Summer School in Law and Economics
Photographs by Lloyd DeGrane
![The students snapped many photographs during lectures and presentations. The students snapped many photographs during lectures and presentations.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0002.jpg?itok=XFEaOmap)
The students snapped many photographs during lectures and presentations.
![Professor Omri Ben-Shahar is Director of the Institute for Law and Economics. Professor Omri Ben-Shahar is Director of the Institute for Law and Economics.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0011.jpg?itok=S-gSdXpT)
Professor Omri Ben-Shahar is Director of the Institute for Law and Economics.
![Most of the scholars were legal academics, with some economists too. Most of the scholars were legal academics, with some economists too.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0014.jpg?itok=nq-FwrkY)
Most of the scholars were legal academics, with some economists too.
![Professor Saul Levmore taught his course, Property Rights and Public Choice. Professor Saul Levmore taught his course, Property Rights and Public Choice.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0040.jpg?itok=2FHS_69I)
Professor Saul Levmore taught his course, Property Rights and Public Choice.
![The students also had some time to explore Chicago. The students also had some time to explore Chicago.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0044.jpg?itok=HhsbPdI_)
The students also had some time to explore Chicago.
![A ping-pong player unwinds after the first day of classes. A ping-pong player unwinds after the first day of classes.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-09_0048.jpg?itok=D3_kI5Bv)
A ping-pong player unwinds after the first day of classes.
![Professor Richard Epstein delivered a lunchtime talk in the Green Lounge. Professor Richard Epstein delivered a lunchtime talk in the Green Lounge.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-10_0001.jpg?itok=TpDDtzdY)
Professor Richard Epstein delivered a lunchtime talk in the Green Lounge.
![Professor Martha Nussbaum spoke on human welfare and economics. Professor Martha Nussbaum spoke on human welfare and economics.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-11_0007.jpg?itok=BvfCHigK)
Professor Martha Nussbaum spoke on human welfare and economics.
![It became tradition for the students to take a photograph with each teacher. It became tradition for the students to take a photograph with each teacher.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0001.jpg?itok=cK9g-ltt)
It became tradition for the students to take a photograph with each teacher.
![Judge Richard Posner talked about judicial behavior. Judge Richard Posner talked about judicial behavior.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0006.jpg?itok=dbhNeLzC)
Judge Richard Posner talked about judicial behavior.
![The students definitely went home with a lot of photographs. The students definitely went home with a lot of photographs.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0013.jpg?itok=FWKwiqGe)
The students definitely went home with a lot of photographs.
![The students with Professors Coase and Ben-Shahar and Dean Michael Schill. The students with Professors Coase and Ben-Shahar and Dean Michael Schill.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0019.jpg?itok=QvHYsfbh)
The students with Professors Coase and Ben-Shahar and Dean Michael Schill.
![The students gave Coase several rounds of applause. The students gave Coase several rounds of applause.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0020.jpg?itok=WQP_Qf7j)
The students gave Coase several rounds of applause.
![The Nobel Prize winner shared dinner with students. The Nobel Prize winner shared dinner with students.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0025.jpg?itok=urJSNcur)
The Nobel Prize winner shared dinner with students.
![Guoqiang Yang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to Chicago. Guoqiang Yang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to Chicago.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-12_0056.jpg?itok=9rfGAny_)
Guoqiang Yang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to Chicago.
![The students had many questions and classes often ran longer than planned. The students had many questions and classes often ran longer than planned.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-16_0027.jpg?itok=rhBjnLay)
The students had many questions and classes often ran longer than planned.
![Professor Lee Fennell listened to students present their own research. Professor Lee Fennell listened to students present their own research.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-16_0051.jpg?itok=M9RwzTCz)
Professor Lee Fennell listened to students present their own research.
![Professor Bill Landes talked judicial behavior from an economist's perspective. Professor Bill Landes talked judicial behavior from an economist's perspective.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-17_0011.jpg?itok=bldlzspt)
Professor Bill Landes talked judicial behavior from an economist's perspective.
![Lecturer in Law Richard Sandor signs his new book for a student. Lecturer in Law Richard Sandor signs his new book for a student.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-18_0010.jpg?itok=E374p6Yr)
Lecturer in Law Richard Sandor signs his new book for a student.
![A group of the students after Coase's lunchtime talk. A group of the students after Coase's lunchtime talk.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-18_0028.jpg?itok=NGNbXFcX)
A group of the students after Coase's lunchtime talk.
![The program ended with a barbeque in Ben-Shahar's backyard. The program ended with a barbeque in Ben-Shahar's backyard.](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/lawschool_2012-13_2012-07-21_0065.jpg?itok=8-makyVA)
The program ended with a barbeque in Ben-Shahar's backyard.
Seventy-two scholars traveled halfway around the world to study at the Law School during the inaugural Chicago Summer School in Law and Economics. Read more about the program.