Law School Celebrates 2025 Reunion Weekend

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Sunny skies welcomed alumni back to the Laird Bell Quadrangle this spring.

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Alumni and their families are greeted by staff at check-in.

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Ready and excited for the weekend lineup.

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An alumni panel moderated by Deputy Dean William H. J. Hubbard, ’00, discusses how evolving artificial intelligence technologies are impacting the law. Panelists (left to right) are Benjamin Bradford, ’05, Keith Dolliver, ’90, Ahsan Shaikh, ’05, and Alissa Starzak, ’00.

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Alumni peruse past issues of the Glass Menagerie, the Law School’s student photo book.

A woman is shown sitting on a chair and applying face paint to a child who is sitting directly in front of her. Other children are standing in line waiting to be face painted; one child is holding a blue balloon shaped into a spiral.

Family fun day for alumni and their children included facepainting, balloon art, ice cream, and games.

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All smiles for Family Fun at (the Law) School.

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Reunion classes gather in the Green Lounge for lunch.

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Alumni share a happy exchange.

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Dean Thomas J. Miles (right) mingles with Class of 1965 and 1970 alumni at their special dessert reception.

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Vincent Buccola, ’08, Professor of Law, and Adriana Robertson, the Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law, deliver a faculty masterclass on illicit enterprises, such as mafia, prison gangs, and drug cartels. The class explored the ways in which these complex organizations operate similarly to, or differently from, parallel legal enterprises.

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Dean Thomas J. Miles (left) joins Tom Ginsburg, the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, for a faculty masterclass on institutional neutrality and its discontents. Ginsburg, who is the faculty director of the Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, discussed the University’s freedom of expression principles in the context of today’s political climate.

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A quick pose after the talk.

An alumni couple shares a moment with their children by the class composite boards.

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Dean Thomas J. Miles congratulates Reunion committee members on all their efforts for the weekend at a special celebration in the D’ Angelo Law Library.

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Former classmates reconnect at the All-Alumni Reunion Wine Mess.

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Alumni share a moment with William Baude, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law (center right), at Reunion Wine Mess.

A large group of people gathered together to pose for a photo. Behind them is a brick wall and a large banner that says 20th Reunion.

Class of 2005 alumni take a moment to pose for a photo.

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Alumni reconnect at the Class of 1985 Class Dinner held at LUXBAR in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Class Dinners are a favorite tradition of Reunion and are held in venues all around the city.

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Class of 1975 alumni pose with Geoffrey R. Stone, ’71, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor (left), at their Class Dinner.

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Cheers to another successful Law School Reunion!

Alumni and their families gathered at the Law School May 2-4, 2025 for a fun and busy Reunion Weekend. The lineup of activities included a family fun day, an all-alumni Wine Mess, class dinners, special receptions, faculty masterclasses, and plenty of time for catching up with peers. The weekend concluded on Sunday with several off-campus University-sponsored alumni events, such as a day at the Shedd Aquarium and a Chicago Architecture Boat Tour on the Chicago River.

This year’s Reunion celebrated the classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020.