Adam Chilton appointed next dean of the Law School
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When Bill Weaver, ’10, joined a big law firm after graduating, he found his calling in the firm’s energy practice, particularly the part of it dealing with electricity.
Last year, Regan Hunt Crotty, ’03, was named the dean of undergraduate students at Princeton University, bringing to the job thirteen years of experience at the university, in five previous positions.
Larry Kramer, ’84, took office last year as the president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
This year, David Applegate, ’78, moved to of counsel status at Williams, Barber and Morel, capping a career of exceptional accomplishments and contributions.
Vincent Cordero, ’99, formerly a top US and international media executive, is now a venture capitalist focused on breakthrough dual-use (civilian and defense) technology. He also serves as an advisor to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a unit of the US Department of Defense, and to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Faculty in the News
Fix the Court Executive Director Gabe Roth and University of Chicago Law School Robert Newman Reid Professor of Law Alison LaCroix return to discuss the significance of recent and upcoming SCOTUS decisions.
Magna Legal Services Litigation Consultant Dr. Sarah Wellard provides insight into the Karen Read verdict.
Journalist Jillian Lederman identifies how cheating at law schools is spreading.
The NBC 5 Investigates Team has learned that less than one year after former Alderman Ed Burke was sent to prison, he is preparing to be sent home.
Burke's two-year sentence behind bars is set to end after serving less than ten months.
Several sources with direct knowledge of his case tell NBC Chicago that Burke will be released from the Thomson federal prison in northwestern Illinois to a halfway house or, more likely, home confinement.
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Tom Ginsburg, the Leo Spitz distinguished service professor of international law and faculty director of the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression at the University of Chicago, leads a conversation on academic freedom and democracy.
