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Reunion Weekend 2022

A "Welcome Alumni" banner hangs on the fence in the Laird Bell Quadrangle
Law School alumni enjoyed a weekend of special events April 28 through May 1. Reunion Weekend 2022 was the first in-person reunion since 2019.
Professor Tom Ginsburg speaks from a lectern
Tom Ginsburg, the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, delivered “Democracies and International Law” for the Loop Luncheon.
Alumni and students gather to hear Dean Miles speak
Alumni who served in clerkships mingled with students interested in pursuing clerkships at the Alumni Clerkship Reception on Friday.
Alumni gather in small group to chat
The All-Alumni Wine Mess provided an opportunity to catch up with friends.
Three members of the Class of 1972 speak with each other
The Class of 1972 celebrated their 50th reunion.
The hallway streams with people moving from one event to the next
Alumni filled the halls on their way to classrooms to hear faculty masterclasses and Dean Thomas J. Miles’ “State of the Law School” address.
Three alumni sit at a table for a panel
The Class of 1967 class discussion included a Q&A with former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, ’67; former US Representative David Minge, ’67; and former Vermont state Representative Duncan Kilmartin, ’67.
Five alumni sit at tables for a panel
The Class of 2007 hosted an alumni panel, “State and Local Government in the Era of Hyper Partisanship.”
Dean Miles gesiculates while speaking
Dean Thomas J. Miles, the Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, delivered his “State of the Law School” address.
An alumnus throws bean bags with his young daughter
Alumni and their families played lawn games in the Green Lounge.
Several alumni and family members sit around a table with the Phil the Phoenix mascot
Phil the Phoenix made an appearance for lunch.
Two alumni look through binders of photographs
Alumni pored over photographs from their time at the Law School, reminiscing and identifying themselves or others in the photos for the archive.
Alumni and family members line up along a long banquet table of buffet food
Alumni gathered in the Green Lounge for a picnic lunch and ice cream treats.
People sit at classroom tables
Alumni returned to classrooms for faculty masterclasses. Jonathan S. Masur, the John P. Wilson Professor of Law, and Professor Bridget Fahey spoke on “The Law of Space.”
Professors Aziz Huq and Daniel Abebe stand at the front of a classom
Daniel Abebe, a University of Chicago vice provost and the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law, and Aziz Z. Huq, the Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, spoke on “Race and Capitalism.”
Seven alumni and family members pose for a group photo at a dinner table
Class dinners are a highlight of Reunion Weekend.
Several alumni and family members cheer their glasses
Thank you to everyone who participated in Reunion Weekend 2022.

Alumni of the University of Chicago Law School gathered for Reunion Weekend 2022 April 28 – May 1, returning to an in-person gathering for the first time since 2019. They enjoyed a weekend of class dinners, panel discussions, faculty masterclasses, a “State of the Law School” with Dean Thomas J. Miles, an all-alumni Wine Mess, and more. The weekend kicked off with the annual Loop Luncheon, which featured Tom Ginsburg, the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, who spoke about “Democracies and International Law.”