Thomas J. Miles is the Richard A. Posner Distinguished Service Professor of Law in the Wallman Society of Fellows at the University of Chicago. He served as dean of the Law School from October 2015 through June 2025. As a scholar, Miles makes creative use of the methods of law and economics to investigate legal questions not conventionally thought to fall within that field. For example, he has written on judicial behavior and immigration enforcement.
About the Law and Economics Workshop
Michigan’s Law and Economics Workshop provides an opportunity for faculty and students from across the University to engage with cutting-edge law and economics research by leading scholars on a wide range of legal and policy topics.
Professors J.J. Prescott ([email protected]) and Jeff Zhang ([email protected]) organize the workshop. If you would like to receive workshop announcements, please contact Alex Wroble ([email protected]) and ask to have your name added to the workshop’s email list.