University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago
Law School
Parent schoolUniversity of Chicago
Established1902 (1902)
School typePrivate law school
Parent endowment$11.6 billion[1]
DeanThomas J. Miles
LocationChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Enrollment626 (2021)[2]
Faculty183 (2021)[2]
USNWR ranking3rd (2023)[3]
Bar pass rate97.9% (2020) [4]
Websitelaw.uchicago.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many distinguished alumni in the judiciary, academia, government, politics and business. 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's chief publication is the University of Chicago Law Review, which is among the top five most cited law reviews in the world.[5] Students edit three other independent law journals, with another three journals overseen by faculty. 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.

Longstanding members of the law school faculty have included Cass Sunstein and Richard Epstein, two of the three most-cited legal scholars of the early 21st century, U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens and Elena Kagan.

  1. ^ As of FY2021. "University of Chicago endowment ended FY21 at $11.6 billion". uchicago news.
  2. ^ a b c "Chicago, University of - 2021 Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). December 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "University of Chicago". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "University of Chicago - 2021 Consumer Bar Passage Report" (PDF).
  5. ^ "TaxProf Blog: 2020 Meta-Ranking of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews".