The University of Chicago The Law School

As lawyers we’re trained to think that everybody on the opposite side is going to act opportunistically and strategically at every turn, and that we’re supposed to constrain them through contracts....

Professor Nicole Hallett, a clinical professor of law, discusses what drew her to clinical work, how her experiences outside academia shaped her career choices, and why she finds immigration law so...

Scholars used to argue that democracy, once attained in a fairly wealthy state, would become a permanent fixture. As the late Juan Linz put it, democracy would become “the only game in town.” That ...