Each year, UChicago Law faculty share the books that have stayed with them—titles that have challenged their thinking, sparked new questions, or simply offered a great story. What began as a casual ...

Gibson Dunn has elected 42 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2026—the largest partner class in the firm’s history. The promotions reflect continued growth driven by expanding client ...

Vatsala Kumar, ’23, has been awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work with the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) on enforcing and advancing the impact of Illinois’s Pretrial Fairness Act—the first law in the ...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) has announced the appointment of Rachel Laser to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ).

The first year of US President Donald Trump’s second term has taken a heavy toll on the rule of law. While this bedrock ideal of American governance has long been invoked to capture a broad range of ...

While Young will replace FAMU trustee Kristin Harper – a FAMU alumna and the board’s immediate past chair who is set to serve as the keynote speaker at the university’s 6 p.m. fall commencement ...

Securing a clerkship at the US Supreme Court is one of the most prestigious opportunities available to a recent law school graduate. UChicago Law School alumni have achieved a remarkable milestone: ...

Foreign trained lawyers who wish to remain in the United States and practice law here are advised to obtain the JD degree rather than the LLM degree. The JD degree will enable candidates to take the ...

Imagine that you’re sitting in a law school classroom learning how to build a generative AI tool. Now imagine that this tool you create is released to millions of people to help them understand and ...

Note: This story was updated on April 29, 2021, to reflect a new total of eight alumni clerking on the Supreme Court in the 2021 term and then again on June 2, 2021 to reflect a total of nine. Nine ...

Throughout this issue, countless examples show why we are so proud of the students at the law school. One might think that we get lucky that the students the admissions office chose for their academic ...