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The Law School’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic (CJJC) recently secured a major victory for an 18-year-old client who was facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm. A jury acquitted the teenager of all charges last month in Cook County Criminal Court.
This past spring, the Law School’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic (FCJC) hosted Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and current chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation, for a two-hour seminar and fireside chat with students.
The Law School recently welcomed Lucy Msall, MLS ’23, as the newest addition to its faculty. With a PhD in economics from Chicago Booth and a Master of Legal Studies from the Law School, Msall’s scholarly interests lie primarily in public economics, with a focus on taxation.
The University of Chicago Law School today released an AI Strategy Statement reflecting a new vision for legal education in the age of artificial intelligence.
Faculty in the News
Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison discusses President Trump granting clemency to companies, a first. Then Sharon Fairley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses why some federal district courts are keeping track of how many grand juries refuse to indict. And David Hellier, Bloomberg UK business reporter, discusses the role of lawyers at the World Cup. June Grasso hosts.
Tom Ginsburg, a University of Chicago law professor who focuses on constitutional and international law, said even though the Mexican government can’t force the United States to investigate, it can send an important political message to Mexican citizens that their government “is not abandoning them.”
But he said international law can do little to force the United States to take accountability, and the country has often resisted complying.
“I know no one’s holding their breath with the Trump administration,” he said.
CRIMINAL CHARGES COMPLICATED
Legal experts say criminal cases against federal agents in other states are rare but have occurred for decades. Craig Futterman, who is the founder and director of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project at the University of Chicago School of Law, said such prosecutions are complicated.
