The law school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the flagship campus of the public University of Illinois university system. In the 2010 U.S. News and World Report ranking of American law schools, the College of Law gained two places over its ranking for 2009, and was rated 21st in the country.University of Illinois College of Law is one of the most prestigious law schools in the Midwest and one of the best public law schools in the country. It is on the south end of the main University of Illinois campus in Champaign, near the football stadium and Assembly Hall. In this relatively quiet setting, the College of Law has built up a strong reputation for itself, earning a great measure of respect among members of the legal community, especially in the fields of Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property law.