Adam Chilton

Dean of the Law School, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law

1111 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.702.9495
deanchilton@uchicago.edu

Executive Assistant:
Rachel Vouvalis 
773.834.3583
rvouval@uchicago.edu

Adam Chilton is the Dean of the Law School, the Howard G. Krane Professor of Law, and the Walter Mander Research Scholar. Adam also currently serves as an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics.

Adam’s primary research interests is in empirical law and economics. For example, Adam’s book, co-authored with Mila Versteeg, How Constitutional Rights Matter, uses a variety of empirical methods to explore the impact of including rights into written constitutions on their protection around the world. Adam’s book, co-authored with Kyle Rozema, Trial by Numbers: A Lawyer’s Guide to Statistical Evidence, introduces empirical research methods that is specifically designed for law students, lawyers, and other members of the legal profession.

Adam received a BA and MA in Political Science from Yale University. After college, Adam worked as a management consultant for BCG. He then went to Harvard University, where he earned a JD and a PhD in Political Science. Before joining the faculty, Adam taught at the Law School as a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law.