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Recent data from SSRN and HeinOnline reaffirm our professors’ leadership in legal research

Several UChicago Law faculty have been recognized among the most influential voices in legal scholarship, according to recent scholarly impact lists compiled by SSRN (the Social Science Research Network) and HeinOnline.

CJJC student shares insights working on an amicus brief on sentence reductions to the Supreme Court of the United States

As a former camp counselor, tutor, and SAT prep course instructor, Caroline Kassir, ’26, has always enjoyed working with youth, so when she began her time at the Law School, she knew she wanted to pursue opportunities to use what she was learning to advocate for young people.

Professor Bray, a legal scholar who teaches remedies, civil procedure, and constitutional law, has been named the Walter Mander Research Scholar, effective immediately. Past Walter Mander Research Scholars include Dean Adam Chilton, former Dean Thomas J. Miles, and Columbia Law School Dean Daniel Abebe.

The University of Chicago recently announced that Eric Posner, the Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law and the Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, will deliver the 2026 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture. The event will take place on April 16 at the David Rubenstein Forum. Registration will open in early March.

Exoneration Project student reflects on what it takes to prepare for trial, the power of single-client advocacy to create systemic change

Taylor Guthrie, ’26, became interested in wrongful convictions work in high school after she read the memoir, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, by Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime

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Craig B. Futterman Weighs In on 10th Amendment and ICE Enforcement

A novel approach to a centuries-old law

Craig Futterman, a clinical law professor at the University of Chicago said while there’s no doubt that federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws, it remains to be seen whether the courts will accept Illinois and Minnesota’s interpretation of the 10th Amendment.

Craig B. Futterman on Federal Agents Who Violate State Crimes

The strongest call for prosecutions came from Craig Futterman. He’s a member of the legal team that brought the lawsuit that prompted U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to restrict the feds’ use of forcein an order last fall. After a hearing in that case Thursday, he told reporters that local officials “have the power” to arrest federal agents who violate state crimes.

Alison LaCroix Discusses America’s Forgotten Constitutional Era

Spotify episode description: In this episode, I sit down with Alison LaCroix, the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, to discuss her recent book: The Interbellum Constitution (2024). It looks at the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the Civil War and tells a very different story about Constitutional meaning and change. One that brings in different characters and gives us a new way to understand the role between history and law.