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We contribute to the academic & scholarly success of the University of Chicago & Law School communities by providing rich collections and resources, while delivering superior library services. Learn more on our website https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/law/
Proud moment for the @dangelolawlib.bsky.social —Café D’Angelo was featured in the Law School Record by
@uchicagolaw.bsky.social! Huge thanks to Scott Vanderlin for making the library warm and welcoming, one cold brew at a time. Read more: www.law.uchicago.edu/news/cafe-da...
Café D’Angelo: Building Community, One Cold Brew at a Time | University of Chicago Law School
Walk into the D'Angelo Law Library early morning on a Thursday and you’ll find something special brewing in the back conference room on the first floor. Students stream in and out of the tucked-away s...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The October Emerging Technologies Update was posted on Halloween! This update discusses a new study on the effect of generative AI tools on billable hours, an update to the University of Chicago’s PhoenixAI tool, and more. Check it out here www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/o...
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Profs. @tomginsburg.bsky.social and @cfloed.bsky.social (Yale Law) discuss sanctions and the UN Human Rights system on the latest episode of the "Entitled" podcast.
Silencing the Special Procedures: Sanctions and the UN Human Rights System
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October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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In a newly filed amicus brief, Prof Jonathan Masur and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Stanford Law) said the Federal Circuit should revive an insulation product maker's patent infringement lawsuit against a competitor, @Law360.com reports.
Profs Back Bid At Fed. Circ. To Revive Insulation Patent - Law360
The Federal Circuit should revive an insulation product maker's patent infringement lawsuit against a competitor, according to a pair of legal scholars who say third-party sales of a product by…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Come join us for the next installment of our Dean's Dialogues virtual discussion series, "Innovating Legal Education with AI." Dean @adamchilton.bsky.social will host a discussion with Kimball Dean Parker, '13, who teaches #UChicagoLaw's new AI Lab course. To register: buff.ly/YJyVzWe
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The University of Chicago Law School’s Business Law Review will convene its 2025 Symposium, “Rethinking Going Public: Innovation, Access, and Accountability in Modern Capital Markets," this Friday (10/24)
Business Law Review Symposium to Explore Consequences of Start-ups Going Public | University of Chicago Law School
This Friday the University of Chicago Law School’s Business Law Review will convene their 2025 Symposium titled: “Rethinking Going Public: Innovation, Access, and Accountability in Modern Capital…
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October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In honor of Open Access Week, we’re excited to spotlight Chicago Unbound—the institutional repository of the University of Chicago Law School. Check out our news post about Chicago Unbound here www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/c... #OAweek
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
With spooky season in full swing, make sure to see our October Resource of the Month - The Salem Witch Trials: Legal Resources web exhibit! Find out more about the exhibit here www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/2...
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Prof. @williambaude.bsky.social recently discussed with the @NYTimes.com how the Court has done with its shadow (or interim) docket over the summer
Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court
Three legal experts on an action-packed Supreme Court as it enters a new term.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The September Emerging Technologies Update is available! This month’s update discusses counteracting “workslop”—wordy AI-generated that fails to advance a given task, criticisms of the new Bluebook rule on citing generative AI, and more. Read at www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/s...
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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“There has been a long history of the FCC using their power to push and prod television broadcasters and maybe that power needs to be cabined or constrained in some way,," says Prof. @genevievelakier.bsky.social on the "We the People" podcast buff.ly/zhrQQDb #freespeech #freeexpression
Podcast | Can Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech?
In this episode, Genevieve Lakier of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law join to discuss the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and the broader…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Today we welcomed to the first day of classes the 204 members of the Class of 2028—selected from a record-breaking pool of 6,500+ applicants. They hail from 35 states, 77 colleges, and 35 majors, speaking 40 languages. They have a median LSAT of 174 and a median GPA of 3.97. Story: buff.ly/AQU9vnp
September 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Prof. Craig Futterman, speaking at the #UChicagoLaw entering students dinner, says while it's a uniquely challenging and polarizing time, it's also “the most important time to enter law school.” buff.ly/ILvFNuV
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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"If judges are applying federal law unevenly across the country, we have [a] two-tiered system of justice," Prof. @alisonsiegler.bsky.social, director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic tells Law360.
Sen. Ossoff Pushes Fed. Courts To Uphold Access To Counsel - Law360
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has urged the Judicial Conference to take further action to ensure that all defendants, particularly low-income ones, have access to counsel for their initial appearance in…
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September 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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“It could end up being maybe the biggest blockbuster case of the term in terms of presidential power," Prof. @curtbradley.bsky.social said of the worldwide tariffs case before the US Supreme Court.
Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's worldwide tariffs
President Trump is relying on the tariffs to raise revenue, spur manufacturing and exert political pressure on other countries.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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“We as law professors should be asking ourselves, not ‘what is the average case doing in the law?,’" says Prof. @williamhjhubbard.bsky.social at a recent symposium at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social. "We should say, ‘what are the hard cases? What are the cases that challenge us?"
‘Iqbal at 15’ symposium grapples with a seminal decision’s impact
The conference, co-hosted by the California Law Review, gathered academics, judges, and lawyers who’ve dealt with the fallout of Ashcroft v. Iqbal.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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"Addressing things like local crime, that's left to local officials. The federal government doesn't get to come in and declare a takeover of Chicago police." Prof. Craig Futterman, tells @NPR.com buff.ly/IpYn9uS
September 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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In a podcast interview with @bloomberglaw.com, Deputy Dean
@williamhjhubbard.bsky.social discussed what the legal industry wants law students to learn about AI and how #UChicagoLaw is going about teaching it. #AI #lawcurriculum #innovation
Chicago Law Dean on AI: You Won’t Be Able to Entirely Avoid It
William Hubbard, a professor and deputy dean, says these days he’s surprised by how often he has to encourage AI-skeptical law students to at least try it out. He spoke to Bloomberg Law editor Jessie…
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September 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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OPINION: The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force. But the Supreme Court might not stop Trump if he sends troops to police Chicago, writes University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq.
Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump if He Sends Troops to Chicago?
The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Join us on 9/9 at noon (CDT) for a virtual panel featuring #UChicagoLaw faculty analyzing the major Supreme Court cases of the upcoming term. Moderated by Dean Adam Chilton, with insights from Professors Curtis Bradley, Samuel Bray, and Jennifer Nou. rb.gy/6f5wqa
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"I want our clinics to continue to be on the cutting edge, taking advantage of new technologies and resources," says Prof. Erica Zunkel (@ezunk.bsky.social), who took the helm as director of the Law School's clinical and experiential learning program on September
At the Helm of the Clinics | University of Chicago Law School
On September 1, Clinical Professor Erica Zunkel became director of Clinical and Experiential Learning, overseeing the Law School’s 15 clinics. Zunkel, who is also director of the Criminal and…
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September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“What the Trump administration has really revealed, in a way we have never seen far beyond McCarthy, is the incredible array of tools that the executive branch can wield in trying to attack universities," Prof. @tomginsburg.bsky.social tells @chicagotribune.com
This Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back.
Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Prof. @curtbradley.bsky.social's paper, “Extradition in the Early Republic: International Law and Constitutional Authority” is the "first comprehensive account of the constitutional foundations of US extradition practice and its relationship to international law.”
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Bradley on Extradition in the Early Republic
Curtis Bradley, University of Chicago Law School , has posted Extradition in the Early Republic: International Law and Constitutional Author...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This fall, UChicago Law launches the AI Lab—a hands-on course where students design real legal-tech tools. Taught by alum Kimball Dean Parker, ’13, students will build an AI chatbot on renter rights.
AI Lab is Coming to UChicago Law | University of Chicago Law School
Imagine that you’re sitting in a law school classroom learning how to build a generative AI tool. Now imagine that this tool you create is released to millions of people to help them understand and…
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August 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM