Slideshow: "Chicago and Law and Economics: A History"
![Ronald Coase Ronald Coase](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/coase.jpg?itok=B2TXkreU)
Ronald Coase
![William Letwin (PhD in economics, '51, and Research Associate at the Law School, 1953-1955), Robert Bork, ’53, Edward Levi, John McGee (then with the University of Chicago economics department), Aaron Director, and John Jewkes (then an economist at Oxford University) at the conclusion of a 1953 law and economics conference at the Law School. William Letwin (PhD in economics, '51, and Research Associate at the Law School, 1953-1955), Robert Bork, ’53, Edward Levi, John McGee (then with the University of Chicago economics department), Aaron Director, and John Jewkes (then an economist at Oxford University) at the conclusion of a 1953 law and economics conference at the Law School.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/conference.jpg?itok=0qRwDPyJ)
William Letwin (PhD in economics, '51, and Research Associate at the Law School, 1953-1955), Robert Bork, ’53, Edward Levi, John McGee (then with the University of Chicago economics department), Aaron Director, and John Jewkes (then an economist at Oxford University) at the conclusion of a 1953 law and economics conference at the Law School.
![Kenneth Dam and Ronald Coase Kenneth Dam and Ronald Coase](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/damandcoase.jpg?itok=gmul6ZNc)
Kenneth Dam and Ronald Coase
![Epstein, Baird, and Easterbrook take a break from serious law and economics study to compete on the faculty trivia team in 1987. Epstein, Baird, and Easterbrook take a break from serious law and economics study to compete on the faculty trivia team in 1987.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/epsteinbarideasterbrook.jpg?itok=LpWYvTeX)
Epstein, Baird, and Easterbrook take a break from serious law and economics study to compete on the faculty trivia team in 1987.
![Milton Friedman delivers the 1967 Henry Simons Lecture in Law and Economics. Milton Friedman delivers the 1967 Henry Simons Lecture in Law and Economics.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/friedman.jpg?itok=Fcg7nInS)
Milton Friedman delivers the 1967 Henry Simons Lecture in Law and Economics.
![Dean Edward Levi Dean Edward Levi](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/levi.jpg?itok=GoAMj9pZ)
Dean Edward Levi
![Randal Picker teaches a class in 1991. Randal Picker teaches a class in 1991.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/picker-class.jpg?itok=nXgcPjMX)
Randal Picker teaches a class in 1991.
![Richard Posner Richard Posner](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/posnerclass.jpg?itok=TCsUgfmm)
Richard Posner
![George Stigler George Stigler](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/stigler.jpg?itok=9px9UkTG)
George Stigler
![Eric Posner at a Law and Economics Workshop. Eric Posner at a Law and Economics Workshop.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/ericposner.jpg?itok=t-Q3CFLc)
Eric Posner at a Law and Economics Workshop.
![Saul Levmore teaching first-year torts. Saul Levmore teaching first-year torts.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/levmore.jpg?itok=FPXfj9A9)
Saul Levmore teaching first-year torts.
![Anup Malani and Omri Ben-Shahar Anup Malani and Omri Ben-Shahar](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/malani-benshahar.jpg?itok=8EGizEuc)
Anup Malani and Omri Ben-Shahar
![Thomas Miles delivering the Coase Lecture Thomas Miles delivering the Coase Lecture](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/miles_2.jpg?itok=rqs5apB1)
Thomas Miles delivering the Coase Lecture
![David Weisbach David Weisbach](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/weisbach.jpg?itok=1X-arDeV)
David Weisbach
Photos from the Record article, "Chicago and Law and Economics: A History."