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The Law School recently welcomed two new members to its academic faculty, Vincent Buccola, ’08, and Darrell A.H. Miller, whose appointments were effective July 1. In addition, William A. Birdthistle joined the faculty last April as a Professor from Practice.
Professor Farah Peterson was awarded the prestigious Pushcart Prize for her essay, “Alone with Kindred,” which first appeared in the Threepenny Review last year. Established in 1976, the Pushcart Prize honors the best essays, fiction, and poetry published each year by the nation's small presses.
The American Law Institute (ALI) recently approved a Restatement on Children and the Law, the first initiative of its kind to comprehensively e
Curtis A. Bradley has been named the Allen M. Singer Distinguished Service Professor of Law, effective July 1. Bradley has served as the Allen M. Singer Professor since he joined the Law School in 2021. He was the inaugural recipient of that professorship.
Dean Miles, thank you for the nice introduction.
Faculty, distinguished guests, proud families, friends, and, most importantly, the Law School graduating Class of 2024, good afternoon. I am honored to be part of this celebration and to be present as you begin or continue a wonderful professional journey.
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In its Purdue Pharma decision, the United States Supreme Court weakened the ability of mass tort victims to recover from injurers. The beneficiaries of this decision are fee-collecting attorneys and large institutions (such as state attorneys general) that can now divert money from victims to themselves during settlement negotiations. Unless Congress restores the power of bankruptcy courts to implement settlements like the one in Purdue Pharma, we must count on attorneys and courts to find imperfect ways to neutralize this unwise and harmful decision.
University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman talks about the Justice Department launching an investigation into the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey.
The prevailing wisdom about American regulation of AI echoes Mahatma Gandhi’s famous quip about Western civilization: It would be nice if it existed. Whether or not Gandhi was correct, the dominant view of AI regulation in the United States is off the mark. It is simply not true that the U.S. government is failing to actively shape the way in which AI is used. Rather, American regulation is unfolding in ways, and in venues, that commentators have largely ignored.
