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Sharpening an argument. Recruiting a scholar. Chasing a missing citation. The work happens in study rooms, shared offices, and over coffee — University of Chicago Law students preparing the next issues of the school’s four student-edited journals, and the symposia that animate them.
Abhay Aneja, a professor at Berkeley Law whose scholarship examines how legal and political institutions shape economic development and social inequality, has been awarded the 2026 Donald M. Ephraim Prize in Law and Economics by the University of Chicago Law School.
Conner Robinson, ’23, has been appointed a US Supreme Court Fellow for the 2026-27 Term.
The Supreme Court Fellows Commission selects four highly talented individuals to work each year for one of four federal judiciary bodies—the US Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of the US Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the US Sentencing Commission.
The Law School held its 28th Annual Diploma and Hooding Ceremony at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Saturday, June 6, welcoming 283 graduates to the ranks of its alumni. A total of 204 JD students, 75 LLM students, 3 MLS students, and 1 JSD student were awarded degrees, at the event, which followed the University of Chicago Convocation.
On Saturday, June 6, the Law School held its 28th Annual Diploma and Hooding Ceremony, welcoming a total of 283 new graduates from the Class of 2026 into UChicago Law's alumni community.
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According to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, a ruler can either “shear the sheep” for many years, by encouraging productive activity from which to generate tax revenues, or he can “skin them alive” just once. By brazenly using the US government to pillage the country, President Donald Trump has apparently chosen the knife.
Dean Adam Chilton was recently highlighted by the The National Law Review as one of the law deans driving AI innovation in legal education.
The University of Chicago Law School "is integrating AI into legal education while preserving the habits of analysis, judgment, and independent thinking that define its intellectual culture," the article states.
Chilton observes, “A law school now must ensure that the lawyer of tomorrow is able to add unique human value for their clients and appropriately navigate responsible, effective, and ethical use of AI."
In West Virginia v. B.P.J, state officials are defending the Save Women’s Sports Act, which bars transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports teams in public secondary schools and universities, against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old trans high school student looking to join the girls track team.
