Adam Chilton appointed next dean of the Law School
read the announcementNews
Another impressive group of graduates is preparing to leave our beloved Laird Bell Quadrangle. Here, we highlight some of their achievements:
Michaela Fleischer, ’25: Bringing the Arts to the Law School
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Next stop: Associate at Milbank LLP, New York City, NY
Coffee Mess, Café D’Angelo, the Law School Musical … these are some of the traditions that 3Ls mentioned when we asked them about their favorite memories of their time at the Law School. Sprinkle in a few anecdotes about professors and classmates and we have a full range of bittersweet reflections from the Class of 2025 as they prepare to graduate in just a few days.
Sam Cole, ’25, received one of two second-place awards in the Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition for his employment law paper.
Kaitlyn O’Leary, ’26, has been awarded a prestigious Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship, one of the nation’s leading programs for students pursuing careers in workplace justice advocacy.
Kate Masur, the John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor of History at Northwestern University, delivered the 2025 Fulton Lecture in Legal History on April 28, focusing on the legal and cultural history of abortion in 19th century America.
Faculty in the News
Like many universities across the country, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign has one of the largest international student populations in the country, totaling nearly 12,500 students in 2024. Nearly 50% of those are from China.
Political scientists who study democratic backsliding—the slow erosion of a country’s institutions—have raised alarms about the state of democracy in the United States under the second Trump administration.
In recent years, rights offerings ‘backstopped’ by select creditor groups—who commit to buy any unsubscribed equity—have become a common feature in Chapter 11 exit financing. In our paper, titled The Backstop Party, we present empirical evidence suggesting that these arrangements may serve as a mechanism to circumvent a key principle of the Bankruptcy Code.
The UChicago Experience
Events
—
Room V
Participating faculty: Adam Chilton, Jennifer Nou