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Message from the DeanWelcome to the University of Chicago Law School! This book in your hands will give you just a small taste of life at Chicago Law, a law school that stands apart from all others.

In these pages, you will learn about our amazing faculty and their unparalleled quality (and quantity!) of scholarship, their excellence in teaching, and their accessibility to our students. You will learn about our small, diverse, and close-knit student body, and about the many courses they take, activities in which they participate, and community service opportunities they undertake.You will see why we love being in Hyde Park and the city of Chicago, and why you will love it too. And you will discover where a Chicago Law degree can take you—to work in the public sector orprivate practice, to business, politics, or academia, and to the four corners of the globe.

I hope you will also get a sense of what makes the University of Chicago Law School so unique among American law schools. Today, there is tremendous pressure toward uniformity among eliteAmerican law schools. At Chicago, we resist the trend to look just like our counterparts. Our calendar is different as is our curriculum. Our students engage in the life of the Law School to an extent unheard of at most schools. We are recognized among judges, academics, law firms, and members ofthe business community as being an institution uniquely committed to the world of ideas. Regardlessof whether you are a liberal or conservative, an economist or a humanist, a member of the majority or a person in the minority, it is your ideas that matter, not who you are or where you came from. Honest, respectful, no-holds-barred debate about ideas and the role of law in our society will be nourished and protected at all costs. The more you learn about us, the more you will want to be part of our uniquely exciting community.

Importantly, Chicago is known not only as a place where your intellect will be challenged, but also as a place that will give you the training and the skills necessary to hit the ground running as a lawyer.Having Chicago Law on one's diploma is synonymous with proficiency in legal reasoning and argumentation. We train our students to think analytically, carefully, and thoughtfully, and we do thatbetter than any other school. But particularly given the changes buffeting the legal market, we alsogive serious attention to skills training—the activities that professionals engage in every day of theirlife—such as drafting and negotiating agreements and oral advocacy. The training you will receive as a Chicago Law student is second to none, and private and public employers alike will be glad to have you join their ranks. Indeed, I repeatedly hear from employers that there are no better trainedlawyers out there than those who graduate from our school.

After reading this viewbook, make sure to check out our website. We encourage you to watch ourvideos, follow us on Twitter, and spend lots of time on our pages for prospective students. Once you’re done reading, watching, and clicking, come visit us and let us show you why our studentsand faculty are so happy to be here and why alumni are so proud of the education they got here.Meet the people in our community, see the newly renovated library and classrooms, and experience for yourself the best legal education in America. And, of course, while you are here learn for yourselfwhy Chicago is the most exciting and livable city in the nation. We look forward to meeting you.

Michael Schill

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We revel in working through a complex problem, benefiting from the insights of fellow members of our community. Our students have a passionfor discussing cutting-edge issues—such as commercial law in virtual worldsor international human rights issues in China—over coffee in our GreenLounge. Our faculty are excited abouthosting students in their homes forour unique Greenberg Seminars,where the focus could be anything fromAmerican foreign policy to graphic novels.We thrive on being part of the world-class intellectual environment that is theUniversity of Chicago.

We strive every day to create the finest learning experience possible. Classes are small, allowing for intimate conversa-tions. Entering students are organizedinto research and writing sections of about thirty students, who get to know each other well and work together their entire first year. Connecting and collaborating with faculty, who bringtheir scholarly expertise and broad personal interests to bear on topics largeand small, is not only easy but expected.

Our students enjoy their time outside theclassroom as much as their time in it.They run organizations that delve deeperinto law or that broaden social horizons.They play sports, sing in a cappellagroups, act in the Winter Quarter Musical,represent clients in our legal clinics, challenge the faculty in a trivia tournament,and volunteer for community service. Afavorite activity is the weekly Wine Mess,an afternoon “happy hour” that has been atradition at the Law School for more thanfifty years. On Wednesday mornings, facultyand staff drop by the Green Lounge for

Coffee Mess, where they talk with students over donuts and bagels. Andour entire community benefits from our location in Chicago, where studentscan enjoy fine restaurants, theater, concerts, parks, sports, and more.

We take great pride in our network ofalumni, who have been trained to thinkindependently, critically, and creativelyabout the law. We believe, and our graduatesconfirm, that ideas turned into action is oneof the most satisfying ways to practice law.

Come visit us and see the Chicago difference. Meet our faculty members—driven teachers and prolific scholars,engaged with social problems and reallegal issues. Spend time with our students,who value academic thought, compas-sionate clinical work, and engagementwith one another and their teachers. Getto know our graduates, who distinguishthemselves with their intellect, skepticism,sense of purpose, and taste for the toughquestions. Come join our family oflifelong learners.

“I remember how I loved the experience. I don’tthink there is anyplace else in the world whereone learns so well how to think and process information, to look at all aspects of any situation and think about it on multiple levels,from the highly theoretical to the utterly human.” Steve Lipscomb, ’88, Founder and CEO, World Poker Tour

The University of Chicago Law School isabout ideas.We love them.


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Chicago students enjoy their classes.Chicago faculty love teaching them.Chicago alumni never forget them.

Our students crave intellectual stimulation. They work hard—and playhard. They challenge their teachers andeach other on all things logical, legal, andpolitical. They master a lawyer’s mostpowerful skills: researching, writing, andpresenting well-reasoned legal arguments.And they also enjoy more than fifty student organizations ranging from theEnvironmental Law Society to theFederalist Society, from Neighbors,which engages in a wide variety ofcommunity service activities, to thewomen’s intramural football team,which has won the campus championship

nine times in a row. Students even fill theclassrooms during lunchtime to hear faculty and other speakers discuss theissues of the day, and to enjoy a free lunch.

Why do they do this? Because it’s great.Because it’s worth it. Because they are partners in their own education.Because they grow. Because they are trulyprepared for their careers—and lives—after law school. Because they forge life-long friendships and mentoring relation-ships. And, most of all, because it’s fun.

Chicago students enjoy a very special environment—a true community that combines the academic and the social. Our small size allows an environmentwhere everyone knows everyone else,where faculty, staff, and students can get to know each other on an individual basis, and where everyone is part of acommon enterprise. It also gives studentsa ready group with whom to exploreChicago—the restaurants, the theaters, the running paths, and yes, the bars—and with whom to start out on the pathto an exciting career.

Chicago students are confident and engaged. They come from diversebackgrounds and hail from across the country and around the globe. They are ready for the next challenge.They go on to head law firms,become CEOs of companies, clerk for Supreme Court Justices—and become judges themselves.Learn more about our students atwww.law.uchicago.edu/students.

Ideas matter–to our students, to our faculty, toour alumni.

“My classmates and I were a close knit group—weplayed together, studied together, challenged oneanother's views and thoughts. There was an incrediblywide range of ideas and views in the classroom and we managed to really exchange those ideasand look at problems in ways I had never looked at them before. It was very exciting.” James Cole, ’95, Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation


6 Faculty

Faculty do not simply lecture—theyengage students in a dialogue. They askquestions about complex legal conceptsand principles, challenging students toarticulate and think about the law forthemselves. Chicago faculty know thatcomplex social and legal problems haveno easy answers. Our graduates need to think on their feet in the courtroom,the legislative chamber, and the board-room—and the Socratic Method teachesthem to do that. Because the Law School believes in interdisciplinaryinquiry, our faculty are not just leading law scholars. They are also

feminist scholars, historians, economists, and philosophers. Theyare clinical practitioners, dedicated to teaching and advocacy.

Together with our faculty, visiting faculty and lecturers drawn from government and private practice teachmore than 170 courses and reflect abreadth and depth that are hard tomatch. Learn more about our faculty atwww.law.uchicago.edu/faculty.

Chicago faculty engage with students in ways uncommon in academia. The Law School sponsors the ChicagoPolicy Initiatives, which encourage faculty members and students to worktogether, examine important social problems, and propose solutions. Past and current topics for Policy Initiativesinclude judicial decisionmaking, animal

treatment, foster care, parental leave, andclimate change. Chicago students love theGreenberg Seminars, where professorsfrom different disciplines team up to teachcasual seminars on unusual subjects intheir own homes. Students have saidthat the seminars, which change yearly,enhance the Law School’s reputation forprofessors’ accessibility, and take theopen-door office hours policy several stepsfurther than most law schools.

Several times a year, faculty host roundtable dinners, a popular discussion series for students. Twenty students gather at a faculty member’shome to talk about topics not covered in classes—from who has property rightsover the final out ball of the Red SoxWorld Series game, to the exposure ofchildren to the Internet, to racial profilingand gerrymandering.

“Faculty-student interaction here is phenomenal. In my first quarter alone, I had dinner with one faculty member, lunch with two others, and my Civil Procedure professor had the whole class to her house for breakfast!”Lauren Barnett, ’14

Learning the law at Chicago is collaborative.




8 Public Interest

In order to make public interest careerspossible, the Law School has createdunique and generous programs to assistcurrent students and graduates who pursue these jobs.

A dedicated public interest lawadvisor serves on the Office of CareerServices staff to offer critical assistanceto students and alumni pursuing workand volunteer opportunities in the publicand nonprofit sectors. Susan Curry, formerly the executive director of thePublic Interest Law Initiative, joined theLaw School in 2010 as the Director ofPublic Interest Law and Policy. Curry andour other experienced OCS counselorsmeet regularly with students to assistthem in every step of their job search, as well as coordinate informational programs and guest speakers to high-light different types of government andpublic interest law careers. They also

connect students with alumni mentorspracticing in public interest law. To learnmore about public interest at the LawSchool, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/publicinterest.

The Law School’s Loan RepaymentAssistance Program allows any graduate who works in a qualifiedpublic interest position for ten years to attend law school for free.Working in concert with current federaldebt relief programs, Chicago’s LRAP is one of the most generous of its kind. Unlike most law schools’ LRAPs, our inclusive program includes judicial clerkships as eligible positionsand has a generous salary cap of $80,000. More details are available atwww.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/LRAP.

The Law School guarantees summer funding for 1L and 2L students engaged in qualified public interestwork. Through the Heerey FellowshipProgram and the Chicago LawFoundation, first- and second-year students working in eligible nonprofit or government law positions during thesummer are guaranteed a $5,000 award.Participants in both programs may alsoearn up to $5,000 from other summerfunding sources. In addition, a gift fromalumnus Herbert L. Caplan, ’57, estab-lished paid fellowships for students who work in public interest policy aftertheir second year.

Our clinical programs (see page 11) aren’tthe only way to serve the public interestand engage with issues that matter toyou while you’re in law school. You canjoin organizations like the Chicago LawFoundation, which raises money for grantsgiven to students working in summerpublic interest jobs, or Neighbors, whichworks with local school children on literacyand civics issues. You can participate in the Spring Break of Service, which annually sends two dozen students todo legal aid work in places like Biloxi andJackson, Mississippi, or Jammu, India.You can even start your own organiza-tion to do what is meaningful to you. Or you can participate in our Pro BonoService Initiative by pledging to volunteer at least 50 hours of law-relatedservice during your time in law school.Program participants recognize that probono public service is an integral part of a lawyer’s professional obligation and an essential ingredient in a legal career.These service opportunities also offer students additional opportunities to developtheir legal skills and experience. Eachyear, Chicago students log hundreds ofpro bono hours with various communitylegal service providers, including theCook County Public Defender, Equip forEquality, the Legal Assistance Foundationof Metropolitan Chicago, the ChicagoLegal Clinic, the National ResourcesDefense Council, and many others.Learn more about the Pro Bono ServiceInitiative at www.law.uchicago.edu/publicinterest/probono.

Chicago is committed to training lawyersand scholars who are dedicated to thepublic good.

“The great law schools have a very special responsibility not only to produce the bestlawyers in the country, but to produce lawyerswho fulfill the obligation of the bar to serve thepublic interest, whether through governmentservice, NGOs, or community organizations.”Lillian Kraemer, ’64, retired partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


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Clinical Program 11“Our clinical faculty are expert practitioners and expert teachers. We don’t just practice law and let students tag along—our job is to coach, challenge, and guide our students in their development as practitioners. Over their time in the clinic, students learn to take the lead on the case or transaction. They move from being apprentices to being true colleagues.”Jeff Leslie, Director of Clinical and Experiential Learning, Clinical Professor of Law,Paul J.Tierney Director of the Housing Initiative, and Faculty Director of Curriculum


Students can readily prepare for careersserving the public interest and get practical experience that will enrichtheir education, their legal practice,and their lives.

The Law School was a pioneer in clinicallegal education by establishing one ofthe first legal clinics associated with alaw school. In 2008, the Edwin F. MandelLegal Aid Clinic celebrated its 50thanniversary of serving the people ofChicago. Second- and third-year studentsworking in the clinic learn litigation, legislative advocacy, and transactionalskills by representing clients while under the close supervision of the Law School’s

outstanding clinical professors. Students can work in a wide variety ofareas, including:

� Civil rights and police accountability;� Criminal and juvenile justice;� Employment discrimination;� Affordable housing;� Mental health;� International human rights;� Social service;� Exoneration of people wrongfully convicted;

� Federal criminal law; � Advocacy for immigrant children;� Environmental law;� Gendered violence; and� Public criminal defense and prosecution.

For those more interested in the businessside of the law, the Institute for JusticeClinic on Entrepreneurship is devotedprincipally to expanding economic libertiesby providing a range of legal services for start-up businesses in economicallydisadvantaged communities.

Students actively represent clients in allof these projects–it’s not just busy work.The State of Illinois and the SeventhCircuit Court of Appeals allow students,under the supervision of licensed attorneys,to serve as counsel for clients.

This means that our students serve as trial lawyers, conducting direct and cross examinations, making openingand closing arguments, and draftingmotions. They also argue the cases on appeal. They do the leg work and the research, they draft the contractsand negotiate the settlements. They practice law. For this, they earncourse credit, gain real-world experience,and serve the community.

Our clinic students’ work makes a difference. In the past few years Chicago Law students have helped exonerate a man wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years, advocated for changes to the laws that impedeChicago entrepreneurs, laid the legal groundwork in the completion of a new Chicago affordable housing development, and won a case beforethe Seventh Circuit Court of Appealsthat could fundamentally change theway the federal government prosecutesillegal immigrants. Our students have even built a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging thestate of Illinois’ forfeiture laws. Every day our students are doing workthat gives a legal voice to the voicelessin ways large and small. Read moreabout our clinical programs atwww.law.uchicago.edu/clinics.

Chicago studentsget involved inour community,and the LawSchool’s clinicalprograms make it easy for themto do so.


12 Curriculum

The Law School encourages students to get a broad curricular foundation. The law will change while you are in lawschool, and so we train our students for the future. Classes are small—particularly our Bigelow legal researchand writing course. First-year students take a core sequence coveringcontracts, torts, property, criminal law, and civil procedure, as well as one interdisciplinary course, Elements of the Law.

“Elements,” a class designed at Chicago,examines legal issues from diverse standpoints. You’ll learn how political scientists, economists, psychologists,sociologists, and moral philosophersthink about legal questions. And you’lllearn about the basic reasoning behindall laws: why we reason from precedent;what consent, coercion, and voluntarychoice mean; how we choose between rules and discretionary standards; andhow to think about interpreting statutes and other authoritative texts that

may not have been written with today’s problems in mind. Elementswill give you the tools to analyze legal problems long after you leave Chicago’s halls.

Chicago is on the quarter system(although we’re only in session threequarters a year). Quarters create shorter classes, and you take fewer ofthem at a time than you would in a semester system.Our students findthat the quarter system allows themto take a wider variety of classesthan at most law schools. The quartersystem also allows our 1Ls to ease intotheir exams because they only have two finals in their first quarter comparedto four in a semester system. To learnmore about the quarter system, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/faqs/quartersystem.

Another benefit of the quarter system isthat it allows every 1L to take an elective.You’ll get to spice up your 1L schedulewith such courses as Copyright, PublicInternational Law, Economic Analysis ofthe Law, or Legislation—courses mostschools don’t offer to 1Ls.

All of the University is open to you in the second and third years, when youcan choose not only from more than 170 classes within the Law School, ranging from Health Law and Policy to Structuring Complex Business Transactions, from Feminist Jurisprudenceto International Criminal Law, but also

from hundreds of courses in other schoolsand departments. The Law Schoolencourages interdisciplinary work—allstudents may take up to twelve hours ofcoursework anywhere in the University.You will find that the curriculum is deepand diverse, emphasizing carefulanalysis infused with interdisciplinaryperspectives, drawing on the faculty’sextensive backgrounds in fields such ashistory, philosophy, political science,economics, and sociology.

The Law School also offers shorter, more intensive courses such as CriminalJustice Policy and Financial Accountingto supplement the curriculum with skills training and distinguished visitors—and without a major time investment.These courses provide a foundation forunderstanding complicated legal andpolicy issues, and also for a career in thepublic or private sector. For a completelist of courses, see www.law.uchicago.edu/courses.

Students may also apply for joint or dualdegree programs—including three formaljoint degree programs with the BoothSchool of Business (M.B.A., Ph.D.), TheHarris School of Public Policy (M.P.P.), or the Divinity School (M. Div.)—either at the same time they apply to the LawSchool, in their first year (as required bycertain joint degree programs), or duringthe course of their studies at the LawSchool. For more information, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/students/jointdegree.

At Chicago, youlearn the law—and you learnhow to think,which is evenmore important.


“What I can promise you is a community that is committed to both sides of the lawyer’s craft—to the passion and commitment to what the lawshould try to achieve, and also to unflinching critical analysis that accepts no orthodoxy except the sovereignty of reason.”David Strauss, Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law


Professionalism, Skills, and Experiential Education


Preparing for a legal career certainlyinvolves a great deal of learning aboutthe law, but at Chicago, it also goes farbeyond that. From lunchtime events to clinical opportunities, from intensivepractice workshops and labs to mootcourts and journals, the Law Schooloffers countless ways to gain skills andknowledge necessary for the practiceof law. All students must take at leastone “skills” course in order to graduate,but your opportunities to learn importantprofessional skills and gain practicalexperience will extend far beyond the classroom.

Designed to get students in the habit of enhancing their education outside a formal learning or work environment,our Keystone Professionalism & Leadership Program (KPLP) is structured to operate much like theContinuing Legal Education programsthat many licensed attorneys attend. We identified ten categories of practical,social, and leadership skills that leadto becoming an effective attorney, and this past year alone hosted over

85 programs in those categories in whichour students could participate. Studentsearn points by attending the events, andthose with at least 200 points by the endof each year receive special recognitionand are eligible to list participation in KPLPon their resumes. To learn more, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/Keystone.

Through a combination of classroominstruction and direct work on real, cutting-edge projects, students in the Corporate Lab train to become well-rounded legal practitioners with sound legal and business judgment. Corporate Lab students can work in either the Litigation Lab, which brings lawyers and studentstogether to analyze and develop aspects of the lawyers’ ongoing litigation, or the Transactional Lab, where students work closely with corporatelegal teams at major companies in a variety of sectors, such as technology,consulting, telecommunications, and emerging businesses. The CorporateLab mirrors a real-world work experi-ence: students receive hands-on substantive and client-developmentexperience and are expected to manage and meet expectations anddeadlines while exercising a high level of professionalism. More information is available at www.law.uchicago.edu/corporatelab.

Last year saw the launch of the LawSchool’s Doctoroff BusinessLeadership Program, a new certificate-granting program that combines law and business courses to prepare

the next generation of law graduates with the analytical skills to be leaders of businesses or key advisors to business. The program will generallymake available to all students a series of core business courses. In addition, it will provide a smaller set of students admitted to the program a unique arrayof mentorship, internship, and enrich-ment opportunities not normally found in law schools. For more information on the Doctoroff Business LeadershipProgram, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/doctoroffbusinessleadership.

The Class of 2017 will be the first class to participate in the Law School’s inaugural year for the Kapnick Leadership DevelopmentInitiative, a program that will introducesystematic leadership development and training to the first year class. The Law School, in partnership with The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has modeled theleadership training program on Booth’s very successful LeadershipEffectiveness and Development (LEAD)class and customized it for law studentsto give them the tools to respond to the legal profession’s unique challenges.Each year, all first year law students will participate in a series of team-buildingexercises, leadership challenges, andsocial events, which have been createdto give each 1L the opportunity to beintroduced to their classmates and learnabout their own leadership style andeffectiveness in team situations. To learnmore, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/magazine/fall13/kapnick.

You’ll graduateChicago Law notonly thinking like a lawyer, but alsoready to practiceand to lead.

“The classroom experience at The Law School is beyond anything I could’ve imagined. I’m constantly blown away by how engaging, intelligent, and organized my professors are. They know exactly how to get us to where weneed to be in each and every class.” Rob Lee, ‘15

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Students, Professor Alison LaCroix, and Judge Richard Posner gather at Professor Martha Nussbaum’s home for a Greenberg Seminar on Shakespeare and the Law.


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First-Year Courses Civil Procedure I and IIContractsCriminal LawElements of the LawLegal Research and WritingPropertyTorts

Administrative LawAbrams Environmental Law ClinicAdministrative LawAdvanced Corporate Law: Mergers and AcquisitionsAmerican Indian LawBankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal

Bankruptcy CodeCollective Bargaining in Sports and EntertainmentComparative Legal InstitutionsComplex Financial Institutions: Lessons from the

Financial Crisis and Current Regulatory DebateConstruction LawConsumer LawCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawDelegation and Its LimitsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesElection LawEmployee Benefits LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEnvironmental LawEU Competition Law: With Special Emphasis on the

Application of Advanced Topics in AntitrustEvolving Regulation of Financial Institutions and MarketsThe Federal BudgetFederal Legislative PowerFederal Regulation of SecuritiesFood and Drug LawForeign Relations LawGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarHealth Care Policy

Historical Semantics and Legal Interpretation: Questions and Methods

History of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHousing and Development: Law and PolicyImmigration Law International ArbitrationInternational Human Rights ClinicInternational Human Rights LawLabor LawLand UseThe Law and Policy of Climate ChangeLocal Government LawObscenity Law and Pop CultureOil and Gas LawParent, Child, and the StatePoverty and Housing Law ClinicPresidential PowersPrivate RegulationPublic ChoicePublic International LawPublic Land and Resources LawPublic-Entity BankruptcyRegulation of Investment ProfessionalsRegulation of SexualityRegulatory InterpretationResidential Real Estate Development and the LawState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsTelecommunications Law and RegulationTheories of Financial RegulationU.S. Taxation of International TransactionsYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Constitutional LawAdministrative LawAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History, 1607-1870Capital Punishment in AmericaCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityComparative Constitutional DesignThe Comparative Law of DemocracyComparative Legal InstitutionsConflicts of Law

Constitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureConstitutional Law II: Freedom of SpeechConstitutional Law III: Equal Protection and

Substantive Due ProcessConstitutional Law V: Freedom of ReligionCorporate and Entrepreneurial FinanceCounterintelligence and Covert Action—Legal and

Policy IssuesCriminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure III: Further Issues In

Criminal AdjudicationCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawDelegation and Its LimitsDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesElection LawEmployment Discrimination LawThe Evolving Relationship between the Federal

Government and the StatesFederal CourtsFederal Criminal PracticeFederal Criminal Procedure: From Bail to JailFederal Legislative PowerFeminist PhilosophyForeign Relations LawGreenberg Seminar: Race and Place in ChicagoGreenberg Seminar: The Life and Times of the

Warren Court (1954-1968)Higher Education and the LawHistory of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenImmigration Law The Interbellum ConstitutionLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLaw and ReligionLegislation and Statutory InterpretationLife in the LawMarriageObscenity Law and Pop Culture

First-year law students take a required set of courses listed below, as well as a 1L elective in the spring. The list of electives available changes each year. In the second and third years, the only required course is a legal ethics course.In addition, students must take two courses with a substantial writing componentand a skills course. Other than that, students are free to choose for themselves.The courses listed below are loosely grouped into categories for ease of reading,although no formal concentrations exist in our curriculum. These courses were offered during 2012-13 and 2013-14, and while not all of them are taughtevery year, this list will give you an idea of the kinds of courses we offer. Inaddition, our curriculum often changes in response to current events, so othernew courses will likely be offered during your time at the Law School.



Originalism and its CriticsPresidential PowersPrivacyReligion, Law and PoliticsThe Roberts CourtU.S. Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeWorkshop: Constitutional LawWorkshop: Public Law and Legal TheoryYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

TaxationAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting and Financial Analysis for Debt and

Equity Markets and Transaction StructuringAccounting for LawyersAgency and Partnership LawBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCommercial Real Estate TransactionsCorporate and Entrepreneurial FinanceDrafting Contracts: The Problem of AmbiguityElectronic Commerce LawEmployee Benefits LawEvolving Regulation of Financial Institutions and MarketsFederal Tax Policy SeminarFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: 99:1–Inequality Past and PresentInternational FinanceInternational Income TaxationIntroductory Income TaxationIslamic Law and FinanceLegal Elements of AccountingLegal Issues in International TransactionsMajor Corporate Transactions: Legal and

Business IssuesNon-Profit OrganizationsPartnership TaxationProject and Infrastructure Development and FinanceResidential Real Estate Development and the LawStructuring Financial InstrumentsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and

Entrepreneurial TransactionsTaxation of Corporations ITaxation of Corporations IIU.S. Taxation of International Transactions

Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureCapital Punishment in AmericaChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingComparative Criminal ProcedureComputer CrimeCorporate Criminal Prosecutions and Investigations Counterintelligence and Covert Action–Legal and

Policy IssuesCourt Reform in the Juvenile Justice SystemCriminal and Juvenile Justice Project ClinicCriminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure III: Further Issues In

Criminal AdjudicationCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawCurrent Topics in Criminal Law & ProcedureDeveloping Law Practice Skills through the Study of

National Security IssuesDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEmpirical Criminal LawExoneration Project ClinicFederal Criminal Justice ClinicFederal Criminal LawFederal Criminal PracticeFederal Criminal Procedure: From Bail to JailFederal Habeas CorpusFederal Sentencing: Balancing Judicial and

Prosecutorial DiscretionThe Grand Jury: History, Law, and PracticeGreenberg Seminar: CheatingGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarGreenberg Seminar: The Life and Times of the

Warren Court (1954-1968)Immigration Law Investigative, Trial, and Policy Issues in Criminal

and National Security LawLaw and Political Thought: Punishment

Life in the LawPost Incarceration Reentry ClinicProsecution and Defense ClinicPublic Corruption and the LawYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Commercial, Business, and Labor LawAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting and Financial Analysis for Debt and

Equity Markets and Transaction StructuringAccounting for LawyersAdvanced Contract Drafting: General Corporate

AgreementsAdvanced Contracts: Sales Law for a Modern EconomyAdvanced Corporate Law: Mergers and AcquisitionsAdvanced Topics in Corporate ReorganizationsAdvanced Trademarks and Unfair CompetitionAgency and Partnership LawAntitrust LawArt LawBanking Law Bankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal

Bankruptcy CodeBehavioral Law and EconomicsBusiness Associations IBusiness Associations IIBusiness OrganizationsBusiness Perspectives on Workplace PrivacyBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyBuyoutsChinese for Business LawyersClosing a Deal: Structuring and Documentation

of a Secured Loan TransactionCollective Bargaining in Sports and EntertainmentCommercial Real Estate FinanceCommercial Real Estate TransactionsCommercial Transactions–Negotiation, Drafting,

and AnalysisCompetition Policy in the European CommunityComplex Financial Institutions: Lessons from the

Financial Crisis and Current Regulatory DebateConstruction LawConsumer LawContract Drafting and ReviewContract Law for LLM StudentsContract Negotiation: OutsourcingContracts and Commercial TransactionsCopyrightCorporate and Entrepreneurial FinanceCorporate Criminal Prosecutions and Investigations Corporate FinanceCorporate GovernanceCorporate Governance in ChinaCorporate Lab: Litigation ClinicCorporate Lab: Transactional ClinicCorporate Management and DecisionmakingCorporate ReorganizationsCross-Border Transactions: LendingCross-Border Transactions: Securities, M&A,

and Joint VenturesCurrent Controversies in Corporate and Securities LawEarly Stage Ventures: The Legal Challenges for

Lawyers and EntrepreneursElectronic Commerce LawElements of Economic Analysis II: HonorsEmployee Benefits LawEmployment Discrimination ClinicEmployment Discrimination LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEntrepreneurship and the LawEnvironmental LawEU Competition Law: With Special Emphasis on the

Application of Advanced Topics in AntitrustEvolving Regulation of Financial Institutions

and MarketsFederal Regulation of SecuritiesFederal Tax Policy SeminarFeminist Economics and Public PolicyFood and Drug LawFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysGreenberg Seminar: 99:1–Inequality Past and PresentGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets

in American History

Health Care PolicyHousing and Development: Law and PolicyInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipInsurance LawIntellectual Property-based Finance and InvestmentInternational ArbitrationInternational FinanceInternational Trade LawIslamic Law and FinanceLabor History and the LawLabor LawLand UseThe Law and Policy of Climate ChangeLaw and the Theory of the FirmLegal Elements of AccountingLegal Issues in International TransactionsMajor Corporate Transactions: Legal and

Business IssuesManaging Legal Risk in a Global EconomyMergers and AcquisitionsNetwork IndustriesPartnership TaxationPatent Claim Construction: A Hands-On Introduction

to Patent LitigationPatent LawPrice Theory IPrice Theory IIPrivate Equity in AsiaPrivate Equity Transactions: Issues and DocumentationPrivate RegulationProblems in Corporate LawProject and Infrastructure Development and FinancePublic Land and Resources LawPublic-Entity BankruptcyRegulation of Investment ProfessionalsResidential Real Estate Development and the LawRisk Management and Policy Decision-MakingSecured Lender Remedies and Workout TransactionsSecured TransactionsState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsStrategic Business PartnershipsStrategies and Processes of NegotiationsStructuring Financial InstrumentsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity,

and Entrepreneurial TransactionsTaxation of Corporations ITaxation of Corporations IITechnology PolicyTheories of Financial RegulationTrademarks and Unfair CompetitionU.S. Taxation of International Transactions

Courts, Jurisdiction, and ProcedureAdministrative LawAdmiralty LawAdvanced Civil ProcedureAdvanced Law and EconomicsAmerican Indian LawAmerican Legal History, 1607-1870Arbitration in the United StatesBrief-writing and Appellate Advocacy SeminarCapital Punishment in AmericaClass Action ControversiesComparative Criminal ProcedureThe Comparative Law of DemocracyComparative Legal InstitutionsComplex LitigationConflicts of LawCourt Reform in the Juvenile Justice SystemCriminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure III: Further Issues In

Criminal AdjudicationCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawCurrent Topics in Criminal Law & ProcedureDelegation and Its LimitsDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEvidenceFederal CourtsFederal Courts from the Judge’s PerspectiveFederal Criminal Procedure: From Bail to JailFederal Habeas CorpusFederal JurisdictionFederal Legislative Power



Greenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug War

Greenberg Seminar: The Life and Times of the Warren Court (1954-1968)

Human Rights: Alien and CitizenImmigration Law International Litigation in U.S. CourtsInvestigative, Trial, and Policy Issues in Criminal and

National Security LawLaw and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political InstitutionsLegal ProfessionLife in the LawLitigation LaboratoryLocal Government LawMental Health Litigation ClinicPatent Claim Construction: A Hands-On Introduction

to Patent LitigationProsecution and Defense ClinicPublic International LawPublic-Entity BankruptcyRemediesThe Roberts CourtTrial AdvocacyU.S. Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeWorkshop: Judicial Behavior

Jurisprudence and Legal TheoryAdvanced Law and EconomicsAmerican Indian LawBehavioral Law and EconomicsCanonical Ideas in Legal ThoughtCapital Punishment in AmericaComparative Legal InstitutionsConstitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureDelegation and Its LimitsDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEconomic Analysis of the LawEmpirical Law and EconomicsEvolution of Legal DoctrineThe Evolving Relationship between the Federal

Government and the StatesFederal CourtsFederal Courts from the Judge’s PerspectiveFederal Legislative PowerFeminist PhilosophyGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarHuman Rights II: History and Theory

Jurisprudence I: Theories of Law and AdjudicationLaw and Advances in MedicineLaw and Political Thought: PunishmentLaw and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political InstitutionsLaw and the Theory of the FirmLegal InterpretationLegislation and Statutory InterpretationLife in the LawOriginalism and its CriticsProperty TheoryPublic ChoicePublic International LawPublic Opinion, Public Policy, and the LawRacism, Law, and Social SciencesRawlsRegulatory InterpretationSeminal Texts in the History of Medical EthicsSocial Norms and LawTheories of Financial RegulationTheories of PropertyU.S. Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeWorkshop: Judicial BehaviorWorkshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and PhilosophyWorkshop: Public Law and Legal Theory

Health LawComplex Mental Health Litigation ClinicConsumer LawEnvironmental LawFamily LawFood and Drug LawGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: 99:1–Inequality Past and Present

Greenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterGreenberg Seminar: Race and Place in ChicagoHealth Care PolicyHealth LawHealth Law and PolicyInsurance LawLaw and the Mental Health SystemLife in the LawMental Health Advocacy ClinicMental Health Litigation ClinicParent, Child, and the StateRegulation of SexualitySeminal Texts in the History of Medical EthicsWomen, Children, Gender, and Human Rights

Family Law, Property Rights, Torts, and InsuranceAbrams Environmental Law ClinicAdvanced Contracts: Sales Law for a Modern EconomyAmerican Indian LawArt LawBusiness Perspectives on Workplace PrivacyChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingCommercial Real Estate FinanceCommercial Real Estate TransactionsComplex Mental Health Litigation ClinicConstruction LawConsumer LawCourt Reform in the Juvenile Justice SystemDivorce Practice and ProcedureEmployee Benefits LawEmployment Discrimination ClinicEmployment Discrimination LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEnvironmental LawFamily LawFamily Law Seminar: DivorceGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: 99:1–Inequality Past and PresentGreenberg Seminar: CheatingGreenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterHigher Education and the LawHistoric Preservation LawHistorical Semantics and Legal Interpretation:

Questions and MethodsHousing and Development: Law and PolicyHousing Initiative ClinicImmigration Law Insurance LawIntellectual Property-based Finance and InvestmentIntroductory Income TaxationLand UseThe Law and Policy of Climate ChangeLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLaw and the Mental Health SystemLife in the LawMarriageOil and Gas LawParent, Child, and the StatePoverty and Housing Law ClinicPrivacyPrivate Ownership of Cultural PropertyProject and Infrastructure Development and FinanceProperty TheoryPublic Land and Resources LawRegulation of SexualityResidential Real Estate Development and the LawRisk Management and Policy Decision-MakingStructuring Financial InstrumentsTheories of PropertyTrusts and EstatesWomen, Children, Gender, and Human RightsWorkshop: Regulation of Family, Sex, and GenderYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Intellectual Property, Technology Law, and EntrepreneurshipAdvanced Contract Drafting: General Corporate

AgreementsAdvanced Contracts: Sales Law for a

Modern EconomyAdvanced Trademarks and Unfair CompetitionAntitrust LawArt Law

Business Perspectives on Workplace PrivacyBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCollective Bargaining in Sports and EntertainmentComputer CrimeContract Drafting and ReviewContract Negotiation: OutsourcingCopyrightCorporate and Entrepreneurial FinanceCorporate Lab: Litigation ClinicCorporate Management and DecisionmakingCross-Border Transactions: Securities, M&A,

and Joint VenturesDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEarly Stage Ventures: The Legal Challenges for

Lawyers and EntrepreneursElectronic Commerce LawEmployment LawEntrepreneurship and the LawInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntellectual Property-based Finance and InvestmentLegal Issues in International TransactionsMajor Corporate Transactions: Legal and

Business IssuesMergers and AcquisitionsNetwork IndustriesPatent LawPrivacyRegulation of Investment ProfessionalsRisk Management and Policy Decision-MakingStrategic Business PartnershipsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and

Entrepreneurial TransactionsTechnology PolicyTelecommunications Law and RegulationTrademarks and Unfair Competition

Clinical CoursesAbrams Environmental Law ClinicCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityComplex Mental Health Litigation ClinicCorporate Lab: Litigation ClinicCorporate Lab: Transactional ClinicCriminal and Juvenile Justice Project ClinicEmployment Discrimination ClinicEntrepreneurship and the LawExoneration Project ClinicFederal Criminal Justice ClinicHousing Initiative ClinicInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntensive Trial Practice WorkshopMental Health Advocacy ClinicMental Health Litigation ClinicPost Incarceration Reentry ClinicPoverty and Housing Law ClinicPre-Trial AdvocacyProsecution and Defense ClinicTrial AdvocacyYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

International and Comparative LawAdvanced Legal Research: Foreign and

International LawArt LawChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingChinese for Business LawyersChinese for LawyersComparative Constitutional DesignComparative Criminal ProcedureThe Comparative Law of DemocracyComparative Legal InstitutionsCompetition Policy in the European CommunityCorporate Governance in ChinaCounterintelligence and Covert Action–Legal

and Policy IssuesCross-Border Transactions: LendingCross-Border Transactions: Securities, M&A,

and Joint VenturesCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawEast Asian Law and SocietyEU Competition Law: With Special Emphasis on the

Application of Advanced Topics in AntitrustEuropean Legal HistoryForeign Relations Law



Curriculum 19“Every corner of the curriculum is filled with fantastic teachers, teachers so good that students clamor to take their classes even if they aren’t specifically interested in the subject matter. They are rarely disappointed.”Jonathan Masur, John P. Wilson Professor of Law and David and Celia Hilliard Research Scholar

French LawGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: KoreaGreenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterHuman Rights II: History and TheoryHuman Rights III: Current Issues in Human RightsHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenInternational ArbitrationInternational FinanceInternational Human Rights ClinicInternational Human Rights LawInternational Human Rights Lawyering SkillsInternational Income TaxationInternational Litigation in U.S. CourtsInternational Trade LawIslamic Law and FinanceThe Law and Policy of Climate ChangeLegal Elements of AccountingLegal Issues in International TransactionsLegalistic Wrongdoing in Hitler’s Europe and PostwarRestitution in American Federal CourtsManaging Legal Risk in a Global EconomyPrivate Equity in AsiaPrivate Ownership of Cultural PropertyPublic International LawThe U.S.-China Treaty ProjectU.S. Taxation of International TransactionsWomen, Children, Gender, and Human RightsWorkshop: International and Comparative LawYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Legal HistoryAmerican Indian LawAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History, 1607-1870American Legal History: The Twentieth CenturyDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsEuropean Legal HistoryEvolution of Legal DoctrineGreenberg Seminar: Race and Place in ChicagoGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets

in American HistoryGreenberg Seminar: The Life and Times of the

Warren Court (1954-1968)Historical Semantics and Legal Interpretation:

Questions and MethodsHistory of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHuman Rights II: History and TheoryLabor History and the LawLegalistic Wrongdoing in Hitler’s Europe and Postwar

Restitution in American Federal CourtsLife in the LawMarriageOriginalism and its CriticsRoman LawThe Evolving Relationship between the Federal

Government and the StatesThe Grand Jury: History, Law, and PracticeThe Interbellum ConstitutionTheories of Property

Skills, Legal Practice, and EthicsAdvanced Law and EconomicsAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAn Introduction to Doing Empirical

Microeconomic ResearchBehavioral Law and EconomicsBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCapital Punishment in AmericaEast Asian Law and SocietyElements of Economic Analysis II: HonorsEmpirical Criminal Law

Evolution of Legal DoctrineEconomics and Public PolicyFeminist PhilosophyFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysGreek Tragedy and PhilosophyGreenberg Seminar: 99:1–Inequality Past and PresentGreenberg Seminar: Can You Have It All?Greenberg Seminar: CheatingGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarGreenberg Seminar: KoreaGreenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterGreenberg Seminar: Race and Place in ChicagoGreenberg Seminar: Southern Literature and the LawGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets

in American HistoryGreenberg Seminar: The Book of Revelation and

Literature It Has InspiredGreenberg Seminar: The Life and Times of the

Warren Court (1954-1968)Greenberg Seminar: The Rise of WomenHuman Rights II: History and TheoryHuman Rights III: Current Issues in Human RightsHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenKapnick Initiative Leadership Effectiveness and

Development Lab I: DevelopmentLaw and Advances in MedicineLaw and LiteratureLaw and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political InstitutionsLeadershipLeading, Following, and Parting WaysLegalistic Wrongdoing in Hitler’s Europe and Postwar

Restitution in American Federal CourtsPrice Theory IPrice Theory IIPublic Opinion, Public Policy, and the LawRacism, Law, and Social SciencesRawlsReligion, Law and PoliticsRoman LawSocial Norms and LawWomen, Children, Gender, and Human RightsWorkshop: International and Comparative LawWorkshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and PhilosophyWorkshop: Legal ScholarshipWorkshop: Regulation of Family, Sex, and Gender

Complementary, Multi-Disciplinary, and Cross-Listed CoursesAbrams Environmental Law ClinicAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting and Financial Analysis for Debt and

Equity Markets and Transaction StructuringAccounting for LawyersAdvanced Civil ProcedureAdvanced Contract Drafting: General Corporate

AgreementsAdvanced Contracts: Sales Law for a

Modern EconomyAdvanced Legal ResearchAdvanced Legal Research: Foreign and

International LawAdvanced Legal WritingAn Introduction to Doing Empirical

Microeconomic ResearchArbitration in the United StatesBrief-writing and Appellate Advocacy SeminarBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyChinese for Business LawyersChinese for LawyersCivil Rights Clinic: Police Accountability

Class Action ControversiesClosing a Deal: Structuring and Documentation

of a Secured Loan TransactionCommercial Real Estate FinanceCommercial Real Estate TransactionsCommercial Transactions–Negotiation, Drafting,

and AnalysisComplex LitigationComplex Mental Health Litigation ClinicConstitutional Decision MakingConstruction LawContract Drafting and ReviewContract Law for LLM StudentsContract Negotiation: OutsourcingContracts and Commercial TransactionsCorporate Lab: Litigation ClinicCorporate Lab: Transactional ClinicCorporate Management and DecisionmakingCriminal and Juvenile Justice Project ClinicDeveloping Law Practice Skills through the

Study of National Security IssuesDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesDivorce Practice and ProcedureDrafting Contracts: The Problem of AmbiguityEast Asian Law and SocietyEmpirical Law and EconomicsEmployment Discrimination ClinicEntrepreneurship and the LawEthical Quandaries in Legal PracticeExoneration Project ClinicFederal Criminal Justice ClinicFederal Criminal PracticeFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysHousing Initiative ClinicInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntensive Trial Practice WorkshopInternational ArbitrationInternational Human Rights ClinicInternational Human Rights Lawyering SkillsKapnick Initiative Leadership Effectiveness and

Development Lab I: DevelopmentThe Law and Ethics of LawyeringLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLeadershipLeading, Following, and Parting WaysLegal Elements of AccountingLegal ProfessionLegal Profession: EthicsLitigation LaboratoryMental Health Advocacy ClinicMental Health Litigation ClinicPartnership TaxationPatent Claim Construction: A Hands-On Introduction

to Patent LitigationPost Incarceration Reentry ClinicPoverty and Housing Law ClinicPre-Trial AdvocacyPrivate Equity Transactions: Issues

and DocumentationProfessional ResponsibilityProfessional Responsibility in the Real WorldProsecution and Defense ClinicResidential Real Estate Development and the LawSeminal Texts in the History of Medical EthicsStrategies and Processes of NegotiationsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and

Entrepreneurial TransactionsTrial AdvocacyU.S. Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeWriting and Research in the U.S. Legal SystemYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic


Careers 21

Seminars, workshops, and eight professional career advisors are dedicatedto helping you find the job that will fit you best.An individualized approach is the centerpiece of the Chicago philosophy of career services. Starting in the first year of law school, you will regularly work on a one-on-one basis with our career advisors to be sure that theadvice you receive is tailored to yourindividual circumstances and goals.

Practice interviews and coaching areavailable to all students, and you canresearch your future employment usingoffice publications, online databases, proprietary survey data, clippings, and

recruiting materials available at ourwired and wireless Career ResourceCenter. Regular programs teach job-seeking and interview skills, as well as allow you to hear directly from alumni at top firms, government agencies,and public interest organizations.

Our graduates take on the most demandedand demanding professional opportunities.The country’s top 200 law firms, Fortune500 companies, government agencies,and nonprofit organizations all activelyseek out Chicago graduates. Over 400employers come to campus annually to interview our students during the fall On-Campus Interviewing program.Chicago is one of the two most successfullaw schools in placing graduates inSupreme Court clerkships. Over the pastten years, 20 to 25 percent of eachclass has clerked for federal or state judges. An increasing number of alumni are clerking after a few years of experience in the public or private sector.

The Law School’s Office of CareerServices has a long history of assistingstudents interested in pursuing a careerin public service. Our career counselorsare experts in navigating the sometimes

complicated world of fellowship applications and government programsand know how to help you find not only a job but also funding. We have built a network of alumni in public service sothat you will have a community not onlywithin the Law School but in your field.

These alumni are graduates of prestigiousprograms like the Skadden and EchoingGreen fellowships, practice worldwide,and have even started their ownrenowned public service organizations.We also offer financial support to stu-dents and alumni through loan repay-ment assistance and summer funding.

Chicago graduates work and live allover the world.We have alumni in everyAmerican state and in (at last count) 65 countries. Because of this extensive network and the high demand forChicago-educated lawyers, our studentshave opportunities to work during thesummer and after graduation at foreigncourts, multinational corporations, warcrimes tribunals, international aid agencies,and private law firms around the globe. For more information, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/careers.

“A law degree from the University of Chicago gives you tremendous access to opportunities.Everywhere I go there are Chicago alums, which helps form an instant bond. A degree from theLaw School provides a seal of integrity in a field not always known for it.”James L. Tanner Jr.,’93, Partner, Williams & Connolly




The heart of the University campus,known as the Quads, is a 211-acre botanicpark. Students study by the ducks inBotany Pond, relax on the swing in theSocial Science quad, or take a quiet walkthrough the cloisters near the DivinitySchool. Not only is the campus bisectedby the spacious green belt known as theMidway, but it is also surrounded byChicago parks, which include an 18-holegolf course one half-mile from campus, a swimming pool, romantic lagoons, anda bustling marina on Lake Michigan.

The Ratner Center, named for Law Schoolalumnus Gerald Ratner, ’37, is the University’s sports complex. It is an ideal place to work out, whether you choose to

swim in the Olympic-sized pool, run onthe indoor track, or use the exercisemachines in the cardio rotunda. Studentscan also take in lectures all over campus,attend nightly viewings of new and classicfilms in Ida Noyes’ award-winning, Dolby-equipped theater, stretch out in a danceclass, or go to a play produced by theCourt Theatre, the University’s acclaimedprofessional theater company.

ChicagoChicago is a cosmopolitan, diverse, yet affordable city. Chicago is also thebirthplace of modern architecture andsketch comedy, the home of the ChicagoMarathon on Columbus Day weekend,and a showplace for world-class museums like the Art Institute ofChicago, the Museum of Science andIndustry, and the Field Museum ofNatural History. It’s a city where thereis something new to do every dayand night: go to Navy Pier to take inShakespeare and a ferris wheel ride;visit Devon Avenue to buy a sari or the Pilsen neighborhood to admire the public murals and eat Mexican food;dance at hundreds of nightclubs; feast at thousands of restaurants; take in an art film, a rock concert, or a street fair. Our students plan outings to seeour major league sports teams: theBulls, the Bears, the Blackhawks—and of course the Cubs and the WhiteSox. Many of the 250 local theater ensembles and the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra offer student discounts. Some students particularly like getting a drink at legendary jazz and blues clubs

like the Green Mill and Hyde Park’s ownCheckerboard Lounge.

Hyde ParkHyde Park, nestled next to Lake Michigan and long considered the jewelof Chicago’s South Side, is a diverse,close-knit, and highly intellectual com-munity. Many of the University professorslive nearby on “Professors’ Row,” and residents greet each other outside theMedici, a popular burger joint, or while walking their dogs in Nichols Park. They attend raucous community meetings on zoning and development,often enriched by the views of economicsand sociology professors.

Swim at the sandy beach nearPromontory Point Park. Ice skate on the Midway just 200 feet from the Law School’s front door. Get involvedwith local politics—your local state representative could be going places!Browse through thousands of hand-chosen titles at the warren-like57th Street Books. Buy some cottoncandy at the Hyde Park Art Fairor fresh vegetables at the weeklyHarper Court farmer’s market.

Students who live in Hyde Park will find a range of some of the mostaffordable housing in the city, from full-service buildings with a pool and adoorman, to family- and pet-friendlyapartments owned by the University.Chicago students have the best ofboth worlds—a college town withinone of the world’s great cities.

The University ofChicago is knownfor its more than seventy Nobel laureates and itsworld-changingideas, but it is also a friendlyplace to work and play.

“While it is easy to rave about Chicago as an academic institution, the eclectic student body is equally impressive. Whether you want to go to the hot new restaurant in town and then catch a show at one of Chicago's myriad jazz bars, ormake dinner at home and listen to the radio, youcan always find someone to join you.” Nick Spear, ’14

22 The University and the City



24 Financial Aid

Your Chicago legal education is an investment in your future.Chicago provides generous financial aid in the form of scholarships and loans for all of our students. Entering law student tuition for 2014-2015 is $54,462 for the nine-month academicyear. During the 2014-2015 academicyear, the average budget, includingtuition and living expenses, for a singlestudent is $79,137. An additional $1,500 loan is automatically added toeach student's financial aid package during his or her first year to cover thecost of a computer. Tuition and expensesfor 2015-2016 will be determined inSpring 2015.

Loan Repayment Assistance Program and Guaranteed SummerPublic Interest SupportPublic interest work is a valuable and fulfilling career option and theUniversity of Chicago Law School is committed to making such options available for its students and graduates.In order to make public interest careerspossible, the Law School created uniqueand generous programs to assist studentsand graduates who pursue these jobs.

The Loan Repayment Program is not a traditional loan repayment assistanceprogram. There is not a lengthy time

requirement to receive benefits, and benefits are provided regardless of spousal income or potential family contributions. Public service is definedbroadly to include government and nonprofit jobs. Unlike many other programs, graduates may also takeadvantage of LRAP while completing a judicial clerkship.

LRAP provides an interest-free loan equal to each graduate’s repayment responsibility. Eachyear's loan is fully forgiven one yearafter it is made, provided that thegraduate remains in a qualifying public interest job. Benefits are available for those who work in qualifying jobs at salaries up to $80,000 and for ten years followinggraduation, with the potential to have all law school eligible federal loansforgiven. For more information,please visit www.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/LRAP.

The University of Chicago Law Schoolalso guarantees financial support for students who engage in qualifying summer public interest work for 8 or more weeks during the summer following the first year and second year of law school. Students are eligible for a $5,000 livingstipend at summer’s start. This aid is in addition to any salary paid by that or any other summer employer and is in addition to any other grant that may be received. For program details, please visit www.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/summerfunding.

Deadlines and ProceduresAll admitted students are automaticallyconsidered for merit-based scholarships.No separate application is required. If youwould like your financial need considered,complete the candidate and parent questionnaires (and if applicable the spousequestionnaire) on the Need AccessApplication at www.needaccess.org.Please see the website for details anddeadlines.* Parental information isrequired for all applicants even if yourparents will not be contributing financiallyto your legal education.

Student loans are processed through the Student Loan Administration (SLA).To apply for loans, applicants must complete the FAFSA and the Universityof Chicago Application for GraduateLoans & Federal Assistance by the prioritydeadline of May 30. The Law School’sFAFSA code is E00377.

Applicants do not need to wait to receivean offer of admission before filing theFAFSA and Need Access applications. Tocontact SLA please visit sla.uchicago.edu.

*Scholarship offers will take into account considerations of both merit and need.

“We train lawyers to be innovative. Being innovative and creative, yet practical, is good for the client—and it’s more fun for you.” Anup Malani,’00, Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law


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The Law School now has an environmentally friendly, completelypaperless admissions process. Allapplicants must apply through the LawSchool Admission Council’s (LSAC)electronic application system, available at www.lsac.org.

When to ApplyThe Law School starts accepting applications on August 15. You may apply Early Decision or Regular Decision.

Early DecisionIf you want to apply Early Decision, the application and all supporting materialsmust be received by the AdmissionsOffice by December 1. Admission duringEarly Decision is binding on applicants.Indicate your intention to apply EarlyDecision on your application and completethe Early Decision Agreement with your application. We will let you know bythe end of December whether your application is accepted, denied, or placedon our waitlist. Admission will no longer be binding if your file is placed on our waitlist for further review.

Regular DecisionIf you are applying Regular Decision, submit your application and all supportingmaterials so that the Admissions Office receives them by February 1.

We consider applications as soon as theyare completed and review them in theorder they are completed. Applications

received after February 1 will be considered on a space available basis.Applicants taking the February or JuneLSAT may still apply, but space will be limited. We have been known to acceptoutstanding applicants into the summer.

Chicago Law ScholarsCurrent University of Chicago Collegestudents and alumni may complete theapplication process early and receive anexpedited decision. If you are applyingthrough the Chicago Law Scholars program, submit your application and allsupporting materials by September 15.Admission is binding. For more informa-tion, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/jdapply.

ApplicationTo apply, electronically complete LSAC’sFlexible Application and provide the supporting materials, detailed below.

All application materials must be submittedonline. The application fee is $75.

Law School Admission TestYour Law School Admission Test (LSAT)score must be less than five years old.Submit all scores received on the LSAT.

Interviewing ProgramInterviews will be conducted only at the request of the Admissions Committee.Applicants will be contacted via email and asked to set up an interview.Unfortunately, applicants may not requestan interview. Visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/interviews for more information about our AdmissionsInterviewing Program.

Academic HistoryPlease provide us with a complete history of your academic performance,including all undergraduate and graduatetranscripts, through LSAC’s CredentialAssembly Service (CAS).

RésuméDescribe your principal extracurricularand community activities, as well as any full- or part-time employment, in your résumé.

Letters of RecommendationYou must send us two letters of recom-mendation, but we will accept up to four.We strongly recommend that you sendat least one letter from an academicinstructor who is very familiar with your academic ability. You must submit your letters through the CAS letter ofrecommendation service.

Personal StatementYour personal statement is an important,required part of your application thatgives us insight into the nonacademiccontribution you would make to the classand helps us to know you better. A statement that focuses on some personal attribute or experience is helpfulto the Admissions Committee. Detailedinformation and instructions regardingeach of the application requirements maybe found at www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/jdapply.

Visit the Law SchoolWe’d love to meet you! Learn more aboutvisiting the Law School, tours, and attendinga class at www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/visit.

Ready to join us?

“The students and faculty here are never afraid to ask difficult questions, to push harder, to try to get to the bottom of important issues—which makes the school’s influence on the law and in how we think about the law unparalleled.”David Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor of Law



Questions?Call us at 773.702.9484, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu, or e-mail us [email protected].

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