at landing its graduates into small-firm practices. In the category of public service, NIU College of Law was named by National Jurist and preLaw magazines as a best school for public service careers and was also named by the National Law Journal as one of the top law schools for delivering graduates to public service careers. NIU College of Law was also named by preLaw magazine as one of the top 40 law schools in the United States for bar preparation. In 2015, the NIU College of Law earned several accolades for employment. Law School Transparency rated the employment prospects for graduates of the NIU College of Law as the fourth-best among Illinois-based law schools. Also in 2015, NIU College of Law was ranked in the top 100 in employment and was listed by National Jurist magazine as one of only thirty-eight law schools in the nation experiencing double-digit improvements in graduate employment rates from the previous year. Other awards and rankings in 2015 included being named as one of the best schools for “Small Law” by National Jurist and preLaw magazines, and as one of the ten “most underrated law schools” when using median LSAT scores and employment outcomes. 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