A Storied Career: Judge Posner's Retirement | The University of Chicago Law Review

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I’ve been a judge for thirty-five years and over that period my interest in legal research has narrowed to research that illuminates, and by doing so can alter, judicial behavior.1

After nearly 36 years on the federal bench, Judge Richard Posner announced his retirement from the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit effective today, September 2, 2017. To both mark and celebrate his storied career, the editors of The University of Chicago Law Review have compiled every article Posner has authored or co-authored with us over the last half century in an online retrospective.

In 1969, then-Professor Posner first published with The Law Review an article offering a new and fundamental critique of the Federal Trade Commission. In the decades since, Posner has offered substantial and often landmark contributions in an array of diverse topics including law and economics, statutory interpretation, Bush v Gore, judicial writing, The Maroonbook, federal law clerks, and privacy.

Judge Posner, in a statement, has said he will “continu[e] to teach and publish, with a particular focus on social justice reform.” The Law Review looks forward to reading his future work, but in the meantime, please enjoy this compilation.

Legal Research and Practical Experience
84 UCLR 239 (2017)

Privacy, Surveillance, and Law
75 UCLR 245 (2008)

The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks
74 UCLR 447 (2007)

Vertical Restraints and Antitrust Policy
72 UCLR 229 (2005)

An Empirical Analysis of the Patent Court (with William M. Landes)
71 UCLR 111 (2004)

Indefinitely Renewable Copyright (with William M. Landes)
70 UCLR 471 (2003)

The Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks (with Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, and Alvin E. Roth)
68 UCLR 793 (2001)

Bush v Gore: Prolegomenon to an Assessment
68 UCLR 719 (2001)

Past–Dependency, Pragmatism, and Critique of History in Adjudication and Legal Scholarship
67 UCLR 573 (2000)

Legal Narratology
64 UCLR 737 (1997)

Judges' Writing Styles (And Do They Matter)
62 UCLR 1421 (1995)

Legal Reasoning from the Top Down and from the Bottom Up: The Question of Unenumerated Constitutional Rights
59 UCLR 433 (1992)