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Randal C. “Randy” Picker, ’85, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law and a beloved teacher, influential scholar, and deeply committed citizen of the University of Chicago, died unexpectedly on August 15.
Alison Siegler, Lillian E. Kraemer Clinical Professor in Public Interest Law and director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, received the American Constitution Society Chicago Lawyer Chapter’s 2026 Abner J.
Kwabena Lynn, a Class of 2028 JD/MBA candidate, decided to stay in Chicago this summer to pursue a judicial externship in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Maddi Wong, ’28, is spending her summer experience at Apple in the tech hub city, of Cupertino in her home state of California.
Faculty in the News
In today’s edition of “The Docket,” New York Times Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Adam Liptak mentions a recent paper co-authored by Professor Sam Bray and a study conducted by Professor Eric Posner and a collaborator.
One theme of Randy Picker’s work was to delve into the details of the success and failure of firms and industries. Firms like AT&T and IBM were dominant but eventually, famously, gave way to other firms. Randy studied the rise and fall of many firms, and especially tech firms, and then tried to examine the role that law played in their demise.
Records from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, though, show that since 2023, more Latino CPD officers have been accused of wrongdoing than any other racial group.
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, Alison L. LaCroix
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Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, William H. J. Hubbard