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Third-year student Grace Zipperer is the University of Virginia School of Law’s first recipient of the Immigrant Justice Corps’ Justice Fellowship, through which she will advocate for asylum-seeking children.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Darryl Brown produced a Clooney Foundation TrialWatch report highlighting violations of international law and due process in the conviction of Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu.

Students in the University of Virginia School of Law’s Human Rights Study Project traveled to Kenya to research global health interdependence, rights-based health care and women’s rights.

Second-year University of Virginia School of Law student Lillie Stephens reports on her summer fellowship abroad in Costa Rica.

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who have advanced LGBT rights as lawyers in India, have been named this year’s recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.

Ukrainian national Olena Protsenko was working on a postdoctoral research project at the University of Virginia School of Law when her homeland was invaded. With the help of eight UVA Law students, she is suing Russia on behalf of individual clients for war crimes in the European Court of Human Rights.

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Dean Risa Goluboff has been named to the Equal Justice Works board of directors.

Eight University of Virginia School of Law students traveled to Argentina to learn about human rights initiatives in Latin America in the aftermath of a Dirty War and military dictatorship.

Students in the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law recount their experiences attending the Organization of American States’ 52nd General Assembly in Lima, Peru, in October.

Christopher A. Ripple ’08, a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, explains how global food insecurity could expand in the wake of conflict in Ukraine and why food markets are so vulnerable.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised numerous dilemmas for nations and the international community. Professors Kristen Eichensehr and Paul B. Stephan ’77 of the University of Virginia School of Law spoke about what’s next in the conflict at an online event Friday.

In a case brought to light by the University of Virginia School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, six environmental activists’ convictions were overturned in Honduras.

With help from students in the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, an Afghan national who had been imprisoned for three years on a misdemeanor charge was recently freed on bond.

Salwa Ahmad and Molly Keck are this year’s recipients of the Virginia Public Service Scholarship, a full-tuition award given to University of Virginia School of Law students who are pursuing public service careers.

As protests grow against the communist regime in Cuba and state forces crack down on the citizen movement, University of Virginia School of Law professor Camilo Sánchez looks at legal questions surrounding the human rights crisis.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Mila Versteeg’s co-authored book “How Constitutional Rights Matter” won the International Society of Public Law prize Friday.

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court term.

Kunchok Dolma, a graduating University of Virginia School of Law student, discusses wanting to become a lawyer to help immigrant communities such as hers.