university of chicago law school 2009-2010 viewbook

Message from the Dean

Applying to law school is a journey where you discover as much aboutus as we discover about you. You will confirm our reputation as an intellectual place where ideas fill the air, and you will also discover thatwe are a place that is fun and much loved.

You will learn of rich and varied career opportunities, about the outstanding university and city around us, and about the extraordinaryteaching that goes on here. There is no other faculty that takes its students’ education as seriously and personally.

This is not a place where great teachers are absent. This is a place where they compete to teach you, and look forward to chatting with you over coffee, at our Wine Messes, in many workshops, and at informal eventsfrom dinners to bridge games.

Our approach is interdisciplinary; our faculty is amazingly productive; our library is formidable, as well as high-tech and hospitable. Our graduates go on to clerk for leading judges, to build businesses, to teach, and, of course, to practice law.

We have begun our second century with newly renovated classrooms,Chicago Policy Initiatives that aim to transform the way law schools—or at least this one—address social issues, the Hormel Public InterestProgram, which assists students who work in public service, and postgraduate opportunities that are second to none.

We’re not shy about saying we’re differentfrom other law schools.

If I were in your place, I would want to study law here more than anywhere else. I would want to be a part of this second century of theUniversity of Chicago Law School and its inspiring traditions.

Saul LevmoreDean and William B. Graham Professor of Law

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The University of Chicago Law School

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 and each other on all things logical, legal,and political. They master a lawyer’smost powerful skills: researching, writing, and presenting well-reasonedlegal arguments. And they also enjoymore than fifty student organizationsranging from the Federalist Society, tothe Enviromental Law Society, fromStreetLaw, which teaches law to highschool students, to the women’sintramural football team, which haswon the campus championship nine times

in a row. Students even fill the class-rooms during lunchtime to hear facultyand other speakers discuss the issues ofthe 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.

“I have been amazed by the diversity of ideas and viewpoints among my professors and classmates. No idea is unwelcome here, but no idea goes unchallenged. And that makes Chicagoan exciting place to study law.” Nathan Christensen,’08, Law Clerk to Judge Richard Posner, 2008-09


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 stepsfarther than any law school I know of.”

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.

“Our professors are always eager to interact withstudents, whether after class or during CoffeeMess. But most of all, they treat us with respect, andthey make us feel as if we are all part of the samecommunity. They are genuinely interested in usand our lives outside of law school. They take thetime to get to know us as complete individuals.”Amanda Gómez, ’10

Learning the law at Chicago is collaborative.




8 New Faculty

Meet Our New Faculty

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Assistant Professor of Law

Degrees: B.A., Maryville University; M.A.,Ph.D. (in progress), University of Chicago;J.D., Harvard Law SchoolResearch: public international law, foreignrelations law, international organizations,international relations theory

Selected Courses: International Organizations, InternationalLaw and International Relations Theory, Foreign Relations Law.Favorite class when you were a student: PostcolonialPolitical Theory. It was my only opportunity to take a class with the late Iris Marion Young, a political philosopher in thedepartment of political science at the University of Chicago.She was an excellent, challenging professor, and the class was intellectually stimulating.Hobbies: sports (soccer and weightlifting), reading, travel, and chess.

omri ben-shahar

Frank and Bernice J. GreenbergProfessor of Law

Degrees: B.A., LL.B., Hebrew University; Ph.D. (economics), S.J.D.,Harvard UniversityResearch: contract law, products liability, game theory and the law

Selected Courses: Contracts, Sales, Insurance Law, eCommerceFavorite class to teach: Contracts. I particularly enjoy the 1L students’ transformation throughout this course, as they become fascinated with legal reasoning and the intuitiveappeal of the Contracts cases.Favorite book: Two books—One Hundred Years of Solitude,by Gabriel García Márquez, and Blindness, by José Saramago.My favorite author is Paul Auster.

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Degrees: Licentiate in Laws, Master ofLaws, University of Helsinki; S.J.D., LL.M.(Fulbright Scholar), Harvard Law SchoolResearch: international trade law and international political economy,international antitrust law, international

law and international relations theory, EU lawSelected Courses: International Trade Law, InternationalAntitrust Law, European Union Law, The New Economic Order in the Post-American World Favorite class when you were a student: Anne-MarieSlaughter’s course on international law and internationalrelations at Harvard. Anne-Marie (formerly a professor here and now a dean at Princeton) introduced me to aninterdisciplinary approach to law. The class presented a stark contrast to the more doctrinal treatment of the subject in Europe. Hobbies: I run by the lake almost daily—often with my son, Oliver, in a jogging stroller. I also bike and rollerblade. My other passion is modern art, even though I have had little time to paint lately.

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Degrees: B.A., B.Laws, University of New South Wales; S.J.D., LL.M., Harvard Law SchoolResearch: constitutional law, comparativeconstitutional law and design, internationalhuman rights, law and gender

Selected Courses: Comparative Constitutional Law, Socio-Economic Rights, Elements of the LawFavourite class to teach: Comparative Constitutional Law. Asa subject, it opens our eyes not only to the rest of the world, butto ourselves, and the true nature our of constitutional traditions.Favourite movie: Lost in Translation



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t o m g i n s b u r g

Professor of Law

Degrees: B.A., J.D., Ph.D. (jurisprudenceand social policy), University of California at BerkeleyResearch Subjects: comparative public law, international law, east AsiaSelected Courses: East Asian Law,

Terrorism and the Law (Greenberg Seminar), InternationalHuman Rights, Comparative Legal Institutions, PublicInternational Law, Comparative Constitutional DesignFavorite class when you were a student: PresidentialElections, a freshman seminar with the late Nelson Polsby, at Berkeley. He was the country’s leading expert on the subject and held the class every four years. My first chance to do real research.Favorite movie: The Big Lebowski. My favorite TV show is The Rockford Files.

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Degrees: B.A., University of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill; J.D., Columbia Law SchoolResearch: I am interested in the legal and institutional problems that new national security challenges

linked to terrorism present, from the redesign of policingstrategies to the reformulation of detention authority, including how constitutional norms change or become limited at times of social and political pressure. I’m also interested in constitutionalism in South Asia, where I havedone fieldwork, where we find similar issues arise frequently.Selected Courses: National Security Law, Constitutional Law I, LegislationFavorite class when you were a student: Federal courts.This was the one time I had my “eureka” moment—when thewhole course came together—in the middle of class, indeed in the middle of answering a question. Suddenly, the SocraticMethod made pedagogical sense. Favorite movie: There’s no competition: 12 Angry Menhas to be my favorite law movie, and M my favorite anti-law movie.

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John P. Wilson Professor of Law andDirector, Center for Law, Philosophy,and Human Values

Degrees: A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Ph.D. (philosophy), University of MichiganResearch: general jurisprudence

(including its intersection with issues in metaphysics and epistemology), moral and political philosophy, evidenceSelected Courses: Evidence, Jurisprudence I: Theories of Law and Adjudication; Jurisprudence II: Topics in Moral,Political, and Legal Theory; Law and Philosophy WorkshopFavorite class to teach: I don’t think I have ever taught aclass I didn’t enjoy teaching. Teaching, done seriously, alwayshas rewards, regardless of subject matter. I guess I may have aslight preference for jurisprudential or philosophical classesbut only because they are closer to my research interests.Hobbies: Blogging!

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Assistant Clinical Professor of Lawand Director of the Federal CriminalJustice Project

Degrees: B.A., J.D., Yale University;LL.M., Georgetown University Law CenterExperience: Staff Attorney, Federal

Defender Program; Prettyman Fellow and Clinical Instructor,Georgetown University Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic;Judicial Clerk, Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, U.S. DistrictCourt, Northern District of Illinois Selected Courses: Federal Criminal Procedure, FederalSentencing, Federal Criminal Justice Project Favorite class to teach: I love teaching about sentencingbecause it’s the aspect of the federal criminal justice system that’smost in flux right now, and it’s exciting to teach a subject whoselegal landscape has shifted so dramatically in recent years.Federal sentencing is a complex legal universe that has dramaticreal-world effects. Although popular depictions of the criminaljustice system tend to focus on the trial, the sentencing is frequently the most momentous stage of a federal criminal case.Favorite book: Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie


Students and Judge Richard Posner gather at Professor Martha Nussbaum’shome for a Greenberg Seminar on Shakespeare and the Law.


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“We look at cases by three criteria: Does the work required on the case make sense pedagogically? Does the work meet an unmetlegal need in Chicago? And finally, what opportunity does the case have to impact litigation or law reform work?”Mark Heyrman, ’77, Director, Mental Health Project of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic


Students can readily prepare for careersserving the public interest, volunteer inmyriad ways, and get practical experi-ence that will enrich their education, their legal practice, and their lives.

The Law School’s clinical programs havelong met the educational needs of ourstudents and the legal needs of our community. In 2008, the Mandel LegalAid Clinic celebrated its 50th anniversaryof serving the people of Chicago. Second-and third-year students working in theclinic learn litigation, legislative advocacy,

and transactional skills by representing clients while under the close supervisionof clinical teachers. Students can work ina wide variety of areas, including

● appellate advocacy;● civil rights and police accountability;● criminal and juvenile justice;● employment discrimination;● housing;● mental health;● social service;● exoneration of people wrongfully

convicted;● federal criminal law; and● advocacy for immigrant children.

For those more interested in the businessside of law, the Institute for Justice Clinicon Entrepreneurship is devoted principallyto expanding economic liberties by providing a range of legal services forstart-up businesses in economically disadvantaged communities.

Students actively represent clients in allthese projects—it’s not just busy work.The State of Illinois and the Seventh Circuitboth allow students, under the supervision

of licensed attorneys, to serve as counselfor clients. This means that our students serve as the trial lawyers—they conductthe direct and cross examinations, makethe opening and closing arguments, anddraft the motions. They also argue the caseson appeal. They do the leg work and theresearch, they draft the contracts andnegotiate the settlements. They practicelaw. For this they earn course credit, gainreal-world experience, and serve the community. Read more about our clinicalprograms at www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/clinics.html.

The clinics are far from the only way toserve the public interest and engagewith issues that matter to you. You canjoin student organizations like the ChicagoLaw Foundation, which raises money togive grants to students working in summerpublic interest jobs, or Neighbors, whichworks with school children on literacy andcivics issues. You can participate in theSpring Break of Service, which last yearsent twenty-nine students to do legal aidwork in Biloxi and Jackson, Mississippi.You can even start your own organizationto do what is meaningful to you.

Chicago studentsget involved inour community,and the schooland the facultymake it easy forthem to do so.


14 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 studentstake a core sequence covering contracts,torts, property, criminal law, and civilprocedure, as well as one interdiscipli-nary 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 statutesand 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 shorterclasses, and you take fewer of them at atime than you would in a semester system.Our students find that the quarter system allows them to take a wider variety of classes than at most lawschools. The quarter system also allows our 1Ls to ease into their examsbecause they only have two finals in their first quarter compared to four in a semester system. And because of the quarter system, every student in the first-year class at some point takes a class with every other 1L student. To learn more about the quarter system, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/thequartersystem.html.

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 Jurisprudence to International Criminal Law, but also from hundreds of courses in other schools and departments. The Law School encourages interdisciplinary work—all students may take twelve hours ofcoursework anywhere in the University.You will find that the curriculum isdeep and diverse, emphasizing careful analysis infused with interdisciplinaryperspectives, drawing on the faculty’sextensive backgrounds in fields such as history, 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. Thesecourses provide a foundation for under-standing complicated legal and policyissues, and also for a career in the publicor private sector. For a complete list of courses, see www.law.uchicago.edu/courses/.

Students may also apply for three formal joint degree programs—with the Booth School of Business (M.B.A.,Ph.D.), The Harris School of Public Policy (M.P.P.), or The Committee onInternational Relations (M.A.)—either at the same time they apply to theLaw School or in their first year. For moreinformation, visit www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/joint.html.

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

“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, Professor of Law and Aaron Director Research Scholar



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

Administrative Law, Legislative Process,and Government RegulationAdministrative DetentionAdministrative LawAsylum LawBankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal

Bankruptcy CodeClimate ChangeElection LawEmployee BenefitsEmployment and Labor LawEmployment LawEnvironmental LawFederal Habeas CorpusFederal Regulation of SecuritiesForeign Relations LawGreenberg Seminar: Food and Drug LawInternational ArbitrationInternational Environmental LawLand UseLaw and the Political ProcessLaw of the Executive BranchLocal Government Law

National Security Problems and the Rule of Law

Parent, Child, and the StatePrudential Regulation of Financial Institutions:

Lessons from the Financial Crisis of 2008Public ChoicePublic International LawRegulated Financial Institutions:

High Profile Proceedings across Differing Regulatory Regimes

Regulating the Workplace Residential Real Estate Development and

the LawSection 1983 Civil Rights LitigationState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsTelecommunications Law and PolicyTelecommunications Law: Advanced Issues

Constitutional LawAdministrative DetentionAdministrative LawAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History Asylum LawCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityComparative Constitutional LawConflicts of LawConstitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureConstitutional Law II: Freedom of SpeechConstitutional Law III: Equal Protection and

Substantive Due Process

Constitutional Law IV: Speech and Religion

Constitutional Law V: Freedom of ReligionCrime Policy: Evaluation Methods

and EvidenceCriminal Law Theory Criminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure II: The Federal

Adjudicative ProcessElection LawEmployment DiscriminationFair HousingFederal Criminal PracticeFederal Habeas CorpusFeminist JurisprudenceForeign Relations LawGreenberg Seminar: JuriesHigher Education and the LawInternational Human RightsLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLaw and the Mental Health SystemLaw of the Executive BranchLegislationMarriageNational Security Problems and the

Rule of LawPrivacySection 1983 Civil Rights LitigationSex DiscriminationSexual Orientation and the LawWorkshop: Constitutional Law

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 changeseach 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. Other than that, students are free tochoose for themselves. The courses listed below are loosely grouped into categories for ease of reading, although no formal concentrations exist in our curriculum. Not all of these courses are offered every year, but this is a representative sample, and other new courses will likely be offered during your time at the Law School.


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TaxationBusiness PlanningClimate ChangeElectronic Commerce LawEmployee BenefitsFinancial AccountingFinancial Accounting with Forensics ApproachInternational TaxationIntroductory Accounting Concepts for LawyersIntroductory Income TaxLegal Elements of AccountingNonprofit OrganizationsPartnership TaxationState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity,

and Entrepreneurial TransactionsTaxation of Corporations ITaxation of Corporations II

Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureCorporate Crime and InvestigationCrime Policy: Evaluation Methods and EvidenceCriminal and Juvenile Justice ProjectCriminal Justice and Cyber LawCriminal Law Theory Criminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessCriminal Procedure II: The Federal

Adjudicative ProcessExoneration ProjectFederal Criminal Defense ClinicFederal Criminal PracticeFederal Sentencing: Balancing Judicial and

Prosecutorial DiscretionGreenberg Seminar: JuriesInternational Criminal LawPublic Corruption LawPunishment and Social Theory

Commercial, Business, and Labor LawAdvanced Contracts: Sales, a Practice-

Oriented ApproachAdvanced Trademarks and Unfair CompetitionAntitrust and Intellectual Property: ReadingsAntitrust LawArt LawArt Law: Litigating Title DisputesAsset Based FinanceBanking Law Bankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal

Bankruptcy Code

Business of LawBusiness PlanningBuyoutsClimate ChangeCommercial LeasingComparative Corporate LawCompetition Policy in the European CommunityComplex Corporate Litigation ManagementContract TheoryCopyrightCopyright Law: Theory and PolicyCorporate Crime and InvestigationCorporate FinanceCorporate GovernanceCorporation LawCurrent Controversies in Corporate and

Securities LawElectronic Commerce LawEmployee BenefitsEmployment and Labor LawEmployment DiscriminationEmployment LawEntrepreneurship and the LawEntrepreneurship in PracticeEnvironmental LawFair HousingFederal Regulation of SecuritiesFederalism and Globalization: Insurance

Regulation of Modern Financial ServicesFinancial AccountingFinancial Accounting with Forensics ApproachGlobalization and the LawGreenberg Seminar: Food and Drug LawHedge Fund LitigationInformation Technology Law: Complex

Industry TransactionsInformation Technology Law: Outsourcing

AgreementsInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipInsurance LawIntellectual PropertyInternational ArbitrationInternational FinanceInternational Intellectual Property and

DevelopmentInternational Trade LawIntroductory Accounting Concepts for LawyersInvestment ManagementLand UseLaw, Economics, and Entrepreneurship

Life Cycle of a Chapter 11 CaseLuxury Retailing and LawMergers and AcquisitionsMicrofinance and International Development

InstitutionsNetwork IndustriesPartnership TaxationPatent LawPracticing Corporate LawPrudential Regulation of Financial Institutions:

Lessons from the Financial Crisis of 2008Real Estate FinanceRegulated Financial Institutions:

High Profile Proceedings across Differing Regulatory Regimes

Regulating the Workplace Residential Real Estate Development and

the LawSarbanes-Oxley ActSecured TransactionsSelected Topics in Behavioral Law

and EconomicsSeminar on New Economic Order Sports LawState and Local Finance: Selected TopicsStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity,

and Entrepreneurial TransactionsStudies in Corporate ControlTaxation of Corporations ITaxation of Corporations IITrademarks and Unfair Competition

Courts, Jurisdiction, and ProcedureAdministrative DetentionAdministrative LawAdmiralty LawAmerican Legal History Appellate Advocacy ClinicClass Action ControversiesComparative Legal InstitutionsComplex Corporate Litigation ManagementComplex LitigationConflicts of LawCriminal Procedure I: The Investigative ProcessEvidenceFederal Habeas CorpusFederal JurisdictionGreenberg Seminar: JuriesImmigrant Children’s Advocacy ProjectIntellectual Property Litigation: Advanced Issues



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Law and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political Institutions

Law and the Political ProcessLegal ProfessionLegality and the Rule of LawLocal Government LawNegotiation and MediationPublic International LawRecent Literature on Courts RemediesSection 1983 Civil Rights LitigationTrial AdvocacyTrial Practice: Strategy and AdvocacyWorkshop: Judicial Behavior

Jurisprudence and Legal TheoryCicero–On DutiesComparative Legal InstitutionsConstitutional Decision MakingConstitutional Law I: Governmental StructureEconomic Analysis of the LawEmotions, Reasons, and the Law Empirical Law and EconomicsEthicsFeminist JurisprudenceFundamentals of Legal Change Game Theory and the LawGlobalization and the LawHuman Rights I: Philosophical Foundations of

Human RightsHuman Rights II: History and TheoryInternational Law and International

Relations TheoryJurisprudence I: Theories of Law and

AdjudicationJurisprudence II: Topics in Moral, Political,

and Legal TheoryLaw and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political

InstitutionsLaw, Science, and MedicineLegal History of Early ChinaLegality and the Rule of LawPublic ChoicePublic International LawPunishment and Social TheoryRawls Selected Topics in Behavioral Law and EconomicsSocial Norms and LawSocioeconomic RightsWorkshop: Judicial Behavior

Workshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and Philosophy

Health LawEnvironmental LawFamily LawGreenberg Seminar: Food and Drug LawHealth LawHealth Law and PolicyInsurance LawLaw and the Mental Health SystemLaw, Policy, and Theories of Nonprofit

Organizations in the U.S.Mental Health AdvocacyParent, Child, and the StateSexual Orientation and the LawTopics in U.S. Health Economics, Sociology,

and Policy

Family Law, Property Rights, Torts, and InsuranceAnimal LawArt LawArt Law: Litigating Title DisputesClimate ChangeCulture Wars and the Law Divorce PracticeEmployment DiscriminationEnvironmental LawFair HousingFamily LawFederalism and Globalization: Insurance

Regulation of Modern Financial ServicesHigher Education and the LawHistoric Preservation LawImmigrant Children’s Advocacy ProjectInsurance LawInternational Environmental LawIntroduction to Islamic LawIrwin Askow Housing InitiativeLand UseLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLife Cycle of a Chapter 11 CaseLuxury Retailing and LawMarriageOil and Gas LawParent, Child, and the StatePoverty and Housing Law ClinicPrivacy

Real Estate FinanceRegulating the Workplace Residential Real Estate Development and the LawSex DiscriminationSexual Orientation and the LawSocioeconomic RightsTrusts and EstatesWorkshop: Regulation of Family, Sex, and Gender

Intellectual Property, Technology Law, and EntrepreneurshipAdvanced Trademarks and Unfair CompetitionAntitrust and Intellectual Property: ReadingsAntitrust LawArt LawArt Law: Litigating Title DisputesBusiness PlanningCopyrightCopyright Law: Theory and PolicyCriminal Justice and Cyber LawElectronic Commerce LawEntrepreneurship and the LawEntrepreneurship in PracticeGreenberg Seminar: Food and Drug LawInformation Technology Law: Complex


AgreementsInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntellectual PropertyIntellectual Property Litigation: Advanced IssuesInternational Intellectual Property and

DevelopmentLaw, Economics and EntrepreneurshipMicrosoft Lab: Technology Law PracticumNetwork IndustriesPatent LawPrivacySports LawStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity,and Entrepreneurial TransactionsTelecommunications Law and PolicyTelecommunications Law: Advanced IssuesTrademarks and Unfair Competition

Clinical CoursesAppellate Advocacy ClinicCivil Rights Clinic: Police AccountabilityCriminal and Juvenile Justice ProjectEmployment Discrimination

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Entrepreneurship and the LawExoneration ProjectFederal Criminal Defense ClinicImmigrant Children’s Advocacy ProjectInstitute for Justice Clinic on EntrepreneurshipIntensive Trial Practice WorkshopIrwin Askow Housing InitiativeMental Health AdvocacyPoverty and Housing Law ClinicPre-Trial AdvocacyTrial Advocacy

International and Comparative LawAdministrative DetentionArt LawArt Law: Litigating Title DisputesAsylum LawComparative Constitutional LawComparative Corporate LawComparative Legal InstitutionsCompetition Policy in the European CommunityEast Asian LawEuropean Legal HistoryEuropean Union LawFederalism and Globalization: InsuranceRegulation of Modern Financial ServicesForeign Relations LawFrench LawGlobalization and the LawHuman Rights I: Philosophical Foundations

of Human RightsHuman Rights II: History and TheoryHuman Rights III: Current Issues in Human RightsImmigrant Children’s Advocacy ProjectInternational ArbitrationInternational Criminal LawInternational Environmental LawInternational FinanceInternational Human RightsInternational Intellectual Property and

DevelopmentInternational Law and International

Relations TheoryInternational TaxationInternational Trade LawIntroduction to Islamic LawIslamic lawLegal Aspects of China’s Economic TransitionLegal Elements of AccountingLegal History of Early China

Legal Issues in IndiaMicrofinance and International Development

InstitutionsNational Security Problems and the Rule of LawNonproliferation and the International Trade

in Nuclear MaterialsPublic International Law

Legal HistoryAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAmerican Legal History Cicero–On DutiesEuropean Legal HistoryHuman Rights II: History and TheoryLegal Elements of AccountingLegal History of Early ChinaMarriageRoman Law

Complementary, Multi-Disciplinary, andCross-Listed CoursesAmerican Law and the Rhetoric of RaceAnthropology and Law Business PlanningCicero–On DutiesClimate ChangeCrime Policy: Evaluation Methods and EvidenceCulture Wars and the Law Emotions, Reasons, and the Law Empirical Law and EconomicsFinancial AccountingFinancial Accounting with Forensics ApproachFundamentals of Legal Change Game Theory and the LawGreenberg Seminar: Shakespeare and the LawIntroduction to Islamic LawIntroductory Accounting Concepts for LawyersInvestment ManagementLaw and LiteratureLaw and Politics: U.S. Courts as Political

InstitutionsLaw, Policy, and Theories of Nonprofit

Organizations in the U.S.Law, Science, and MedicinePrice Theory Punishment and Social TheoryRawls Roman LawSelected Topics in Behavioral Law and EconomicsSocial Norms and Law

Socioeconomic RightsTopics in U.S. Health Economics, Sociology,

and PolicyWorkshop: Law and EconomicsWorkshop: Law and PhilosophyWorkshop: Legal ScholarshipWorkshop: Regulation of Family, Sex, and Gender

Legal Practice and EthicsAdministrative DetentionAdvanced Contracts: Sales, a Practice-

Oriented ApproachAdvanced Legal ResearchAdvanced Legal WritingAppellate Advocacy ClinicArt Law: Litigating Title DisputesBusiness of LawBusiness PlanningComplex Corporate Litigation ManagementComplex LitigationDivorce PracticeEntrepreneurship in PracticeEthicsFederal Criminal PracticeFinancial AccountingFinancial Accounting with Forensics ApproachGreenberg Seminar: JuriesHedge Fund LitigationInformation Technology Law: Complex


AgreementsIntellectual Property Litigation: Advanced IssuesIntensive Trial Practice WorkshopIntroductory Accounting Concepts for LawyersInvestment ManagementLaw and Practice of Zoning, Land Use, and

Eminent DomainLegal ProfessionLife Cycle of a Chapter 11 CaseMicrosoft Lab: Technology Law PracticumNegotiation and MediationPracticing Corporate LawPre-Trial AdvocacyReal Estate FinanceSection 1983 Civil Rights LitigationStructuring Venture Capital, Private Equity,

and Entrepreneurial TransactionsTrial AdvocacyTrial Practice: Strategy and Advocacy

“At Chicago, intellectual exchange is not partitioned into single-serving classes and workshops but rather pervades the atmosphere. Ideas spill over into hallway and lunchtime conversations and flow across doctrinal and methodological boundaries, creating incomparable opportunities for learning.” Lee Fennell, Professor of Law

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Careers 21

Seminars, workshops, and six professional career advisors are dedicatedto helping you find the job that will fit you best.Practice interviews and coaching areavailable to all students, and you can research your future using office publications, online databases, proprietary survey data, clippings, andrecruiting 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 mostdemanded and demanding professional opportunities. The country’s top 200law firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofitorganizations all actively seek outChicago graduates. Chicago is one ofthe two most successful law schools in placing graduates in Supreme Courtclerkships. Over the past ten years, 20 to 25 percent of each class hasclerked for federal or state judges.An increasing number of alumni areclerking after a few years of experiencein 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 sometimescomplicated world of fellowship applications and government programsand know how to help you find not only ajob but also funding. We have built a network of alumni in public service so thatyou will have a community not onlywithin the Law School but in your field.These alumni are graduates of prestigious

programs like the Skadden and EchoingGreen fellowships, practice worldwide,and have even started their ownrenowned public service organizations.We also offer financial support to studentsand alumni through loan repaymentassistance and summer funding.

Chicago graduates work and live all over 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, war crimes tribunals, international aid agencies, and private law firms aroundthe globe. For more information, visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/careersvcs/information_ prospective_students.html.

“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, yetaffordable city. Chicago is also the birthplaceof modern architecture and sketch comedy,the home of the Chicago Marathon onColumbus Day weekend, and a showplacefor world-class museums like the ArtInstitute of Chicago and the Field Museumof Natural History. It’s a city where there is something new to do everyday and night: go to Navy Pier to takein Shakespeare and a ferris wheel ride;visit Devon Street to buy a sari or Pilsen neighborhood to admire the publicmurals and eat Mexican food; dance athundreds of nightclubs; feast at thousandsof restaurants; take in an art film, a rockconcert, or a street fair. Our studentsplan outings to see our major leaguesports teams: the Bulls, the Bears, theBlackhawks—and of course the Cubsand the White Sox. Many of the 250 localtheater ensembles and the ChicagoSymphony Orchestra offers student discounts. Some students particularly likegetting a drink at legendary jazz and bluesclubs like the Green Mill and Hyde Park’sown Checkerboard 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 community. Many of the University professors live nearby on “Professors’Row,” and residents greet each other outside the Medici, a popular burger joint,or while walking their dogs in NicholsPark. They attend raucous communitymeetings on zoning and development,often enriched by the views of economics and sociology professors.

Swim at the sandy beach nearPromontory Point Park. Ice skate on theMidway just 200 feet from the LawSchool’s front door. Get involved withlocal 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 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 affordablehousing in the city, from full-service buildings with a pool and a doorman, tofamily- and pet-friendly apartmentsowned by the University, to the collegialNew Grad dormitory, which is just a shortwalk from the Law School. Chicago students have the best of bothworlds—a college town within one ofthe 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.

“Because we offer the same student activities as larger schools but have fewer students, theopportunities for involvement are everywhere. The more intimate class size also creates a morerelaxed extracurricular environment; the same people you spar with in class are your co-stars in the musical.” Alex Brown, ’09

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24 How to Apply


The Law School now has an environmentally friendly, completelypaperless admissions process.Please submit an electronic application through the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)online application system, available at www.lsac.org.

When to ApplyThe Law School starts accepting applications after September 1. You mayapply 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 returnthe signed Early Decision Agreement withyour application. We will let you know bythe end of December whether your application is accepted, denied, or held forfurther review. Applications that are held willbe considered in the Regular Decision cycle,and admission will no longer be binding.

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 they are completed and review them inthe order they are completed.Applications received after February 1 will be considered on a space available basis. Applicants taking theFebruary or June LSAT may still apply, but space may be limited. We havebeen known to accept outstanding applicants into the summer.

ApplicationTo apply, electronically complete the two-page application and provide the supporting materials, detailed below.

All application materials must be submitted online. 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.

Academic HistoryPlease provide us with a complete history of your academic performance,both undergraduate and graduate,though the Law School Data AssemblyService (LSDAS).

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

Letters of RecommendationYou must send us two letters of recommendation, but we will accept upto four. We strongly recommend thatyou send at least one letter from an academic instructor who is very familiarwith your academic ability. You mustsubmit your letters through the LSDASletter of recommendation service.

Personal StatementYour personal statement is an important, required part of your application that gives us insight into the nonacademic contribution you would make to the class and helps us to know you better. A statement that focuses on some personal attribute or experience is helpful to the Admissions Committee.Detailed information and instructionsregarding each of the applicationrequirements may be found atwww.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/materials.html.

Open Houses for Prospective StudentsVisit us! Attend a class, meet with students, faculty, and administrators,and tour the Law School at one of our fall open houses for prospective students. Try to visit during the academic term so you can see theschool in action. Tours of the Law Schoolare available. Please check our websitefor additional information atwww.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/visit-index.html.

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Your Chicago legal education is an investment in your future.Chicago provides generous financial aid in the form of loans or scholarshipsfor all of our students. Entering law student tuition for 2009-2010 is$43,998 for the nine-month academicyear. During the 2009–2010 academicyear, the average budget, includingtuition and living expenses, for a singlestudent is estimated around $66,000. An additional $1,500 loan is available to all students to cover the cost of a computer. Tuition and expenses for 2010–2011 will be determined in Spring 2010.

Approximately half of the students at the Law School receive scholarships, and over 80 percent of students receive government-backedand private loans. The largest form of financial aid is educational loans andstudents are able to borrow up to thefull student budget.

Hormel Public Interest Program and First-Year SummerPublic Interest SupportWork in the public interest is a valuableand fulfilling career option and theUniversity of Chicago Law School is committed to making such optionsavailable for its graduates. In order to

make public interest careers possible,the Law School created unique and generous programs to assist graduateswho pursue these jobs.

The Hormel Public Interest Program is not a traditional loan repayment assistance program. There is not a lengthytime requirement to receive benefits, and benefits are provided regardless ofspousal income or potential family contributions. Public service is definedbroadly to include government and nonprofit jobs. Graduates may also takeadvantage of HPIP after completing a judicial clerkship if they later work in a qualifying job.

HPIP provides an interest-free loanof up to $10,000 per year, with each year’s loan fully forgiven one yearafter it is made—provided that the graduate remains in a qualifying public interest job. Benefits are available for those who work in qualifyingjobs at salaries below $72,000 and for seven years following graduation, for a potential total of $70,000. For more information, please visitwww.law.uchicago.edu/financial/loanforgive.html.

The University of Chicago Law Schoolwill also provide financial support for students who engage in qualifying summer public interest work for four or more weeks during the summer following the first year of law school. Students are eligible for a$6,000 partially forgivable loan at summer’s start. This forgiveness is in

addition to any salary paid by that oranother summer employer and is inaddition to any other grant you mayhave received. For program details,please visit www.law.uchicago.edu/financial/summer.html.

Deadlines and ProceduresAll admitted students are automatically considered for merit-basedscholarships. No separate application is required. To apply for need-basedscholarships, complete the candidateand parent questionnaires (and if applicable the spouse questionnaire) on the Need Access Application atwww.needaccess.org by February 1.*Parental information is required for all applicants even if your parents willnot be contributing financially to yourlegal education.

Student loans are processed through the Student Loan Administration (SLA).To apply for loans, applicants must fill out the FAFSA and the University ofChicago Graduate Loan and Work-StudyApplication by the priority deadline of May 15. However, if you would like SLA to email a preliminary financial aid package you must submit the FAFSA by March 1. The Law School’s FAFSAcode is E00377.

Do not wait to receive an offer of admission before filing the FAFSA andNeed Access applications. To contactSLA please visit sla.uchicago.edu

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



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

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Standard 504 of the American BarAssociation requires that law schools adviseeach applicant to secure information regarding character and other qualifications

for admission to the bar in the State in which the applicant intends to practice. We advise you to contact the appropriateBoard of Bar Examiners.

The University of Chicago reserves the rightto make changes affecting policies, fees, curricula, or any other matters announced inthis publication. This publication is notintended to be, nor should be regarded as,any part of a contract.

The University of Chicago annually makesinformation, including several reports andpolicies, available to its community and toprospective students and employees. These reports provide abundant informationon topics from equity in athletics to campussafety, including several items for which federal law requires disclosure. Please visitdos.uchicago.edu/letter.shtml to accessthis important information. For reports notavailable on the Internet, the University willprovide copies upon request.

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