Prof. Randal Picker
UChicago Law

Randal C. Picker

Randal C. Picker’s primary areas of interest are the laws relating to intellectual property, competition policy and regulated industries, and applications of game theory and agent-based computer simulations to the law. He currently teaches classes in antitrust, network industries and secured transactions. He also regularly teaches bankruptcy and corporate reorganizations. He served as associate dean of the Law School from 1994 to 1996.

Prof. Picker is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and served as project reporter for the Conference’s Bankruptcy Code Review Project. He is also a commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and served as a member of the drafting committee to revise Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. He is also the co-author of Game Theory and the Law.

Prof. Picker clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He then spent three years with Sidley & Austin in Chicago, where he worked in the areas of debt restructuring and corporate reorganizations in bankruptcy.

Picker Stories

COVID 2025: How the pandemic is changing our world

Video series explores impacts of coronavirus—from health care to international relations

COVID 2025: How an explosion in remote learning changes education, with Randal Picker

<p><em>Legal scholar&nbsp;on how widespread changes fueled by the pandemic will change teaching and learning</em></p>

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Why the Android Antitrust Case May Not Trouble Google

<p>Prof. Randal C. Picker discusses antitrust actions in an age of rapid technological advancement</p>


Shooting a MOOC

Prof. Randal Picker discusses filming his first Massive Open Online Course on the Internet, technology and law


Understanding the MOOC moment

In blog, Prof. Randal Picker discusses the rise of Massive Open Online Courses as he prepares to launch course on Internet, technology and law


The line between ‘aggressive’ and ‘evil’

<p>Prof. Randal Picker says FTC's finding in Google antitrust case regarding search engine results and compeition is 'huge victory' for company</p>


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