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Family Friday

Program Info

October 18, 2024

The Law Students Associations and the Law School are pleased to invite the friends and family of UChicago Law Students to our special event on Friday, October 18, 2024. Guests are welcome to visit the Law School and get a sense of student-life, all without the reading assignments!


Family Friday kicks-off with a Keynote address by our very own Dean Miles, after which Guests can choose between a variety of informative sessions to attend, with programming aimed to mimic law student life. All concluding with a reception, complete with board games and famous Chicago pizza, for a fun, family-friendly affair. 


We are so excited to welcome you all to the UChicago Law Community, and we encourage Guests to spend the weekend in Chicago to enjoy the many activities this great city has to offer.


Please register now!

Schedule of Events

Friday, October 18, 2024

Subject to change
Time Location Event
1:00-1:45 p.m. Courtroom Corridor Check-in & Merch Sale
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Auditorium Welcome from Dean Miles
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.. Various locations Breakout sessions 
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Green Lounge

Reception with Families & Law School Faculty

Children welcome

 

A mother-daughter combination leaning against each other.
The Law Students Association (LSA) and the Law School partnered to welcome students' families to the Law School on October 20 for the third annual Family Friday event.
An auditorium full of people with a slideshow. The slide says "Welcome Friends and Family! Family Friday. October 20, 2023."
The event began with welcome remarks from Dean Thomas J. Miles, the Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics; Deputy Dean William H.J. Hubbard, the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law; and Michelle Mbekeani, ’14.
People sitting in a classroom with 3 presenters.
The event offered families a variety of ways to get to know the Law School through breakout sessions. Clinical Professor Sarah Konsky, Director of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, along with clinical students, discussed the work of the clinic, what students get to work on, and what drew them to the the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic.
Professor William Baude pointing to something while the mock class looks on.
Breakout sessions included mock classes. Professor William Baude taught Constitutional Law …
Professor Saul Levmore is speaking, while others watch him in a classroom.
… while Professor Saul Levmore taught a Contracts class.
Professor Mark Templeton explaining clinical work to a small group. There is a slideshow with the title "Our Focus Before the MPSC".
Clinical Professor Mark Templeton, Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, and clinical students discussed the work of the clinic.
Tour guide speaking to families.
Families toured the Law School.
4 people sitting down and 1 person standing up in front of a class
Breakout sessions also included a panel for students to discuss their experience in law school.
4 individuals speaking to each other.
The event concluded with a reception in the Green Lounge. Here, José Luis Rodríguez, senior associate director of student affairs & diversity and inclusion, and Jesse Landstrom, senior associate director of advising and wellness programs, mingle with families.
5 people talking to Professor Douglas Baird
Participants talk with Professor Douglas Baird.
Families gathered in a hallway.
Thank you to all families who visited the Law School for Family Friday!
2023 Family Friday

The Law Students Association and the Law School partnered to welcome students’ families to the Law School on October 20, 2023, for the third annual Family Friday event. The event offers students’ families a way to get to know the Law School.

2023 Family Friday