Alison LaCroix
Assistant Professor of Law
1111 East 60th Street Room 404
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773 834-7687
email: lacroix@uchicago.edu

Current Year Courses

• 40101 1 Constitutional Law I: Governmental Structure
  This course analyzes the structure of American government, as defined through the text of the Constitution and its interpretation. The major subjects covered are the allocation of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; the function of judicial review; and the role of the states and the federal government in the federal structure. The student's grade is based on class participation and a final examination.
  Winter (3)
  
  
• 49901 25 Independent Research
  Second- and third-year students may earn course credit by independent research under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Such projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the particular member of the faculty in whose field the proposed topic falls.
  Autumn (3)
  
  
• 63212 1 Workshop: American Legal History
  Coming soon.
  Spring (3)
  
  

Other courses taught include:

Legal History, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Civil Procedure