The Law School held its annual Coase Lecture on February 10, drawing students, faculty, and other guests into a packed auditorium for a tradition that began in 1992. This year’s lecture, titled, “What ...

Curtis Bradley, an international law professor at the University of Chicago, highlighted Trump’s ongoing legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union over his use of the Alien Enemies Act to ...

"There have been plenty of cases in the past where the Court has said that some action was unlawful or even unconstitutional, but for various reasons, for reasons of Reliance or settlement, people ...

It is too late to ask if the same could happen here: It is already happening. Article I of the Constitution clearly states that Congress ought to control how public money is raised and how it’s spent.

In this Chicago's Best Ideas, Professor William Hubbard argues that current rules of procedure widen inequalities because they ignore the market forces already present in civil litigation. Professor ...

License to Bid for its 29th annual auction. From White Sox, Bulls, and Cubs tickets to Chicago Symphony Orchestra seats, labubu pins, dinners with professors, and handmade art — students showed up ...

Bondi has decimated the department’s civil rights division, which historically investigated whether federal officers had used excessive force in killings like Good’s. As division head Harmeet Dhillon ...

Institutions, including the law, are the bedrock of well-functioning political and economic order. Our era has seen significant erosion of institutions around the world, including the United States.

The Law School will begin accepting Regular Decision applications on September 1. Applicants to the JD program must apply through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Flexible Application, which is ...

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 ...

Richard Epstein: professor, mentor, happy warrior, unique thinker, singer, dancer, father, husband, friend. This is the Richard many know and love, the man whose estimated 996 writings and 50 years of ...