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Learning Resources CEO Rick Woldenberg, ’86, and constitutional scholar Michael McConnell, ’79, both made key contributions to the case, but in very different ways

When the US Supreme Court ruled last month that sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were unlawful, two Law School alumni found themselves at the center of the landmark decision—one as the business owner whose company challenged the tariffs, the other as a constitutional scholar helping argue the case before the Court.

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The graduates will serve four different justices across the Court’s ideological spectrum

Five University of Chicago Law School alumni will clerk at the US Supreme Court during October Term 2026, serving four different justices.

The alumni will clerk for Justices Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Two of the five will serve in Justice Gorsuch’s chambers.

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Team Hall took the win in the second annual event held on February 28

The Law School community came together on February 28 for the second annual Bigelow Cup, a high-energy afternoon of competition, camaraderie, and Bigelow section pride at the Henry Crown Field House on the UChicago campus.

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The annual Black Law Students Association event was held on February 26, 2026

The Law School community gathered on February 26 for the Ninth Annual Judge James B. Parsons Legacy Dinner to honor Judge Kai Niambi Scott of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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The Abrams Environmental Law Clinic prepared an amicus brief representing a bipartisan group of former senior US officials in a federal youth climate lawsuit

A team of students in the Law School's Abrams Environmental Law Clinic got first-hand experience on one of the country’s biggest legal stages this January. The students spent their winter break working on an amicus brief representing former top federal officials in a Ninth Circuit climate lawsuit.

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Omri Ben-Shahar on Social Costs in Privacy Regulations

Omri Ben-Shahar, a professor and director of the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School, said the potential harms from privacy regulations needed “to be taken into account when we think about scope and the type of regulatory techniques that we are using.”

Eric A. Posner on Antitrust and Mergers

"If a merger substantially reduces competition in any market, it's illegal. Courts sort of take that literally," says University of Chicago law professor Eric Posner, who held a senior antitrust position in the U.S. Justice Department under former President Joe Biden.

"But in practice, the Justice Department has discretion on whether to challenge these mergers," Posner tells NPR. "And the courts have discretion on whether to block them."

Curtis Bradley on the Alien Enemies Act

Curtis Bradley, an international law professor at the University of Chicago, highlighted Trump’s ongoing legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union over his use of the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly detain and deport Venezuelans alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. The statute gives the president extraordinary power to expel citizens of enemy nations, when there is a declared war or in the event of an “invasion” or “predatory incursion.”