University of Chicago - Law School
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Meet the Class: Jurgis Bartkus, LLM ’25
Jurgis Bartkus, LLM ’25, joins the Law School this fall from Lithuania, where he earned his law degree in 2019 and his PhD in law just last year. -
Meet the Class: Stav Lavi, LLM ’25
Israeli Lawyer on Course to Pursue a Legal Academic Career. -
Meet the Class: Adrianne Kehne, ’27
Harvard Grad Turns to Law After Researching Opioid Addiction. -
Meet the Class: Zachary Jordan, ’27
Brown Grad Excited to Combine Business Smarts with Law. -
Summer Experiences: Daniella Apodaca, ’25, Summer Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Daniella Apodaca, ’25, spent her summer in New York City working for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a global law firm. During her summer experience, she got to use her multilingual skills and work in an environment that has an international scope—something that she plans to continue doing when she graduates. -
Summer Experiences: Andrew Kieffer, ’25, Climate Law Clerk, Climate Law Institute, Center for Biological Diversity
Andrew Kieffer, ’25, spent his summer in California doing climate law work in the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. -
Diane Wood Writes About Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
When President Biden announced in April 2021 that he was forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, it was not clear what the commission could do as a practical matter. -
Q&A with Peer Marie, Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Legal Forum
What’s it like being on a journal? Better yet, serving as editor-in-chief? -
William Baude on Big Brains Podcast to Discuss His 14th Amendment Argument
The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Colorado can take former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election may be one of the most consequential in its history. -
Adam Chilton and Omri Ben-Shahar Receive Professorships
Chilton was named the first Howard G. Krane Professor of Law and Ben-Shahar was named the Leo and Eileen Herzel Distinguished Service Professor of Law. Both appointments were both effective on Jan. 1. -
Aziz Huq Writes About Special Counsel’s Move to Take Trump Ruling to Supreme Court
If you want to know why Special Counsel Jack Smith went directly to the Supreme Court this week, look at the calendar. -
Aziz Huq Writes About Trump’s Dictatorship Comments
When, in a Fox News town hall, Trump promised not to be a “dictator” except on “day one,” he was responding to a softball lobbed by the moderator, Sean Hannity: “You would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” -
Judith Miller Writes About Funding Federal Public Defenders
As political leaders in Washington, D.C., face a looming deadline to avoid another self-inflicted government shutdown, they would be wise to look around the nation to get a sense of how failing to properly fund the work of federal public defenders would harm the constituents they serve. -
Four Alumni Promoted to Partnership at Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has elected 35 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2024. -
‘What Counts is What You Do Every Day in the Law School’
Thank you for the kind introduction, Dean Miles, and let me extend my own warm welcome to the JD Class of 2026 and the LLM Class of 2024. -
Law School Faculty Share Supreme Court Insights at Annual First Monday Program
Professors Geoffrey Stone, Sarah Konsky, and William Baude recently reflected on the past US Supreme Court term and offered a preview of cases to come at the Law School’s First Monday program, which was held virtually on September 20.