SEE ALL ISSUES The University of ChicagoLaw School Record The Law School Record: Spring 2025 Download Building on Our Strengths Thomas J. Miles, stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year, is lauded for a decade of “steady and consistent leadership” that has enhanced the Law School’s prominence. After a decade of service as the Law School’s fourteenth dean, Thomas J. Miles will hand over leadership reins on June 30 and return to full-time teaching and scholarship on the Law School faculty... With Chevron Deference Ended, What Happens Next? Seven Law School Faculty discuss what the landmark decision means for the future of administrative law. For years, the writing was on the wall that the Chevron doctrine would end. “For many years, court watchers have expected the Supreme Court to revisit Chevron,” said Bridget Fahey, Assistant Professor... Three State AGs, One Law School No law school has more alumni currently serving as state attorneys general than UChicago Law. Only a few decades ago, state attorneys general were often older lawyers looking for quiet capstones to their careers. They sat in quiet offices where their primary roles were defending the state... Message from the Dean [W]hat I have long admired about the Law School: a commitment to serious ideas, a culture of free expression and inquiry, and a community of accomplished and dedicated alumni. View Full Message The Unwritten Constitution of Foreign Affairs Curtis Bradley examines “historical gloss” as the driving legal force in US foreign relations. Foreign affairs law in the United States has evolved significantly since the US Constitution first took effect more than two centuries ago. But that evolution did not come about through amendments to... Theory in Practice Purdue Pharma: At the Intersection of Mass Tort and Bankruptcy Anthony Casey’s scholarship played a key role in a highly anticipated Supreme Court decision The fate of a multi-billion-dollar settlement addressing the devastating opioid crisis rested on a single paragraph in the Bankruptcy Code. At stake was not only justice for thousands of victims but... Bill Landes Reflects on Fifty Years of Teaching Professor Emeritus Bill Landes late last year completed teaching his final class, capping a fifty-year career teaching at the Law School. Landes, who joined the faculty in 1974, and transitioned to... Celebrating Ten Years of Rubenstein Scholars The transformative program funded by David M. Rubenstein, ’73, has propelled more than 200 alumni into successful careers around the country since the first cohort graduated in 2014. The David M. Rubenstein Scholars Program has been transforming the lives of participating students since the first cohort stepped foot on campus in the fall of 2011. This pioneering initiative that... Asked & Answered Vincent Cordero, ’99 Venture Capitalist 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... Clinic News Three Clinic Clients Among Those Who Received Biden Commutations Director Erica Zunkel and her students were instrumental in securing sentence commutations for Robin Peoples, Jasper Vargas, and Dion Walker. On the evening of Saturday, January 18, Clinical Professor Erica Zunkel received a phone call that produced “one of the most powerful moments of [her] professional career.” The caller was DeAnna Evans... Library News A Glimpse into the D’Angelo Law Library Rare Book Collection Tucked away on the sixth floor of the D’Angelo Law Library are two key-protected rooms enclosed in glass, holding some of the rarest books in legal history. In an age where digitization makes so much... Student Perspectives on International Law Daniella Apodaca, ’25, and Kirby Voss, ’26, share how the Law School’s internationally focused learning opportunities have shaped their worldviews. When Daniella Apodaca, ’25, came to the Law School, she had a hunch she might work in the international arena. She spoke three languages and liked learning about other countries. Kirby Voss, ’26, had... Alumni Spotlights David Applegate Class of 1978 Larry Kramer Class of 1984 Regan Hunt Crotty Class of 2003 Bill Weaver Class of 2010 Alumni David M. Rubenstein, ’73, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom In memoriam Giving Back: Brent Rogers, ’05 Brent Rogers, ’05, a trial attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, originally expected to go to medical school. He studied biology and philosophy at Cornell University, taking a job at Abbott Laboratories after... Development News New “Brazilian Friends” Scholarship Pays It Forward to LLM Students According to Latin Lawyer Magazine, Grenfel Calheiros, LLM’03, worked on more major business deals than any other lawyer in Latin America during the first two quarters of 2024 (the most recent...
Building on Our Strengths Thomas J. Miles, stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year, is lauded for a decade of “steady and consistent leadership” that has enhanced the Law School’s prominence. After a decade of service as the Law School’s fourteenth dean, Thomas J. Miles will hand over leadership reins on June 30 and return to full-time teaching and scholarship on the Law School faculty...
With Chevron Deference Ended, What Happens Next? Seven Law School Faculty discuss what the landmark decision means for the future of administrative law. For years, the writing was on the wall that the Chevron doctrine would end. “For many years, court watchers have expected the Supreme Court to revisit Chevron,” said Bridget Fahey, Assistant Professor...
Three State AGs, One Law School No law school has more alumni currently serving as state attorneys general than UChicago Law. Only a few decades ago, state attorneys general were often older lawyers looking for quiet capstones to their careers. They sat in quiet offices where their primary roles were defending the state...
Message from the Dean [W]hat I have long admired about the Law School: a commitment to serious ideas, a culture of free expression and inquiry, and a community of accomplished and dedicated alumni. View Full Message
The Unwritten Constitution of Foreign Affairs Curtis Bradley examines “historical gloss” as the driving legal force in US foreign relations. Foreign affairs law in the United States has evolved significantly since the US Constitution first took effect more than two centuries ago. But that evolution did not come about through amendments to...
Theory in Practice Purdue Pharma: At the Intersection of Mass Tort and Bankruptcy Anthony Casey’s scholarship played a key role in a highly anticipated Supreme Court decision The fate of a multi-billion-dollar settlement addressing the devastating opioid crisis rested on a single paragraph in the Bankruptcy Code. At stake was not only justice for thousands of victims but...
Bill Landes Reflects on Fifty Years of Teaching Professor Emeritus Bill Landes late last year completed teaching his final class, capping a fifty-year career teaching at the Law School. Landes, who joined the faculty in 1974, and transitioned to...
Celebrating Ten Years of Rubenstein Scholars The transformative program funded by David M. Rubenstein, ’73, has propelled more than 200 alumni into successful careers around the country since the first cohort graduated in 2014. The David M. Rubenstein Scholars Program has been transforming the lives of participating students since the first cohort stepped foot on campus in the fall of 2011. This pioneering initiative that...
Asked & Answered Vincent Cordero, ’99 Venture Capitalist 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...
Clinic News Three Clinic Clients Among Those Who Received Biden Commutations Director Erica Zunkel and her students were instrumental in securing sentence commutations for Robin Peoples, Jasper Vargas, and Dion Walker. On the evening of Saturday, January 18, Clinical Professor Erica Zunkel received a phone call that produced “one of the most powerful moments of [her] professional career.” The caller was DeAnna Evans...
Library News A Glimpse into the D’Angelo Law Library Rare Book Collection Tucked away on the sixth floor of the D’Angelo Law Library are two key-protected rooms enclosed in glass, holding some of the rarest books in legal history. In an age where digitization makes so much...
Student Perspectives on International Law Daniella Apodaca, ’25, and Kirby Voss, ’26, share how the Law School’s internationally focused learning opportunities have shaped their worldviews. When Daniella Apodaca, ’25, came to the Law School, she had a hunch she might work in the international arena. She spoke three languages and liked learning about other countries. Kirby Voss, ’26, had...
Giving Back: Brent Rogers, ’05 Brent Rogers, ’05, a trial attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, originally expected to go to medical school. He studied biology and philosophy at Cornell University, taking a job at Abbott Laboratories after...
Development News New “Brazilian Friends” Scholarship Pays It Forward to LLM Students According to Latin Lawyer Magazine, Grenfel Calheiros, LLM’03, worked on more major business deals than any other lawyer in Latin America during the first two quarters of 2024 (the most recent...
