Chicago Unbound contains the scholarship of the University of Chicago Law School community.
As national concern over police misconduct and violence has grown over the last decade, scholars have increasingly looked to data to better understand the complex issues at play and to examine potential reforms. Many Law School professors are leaders in this work—fighting for access to records, explaining the limitations of policing data, and using empirical research to explore patterns in police behavior, complaints, discipline, intervention, and much more.
William Baude and Alison L. LaCroix have been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Baude is the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law and faculty director of the Constitutional Law Institute. LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law and an associate member of the Department of History.
Professor Anthony J. Casey has been shortlisted for the Global Restructuring Review’s Cross-Border Insolvency Academic of the Year award as part of the 2025 GRR Awards.
Curtis A. Bradley, the Allen M. Singer Distinguished Service Professor of Law, has been recognized with an Honorable Mention from Scribes for his recent book, Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs: Constitutional Authority in Practice (Harvard University Press 2024).