Overview

The Law School thrives on its passion for ideas, the belief that ideas matter and are worth discussing, and that our intellectual life flourishes when our community includes and welcomes people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Diversity of thought and experience promotes rigorous inquiry and fortifies our capacity to advance knowledge of the law and provide a transformative education. 

Mission

To that end, the mission of our diversity and inclusion efforts is to promote a learning environment that includes talented students of a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and that is welcoming all our students both inside and outside of the classroom.

Specific goals include:

• Supporting all our students and removing barriers to their full participation in intellectual life
• Providing a broad range of programs and services that promote inclusion and that build community
• Creating opportunities to discuss and address issues of inclusion and ways to enhance participation and interaction
• Attracting talented JD and LLM students from many backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives 

Vision

The Law School aspires to build and sustain a climate where learning is enhanced by interacting with others who have different points of view or who have been shaped by different experiences. 

Contact

If you have any questions related to the diversity and inclusion efforts at the Law School please contact José Luis Rodríguez, Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion, at jlrodriguez@uchicago.edu.