Adam Chilton appointed next dean of the Law School
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The Law School is pleased to welcome two new scholars to its academic faculty: Samuel Bray, ’05, who joins the faculty on July 1, 2025, and Lucy Msall, MLS ’23, PhD ’25, who will begin in July 2026 after completing a post-dissertation fellowship at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Law School held its 27th Annual Diploma and Hooding Ceremony at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Saturday, June 7, welcoming 300 graduates to the ranks of its alumni. A total of 215 JD students, 82 LLM students, and 3 JSD students were awarded degrees, at the event, which followed the University of Chicago Convocation.
Thank you very much, Dean Miles, for that introduction.
Class of 2025, families, and friends, it is a tremendous honor for me and for all of the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School to join you here on this momentous day.
Dean Miles, thank you so much for your kind introduction and for your decade of dedicated service to the University of Chicago Law School. Dean-designate Chilton, you have big shoes to fill—and I am confident that you’ll do just that.
Another impressive group of graduates is preparing to leave our beloved Laird Bell Quadrangle. Here, we highlight some of their achievements:
Michaela Fleischer, ’25: Bringing the Arts to the Law School
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Next stop: Associate at Milbank LLP, New York City, NY
Faculty in the News
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The at-times violent protests in Los Angeles over ICE arrests are causing clashes between the Trump administration and California leaders.
