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Welcome to the University of Chicago Law School!I welcome you from a perspective of considerable personalexperience. I was a student here myself (from 1968 to 1971)and I have been a member of the faculty since 1973. UChicago is, quite simply, a most remarkable institution.

What is unique about us? We have a small and very selectfaculty and student body. This allows for great accessibilityand interaction, which we prize. The very design of thebuilding is intended to foster student-faculty contact. Unlikemost law schools, where faculty offices are located in a separateand distinct part of the building, faculty offices at UChicagoare on the perimeter of the library, so students and facultyrun into each other constantly. We take a deep interest inour students and we take pride in their achievements, bothwhile they are here and in the years and decades to come.

We also take teaching very seriously. We believe that theeducation of future lawyers (including judges, academics,government officials, public interest lawyers, etc.) is essentialto our mission. We understand that we are, in the bestsense of the phrase, a “professional school.” We do law andphilosophy, law and history, law and economics, law andliterature, and so on, but at our core we are about...the law.

More fundamentally, this is a place that is deeply committedto the principle that ideas matter. Indeed, that is what we are most “about.” Everything here is open to question.Nothing is taken for granted. It is an exciting, challenging,engaging, and demanding educational and intellectual culture.One of my favorite comments about the University ofChicago is that at this institution “the only appropriateresponse to even the most withering question is not resentment, but gratitude.” That captures the essential spiritof UChicago, for faculty and students alike. We test eachother’s ideas constantly, with the overarching goal of making them better (or, if need be, discarding them).

UChicago is also renowned for our distinctive strengths inlaw and economics, law and philosophy, legal history, international law, and constitutional law. We also have oneof the strongest and most vibrant clinical and public serviceprograms in the nation. The Law School has a broad range of clinical programs for students, we fund all of our

students interested in working on public service during the summers, and we have very generous post-graduate publicservice fellowships, as well.

Our goal in all of this, first and foremost, is to prepare ourstudents for the future. We strive to give them the analytical,intellectual, and personal skills necessary for them to besuccessful across a broad range of endeavors. Among ouralumni are not only extraordinary lawyers in the best lawfirms in the nation, but also, to cite just a few examples, theChair of the nation’s Privacy and Civil Liberties OversightBoard, the Commissioner of the NBA, the Director of theFBI, the founder of the website TMZ.com, the chief executiveofficer of the Carlyle Group, the executive director of theLegal Assistance Foundation, and the general counsel ofUnited Airlines. Our alumni are everywhere—in government,in public service, in Congress, on the federal bench, in legalacademia, in business, and in every facet of the practice oflaw. That is our goal—to provide our students with thoseopportunities both in the short run and for a lifetime.

I hope I’ve given you some sense of the Law School. I canconfidently assure you, based on my experience with severalthousand students over the past forty years, that if you chooseUChicago you will never regret it. It will be a demanding,enlightening, and at times exhilarating experience. It willtest your confidence and your courage, but it will make youthe very best lawyer—and thinker—you can be.

After reading this viewbook, make sure to check out ourwebsite. We encourage you to watch our videos, follow us onTwitter, and spend lots of time on our pages for prospectivestudents. Once you’re done reading, watching, and clicking,come visit us and let us show you why our students andfaculty are so happy to be here and why our alumni are soproud of the education they got here.

With warm best wishes.

Geof StoneInterim DeanEdward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law

Message from the Dean

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We revel in workingthrough a complex problem, benefiting from the insights of fellow members of our community. Our students have a passion for discussingcutting-edge issues—such as commercial

law in virtual worlds or international human rights issues inChina—over coffee in our Green Lounge. Our faculty are excited about hosting students in their homes for our unique

Greenberg Seminars, where the focus could be anything fromAmerican foreign policy to graphic novels. We thrive on beingpart 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 conversations.Entering students are organized into research and writing sections of about thirty students, who get to know each otherwell and work together their entire first year. Connecting andcollaborating with faculty, who bring their scholarly expertiseand broad personal interests to bear on topics large and small, is not only easy but expected.

Our students enjoy their time outside the classroom as much astheir time in it. They run organizations that delve deeper into law orthat broaden social horizons. They play sports, sing in a cappellagroups, act in the Winter Quarter Musical, represent clients in ourlegal clinics, challenge the faculty in a trivia tournament, andvolunteer for community service. A favorite activity is the weeklyWine Mess, an afternoon “happy hour” that has been a tradition atthe Law School for more than fifty years. On Wednesday mornings,faculty and staff drop by the Green Lounge for Coffee Mess, wherethey talk with students over donuts and bagels. And our entirecommunity benefits from our location in Chicago, where students canenjoy fine restaurants, theater, concerts, parks, sports, and more.

We take great pride in our network of alumni, who have beentrained to think independently, critically, and creatively aboutthe law. We believe, and our graduates confirm, that ideas turnedinto action is one of the most satisfying ways to practice law.

Come visit us and see the UChicago difference.

Meet our faculty members—driven teachers and prolific scholars,engaged with social problems and real legal issues. Spend timewith our students, who value academic thought, compassionateclinical work, and engagement with one another and their teachers. Get to know our graduates, who distinguish themselveswith their intellect, skepticism, sense of purpose, and taste for the tough questions. Come join our family of lifelong learners.

The University of Chicago Law Schoolis about ideas.We love them.

“I remember how I loved the experience. I don’t think there is anyplace else in the world where one 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



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UChicago students enjoy their classes. UChicago faculty loveteaching them. UChicago alumni never forget them.

Our students crave intellectual stimulation. They work hard—and play hard. They challenge their teachers and each other onall things logical, legal, and political. They master a lawyer’s most powerful skills: researching, writing, and presenting well-reasoned legal arguments. And they also enjoy more than fifty student organizations ranging from the Environmental LawSociety to the Federalist Society, from Neighbors, which

engages in a wide variety of community service activities, to

the intramural sports teams, which have won the Phoenix Cup (the campus-wide all-sport graduate student championship)for the Law School four years in a row. Students even fill theclassrooms during lunchtime to hear faculty and other speakersdiscuss the issues 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. Becausethey grow. Because they are truly prepared for their careers—andlives—after law school. Because they forge lifelong friendshipsand mentoring relationships. And, most of all, because it’s fun.

UChicago students enjoya very special environ-ment—a true communitythat combines the academic and the social. Our small size allows an environment whereeveryone knows everyoneelse, where faculty, staff,and students can get to

know each other on an individual basis, and where everyone ispart of a common enterprise. It also gives students a ready groupwith whom to explore Chicago—the restaurants, the theaters,the running paths, and yes, the bars—and with whom to startout on the path to an exciting career.

UChicago students are confident and engaged. They come fromdiverse backgrounds and hail from across the country and aroundthe globe.They are ready for the next challenge. They go on tohead law firms, become CEOs of companies, clerk for Supreme

Court Justices—and become judges themselves. Learn moreabout our students at www.law.uchicago.edu/students.

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

“My classmates and I were a close knit group—we played together, studied together,challenged one another's views and thoughts. There was an incredibly wide range ofideas and views in the classroom and we managed to really exchange those ideas andlook at problems in ways I had never looked at them before. It was very exciting.”James Cole, ’95, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education

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Faculty do not simplylecture—they engage students in a dialogue.They ask questions about complex legal concepts and principles, challenging students to articulate and thinkabout the law for themselves. UChicago

faculty know that complex social and legal problems have no easy answers. Our graduates need to think on their feet in the courtroom, the legislative chamber, and the boardroom—andthe Socratic Method teaches them to do that. Because the Law School believes in interdisciplinary inquiry, our faculty

are not just leading law scholars. They are also feminist

scholars, historians, economists, and philosophers. They areclinical practitioners, dedicated to teaching and advocacy.

Together with our faculty, visiting faculty and lecturers drawnfrom government and private practice teach more than 170courses and reflect a breadth and depth that are hard to match.Learn more about our faculty at www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty.

UChicago faculty engage with students in ways

uncommon in academia. The Law School sponsors the Chicago Policy Initiatives, which encourage faculty members and students to work together, examine importantsocial problems, and propose solutions. Past and current topics for Policy Initiatives include judicial decisionmaking, animal treatment, foster care, parental leave, and climate change. UChicago students love the Greenberg Seminars, where professors from different disciplines team up to teach casual seminars on unusual subjects in their own homes. Students have said that the seminars, which change yearly, enhance the Law School’s reputation for professors’ accessibility, and take the open-door office hours policy several steps further 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’s home to talk about topics not covered in classes—from who has property rights over the final out ball of the Red Sox World Series game, to the exposure of children to the Internet, to racial profiling and 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 UChicago is collaborative.


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In order to make public interest careers possible, the Law School has created unique and generous programs to assist current students and graduates who pursue these jobs.

A dedicated public interest law advisor serves on the Office of Career Services staff to offer critical assistance to students and alumni pursuing work and volunteer opportunities in the public and nonprofit sectors. Susan Curry,formerly the executive director of the Public Interest LawInitiative, joined the Law School in 2010 as the Director ofPublic Interest Law and Policy. Curry and our other experiencedOCS counselors meet regularly with students to assist them in every step of their job search, as well as coordinate informational programs and guest speakers to highlight different types of government and public interest law careers. They also connect students with alumni mentors practicing inpublic interest law. To learn more about public interest at the Law School, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/publicinterest.

The Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program allowsany graduate who works in a qualified public interest position

for ten years to attend law school for free. Working in concertwith current federal debt relief programs, UChicago’s LRAP is one of the most generous of its kind. Unlike most law schools’LRAPs, our inclusive program includes judicial clerkships as eligible positions and has a generous salary cap of $80,000. More details are available at www.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/LRAP.

The Law School guarantees summer funding for 1L and 2Lstudents engaged in qualified public interest work.Through theHeerey Fellowship Program and the Chicago Law Foundation,

first- and second-year students working in eligible nonprofit orgovernment law positions during the summer are guaranteed a$5,000 award. Participants in both programs may also earn up to$5,000 from other summer funding sources. In addition, a gift fromalumnus Herbert L. Caplan, ’57, established paid fellowships forstudents who work in public interest policy after their second year.

Our clinical programs (see page 11) aren’t the only way to serve the public interest and engage with issues that matter to you while you’re in law school. You can join organizationslike the Chicago Law Foundation, which raises money forgrants given to students working in summer public interest jobs,or Neighbors, which works with local school children on literacy and civics issues. You can participate in the SpringBreak of Service, which annually sends over two dozen students to do legal aid work in places like Biloxi and Jackson,Mississippi, or Jammu, India. You can even start your ownorganization to do what is meaningful to you. Or you can participate in our Pro Bono Service Initiative by pledging tovolunteer at least 50 hours of law-related service during your time in law school. Program participants recognize thatpro bono public service is an integral part of a lawyer’s professional obligation and an essential ingredient in a legalcareer. These service opportunities also offer students additionalopportunities to develop their legal skills and experience. Each year, Chicago students log hundreds of pro bono hourswith various community legal service providers, including the Cook County Public Defender, Equip for Equality, the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, theChicago Legal Clinic, the National Resources Defense Council,and many others. Learn more about the Pro Bono ServiceInitiative at www.law.uchicago.edu/publicinterest/probono.

UChicago is committed to traininglawyers and scholars who are dedicatedto the public good.

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

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“Our clinical faculty are expert practitioners and expert teachers. We don’t justpractice law and let students tag along—our job is to coach, challenge, and guideour 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 beingapprentices to being true colleagues.”Jeff Leslie, Director of Clinical and Experiential Learning, Clinical Professor of Law, Paul J.TierneyDirector of the Housing Initiative, and Faculty Director of Curriculum

Students can readily prepare for careers serving the public interest and get practical experience that will enrich their

education, their legal practice, and their lives.

The Law School was a pioneer in clinical legal education by establishing one of the first legal clinics associated with a law school. In 2008, the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic celebrated its 50th anniversary of serving the people of Chicago.Second- and third-year students working in the clinic learn litigation, legislative advocacy, and transactional skills by representing clients while under the close supervision of the Law School’s outstanding clinical professors. Students can work in a wide variety of areas, including:

l Civil rights and police accountability;l Criminal and juvenile justice;l Employment discrimination;l Affordable housing;l Mental health;l International human rights;l Social service;l Exoneration of people wrongfully convicted;l Federal criminal law; l Advocacy for immigrant children;l Environmental law;l Gendered violence; andl Public criminal defense and prosecution.

For those more interested in the business side of the law, theInstitute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship is devoted

principally to expanding economic liberties by providing a range oflegal services for start-up businesses in economically disadvantagedcommunities. Students actively represent clients in all of these projects–it’s not just busy work. The State of Illinois andthe Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals allow students, under thesupervision of licensed attorneys, to serve as counsel for clients.

This means that our students serve as trial lawyers, conductingdirect and cross examinations, making opening and closing arguments, and drafting motions. They also argue the cases on appeal. They do the leg work and the research, they draft the contracts and negotiate the settlements. They practice law.For this, they earn course credit, gain real-world experience, and serve the community.

Our clinic students’ work makes a difference. In the past few years UChicago Law students have helped exonerate a man wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years, advocated for changes to the laws that impede Chicago entrepreneurs,laid the legal groundwork in the completion of a new Chicago affordable housing development, won a landmarkappellate ruling that opened up police misconduct records to the public, and won a case before the Seventh CircuitCourt of Appeals that could fundamentally change the way the federal government prosecutes illegal immigrants. Our students have even built a case before the U.S. SupremeCourt challenging the State of Illinois’s forfeiture laws. Every day our students are doing work that gives a legal voice to the voiceless in ways large and small. Read moreabout our clinical programs at www.law.uchicago.edu/clinics.

UChicago students get involved in our community, and the Law School’s clinical programs make it easy for them to do so.


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At UChicago, you learn the law—and you learn how 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 law should 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

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

“Elements,” a class designed at UChicago, examines legal issuesfrom diverse standpoints. You’ll learn how political scientists,economists, psychologists, sociologists, and moral philosophersthink about legal questions. And you’ll learn about the basic reasoning behind all laws: why we reason from precedent; whatconsent, coercion, and voluntary choice mean; how we choosebetween rules and discretionary standards; and how to thinkabout interpreting statutes and other authoritative texts that maynot have been written with today’s problems in mind. Elementswill give you the tools to analyze legal problems long after

you leave UChicago’s halls.

UChicago is on the quarter system (although we’re only in session three quarters a year). Quarters create shorter classes, and you take fewer of them at a time than you would in a semester system. Our students find that the quarter systemallows them to take a wider variety of classes than at most

law schools. The quarter system also allows our 1Ls to ease into their exams because they only have two finals in their firstquarter compared to four in a semester system. To learn moreabout the quarter system, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/faqs/quartersystem.

Another benefit of the quarter system is that it allows every 1L to take an elective during the third quarter of their first year. You’ll get to spice up your 1L schedule with such

courses as Copyright, Public International Law, Economic Analysis of the Law, or Legislation—courses most schoolsdon’t offer to 1Ls.

All of the University is open to you in the second and thirdyears, when you can choose not only from more than 170 classeswithin the Law School, ranging from Health Law and Policy to Structuring Complex Business Transactions, from FeministJurisprudence to International Criminal Law, but also from hundreds of courses in other schools and departments. The LawSchool encourages interdisciplinary work—all students may takeup to twelve hours of coursework anywhere in the University.You will find that the curriculum is deep and diverse,emphasizing careful analysis infused with interdisciplinary perspectives, drawing on the faculty’s extensive backgrounds infields such as history, philosophy, political science, economics,and sociology.

The Law School also offers shorter, more intensive courses such asCriminal Justice Policy and Financial Accounting to supplementthe curriculum with skills training and distinguished visitors—and without a major time investment. These courses provide afoundation for understanding complicated legal and policyissues, and also for a career in the public or private sector. For a complete list of courses, see www.law.uchicago.edu/courses.

Students may also apply for joint or dual degree programs—including three formal joint degree programs with the BoothSchool of Business (M.B.A., Ph.D.), The Harris School of PublicPolicy (M.P.P.), or the Divinity School (M. Div.)—either at thesame time they apply to the Law School, in their first year (as required by certain joint degree programs), or during thecourse of their studies at the Law School. For more information,visit www.law.uchicago.edu/students/jointdegree.


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Preparing for a legal career certainly involves a great deal oflearning about the law, but at UChicago, it also goes far beyondthat. From lunchtime events to clinical opportunities, fromintensive practice workshops and labs to moot courts and journals, the Law School offers countless ways to gain skills

and knowledge necessary for the practice of law. All studentsmust take at least one “skills” course in order to graduate, butyour opportunities to learn important professional skills andgain practical experience will extend far beyond the classroom.

Designed to get students in the habit of enhancing their education outside a formal learning or work environment, ourKeystone Professionalism & Leadership Program (KPLP)

is structured to operate much like the Continuing LegalEducation programs that many licensed attorneys attend. We identified ten categories of practical, social, and leadership skills that lead to becoming an effective attorney,

and this past year alone hosted over 85 programs in those categories in which our students could participate. Studentsearn points by attending the events, and those with at least 200 points by the end of each year receive special recognitionand are eligible to list participation in KPLP on their resumes.To learn more, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/Keystone.

Through a combination of classroom instruction and directwork on real, cutting-edge projects, students in the Kirkland

& Ellis Corporate Lab train to become well-rounded legal practitioners with sound legal and business judgment.

Corporate Lab students participate in the Transactional Clinic, where they work closely with corporate legal teams at major companies in a variety of sectors, such as technology, consulting, telecommunications, and emerging businesses. TheCorporate Lab mirrors a real-world work experience: studentsreceive hands-on substantive and client-development

experience and are expected to manage and meet expectations and deadlines while exercising a high level of professionalism. More information is available atwww.law.uchicago.edu/corporatelab.

In 2013, the Law School launched the Doctoroff BusinessLeadership Program, a new certificate-granting program thatcombines 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 programwill generally make 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 array of mentorship,internship, and enrichment opportunities not normally found in law schools. For more information on the DoctoroffBusiness Leadership Program, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/doctoroffbusinessleadership.

In 2014, the Law School launched the Kapnick LeadershipDevelopment Initiative, a program that introduces systematic leadership development and training to the firstyear class. The Law School, in partnership with TheUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business, has modeledthe leadership training program on Booth’s very successfulLeadership Effectiveness and Development (LEAD) class andcustomized it for law students to give them the tools torespond to the legal profession’s unique challenges. Each year,all first year law students participate in a series of team-building exercises, leadership challenges, and socialevents, which have been created to give each 1L the opportunity to be introduced to their classmates and learnabout their own leadership style and effectiveness in team situations. To learn more, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/magazine/spring15/kapnick.

You’ll graduate UChicago Law not only thinking like a lawyer, but also ready topractice and 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 we need to be in each and every class.” Rob Lee, ‘15


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



Curriculum

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

Administrative LawAdministrative 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 DebateComplex Financial Institutions—the Conundrum of

“Too Big to Fail?”Construction LawConsumer LawCurrent Issues in Criminal and National Security LawCurrent Issues in Patent LawElection LawEmployee Benefits LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEnergy Law SeminarEnvironmental LawEU Competition Law: With Special Emphasis on the

Application of Advanced Topics in AntitrustEvolving Regulation of Financial Institutions

and MarketsThe Federal BudgetFederal Regulation of SecuritiesFood and Drug Law and PolicyFood LawForeign Relations LawGovernment LitigationGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarHistorical Semantics and Legal Interpretation:

Questions and Methods

History of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHousing and Development: Law and PolicyHow to Avoid a Regulatory Nightmare: Compliance

and Regulatory Strategies for the Post Crisis WorldImmigration Law International ArbitrationInternational Environmental LawInternational Human Rights ClinicInternational Human Rights LawLabor LawLand UseThe Legal and Social Implications of the War on DrugsLocal Government LawNational Security Issues and the Development of

Legal Practice SkillsObscenity Law and Pop CultureOil and Gas LawPoverty and Housing Law ClinicPrivate RegulationPublic ChoicePublic International LawPublic Land and Resources LawPublic-Entity BankruptcyRegulation of SexualityRegulatory InterpretationResidential Real Estate Development and the LawState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsTelecommunications and Internet LawTelecommunications Law and RegulationUS Taxation of International TransactionsWhen is Political Power Legitimate?Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Constitutional LawAdministrative LawAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History, 1607-1870Civil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityComparative Constitutional DesignComparative Legal InstitutionsConflicts of LawThe Constitution in CongressConstitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureConstitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech

Constitutional Law III: Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process

Constitutional Law IV: Speech and ReligionConstitutional 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 LawDevelopment 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 JailFeminist PhilosophyForeign Relations LawFourteenth Amendment SeminarGreenberg Seminar: Democracy’s LimitsGreenberg Seminar: Wine and the LawHigher Education and the LawHistory of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenImmigration Law The Interbellum ConstitutionLaw and RaceLaw and ReligionLegislation and Statutory InterpretationLife in the LawMarriageObscenity Law and Pop CultureOriginalism and its CriticsPrivacyReligion, Law and PoliticsReproductive Health and JusticeThe Roberts CourtUS Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeWhen is Political Power Legitimate?

First-year law students take a required set of courses listed below, as well as a 1L elective inthe 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 component and a skills course. Other than that, studentsare 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 2013-14 and 2014-15, and while not all of them aretaught every year, this list will give you an idea of the kinds of courses we offer. In addition,our curriculum often changes in response to current events, so other new courses will likely be offered during your time at the Law School.



Workshop: Constitutional LawWorkshop: Public Law and Legal TheoryYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

TaxationAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting for LawyersAgency and Partnership LawBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCorporate 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 InequalityInternational 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 IIUS Taxation of International Transactions

Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureAdvanced Topics in Criminal Law: Vice and

Victimless CrimesChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingComputer CrimeCorporate Criminal Prosecutions and Investigations Counterintelligence and Covert Action–Legal and

Policy IssuesCriminal 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 & ProcedureDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

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

Prosecutorial DiscretionFourteenth Amendment SeminarGendered Violence and the Law ClinicThe Grand Jury: History, Law, and PracticeGreenberg Seminar: CheatingGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarGreenberg Seminar: Criminal Justice and Medical

Ethics in LiteratureImmigration Law Insider TradingInterdisciplinary Approaches to Criminal JusticeThe Legal and Social Implications of the War

on DrugsLife in the LawNational Security Issues and the Development of

Legal Practice SkillsPhilosophy of Criminal LawPost Incarceration Reentry ClinicProsecution and Defense ClinicPublic Corruption and the LawYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Commercial, Business, and Labor LawAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting 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 LawAnimal LawAntitrust LawBanking Law Bankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal

Bankruptcy CodeBehavioral Law and EconomicsBusiness of LawBusiness OrganizationsBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyBuyoutsChinese for Business LawyersClosing a Deal: Structuring and Documentation

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

and AnalysisComplex Financial Institutions: Lessons from the

Financial Crisis and Current Regulatory DebateComplex Financial Institutions—the Conundrum of

“Too Big to Fail?”Construction 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 Governance in Emerging MarketsCross-Border Transactions: LendingCross-Border Transactions: Securities, M&A,

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

Lawyers and EntrepreneursElectronic Commerce LawElements of Economic Analysis II: HonorsEmployee Benefits LawEmployment Discrimination ClinicEmployment Discrimination LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEnergy Law SeminarEntrepreneurship 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 Law and PolicyFood LawFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets in

American HistoryGreenberg Seminar: Wine and the LawHousing and Development: Law and PolicyHow to Avoid a Regulatory Nightmare: Compliance

and Regulatory Strategies for the Post Crisis WorldInnovative Solutions for Business, Law, and

Social IssuesInsider TradingInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipInsurance Law

Intellectual Property-based Finance and InvestmentInternational ArbitrationInternational Environmental LawInternational FinanceInternational Trade Law and Investment LawIslamic Law and FinanceKirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic Labor History and the LawLabor LawLand UseLegal Elements of AccountingLegal Issues in International TransactionsLitigating Financial DisputesMajor Corporate Transactions: Legal and

Business IssuesMergers 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 RegulationProject and Infrastructure Development and

FinancePublic Land and Resources LawPublic-Entity BankruptcyResidential 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 PolicyTelecommunications and Internet LawTrade SecretsTrademarks and Unfair CompetitionUS Taxation of International TransactionsUncorporations

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 SeminarClass Action ControversiesComparative Legal InstitutionsComplex LitigationConflicts of LawThe Constitution in CongressCriminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure III: Further Issues in

Criminal AdjudicationCurrent Issues in Criminal and National

Security LawCurrent Topics in Criminal Law & ProcedureDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEvidenceFederal CourtsFederal Criminal Procedure: From Bail to JailFederal Habeas CorpusGovernment LitigationGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenImmigration Law International Litigation in US Courts



Judicial Opinions and Judicial Opinion WritingLaw and Politics: US Courts as Political InstitutionsThe Legal and Social Implications of the War on DrugsLegal ProfessionThe Life and Times of the Warren CourtLife in the LawLitigating Financial DisputesLitigation LaboratoryLocal Government LawNational Security Issues and the Development of

Legal Practice SkillsPatent Claim Construction: A Hands-On

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

Jurisprudence and Legal TheoryAdvanced Law and EconomicsAdvanced Topics in Moral, Political and

Legal PhilosophyAmerican Indian LawAnimal LawBehavioral Law and EconomicsCanonical Ideas in Legal ThoughtComparative Legal InstitutionsThe Constitution in CongressConstitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesEconomic Analysis of the LawEvolution of Legal DoctrineThe Evolving Relationship between the Federal

Government and the StatesFederal CourtsFeminist PhilosophyGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarGreenberg Seminar: Democracy’s LimitsGreenberg Seminar: Redistribution in America

and AbroadHuman Rights II: History and TheoryInnovative Solutions for Business, Law, and

Social IssuesInterdisciplinary Approaches to Criminal JusticeJurisprudence I: Theories of Law and AdjudicationLaw and Advances in MedicineLaw and Politics: US Courts as Political InstitutionsLaw and RaceLegal InterpretationLegislation and Statutory InterpretationThe Life and Times of the Warren CourtLife in the LawOriginalism and its CriticsPhilosophy of Criminal LawPublic 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 PropertyUS Supreme Court: Theory and PracticeUtilitarian EthicsWhen is Political Power Legitimate?Workshop: Judicial BehaviorWorkshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and PhilosophyWorkshop: Public Law and Legal Theory

Health LawAdvanced Topics in Criminal Law: Vice and

Victimless CrimesConsumer LawEnvironmental Law

Food and Drug Law and PolicyFood LawGendered Violence and the Law ClinicGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: Criminal Justice and Medical

Ethics in LiteratureGreenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterHealth Law and PolicyInsurance LawLaw and the Mental Health SystemThe Legal and Social Implications of the War

on DrugsLife in the LawMental Health Advocacy ClinicRegulation of SexualityReproductive Health and JusticeSeminal 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 LawAnimal LawChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingCommercial Real Estate FinanceConstruction LawConsumer LawDivorce Practice and ProcedureEmployee Benefits LawEmployment Discrimination ClinicEmployment Discrimination LawEmployment LawEnergy LawEnergy Law SeminarEnvironmental LawFamily Law Seminar: DivorceGendered Violence and the Law ClinicGlobal InequalityGreenberg 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 ClinicHuman Rights and the Responsibility to ProtectImmigration Law Insurance LawIntellectual Property-based Finance and InvestmentInternational Environmental LawIntroductory Income TaxationLand UseLaw and RaceLaw and the Mental Health SystemLife in the LawLitigating Financial DisputesMarriageOil and Gas LawPoverty and Housing Law ClinicPrivacyProject and Infrastructure Development

and FinancePublic Land and Resources LawRegulation of SexualityReproductive Health and JusticeResidential 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, andEntrepreneurshipAdvanced Contract Drafting: General Corporate

AgreementsAdvanced Contracts: Sales Law for a Modern EconomyAdvanced Trademarks and Unfair CompetitionAntitrust Law

Business of LawBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCollective Bargaining in Sports and EntertainmentComputer CrimeContract Drafting and ReviewContract Negotiation: OutsourcingCopyrightCorporate and Entrepreneurial FinanceCross-Border Transactions: Securities, M&A,

and Joint VenturesCurrent Issues in Patent LawDevelopments 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 InvestmentInternational Trade Law and Investment LawLegal Issues in International TransactionsMajor Corporate Transactions: Legal and

Business IssuesMergers and AcquisitionsNetwork IndustriesPatent LawPrivacyRisk Management and Policy Decision-MakingStrategic Business PartnershipsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and

Entrepreneurial TransactionsTechnology PolicyTelecommunications and Internet LawTelecommunications Law and RegulationTrade SecretsTrademarks and Unfair Competition

Clinical CoursesAbrams Environmental Law ClinicCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityCriminal and Juvenile Justice Project ClinicEmployment Discrimination ClinicEntrepreneurship and the LawExoneration Project ClinicFederal Criminal Justice ClinicHousing Initiative ClinicInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntensive Trial Practice WorkshopKirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic Mental Health Advocacy 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 LawChild Exploitation and Human TraffickingChinese for Business LawyersChinese for LawyersComparative Constitutional DesignComparative Legal InstitutionsCorporate Governance in ChinaCorporate Governance in Emerging MarketsCounterintelligence 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 LawFrench LawGlobal InequalityGreenberg Seminar: Korea



“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

Greenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterHuman Rights and the Responsibility to ProtectHuman Rights II: History and TheoryHuman Rights III: Current Issues in Human RightsHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenInternational ArbitrationInternational Environmental LawInternational FinanceInternational Human Rights ClinicInternational Human Rights LawInternational Human Rights Lawyering and AdvocacyInternational Income TaxationInternational Litigation in US CourtsInternational Trade Law and Investment LawIslamic Law and FinanceLegal Elements of AccountingLegal Issues in International TransactionsLegalistic Wrongdoing in Hitler's Europe and

Postwar Restitution in American Federal CourtsPrivate Equity in AsiaPublic International LawThe US-China Treaty ProjectUS Taxation of International TransactionsWhen is Political Power Legitimate?Women, Children, Gender, and Human RightsWorkshop: International and Comparative Law

Legal HistoryAmerican Indian LawAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History, 1607-1870American Legal History: The Twentieth CenturyThe Constitution in CongressDevelopment of Legal InstitutionsEuropean Legal HistoryEvolution of Legal DoctrineThe Evolving Relationship between the Federal

Government and the StatesThe Grand Jury: History, Law, and PracticeGreenberg Seminar: 1968Greenberg Seminar: Law and the Literature of the

British EmpireGreenberg Seminar: Native AmericansGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets in

American HistoryHistorical Semantics and Legal Interpretation:

Questions and MethodsHistory of Civil Liberties in the United StatesHuman Rights II: History and TheoryThe Interbellum ConstitutionLabor History and the LawLaw and RaceLegalistic Wrongdoing in Hitler’s Europe and

Postwar Restitution in American Federal CourtsThe Life and Times of the Warren CourtLife in the LawMarriageOriginalism and its CriticsRoman LawTheories of PropertyWhen is Political Power Legitimate?

Skills, Legal Practice, and EthicsAbrams Environmental Law ClinicAccounting and Financial AnalysisAccounting 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 WritingArbitration in the United States

Brief-writing and Appellate Advocacy SeminarBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyChinese for Business LawyersChinese for LawyersCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityClass Action ControversiesClosing a Deal: Structuring and Documentation of a

Secured Loan TransactionCommercial Real Estate FinanceCommercial Transactions—Negotiation, Drafting,

and AnalysisComplex LitigationConstitutional Decision MakingConstruction LawContract Drafting and ReviewContract Law for LLM StudentsContract Negotiation: OutsourcingContracts and Commercial TransactionsCriminal and Juvenile Justice Project ClinicDevelopments in Fourth and Fifth Amendment

Jurisprudence: Effects of Emerging TechnologiesDivorce Practice and ProcedureDrafting Contracts: The Problem of AmbiguityEast Asian Law and SocietyEmployment 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 and AdvocacyAn Introduction to Doing Empirical

Microeconomic ResearchJudicial Opinions and Judicial Opinion WritingKapnick Initiative Leadership Effectiveness and

Development Lab I: DevelopmentKapnick Initiative Leadership Effectiveness and

Development Lab II: ImplementationKirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic The Law and Ethics of LawyeringLeadershipLeading, Following, and Parting WaysLegal Elements of AccountingLegal ProfessionLegal Profession: EthicsLitigating Financial DisputesLitigation LaboratoryMental Health Advocacy ClinicModern Professional ResponsibilityNational Security Issues and the Development of

Legal Practice SkillsPartnership 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 AdvocacyUS Supreme Court: Theory and Practice

Writing and Research in the US Legal SystemYoung Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic

Complementary, Multi-Disciplinary, and Cross-Listed CoursesAdvanced Law and EconomicsAdvanced Topics in Moral, Political and

Legal PhilosophyAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAnthropology and LawBehavioral Law and EconomicsBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCicero on Friendship and AgingEast Asian Law and SocietyElements of Economic Analysis II: HonorsEmpirical Criminal LawEvolution of Legal DoctrineFeminist Economics and Public PolicyFeminist PhilosophyFundamentals of Accounting for AttorneysGreek Tragedy and PhilosophyGreenberg Seminar: 1968Greenberg Seminar: CheatingGreenberg Seminar: Crime and Politics in

Charm City: A Portrait of the Urban Drug WarGreenberg Seminar: Criminal Justice and Medical

Ethics in LiteratureGreenberg Seminar: Democracy’s LimitsGreenberg Seminar: KoreaGreenberg Seminar: Law and DisasterGreenberg Seminar: Law and the Literature of the

British EmpireGreenberg Seminar: Law DocsGreenberg Seminar: Legal Themes in the TheaterGreenberg Seminar: Native AmericansGreenberg Seminar: Redistribution in America

and AbroadGreenberg Seminar: Southern Literature and

the LawGreenberg Seminar: States and Markets in

American HistoryGreenberg Seminar: The Rise of WomenGreenberg Seminar: Villains: Real and ImaginaryGreenberg Seminar: Wine and the LawHuman Rights II: History and TheoryHuman Rights III: Current Issues in Human RightsHuman Rights: Alien and CitizenInnovative Solutions for Business, Law, and

Social IssuesInterdisciplinary Approaches to Criminal JusticeAn Introduction to Doing Empirical Microeconomic

ResearchLaw and Advances in MedicineLaw and LiteratureLaw and Politics: US 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 LawUtilitarian EthicsWomen, Children, Gender, and Human RightsWorkshop: International and Comparative LawWorkshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and PhilosophyWorkshop: Legal ScholarshipWorkshop: Regulation of Family, Sex, and Gender


21 the university of chicago law school | careers

Seminars, workshops, and eight professionalcareer advisors are dedicated to helpingyou find the job that will fit you best.

An individualized approach is the centerpiece of the UChicago 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 the advice you receive is tailored to your individual circumstances and goals.

Practice interviews and coaching are available to all students, and you can research your future employment using office publications, online databases, proprietary survey data, clippings,and recruiting materials available at our wired and wirelessCareer Resource Center. Regular programs teach job-seekingand 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 demanded and demanding professional opportunities. The country’s top 200 law firms,Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofitorganizations all actively seek out UChicago graduates. Over400 employers come to campus annually to interview our students during the fall On-Campus Interviewing program.UChicago is one of the two most successful law schools in placing graduates in Supreme Court clerkships. Over the pastten years, 20 to 25 percent of each class 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 Career Services has a long history ofassisting students interested in pursuing a career in public service.Our career counselors are experts in navigating the sometimescomplicated world of fellowship applications and governmentprograms and know how to help you find not only a job but alsofunding. We have built a network of alumni in public service sothat you will have a community not only within the Law Schoolbut in your field.

These alumni are graduates of prestigious programs like theSkadden and Echoing Green fellowships, practice worldwide,and have even started their own renowned public service organizations. We also offer financial support to students andalumni through loan repayment assistance and summer funding.

UChicago graduates work and live all over the world.We havealumni in every American state and in (at last count) 70 countries.Because of this extensive network and the high demand forUChicago-educated lawyers, our students have opportunities towork during the summer and after graduation at foreign courts,multinational corporations, war crimes tribunals, internationalaid agencies, and private law firms around the globe. For moreinformation, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/careers.

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


22 the university of chicago law school | uchicago and the city

The heart of theUniversity campus,known as the Quads, is a 211-acre botanic park.Students study by theducks in Botany Pond,relax on the swing in the Social Science quad,or take a quiet walkthrough the cloisters

near the Divinity School. Not only is the campus bisected bythe spacious green belt known as the Midway, but it is also surrounded by Chicago parks, which include an 18-hole golfcourse one half-mile from campus, a swimming pool, romanticlagoons, and a bustling marina on Lake Michigan.

The Ratner Center, named for Law School alumnus GeraldRatner, ’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 on the indoor track, or use the exercise machinesin the cardio rotunda. Students can also take in lectures all overcampus, attend nightly viewings of new and classic films in IdaNoyes’ award-winning, Dolby-equipped theater, stretch out in adance class, or go to a play produced by the Court Theatre, theUniversity’s acclaimed professional theater company.

Chicago

Chicago is a cosmopolitan, diverse, yet affordable city. Chicagois also the birthplace of modern architecture and sketch comedy,the home of the Chicago Marathon on Columbus Day weekend,and a showplace for world-class museums like the Art Instituteof Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the FieldMuseum of Natural History. It’s a city where there is somethingnew to do every day and night: go to Navy Pier to take in Shakespeare and a ferris wheel ride; visit Devon Avenue

to buy a sari or the Pilsen neighborhood to admire the publicmurals 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 see ourmajor league sports teams: the Bulls, the Bears, the Fire, theBlackhawks—and of course the Cubs and the White Sox. Manyof the 250 local theater ensembles and the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra offer student discounts. Some students particularlylike getting a drink at legendary jazz and blues clubs like the Green Mill and Hyde Park’s own Checkerboard Lounge.

Hyde Park

Hyde Park, nestled next to Lake Michigan and long consideredthe jewel of Chicago’s South Side, is a diverse, close-knit, and highly intellectual community. Many of the University professors live nearby on “Professors’ Row,” and residents greeteach other outside the Medici, a popular burger joint, or while walking their dogs in Nichols Park. They attend raucous community meetings on zoning and development, oftenenriched by the views of economics and sociology professors.

Swim at the sandy beach near Promontory Point Park. Ice skate on the Midway just 200 feet from the Law School’sfront door. Get involved with local politics—your local state representative could be going places! Browse through thousandsof hand-chosen titles at the warren-like 57th Street Books.Buy some cotton candy at the Hyde Park Art Fair or fresh

vegetables at the weekly Harper Court farmer’s market.

Students who live in Hyde Park will find a range of some of the most affordable housing in the city, from full-servicebuildings with a pool and a doorman, to family- and pet-friendly apartments owned by the University. UChicagostudents have the best of both worlds—a college town

within one of the world’s great cities.

The University of Chicago is known for itsmore than eighty-five Nobel laureates andits world-changing ideas, but it is also part of a campus and a city that are friendlyplaces 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 restaurantin town and then catch a show at one of Chicago's myriad jazz bars, or make dinner at home and listen to the radio, you can always find someone to join you.” Nick Spear, ’14


24 the university of chicago law school | financial aid

Your UChicago legal education is an investment in your future.

UChicago provides generous financial aid inthe form of scholarshipsand loans for all of our students. Enteringlaw student tuition for 2015-2016 is $56,916 forthe nine-month academicyear. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the

average budget, including tuition and living expenses, for a singlestudent is $82,569. An additional $1,500 loan is automaticallyadded to each student's financial aid package during his or herfirst year to cover the cost of a computer. Tuition and expensesfor 2016-2017 will be determined in Spring 2016.

Loan Repayment Assistance Program and Guaranteed

Summer Public Interest Support

Public interest work is a valuable and fulfilling career option andthe University of Chicago Law School is committed to makingsuch options available for its students and graduates. In order to make public interest careers possible, the Law School createdunique and generous programs to assist students and graduateswho pursue these jobs.

The Loan Repayment Program is not a traditional loan repaymentassistance program. There is not a lengthy time requirement toreceive benefits, and benefits are provided regardless of spousalincome or potential family contributions. Public service isdefined broadly to include government and nonprofit jobs.Unlike many other programs, graduates may also take advantageof LRAP while completing a judicial clerkship.

LRAP provides an interest-free loan equal to each graduate’s

repayment responsibility. Each year’s loan is fully forgiven

one year after it is made, provided that the graduate remains

in a qualifying public interest job. Benefits are available forthose who work in qualifying jobs at salaries up to $80,000 andfor ten years following graduation, with the potential to have alllaw school eligible federal loans forgiven. For more information,please visit www.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/LRAP.

The University of Chicago Law School also guarantees financial support for students who engage in qualifying summer public

interest work for 8 or more weeks during the summer followingthe first year and second year of law school. Students are eligiblefor a $5,000 living stipend at summer’s start. This aid is in additionto any salary paid by that or any other summer employer and isin addition to any other grant that may be received. For programdetails, please visit www.law.uchicago.edu/financialaid/summerfunding.

Full-Tuition Scholarships

The Law School offers several important full-tuition scholarshipsfor entering students. The David M. Rubenstein ScholarsProgram was established in 2010 by David M. Rubenstein, ’73,who made his generous gifts to the Law School for two reasons:to help the Law School compete for the very best students andto provide worthy law students the kind of financial head starthe also was given. These scholarships, up to 20 full-tuition,three-year scholarships per class, are predominantly merit-based.All admitted students are automatically considered for theRubenstein Scholars Program.

Debra A. Cafaro, ’82, established the Debra A. Cafaro Scholarship Program to provide full-tuition, three-year scholarships to 22 students over the course of nine years. The Cafaro Scholarships enable at least three students withfinancial need each year to obtain a legal education with nodebt. These scholarships are need-based. All admitted students who complete the Need Access Application are automatically considered for the Cafaro Scholarship Program.

“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


25 the university of chicago law school | financial aid

The James C. Hormel Public Interest Scholarship,

founded with a gift from James C. Hormel, ’58, provides a three-year full-tuition scholarship each year to an entering student who has demonstrated a commitment to public service.Hormel has been supporting UChicago Law students with public service ambitions for more than 30 years and this scholarship enables recipients to pursue a public service careerpath without being burdened with debt.

Barry, JD ’79, MBA ’80, and Jan Rock Zubrow have supported several Law School programs at the intersection of law and business. The Zubrow Scholars Programawards a full-tuition scholarship to a student admitted into the Doctoroff Business Leadership Program.

Deadlines and Procedures

All admitted students are automatically considered for merit-basedscholarships. No separate application is required. If you would

like your financial need considered, complete the candidate andparent questionnaires (and if applicable the spouse questionnaire)on the Need Access Application at www.needaccess.org.Please see the website for details and deadlines.* Parental information is required for all applicants even if your parents will not be contributing financially to your legal education.

Student loans are processed through the Student Loan Administration(SLA). To apply for loans, applicants must complete the FAFSAand the University of Chicago Application for Graduate Loans & Federal Assistance by the priority deadline of May 31. The Law School’s FAFSA code is E00377.

Applicants do not need to wait to receive an offer of admissionbefore filing the FAFSA and Need Access applications. To contact SLA please visit sla.uchicago.edu.

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

In keeping with its long-standing tradition and policies, the University of Chicago considers students, employees, applicants for admission or employment, and those seeking access to programs on the basis of individualmerit. The University, therefore, does not discriminate on the basis of race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status, and does not discriminate against members of protected classes under the law. The Affirmative Action Officer (773.702.5671) is the University official responsible for coordinatingthe University’s adherence to this policy and the related federal, state, and local laws and regulations (including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act).

Standard 504 of the American Bar Association requires that law schoolsadvise each applicant as follows: “In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants are encouraged to determine

the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agenciesare available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.”

The University of Chicago reserves the right to make changes affecting policies, fees, curricula, or any other matters announced in this publication.This publication is not intended to be, nor should be regarded as, any part of a contract.

The University of Chicago annually makes information, including several reports and policies, available to its community and to prospective studentsand employees. These reports provide abundant information on topics fromequity in athletics to campus safety, including several items for which federal law requires disclosure. Please visit csl.uchicago.edu/policies toaccess this important information. For reports not available on the Internet, the University will provide copies upon request.

“Think of your time at the Law School not only as a chance to deepen your understanding of the law, but also as a chance to widen your understanding of the world.” Daniel Abebe, Professor of Law


27 the university of chicago law school | how to apply

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

When to Apply

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

Early Decision

If you want to apply Early Decision, the application and all supporting materials must be received by the Admissions Officeby December 1. Admission during Early Decision is binding onapplicants. Indicate your intention to apply Early Decision onyour application and complete the Early Decision Agreementwith your application. We will let you know by the end ofDecember whether your application is accepted, denied, orplaced on our waitlist. Admission will no longer be binding ifyour file is placed on our waitlist for further review.

Regular Decision

If you are applying Regular Decision, submit your applicationand all supporting materials so that the Admissions Officereceives them by March 1.

We consider applications as soon as they are completed andreview them in the order they are completed. Applicationsreceived after March 1 will be considered on a space availablebasis. Applicants taking the February or June LSAT may still apply, but space will be limited. We have been known toaccept outstanding applicants into the summer.

Chicago Law Scholars

Current University of Chicago College students and alumni may complete the application process early and receivean expedited decision. If you are applying through the Chicago Law Scholars program, submit your application and all supporting materials by December 1. Admission is binding.For more information, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/jdapply.

Application

To apply, electronically complete LSAC’s Flexible Applicationand provide the supporting materials, detailed below.

All application materials must be submitted online. The application fee is $75.

Law School Admission Test

Your Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score must be five yearsold or less from the date of the application. Submit all scoresreceived on the LSAT.

Interviewing Program

Interviews will be conducted only at the request of the AdmissionsCommittee. Applicants will be contacted via email and asked to setup an interview. Unfortunately, applicants may not request aninterview. Visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/interviewsfor more information about our Admissions Interviewing Program.

Academic History

Please provide us with a complete history of your academic performance, including all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, through LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service (CAS).

Résumé

Describe your principal extracurricular and community activities,as well as any full- or part-time employment, in your résumé.

Letters of Recommendation

You must send us two letters of recommendation, but we willaccept up to four. We strongly recommend that you send at least one letter from an academic instructor who is very familiar with your academic ability. You must submit your lettersthrough the LSAC’s CAS letter of recommendation service.

Personal Statement

Your personal statement is an important, required part of yourapplication that gives us insight into the nonacademic contributionyou would make to the class and helps us to know you better. Astatement that focuses on some personal attribute or experienceis helpful to the Admissions Committee. Detailed informationand instructions regarding each of the application requirementsmay be found at www.law.uchicago.edu/prospectives/jdapply.

Visit the Law School

We’d love to meet you! Learn more about visiting the LawSchool, tours, and attending a 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 theschool’s influence on the law and in how we think about the law unparalleled.”David Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor of Law


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