News
Randal C. “Randy” Picker, ’85, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law and a beloved teacher, influential scholar, and deeply committed citizen of the University of Chicago, died unexpectedly on August 15.
With her heart set on public interest work, Zoë Mieres Fleishaker, ’27, returned to her home state of New York for the summer to work at Brooklyn Defender Services—an experience, she said, that has been a dream come true. &
To explore his interest in Big Law, Walker Cox, ’28, took on a summer associate position in Skadden’s Chicago office. The work is giving him a taste of day-to-day life in a big firm.
Alison Siegler, Lillian E. Kraemer Clinical Professor in Public Interest Law and director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, received the American Constitution Society Chicago Lawyer Chapter’s 2026 Abner J.
Kwabena Lynn, a Class of 2028 JD/MBA candidate, decided to stay in Chicago this summer to pursue a judicial externship in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Faculty in the News
Adam Chilton, Dean, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law, was named by The National Law Review as one of the Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia for 2026, a national recognition honoring the educators, administrators, researchers, and academic leaders who are shaping the future of legal education.
In today’s edition of “The Docket,” New York Times Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Adam Liptak mentions a recent paper co-authored by Professor Sam Bray and a study conducted by Professor Eric Posner and a collaborator.
One theme of Randy Picker’s work was to delve into the details of the success and failure of firms and industries. Firms like AT&T and IBM were dominant but eventually, famously, gave way to other firms. Randy studied the rise and fall of many firms, and especially tech firms, and then tried to examine the role that law played in their demise.
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, Alison L. LaCroix
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, William H. J. Hubbard