The “Construction in Space in the Third and Fourth Dimension” statue by Antoine Pevsner sits in the Law School's reflecting pool with the sun behind it.
Intellectual. Interdisciplinary. Innovative. Impactful.

Most of what lawyers learn about the “Interbellum Constitution”–i.e., constitutional law between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Civil War—comes from the handful of major Supreme Court decisions of that era that law schools still teach as part of the required first-year curriculum. McCulloch v. Maryland for the supremacy of the federal government vis-à-vis the states; Gibbons v.

Congress in December 2022 enacted a sweeping new transparency statute for international agreements made by the executive branch.

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, his administration has enacted a deportation program targeting undocumented immigrants and legal residents alike. Hundreds of international students at schools including UChicago have had their visas revoked, often without explanation.

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