An influential scholar, beloved teacher, and University leader, Professor Picker served on the Law School faculty for more than 35 years

“Working with nonprofit leaders, I’ve felt inspired by their love for and connection with the communities they serve. I hope to achieve that level of that dedication in my career as a lawyer.”

“Answering complex questions around AI — such as those pertaining to liability and intellectual property — will require both legal and technical expertise. I am pursuing legal scholarship to do my part in answering these questions and building a positive future for humans and AI systems to thrive."

“As a movement lawyer, I hope to be just one small part of broader social change, leveraging my privileged understanding and access to confront unjustifiable systems in court while also empowering social movements to think beyond it.”

“Competing on 'Survivor' … taught me an openness to adventure and a stick-to-itiveness that I don’t think I’d have otherwise."