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Silencing the Special Procedures: Sanctions and the UN Human Rights System Entitled · Episode

Profs. @tomginsburg.bsky.social and @cfloed.bsky.social (Yale Law) discuss sanctions and the UN Human Rights system on the latest episode of the "Entitled" podcast.

Profs Back Bid At Fed. Circ. To Revive Insulation Patent - Law360 The Federal Circuit should revive an insulation product maker's patent infringement lawsuit against a competitor, according to a pair of legal scholars who say third-party sales of a product by…

In a newly filed amicus brief, Prof Jonathan Masur and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Stanford Law) said the Federal Circuit should revive an insulation product maker's patent infringement lawsuit against a competitor, @Law360.com reports.

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Come join us for the next installment of our Dean's Dialogues virtual discussion series, "Innovating Legal Education with AI." Dean @adamchilton.bsky.social will host a discussion with Kimball Dean Parker, '13, who teaches #UChicagoLaw's new AI Lab course. To register: buff.ly/YJyVzWe

Business Law Review Symposium to Explore Consequences of Start-ups Going Public | University of Chicago Law School This Friday the University of Chicago Law School’s Business Law Review will convene their 2025 Symposium titled: “Rethinking Going Public: Innovation, Access, and Accountability in Modern Capital…

The University of Chicago Law School’s Business Law Review will convene its 2025 Symposium, “Rethinking Going Public: Innovation, Access, and Accountability in Modern Capital Markets," this Friday (10/24)

In honor of Open Access Week, we’re excited to spotlight Chicago Unbound—the institutional repository of the University of Chicago Law School. Check out our news post about Chicago Unbound here www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/c... #OAweek

With spooky season in full swing, make sure to see our October Resource of the Month - The Salem Witch Trials: Legal Resources web exhibit! Find out more about the exhibit here www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/2...

Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court Three legal experts on an action-packed Supreme Court as it enters a new term.

Prof. @williambaude.bsky.social recently discussed with the @NYTimes.com how the Court has done with its shadow (or interim) docket over the summer

The September Emerging Technologies Update is available! This month’s update discusses counteracting “workslop”—wordy AI-generated that fails to advance a given task, criticisms of the new Bluebook rule on citing generative AI, and more. Read at www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/s...

Podcast | Can Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech? In this episode, Genevieve Lakier of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law join to discuss the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and the broader…

“There has been a long history of the FCC using their power to push and prod television broadcasters and maybe that power needs to be cabined or constrained in some way,," says Prof. @genevievelakier.bsky.social on the "We the People" podcast buff.ly/zhrQQDb #freespeech #freeexpression

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Today we welcomed to the first day of classes the 204 members of the Class of 2028—selected from a record-breaking pool of 6,500+ applicants. They hail from 35 states, 77 colleges, and 35 majors, speaking 40 languages. They have a median LSAT of 174 and a median GPA of 3.97. Story: buff.ly/AQU9vnp

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Prof. Craig Futterman, speaking at the #UChicagoLaw entering students dinner, says while it's a uniquely challenging and polarizing time, it's also “the most important time to enter law school.” buff.ly/ILvFNuV

Sen. Ossoff Pushes Fed. Courts To Uphold Access To Counsel - Law360 Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has urged the Judicial Conference to take further action to ensure that all defendants, particularly low-income ones, have access to counsel for their initial appearance in…

"If judges are applying federal law unevenly across the country, we have [a] two-tiered system of justice," Prof. @alisonsiegler.bsky.social, director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic tells Law360.

Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's worldwide tariffs President Trump is relying on the tariffs to raise revenue, spur manufacturing and exert political pressure on other countries.

“It could end up being maybe the biggest blockbuster case of the term in terms of presidential power," Prof. @curtbradley.bsky.social said of the worldwide tariffs case before the US Supreme Court.

Battle of the Branches A podcast/video mini-series, hosted by me

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‘Iqbal at 15’ symposium grapples with a seminal decision’s impact The conference, co-hosted by the California Law Review, gathered academics, judges, and lawyers who’ve dealt with the fallout of Ashcroft v. Iqbal.

“We as law professors should be asking ourselves, not ‘what is the average case doing in the law?,’" says Prof. @williamhjhubbard.bsky.social at a recent symposium at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social. "We should say, ‘what are the hard cases? What are the cases that challenge us?"

"Addressing things like local crime, that's left to local officials. The federal government doesn't get to come in and declare a takeover of Chicago police." Prof. Craig Futterman, tells @NPR.com buff.ly/IpYn9uS

Chicago Law Dean on AI: You Won’t Be Able to Entirely Avoid It William Hubbard, a professor and deputy dean, says these days he’s surprised by how often he has to encourage AI-skeptical law students to at least try it out. He spoke to Bloomberg Law editor Jessie…

In a podcast interview with @bloomberglaw.com, Deputy Dean
@williamhjhubbard.bsky.social discussed what the legal industry wants law students to learn about AI and how #UChicagoLaw is going about teaching it. #AI #lawcurriculum #innovation

Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump if He Sends Troops to Chicago? The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force.

OPINION: The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force. But the Supreme Court might not stop Trump if he sends troops to police Chicago, writes University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq.

Join us on 9/9 at noon (CDT) for a virtual panel featuring #UChicagoLaw faculty analyzing the major Supreme Court cases of the upcoming term. Moderated by Dean Adam Chilton, with insights from Professors Curtis Bradley, Samuel Bray, and Jennifer Nou. rb.gy/6f5wqa

At the Helm of the Clinics | University of Chicago Law School On September 1, Clinical Professor Erica Zunkel became director of Clinical and Experiential Learning, overseeing the Law School’s 15 clinics. Zunkel, who is also director of the Criminal and…

"I want our clinics to continue to be on the cutting edge, taking advantage of new technologies and resources," says Prof. Erica Zunkel (@ezunk.bsky.social), who took the helm as director of the Law School's clinical and experiential learning program on September

This Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back. Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

“What the Trump administration has really revealed, in a way we have never seen far beyond McCarthy, is the incredible array of tools that the executive branch can wield in trying to attack universities," Prof. @tomginsburg.bsky.social tells @chicagotribune.com

Bradley on Extradition in the Early Republic Curtis Bradley, University of Chicago Law School , has posted Extradition in the Early Republic: International Law and Constitutional Author...

Prof. @curtbradley.bsky.social's paper, “Extradition in the Early Republic: International Law and Constitutional Authority” is the "first comprehensive account of the constitutional foundations of US extradition practice and its relationship to international law.”
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AI Lab is Coming to UChicago Law | University of Chicago Law School Imagine that you’re sitting in a law school classroom learning how to build a generative AI tool. Now imagine that this tool you create is released to millions of people to help them understand and…

This fall, UChicago Law launches the AI Lab—a hands-on course where students design real legal-tech tools. Taught by alum Kimball Dean Parker, ’13, students will build an AI chatbot on renter rights.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 35 years ago on July 26, 1990. Read on to learn more about this important law at www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/t...

The July Emerging Technologies Update is available! This month’s update discusses the withdrawal of a court opinion due to likely hallucinations, an optional admissions essay requiring the use of AI at a leading law school, and more. Read it at www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/j...

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In “Battle of the Branches,” w/ the Harris School and Division of Social Sciences, @WilliamBaude will speak with UChicago scholars about issues such as free speech, foreign policy, judicial decrees and executive orders—and how they are impacted by the balance of power. buff.ly/MvOtPbi

GENIUS Act Bankruptcy Changes Give Holders Top Recovery Priority The “GENIUS Act” represents one of the most significant amendments to US bankruptcy law since 2005, by allowing stablecoin holders to be repaid before all other creditors when reserves fall short.

The GENIUS Act amends bankruptcy law to allow stablecoin holders to be repaid before all other creditors. Prof. Douglas Baird told @bloomberglaw.com that it’s “perfectly sensible” that the stablecoin that an insolvent firm holds still belongs to the customer.

Contributor: Courts can protect trans healthcare by recognizing patient-physician privilege Federal district courts have the authority, and the obligation, to recognize that these interactions are akin to attorney-client and spousal discussions.

“Federal courts should recognize a privilege for doctor-patient communications in gender and reproductive medicine. … The protection they seek is simply an extension of widely recognized legal principles and expectations of privacy,” writes Prof. Aziz Huq with Columbia’s Rebecca Wexler.

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