William H. J. Hubbard, JD’00, AM’08, PhD’11 Profile

William H. J. Hubbard, JD’00, AM’08, PhD’11, is the Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation. Trained at the University of Chicago as both a lawyer and an economist, Hubbard focuses his research and teaching on the study of courts, civil procedure, and the economic analysis of law. He is the author of the casebook Civil Procedure: An Integrated Approach (2021) and a coauthor of Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India (2023). Hubbard currently serves as chair of the University of Chicago Faculty Committee for AI and Academic Life and the Law School AI Committee. He previously served as editor of The Journal of Legal Studies and deputy dean of the Law School. Prior to joining the UChicago faculty, Hubbard practiced law, specializing in electronic discovery and appellate advocacy.