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This past spring, the Law School’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic (FCJC) hosted Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and current chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation, for a two-hour seminar and fireside chat with students.
The Law School recently welcomed Lucy Msall, MLS ’23, as the newest addition to its faculty. With a PhD in economics from Chicago Booth and a Master of Legal Studies from the Law School, Msall’s scholarly interests lie primarily in public economics, with a focus on taxation.
The University of Chicago Law School today released an AI Strategy Statement reflecting a new vision for legal education in the age of artificial intelligence.
Faculty in the News
The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest currently in force, and some would say it’s showing its age. To be sure, the drafters created some enduring institutions that have proved highly influential: federalism, the Bill of Rights and the presidency, to name a few. But the document also has anomalies that make little sense.
According to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, a ruler can either “shear the sheep” for many years, by encouraging productive activity from which to generate tax revenues, or he can “skin them alive” just once. By brazenly using the US government to pillage the country, President Donald Trump has apparently chosen the knife.
Dean Adam Chilton was recently highlighted by the The National Law Review as one of the law deans driving AI innovation in legal education.
The University of Chicago Law School "is integrating AI into legal education while preserving the habits of analysis, judgment, and independent thinking that define its intellectual culture," the article states.
Chilton observes, “A law school now must ensure that the lawyer of tomorrow is able to add unique human value for their clients and appropriately navigate responsible, effective, and ethical use of AI."
