News Around the Law Grounds

Fall 2001
Levinson Is First to Receive McFarland Prize

The inaugural awarding of The Professor Carl McFarland Prize to recognize exemplary scholarship by a junior faculty member went to Daryl J. Levinson, the Harrison Foundation Research Associate Professor of Law, at a faculty lunch November 19. More . . .

Martin: Immigration laws need to be realistic

The country needs to tighten its immigration requirements, while also being practical and humane, according to U.Va. law professor David A. Martin, a former general counsel for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. More . . .

The Efficient Market Hypothesis and its Critics

Burton G. Malkiel, the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University, delivered the John M. Olin Lecture in Law & Economics on Thursday, November 1 in Caplin Pavilion on the topic “The Efficient Market Hypothesis and its Critics.” Malkiel is best known outside the academic world for his best-selling book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, first published in 1973 and now in its seventh edition. More . . .

Anti-Terrorist Legislation Certain to Be Challenged in Court, Rehnquist Says

Laws written in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. are certain to generate lawsuits, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist, told a jam-packed crowd at the Law School's Caplin Auditorium October 27. More . . .

Earlier Marriage Law Traditions Offer Solutions for the Contemporary Marital Crisis

The history of marriage in the western tradition is multi-dimensional and holds clues to reversing the deterioration of the institution in modern times, according to Emory University Professor of Law John Witte Jr. who delivered the third Meador Lecture, "An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage: What Can the Western Tradition Still Offer to Marriage Law?" on Oct. 18. More . . .

Law Schools, Lawyers and the Future of American Law

The School of Law celebrated its 175th anniversary with a conference October 26 and 27 that examined how legal education may need to change to prepare lawyers for the 21st century. Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist delivered a keynote address Saturday, October 27, at 12:30 in Caplin Auditorium. Guidance on an academic agenda for the future was sought directly from the profession and those who use legal services. Participants included four Chief Judges of Courts of Appeals, corporate CEOs, law firm managers and law school deans. The conference was open to the public. Schedule & Program pdf

Difference of a Year
Fourth Annual Law Library Art Show

The 4th Annual Law Library art show is now available for viewing and the opening wine reception is scheduled for October 12th from 3:30 - 6:30. Entitled Difference of a Year, the show features 7 local artists: Jennine Barton Regan, Edith Montgomery Arbaugh, Don Charlebois, Joan Cabell, Joan Soderland, Ana Marie Liddell, and Judith Townsend. The show runs through June 2002.

Can Risk-Reduction by Individuals Be Bad for Public Health?

At the September 24 Student Scholarly Lunch, Professor Richard Bonnie led a discussion of "Tobacco Product Regulation & the Ethics of Harm Reduction as a Public Health Strategy." New tobacco products that purport to be safer than conventional ones raise the reverse possibility: that what might be good for the health of an individual can be bad for the health of the population as a whole. More . . .

Terrorist Attack Will Prompt Overdue Changes in Intelligence Gathering

A loosening of domestic wiretap restrictions, a willingness to employ spies with "dirty hands," and even a reconsideration of America's longstanding ban on political assassinations are likely consequences of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to Fred Hitz, former Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency. More . . .

Into the Fray: Panel Promotes Working as a Public Defender

Being a public defender offers young lawyers early responsibility and independence, in contrast to the relatively long period of "carrying the partner's briefcase" found in corporate practice, according to the Panel on Practice as a Public Defender, presented by the Public Service Center on September 20. More . . .

British Law Lord Speaks About Dissenting Vote in Decision to Extradite Pinochet to Spain

In an address given on September 6, Lord Slynn of Hadley said he thought former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet retained immunity from prosecution as a former head-of-state. "Immunity for heads-of-state is long established and no rule or treaty exists that took it away." More . . .

"Virginia's Two Deans"

In a Legal Times interview, past Law School Dean Robert E. Scott and current Dean John Calvin Jeffries, Jr. express pride in the intellectual and physical character of the Law School and in its role as part of the larger legal community. Read the Interview . . .