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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.
Ciera Borden, ’27, pursued two opportunities this summer: one in the in the Office of Legal Counsel of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and the other in the other at Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization
Ben Stone, ’28, has been spending his summer exactly as he’d hoped— in a judicial internship in Washington, DC. Working under Judge Armando O.
Austin Smith, ’27, has been spending his summer as a Peggy Browning Fellow for the country’s largest industrial union, United Steelworkers, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kaitlyn DeSouza, ’28, took her passion for international law to Ancón, Panama, a historic neighborhood located in the heart of Panama City, to work as a research intern at the Institute of Democratic Studies.
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Records from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, though, show that since 2023, more Latino CPD officers have been accused of wrongdoing than any other racial group.
'What kind of odd, elite parlor game is happening?'
Still, the historical test was robustly applied in the June decisions.
Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison discusses President Trump granting clemency to companies, a first. Then Sharon Fairley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses why some federal district courts are keeping track of how many grand juries refuse to indict. And David Hellier, Bloomberg UK business reporter, discusses the role of lawyers at the World Cup. June Grasso hosts.
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, Alison L. LaCroix
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, William H. J. Hubbard