Institutes and Centers
The School of Law includes several internationally known special
programs directed by faculty members who are respected in their
fields and often called upon by private and governmental organizations
worldwide for their expertise.
Institute
of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
The Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy offers training, educational,
research, and service programs in the areas of forensic psychiatry, forensic
psychology, and mental health law. Affiliated with the School of Law, the
University’s School of Medicine, and the College of Arts & Sciences,
the Institute has an interdisciplinary faculty of attorneys, psychiatrists,
psychologists, and social workers. Its Forensic Psychiatry Clinic performs
clinical evaluations in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases. The
Institute conducts training programs for the Virginia Department of Mental
Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services and provides
continuing education for attorneys and judges. The Institute also conducts
extensive empirical and theoretical research in clinical criminology, forensic
psychiatry/psychology, and mental health law and policy.
Center
for National Security Law
The Center for National Security Law was established in
1981 to promote nonpartisan interdisciplinary scholarship
and education about legal issues affecting U.S. national security.
Topics of special interest include legal constraints on the use
of armed force and the separation of constitutional powers
concerning war and treaties; the proper role of an intelligence
service in a free society; terrorism; and the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction. In addition to teaching courses
and seminars, Center scholars conduct research, publish,
and lecture. The Center also sponsors professional conferences
and publishes scholarly studies.
Center
for Oceans Law and Policy
The Center for Oceans Law and Policy promotes rational
management of the world’s oceans, coastal, and polar areas
through teaching, research, and the dissemination of information.
The Center offers research and publications; conferences, seminars,
and speakers; associateships and fellowships; curricular and
teaching programs in oceans law and policy, and maintains the
Newlin Collection of Oceans Law and Policy in the Morris Law
Library.
Law School faculty also are actively involved
with other multidisciplinary endeavors at the University, including
the Center
for Children, Families, and the Law, co-directed by one
of our faculty members.