| The University of Chicago Law School | |
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| Parent school | University of Chicago |
| Established | 1902 |
| School type | Private law school |
| Parent endowment | $11.6 billion[1] |
| Dean | Thomas J. Miles |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Enrollment | 626 (2021)[2] |
| Faculty | 183 (2021)[2] |
| USNWR ranking | 3rd (2023)[3] |
| Bar pass rate | 97.9% (2020) [4] |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Standard 509 Report |
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The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program, while also offering the Master of Laws, Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.[2]
The law school was originally housed in Stuart Hall, a Gothic-style limestone building on the campus's main quadrangles. Since 1959, it has been housed in an Eero Saarinen-designed building across the Midway Plaisance from the main campus of the University of Chicago. The building was expanded in 1987 and again in 1998. It was renovated in 2008, preserving most of Saarinen's original structure.
Members of the faculty have included Cass Sunstein, Richard Posner, and Richard Epstein, three of the most-cited legal scholars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, as well as U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, and Elena Kagan.
- ^ As of FY2021. "University of Chicago endowment ended FY21 at $11.6 billion". uchicago news.
- ^ a b c "Chicago, University of - 2021 Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). December 14, 2021.
- ^ "University of Chicago". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "University of Chicago - 2021 Consumer Bar Passage Report" (PDF).