Lee Fennell joined the Law School faculty in 2007, having previously served as a Bigelow Fellow from 1999 to 2001. In the intervening years, she taught at the University of Texas School of Law from ...

Michael H. Schill is the Harry N. Wyatt Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and served as Dean from 2010 to June 2015. He became President of the University of Oregon on ...

In 2024, Pallmeyer ruled in favor of the defendants — Cook County, Sheriff Tom Dart, Board President Toni Preckwinkle and then-State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. The plaintiffs appealed to the 7th Circuit, ...

The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest currently in force, and some would say it’s showing its age. To be sure, the drafters created some enduring institutions that have proved highly influential ...

Anjli Parrin Anjli Parrin, director of the Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, has been named an Associate Clinical Professor of Law, effective July 1. This appointment recognizes Parrin’s ...

Emily Buss, the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of Law, has been appointed deputy dean of the Law School, effective July 1. Buss brings decades of scholarship, leadership, and advocacy work to her ...