The John Marshall Law School Intellectual Property Society is a student-run organization dedicated to educating and promoting opportunities related to intellectual property. The John Marshall Law School is Chicago's Practice Ready Law School, and is located in the heart of downtown Chicago. The school hosts several nationally ranked legal programs, including U.S. News' #5 Legal Writing Program, #19 in Trial Advocacy, and #21 Intellectual Property Law Program, in 2017. In addition to a number of internationally recognized IP-focused faculty, the law school houses The Center for Intellectual Property which offers JD Certificates and combined JD/LLM degrees in intellectual property.