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2019 Coase Lecture - Jennifer Nou " The Nature of the Agency"

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019 @ 12:15pm — 1:20pm
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Participating faculty: Jennifer Nou

2018 Coase Lecture in Law and Economics: The Behavioral Law & Economics of Happiness with Jonathan S. Masur

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Add to Calendar 2018-02-06 12:15:00 2018-02-06 13:15:00 2018 Coase Lecture in Law and Economics: The Behavioral Law & Economics of Happiness with Jonathan S. Masur Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/2018-ronald-h-coase-lecture-law-and-economics - University of Chicago Law School blog@law.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 @ 12:15pm — 1:15pm
Room II

Participating faculty: Jonathan S. Masur

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The University of Chicago recently announced that Eric Posner, the Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law and the Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, will deliver the 2026 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture. The event will take place on April 16 at the David Rubenstein Forum. Registration will open in early March.

Exoneration Project student reflects on what it takes to prepare for trial, the power of single-client advocacy to create systemic change

Taylor Guthrie, ’26, became interested in wrongful convictions work in high school after she read the memoir, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, by Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime

The gift will support the Institute’s research, fund a new program, and expand its annual conference

The Law School recently received a significant gift to advance the study of constitutional law from Debra A. Cafaro, ’82, chairman and chief executive officer of Ventas, a leading S&P 500 company and one of the world’s largest owners of senior housing. She is also a member of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees.

Abrams clinic student discusses advocating for marginalized communities and seeking affordable energy access in Michigan

Jacqueline Hillman, ’26, chose the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic as an experiential learning opportunity for multiple reasons. Having grown up in the Bay Area, she had witnessed the cutting edge of environmental policy innovation.

Housing clinic student shares insights guiding clients through acquisition transaction for properties in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood

The Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic was Ilana Lewis’s first choice for a clinical experience at the Law School. Lewis, ’26, developed an interest in real estate law during her 1L summer working as a summer associate at a big law firm.

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Craig B. Futterman Weighs In on 10th Amendment and ICE Enforcement

A novel approach to a centuries-old law

Craig Futterman, a clinical law professor at the University of Chicago said while there’s no doubt that federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws, it remains to be seen whether the courts will accept Illinois and Minnesota’s interpretation of the 10th Amendment.

Craig B. Futterman on Federal Agents Who Violate State Crimes

The strongest call for prosecutions came from Craig Futterman. He’s a member of the legal team that brought the lawsuit that prompted U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to restrict the feds’ use of forcein an order last fall. After a hearing in that case Thursday, he told reporters that local officials “have the power” to arrest federal agents who violate state crimes.

Alison LaCroix Discusses America’s Forgotten Constitutional Era

Spotify episode description: In this episode, I sit down with Alison LaCroix, the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, to discuss her recent book: The Interbellum Constitution (2024). It looks at the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the Civil War and tells a very different story about Constitutional meaning and change. One that brings in different characters and gives us a new way to understand the role between history and law.