The unprecedented government intervention into the bankruptcies of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler may have been necessary in light of the struggling economy, but it must not set a standard for future bankruptcy cases, Douglas Baird told a subcommittee of Congress in July.
Law School Auction Funds Public Interest Work Sarah Galer University of Chicago News Office February 27, 2009
At the beginning of Winter Quarter, several law students who do not normally sport facial hair were seen wandering the Law School with five o’clock shadows, which then grew into various stages of stubble and beards.
On Monday, January 12, 2009, the CNBC program "Squawk Box" broadcast live from the Reading room at the University of Chicago Law School. Among the guests was Professor Douglas Baird. See the video of his interview at the CNBC website.