Toward Equal Opportunity
Equal Educational Opportunity: Celebrating Title VI at 60 and the Education Rights Institute at 1
Education and legal experts gathered Oct. 21 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Education Rights Institute’s one-year anniversary.
Video: Keynote by Catherine Lhamon
Recent Events
Toward a High-Quality Education for All Students: Contemporary Questions for Law and Policy
Launch of the Education Rights Institute
Oct. 16, 2023
Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation, delivered the keynote address at the launch of the Education Rights Institute. UVA President Jim Ryan ’92, Dean Risa Goluboff and Education Rights Institute inaugural director Professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson also delivered remarks. Two panels — on educational opportunity gaps and potential reforms to close them — featured leading experts, scholars and advocates in the field, including U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan ’97, who represents Virginia’s 4th District, and Stanford University professor Sean Reardon.
News
December 5, 2024
One year later, the Education Rights Institute at the University of Virginia School of Law is in full swing, with reports out on harassment in schools and the need to close funding gaps.
September 16, 2024
Second-year University of Virginia School of Law student Yoselyn Paulino discusses how teaching and working in education persuaded her to earn a law degree.
June 17, 2024
Clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law shaped public policy, helped clients in court, appealed cases to the Supreme Court and more in the 2023-24 academic year.
May 30, 2024
Alice Abrokwa, a U.S. Education Department lawyer with expertise in disability law, health law and antidiscrimination law, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty this summer.
May 23, 2024
The American Law Institute recently approved a restatement on children and the law co-authored by Professor Richard Bonnie ’69, among other achievements and recognition for members of the University of Virginia School of Law community.
May 2, 2024
Clinic students at the University of Virginia School of Law worked with state lawmakers to draft bills on foster care, behavioral health, human trafficking and other policies that were recently signed into law.
October 18, 2023
Leaders across the education field helped kick off the Education Rights Institute at the University of Virginia School of Law on Monday, launching an effort designed to improve access to high-quality education for disadvantaged students.
October 2, 2023
Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Professor Michael Livermore will be in Paris this school year through a fellowship dedicated to addressing looming global challenges.
September 14, 2023
New faculty and scholars are joining or visiting the University of Virginia School of Law this school year, strengthening the depth and breadth of the school’s curricular offerings and scholarly expertise.
September 13, 2023
The new Education Rights Institute at the University of Virginia School of Law aims to help eliminate racial and class disparities in K-12 education. The institute, led by Professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson and supported by a $4.9 million gift, will mark its launch with an Oct. 16 event.
September 12, 2023
Professor and privacy expert Danielle K. Citron of the University of Virginia School of Law calls for reforming the “permanent surveillance state” imposed on American public school students.
June 29, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively struck down the ability of public and private universities to include affirmative action in admissions decisions. The opinion reverses longstanding precedent that allowed universities some leeway to consider an applicant’s race as a way to better
June 5, 2023
During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which
April 27, 2023
Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, a nationally acclaimed education law and policy expert, has won an All-University Teaching Award from the University of Virginia.
April 24, 2023
On the eve of his retirement, University of Virginia School of Law professor Douglas Laycock, the foremost expert on religious civil liberties and the law of remedies, looks back on his 50-year career.
April 3, 2023
Clinic students at the University of Virginia School of Law worked with state lawmakers to draft bills on mental health and education, which were recently signed into law.
February 13, 2023
A symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will explore how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has shaped clashes over equity in education, both past and present.
October 28, 2022
Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui of the University of Virginia School of Law discusses two U.S. Supreme Court cases about using race as a factor in college admissions policies.
October 27, 2022
New courses offered this winter and spring at the University of Virginia School of Law include International and Comparative Family Law, Dignity Law, and Trade Secret Law.
August 26, 2022
Terry Allen, whose scholarship focuses on the role of police in schoolchildren’s lives, is the first Race, Place and Equity Fellow at the University of Virginia School of Law.