John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Students interested in business law have access to a variety of extracurricular activities.

The Virginia Law & Business Review is one of only a few student-edited business law journals among top law schools. The review holds a conference on a current business topic each year.
The Virginia Law & Business Society sponsors a variety of academic, professional and social activities for students interested in careers in law and business.
Rivanna Investments is a student organization dedicated to learning the art of intelligent investing. It manages an investment portfolio.
The Virginia E* Society connects entrepreneurial students and faculty across the University of Virginia with each other and with like-minded members of the Charlottesville community.

The Law School also hosts speakers and conferences on business topics throughout the year, as well as an annual entrepreneurship competition (part of a broader UVA competition) with a cash prize.

Related Student Groups

Third-year students Max Ain and Andrew Teal won the first Transactional Law Competition at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 25.

J. Travis Laster ’95 Discusses Corporate Governance in Era of Activism

J. Travis Laster ’95, vice chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, discusses his experiences overseeing legal disputes in an age of increasing shareholder activism from mutual funds, hedge funds and corporate activists. The Delaware Court of Chancery is widely recognized as the pre-eminent forum for corporate legal disputes, because the majority of U.S. businesses are incorporated in the state. His speech was the keynote for the conference “A View From the Boardroom: Directors in an Era of Activism.”