Dr. Dennis Hutchinson

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Biography

Dennis Hutchinson is a distinguished legal scholar and the William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Law School. With a strong academic background, Hutchinson graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College and later attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He received his LLM from the University of Texas at Austin. His legal career includes clerking for Justices Byron White and William O. Douglas in the United States Supreme Court and various teaching and administrative roles at multiple prestigious law institutions. Since joining the University of Chicago in 1981, he has published extensively on modern American constitutional history, judicial behavior, and legal history, with notable works like 'Man Once Whizzer White.' Hutchinson has held significant positions in academia, including as an associate dean and master of the New Collegiate Division, and he continues to engage deeply in legal scholarship and education.

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Experience

William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus

2022-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Senior Lecturer

1990-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Associate Professor

1990-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Associate Dean

2018-01-01 — 2022-01-01

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Master of the New Collegiate Division

2018-01-01 — 2022-01-01

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Lecturer

1978-01-01 — 1981-01-01

Georgetown University Law Center • Washington, D.C.

Visiting Professor

1985-01-01 — 1986-01-01

Cornell Law School • Ithaca, NY

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
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TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
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Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy