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2 days ago · The Supreme Court’s “Presumptive Immunity” Standard. An especially baffling aspect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States is its concept of “presumptive” presidential immunity.The Court ruled that a president’s exercise of “core” powers is “absolutely” immune from prosecution and added that it might hold the …
Curriculum | University of Chicago Law School
JD Students 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 changes each year. Additional degree requirements include the successful completion of a class designated as meeting the professional responsibility requirement, 40 core credit hours in the second and third years, two courses with a ...
Application Requirements - University of Chicago Law School
Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago Law School. Each year, we receive roughly 5,000 applications for our entering class of approximately 195 students. The Admissions Committee reviews every completed application we receive. Paperless Admissions Process The Law School utilizes a paperless admissions process, which means we receive, process, and evaluate all applications ...
JD Program - University of Chicago Law School
We encourage you to explore our campus through our virtual tours so you can get a greater sense of life here at the Law School, at the University of Chicago, and in the City of Chicago. The Law School will be open to visitors this fall on select days. Please check our UChicago Law Welcome Center for information on upcoming in-person campus visits …
Admissions - University of Chicago Law School
The joint degree program combines the interdisciplinary strengths and distinct flexibility of two world-leading institutions to prepare students for careers at the intersection of business and law.
The Socratic Method - University of Chicago Law School
Socrates (470-399 BC) was a Greek philosopher who sought to get to the foundations of his students' and colleagues' views by asking continual questions until a contradiction was exposed, thus proving the fallacy of the initial assumption. This became known as the Socratic Method, and may be Socrates' most enduring contribution to philosophy. Our …
The Living Constitution | University of Chicago Law School
Sep 27, 2010 · Do we have a living Constitution? Do we want to have a living Constitution? A living Constitution is one that evolves, changes over time, and adapts to new circumstances, without being formally amended. On the one hand, the answer has to be yes: there's no realistic alternative to a living Constitution. Our written Constitution, the document under glass in the National Archives, was adopted ...
Academic Calendar | University of Chicago Law School
Add to Calendar 2024-09-05 17:00:00 2024-11-02 21:09:24 Autumn 2024 Quarter Bidding Results Posted Online Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/autumn ...
Clinics - University of Chicago Law School
The clinical programs operate through six distinct, autonomous units that function as separate 'law firms' with their own faculty and support staff: Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, which includes: Abrams Environmental Law Clinic Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic Employment Law Clinic Federal Criminal Justice Clinic Housing Initiative ...
Studying Law at UChicago | University of Chicago Law School
The Life of the Mind The University of Chicago Law School is about ideas. This is what sets us apart from other law schools: we have an unabashed enthusiasm for the life of the mind—the conviction that ideas matter, that they are worth discussing, and that legal education should devote itself to learning for learning's sake, not just for earning's sake.