University of Chicago Law School

Sophonisba Breckinridge and Edith Abbott

How alum Sophonisba Breckinridge’s ‘passionate persistence’ shaped social work, feminism

Thomas Miles

Thomas Miles appointed to second term as dean of the University of Chicago Law School

A protestor holds up signs during a demonstration against police brutality in New York City's Times Square.

Police oversight enters ‘watershed era’ of change amid cries for accountability

Ubers and Lyfts

From Uber to eBay, how tech is inspiring unprecedented trust in American society

Candelight vigil

How do we better define and track hate crimes?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

UChicago’s history of dialogues with U.S. Supreme Court justices

Escape from justice illustration

Comical and sometimes scandalous guides to the law

Justice John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court justice and UChicago alum, 1920-2019

David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein, JD’73, renews ‘transformative’ gift to Law School

Lori Lightfoot

Lori Lightfoot, JD’89, elected mayor of Chicago