Adam Chilton appointed next dean of the Law School
read the announcementNews
Coffee Mess, Café D’Angelo, the Law School Musical … these are some of the traditions that 3Ls mentioned when we asked them about their favorite memories of their time at the Law School. Sprinkle in a few anecdotes about professors and classmates and we have a full range of bittersweet reflections from the Class of 2025 as they prepare to graduate in just a few days.
Sam Cole, ’25, received one of two second-place awards in the Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition for his employment law paper.
Kaitlyn O’Leary, ’26, has been awarded a prestigious Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship, one of the nation’s leading programs for students pursuing careers in workplace justice advocacy.
Kate Masur, the John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor of History at Northwestern University, delivered the 2025 Fulton Lecture in Legal History on April 28, focusing on the legal and cultural history of abortion in 19th century America.
Quantum technologies are poised to transform society: in the coming years, we could see quantum sensors capable of detecting disease at the very earliest stages; quantum networks that offer provably secure financial and medical record transfers; and eventually quantum computers that could, in just minutes, perform analyses that would take today’s supercomputers millions of years.
Faculty in the News
The Justice Department is getting creative in its effort to prevent discrimination. On May 19 it announced the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act, which encourages whistleblowers to come forward with evidence of illegal activity.
Universities, corporations and nonprofit organizations have established “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies that violate the plain language of civil-rights laws. These entities receive billions in federal funding by falsely certifying that they are in compliance with those laws.
The global trade war that Donald Trump launched on April 2 has entered a new phase: dealmaking.
For the vast majority of Americans, the legal system hasn’t changed in any meaningful way unless they are watching the news. Contracts are enforced, divorces are resolved, parking fines are paid. Unless you are witnessing ICE raids at your church, or your law firm has just agreed to do free legal work for the president, the creep of a weaponized authoritarian legal regime happens largely in the shadows.
The UChicago Experience
Events
—
Room V
Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, Jennifer Nou