UIC LAW — Professor Kevin Hopkins, recently announced as the inaugural Brody-O’Neill Endowed Faculty Scholar, will begin development on a new course, entitled Law at the Intersection, in Spring 2022. The course, which will more deeply explore the intersection of tort law and contemporary public policy issues, will be open to UIC Law students, as well as students in other UIC graduate programs. Law at the Intersection represents a natural convergence of Professor Hopkins’s longtime interests. Before attending law school, Hopkins had earned his master’s in public policy at Duke University. During his graduate work he recognized developing knowledge of the law was central to his greater understanding of legislation and public policy. That realization pushed him to law school, and ultimately, to become a law professor. But due to time constraints, the seasoned Torts professor has never had time to explore the collateral policy issues raised by courts and legislatures in his classes. “Teaching Torts and Advanced Torts, I could only touch on these topics; never explore them in greater detail,” offers Professor Hopkins. “By developing and teaching a course like Law at the Intersection, I’ll be able to provide students with greater context for delving into these important discussions and offer a richer, broader view of how the law intersects with moral and contemporary policy issues.”