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Law School Record, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring 2018) Law School Record Editors Lawschoolrecord.Editors@Chicagounbound.Edu University of Chicago Law School Chicago Unbound The nivU ersity of Chicago Law School Record Law School Publications Spring 2018 Law School Record, vol. 64, no. 2 (Spring 2018) Law School Record Editors [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/lawschoolrecord Recommended Citation Editors, Law School Record, "Law School Record, vol. 64, no. 2 (Spring 2018)" (2018). The University of Chicago Law School Record. 137. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/lawschoolrecord/137 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Publications at Chicago Unbound. It has been accepted for inclusion in The University of Chicago Law School Record by an authorized administrator of Chicago Unbound. For more information, please contact [email protected]. T H E U N I V CHICAGO LAW e University of Chicago Law School Record Spring 2018 E R S I T Y On Duty and Tradition O F US Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco, ’96, and C H Principal Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall, ’03 I C A G O L A W S C H O O L R E C O R D The Growing Impact of the The JD Entrepreneurs S Pro Bono Pledge P The Law School Stories You R I N Excerpt from a New Book (Probably) Haven’t Heard G on Aging by Professors 2 0 1 Nussbaum and Levmore 8 93802_Cover Spring.indd 1 3/8/18 8:44 AM CONTENTS CHICAGO LAW SPRING 2018 The University of Chicago Law School Record 2 Duty and Tradition Thomas J. Miles Dean, Clifton R. Musser Professor of An inside look at the Office of the US Solicitor General, now led by Noel Francisco, ’96, Law and Economics and his Principal Deputy, Jeffrey B. Wall, ’03. By Becky Beaupre Gillespie. Carolyn Grunst Interim Executive Director of External Affairs 10 The Growing Impact of the Pro Bono Pledge Editor-in-Chief CEOs” Since the launch of the Pro Bono Pledge, the number of students gaining vital Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, ’95 hands-on experience by giving back to the surrounding community has soared. Associate Dean for Communications By Claire Stamler-Goody. Editor Becky Beaupre Gillespie 16 The JD Entrepreneurs Director of Content Assistant Editors How a changing economy has sparked a growing interest in entrepreneurship among law Ann Fruland Claire Stamler-Goody students—and how the Law School is meeting that demand. By Becky Beaupre Gillespie. Stephanie Dorris 24 Honest Talk on Aging and Retirement Class Notes Editor An excerpt from Aging Thoughtfully, a new book by Professors Martha C. Nussbaum Magdalena Mahoney and Saul Levmore. Record Online Editor William Anderson 32 The Law School Stories You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Class Correspondents The Shakespeare-loving death penalty scholar. The students who taught their own 73 Affable Alumni classes on “fragments of the law.” The 1904 alumna and her years-long love triangle Contributing Authors with two UChicago women. The poet/law professor. A look at some of the lesser- Jerry de Jaager Becky Beaupre Gillespie known corners of the Law School’s past. By Becky Beaupre Gillespie. Saul Levmore Martha C. Nussbaum Curtrice Scott 1 Message from the Dean Claire Stamler-Goody Contributing Photographers 40 Faculty News Lloyd DeGrane 40 Lee Fennell’s New Book on Housing Policy Seeks to Broaden a National Conversation Erin Scott 41 NEH Awards Alison LaCroix Grant for Study of the ‘Interbellum Constitution’ Claire Stamler-Goody Photo illustration on p. 32 by Dan McGeehan 42 Alumni News Design 42 Books Published by Alumni in 2017 VisuaLingo 44 Development News Publisher 44 Law School Annual Fund The University of Chicago Law School Office of External Affairs 45 The Maroon Loyalty Society 1111 East 60th Street 46 Student profile: Amiri Lampley, ’20 Chicago, Illinois 60637 www.law.uchicago.edu 47 Tierney and Ryder Gift Will Augment Student Scholarships telephone: (773) 702-9486 48 In Memoriam Comments? Please write to Marsha Nagorsky at 52 Class Notes [email protected]. and 54 David Crabb, ’63 The University of Chicago Law School Record ’71 62 Mason Stephenson, ’71 (ISSN 0529-097X) is published for alumni, faculty, and friends of the Law School. 70 Jeanne Connor-Cohn, ’84 76 Lyneir Richardson, ’90 Vol 64, Number 2 80 Alison Ranney, JD/MBA ’96 © 2018 by The University of Chicago Law School 86 Heath Dixon, ’01 Reproduction in whole or in part, without 90 Asma Uddin, ’05 permission of the publisher, is prohibited. Reunion 2018 Schedule All 93802_Cover Spring_a1.indd 2 3/9/18 5:44 PM Message from the Dean Dear Alumni and Friends: It has always been important to have smart, principled people serve in government: people who are well-versed in the values of open inquiry and reasoned discourse, people committed to thoughtful analysis. The entire country benefits when its leaders engage in respectful debate, tackle difficult issues, and consider multiple perspectives in pursuit of the truth. This is why we are not only proud but grateful when our graduates are chosen for, and choose to pursue, government service. We know they will infuse their work with these values, which are so a part of our culture at the University of Chicago Law School. We know that the institutions they serve will be better as a result. In this issue of the Record, we examine the Law School’s long history with a US Department of Justice office that has long embraced this ethos—and continues to espouse it through the leadership of two of our esteemed alumni: the office of the US Solicitor General. Noel J. Francisco, ’96, was sworn in to that office last September, and Jeffrey B. Wall, ’03, serves as the office’s Principal Deputy Solicitor General. Noel is the fourth US Solicitor General with ties to the Law School; he follows Robert Bork, ’53, who served in the mid-1970s; Rex Lee, ’63, who served in the early 1980s; and Elena Kagan, a former professor at the Law School, who served for a year before being nominated to the Court in 2010. Jeff, who has worked as both an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as the Acting US Solicitor General, is one of more than a dozen Law School graduates who has served the office as an Assistant, Deputy, or in one of the prestigious one-year Bristow Fellowships. As you will read, Noel and Jeff offer a model of what Law School culture looks like in practice: they regularly engage in vigorous debate, maintaining a sharp focus on “articulating the right principles for the right reasons.” Both speak of their duty to the office and of their desire to serve the public. This underscores another key feature of Law School culture. Our community has also long valued a broad definition of public service. In this issue, we also explore the Law School’s growing commitment to pro bono service, which has soared since we launched the Pro Bono Service Initiative in 2010. The program challenges students to complete 50 hours of pro bono service by graduation. Between 2013 and 2017, the number of pro bono hours Law School students had worked by graduation almost tripled. In this issue, we also meet some of the students and recent alumni who are part of a growing wave of JD entrepreneurs, some of whom have focused their innovation on social entrepreneurship. In the past two years, Law School students have placed among the top finishers in the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge, a campus-wide competition organized by the Rustandy Center in partnership with the Polsky Center. I continue to be proud of the ways in which our students and alumni draw on their Law School education to make a difference in the world, and I know you share that pride. I look forward to seeing many of you at Reunion, and hope you will join me in celebrating our community’s many achievements. Warmly, Thomas J. Miles SPRING 2018 n T H E UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL 1 93802_PP_1_a1.indd 1 3/13/18 7:52 AM DUTY and TRADITION The US Solicitor General and His Principal Deputy are Law School Alumni—and They Represent the History and Shared Values Between the Two Institutions By Becky Beaupre Gillespie ntil you’re actually in front of the US Supreme Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Court delivering an oral argument, it can be hard arguably the most contentious case of the fall term, one to imagine just how close the lectern is to the involving religious freedom, gay rights, and free speech. Ubench, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall, Francisco nodded as Wall spoke. ’03, said one morning late last year. The experience is “I do appreciate the fact that you’re so close to the intimate, intense, and, well, like nothing else. bench during an argument,” Francisco mused, his left “You can’t keep all nine justices in your field of vision arm resting on the edge of a camelback sofa in his office at one time, so you’re constantly moving to the right and at the Department of Justice. Behind him, glass-doored to the left as you have this conversation,” he said. “It’s an bookcases flanked a nearly floor-to-ceiling window with intimidating experience. It’s meant to be intimidating.” a view of the US Capitol, and across the room, a framed He looked over at his boss, US Solicitor General Noel portrait of the late Justice Antonin Scalia looked down J. Francisco, ’96, who six days earlier had made his debut from above the fireplace.
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