
The University of Chicago Law School Chicago alums - you can still register for "The Changing Court: The 2009-10 Supreme Court Term" - Fri., 11/20 - 12:00pm

by Sarah Galer When third-year law student Kathleen Rubenstein was a child, she dreamed of being a Supreme Court Justice. So it was a huge thrill for her to be part of a legal team from the Law School that helped prepare a case for the nation’s highest court. ...

They say you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. They might be wrong. But what would really be great is if the same substance could serve as both honey or as vinegar, as the job requires...

Last week two pieces of news about the American economy were disclosed, with important implications for where the economy is going. On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that during the third quarter of 2009, productivity jumped at the remarkable annual rate of 9½%. ...

Becker is certainly right that growth in productivity is an important driver of economic growth. But we must consider the source of the growth in productivity in order to understand the conjunction in the last two quarters of rapidly rising productivity with rapidly rising unemployment...

Original source: http://au.sys-con.com/node/1168488 Howard Turner has joined SmithAmundsen LLC's Construction Practice Group. He will be Of Counsel in the Chicago office. An accomplished litigator, Mr....

Alumni News: Timothy T. Scott '85 Named Managing Partner of King & Spaulding's Silicon Valley Office
Original source: http://ca.sys-con.com/node/1170835 King & Spalding announced the appointment of Timothy T. Scott to Managing Partner in its Silicon Valley office. Scott, a seasoned litigator, has practiced law in Silicon Valley for nearly two-thirds of his 24-year legal career....

Paul A. Jones joins Michael Best's Business and Venture BestSM Practices. Jones has extensive experience with early stage information technology and life science-based start ups and venture capital investments...

The University of Chicago Law School's "Shakespeare and the Law" conference brought together thinkers from law, literature, and philosophy to investigate the legal dimensions of Shakespeare's plays...

You haven't lived until you've won a few of your friends' hard-earned quarters in a heated round of push-pin...

The University of Chicago Law School Anyone out there a member of GoodReads? We're thinking about starting a group for Law School alums. Let us know if you'd be interested!

by Geof StoneThe Huffington PostNov. 4, 2009 The defeat of same-sex marriage in Maine is a real disappointment for those of us who believe that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is the most important civil rights issue of our time...

The Council on Foreign Relations has posted a video of Judge Posner discussing the topic "Fiscal Irresponsibility Clouds the Future of the United States." The discussion is part of the CFR's C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.











