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University of Chicago Legal Forum

First published in 1985, the University of Chicago Legal Forum is the Law School’s second-oldest journal. The Legal Forum is a student-edited journal that focuses on a single cutting-edge legal issue every year, presenting an authoritative and timely approach to a particular topic. Each fall, the Legal Forum hosts a symposium, with the participants then contributing articles for the forthcoming volume.

Current Volume: Volume 2025 (2026)

In-House Lawyers and the Impact of Crisis-Driven Financial Legislation: Evidence from Sarbanes-Oxley
Dhruv Chand Aggarwa

The Disaster Management Complex: Law’s Adaptations in Times of Climate Disaster
Michael Burger, Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, and Lucia Bragg

Emergency Lending by the Federal Reserve
Richard Clarida and Kathryn Judge

A Continuum of Responsibility: An Examination of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment of Present and Future Generations
Sarah Dávila A.

Liability for Disaster Risks
Daniel A. Farber

Crisis and the Constitution: The Role of Civil Liberties in Times of National Security Threat
Michele Goodwin and Allison M. Whelan

Realizing the World Health Organization’s Constitutional Mission: Equitably and Everywhere
Sam Halabi and Lawrence Gostin

Emergencies, Alien and Domestic
Samuel Issacharoff

Elections, Courts, and Democratic Crisis: Constitutional Structure and the 2020 Election
Manoj Mate

Vaccines for Pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19 for H5N1 and Beyond
Alison McCarthy and Michael S. Sinha

Majority Rule and Bankruptcy Resolution of Mass-Harm Events
Sarah Paterson and Adrian Walters

Killer Heat: The Disaster FEMA Refuses to Own
Robert R.M. Verchick

False Claims, Real Threats: Cybersecurity Noncompliance and the False Claims Act’s Materiality Standard
Charlotte Bairey

When Disaster Strikes: Assessing the Takings Clause in the Context of Government-Caused Property Destruction
Abby Berman

Compassion or Crisis?: Distinguishing Intent Under § 1324 in Sanctuary and Trafficking Cases
Leah Cussen

Curfew and Its Constitutional Limits: Analyzing the Judicial Standard of Review for Curfews in Times of Emergency
Alec Greven

Vapes in Violation: The Case for an FDCA-Based Negligence Per Se Claim Against E-Cigarette Manufacturers
Grace Hering

Beyond Elrod: Extending the Presumption of Irreparable Harm to the Second Amendment
Roland Kim

Reckoning with Retaliation: Objective Reasonableness in SOX Whistleblower Cases
Jacob S. Levin

When the Rules Burn: A New Approach to Governmental Discretion in Firefighting Operations
Nathan Li

The T+0 Imperative: Modernizing Markets by Shortening the Settlement Cycle
Julia Schreder

From Kickbacks to False Claims: The Causation Consequences of the 2010 Anti-Kickback Statute Amendment
Daniella Stoltz