Adam Chilton — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Dean of the University of Chicago Law School, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law, and Walter Mander Research Scholar.
Co-authored "How Constitutional Rights Matter," which won the Best Book Prize from the International Society of Public Law and the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association.
Co-authored "Trial-by-Numbers: A Lawyer’s Guide to Statistical Evidence," designed to teach empirical methods to the legal profession.
Serves as a co-editor of the Journal of Law and Economics.
His research interests include empirical law and economics, focusing on how law promotes economic, social, and political development globally.

Biography

Adam Chilton is the Dean, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law, and Walter Mander Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is an American legal scholar and political scientist, born on July 14, 1984. Chilton also serves as a co-editor of the Journal of Law and Economics.

Chilton's primary research interests lie in empirical law and economics. His work often explores how legal frameworks can foster economic, social, and political development worldwide.