Schaumburg, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, offers easy access to some of the nation's best law schools and many opportunities for employment in all types of legal services and law enforcement and security work. Schaumburg itself has a number of law firms, and neighboring Chicago has one of the nation's largest police departments, excellent law schools, a series of court systems, and a number of state and federal agencies dealing with legal and criminal justice issues. Some of the largest law firms in and near Schaumburg include Duane Morris and Gardner Carton & Douglas
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Roosevelt University which has a campus in Schaumburg, offers paralegal studies as part of two-year and four-year degrees. There are no law schools in Schaumburg, but there are several outstanding schools in nearby Chicago, including the University of Chicago School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, and the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Nearby paralegal programs are at Northwestern Business College which offers a criminal justice program and Harper College, which has associate's degree programs in paralegal and criminal justice studies.