Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic

David A. Strauss

Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law

Sarah M. Konsky

Clinical Professor of Law

Matthew S. Hellman

Co-Chair, Jenner & Block Appellate and Supreme Court Practice

During Pandemic, Law School Students Deliver Their First Federal Appellate Arguments by iPhone and Zoom

On June 9, four days before he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, Addison Bennett, ’20, put on a suit for the first time in months, set up his laptop in the home office in his parents’ Greenwich, Connecticut, home, and delivered an oral argument to a three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

The Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic represented clients in several significant cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S.

The experience came from her work in the the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic

Deika Albert, '27, stood before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on September 17 to argue a federal criminal appeal—an experience she described as both “incredibly exciting and nerve-wracking.”

In a case that highlights how the Fourth Amendment applies in the digital age, UChicago Law students help affirm individuals’ expectation of privacy in their location data
In a case that highlights how the Fourth Amendment applies in the digital age, UChicago Law students help affirm individuals’ expectation of privacy in their location data

The Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic represents parties and amici curiae in cases before the US Supreme Court and other appellate courts. Students gain in-depth, hands-on experience in U.S.