Faculty by Expertise

Administrative law
Admiralty law (law of the sea)
Affirmative action
Agency and partnership
Aging and the law
Animal law
Anti-discrimination law
Antitrust
Antitrust law
Appellate litigation
Arbitration
Banking regulations
Bankruptcy
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Business law
Campaign finance law
Child advocacy
Church and state
City government
Civil litigation
Civil procedure
Civil rights
Class action
Climate change
Cloning
Commercial law
Communications law
Comparative law
Computer crime
Conflict of laws
Conservation
Constitutional history
Constitutional law
Constitutional theory
Consumer law
Contracts
Copyright
Corporate crime
Corporate governance
Corporate social responsibility
Corporate tax shelters
Corporations
Courtroom procedure
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice theory
Criminal law
Criminal procedure
Cyber law
Cybersecurity
Damages
Death penalty
Desegregation and integration
Disability discrimination and accommodation
DNA evidence
Drug law (criminal)
East Asia
Economics
Education
Elder law
Election law
Elections
Emerging markets
Employment discrimination
Employment law
Energy policy
Environmental law
Equal protection
Estate planning and taxes
Ethics
EU tax and state aid law
European law
Evidence
Externships
Family law
Federal courts
Federal securities law
Federalism
Feminism and law
First Amendment
First Amendment (church and state)
Food and drug law
Foreign affairs
Forensic methods
Forensic psychiatry
Free speech
Gender and law
Global warming
Globalization
Health equity
Health ethics
Health law
Health policy
Human rights law
Immigration and refugee law
Innocence
Insurance law
Intellectual property
Inter-American human rights system
International business
International environmental law
International human rights
International law
International trade
Internet
Judging
Juries
Jurisdiction
Jurisprudence
Juvenile and family law
Juvenile justice
Law and economics
Law and philosophy
Law and political science
Law of war
Legal ethics
Legal history
Legal research and writing
Legal theory
Legislation\legislative process
LGBTQ rights
Litigation
Local government law
Marriage and divorce
Mass shootings
Mediation
Medical ethics
Medical liability and malpractice
Mental health
Mergers and acquisitions
Military tribunals
Mutual fund regulation
National security law
Native American law
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear weapons and arms control
Oceans law
Oral advocacy
Patent law
Plea bargaining
Police
Political theory
Presidential powers
Privacy
Product liability
Professional responsibility
Property
Prosecution
Psychiatry and law
Psychology and law
Public health law
Quantitative methods/statistics in the law
Race
Rape
Real estate
Religion and law
Remedies
Reproduction/reproductive technologies
Rhetoric
Rule of law
Securities regulation
Separation of powers
Sexual discrimination and harassment
Social science in law
Sovereign debt
Soviet and post-Soviet legal systems
Special education
State and local government law
Supreme Court
Tax law
Terrorism
Torts
Trademark law
Transactional law and practice
Trial advocacy
Trusts and estates
United Nations
Urban law and policy
Venture capital
Violence
Virginia constitution
Virginia procedure
Voting rights
War crimes
War on terrorism
Workplace safety and health
Wrongful conviction
Kenneth S. Abraham
Payvand Ahdout
Barbara E. Armacost
Scott Ballenger
Aditya Bamzai
Charles Barzun
Michal Barzuza
Rachel Bayefsky
Andrew Block
Richard J. Bonnie
Josh Bowers
Darryl K. Brown
D. Ruth Buck
Jay Butler
Naomi R. Cahn
Danielle K. Citron
George M. Cohen
Michael G. Collins
Kevin Cope
Anne M. Coughlin
Quinn Curtis
Ashley S. Deeks
Michael Doran
John F. Duffy
Kristen Eichensehr
Deirdre M. Enright
Joshua Fischman
Kim Forde-Mazrui
Joe Fore
Thomas Frampton
George S. Geis
Michael D. Gilbert
Jennifer L. Givens
Risa Goluboff
G. Mitu Gulati
Paul Halliday
Rachel Harmon
John C. Harrison
Andrew Hayashi
Deborah Hellman
Toby J. Heytens
A. E. Dick Howard
Cathy Hwang
Rich Hynes
Cale Jaffe
John C. Jeffries Jr.
Alex M. Johnson Jr.
Jason S. Johnston
Leslie Kendrick
Annie Kim
Edmund W. Kitch
Craig Konnoth
Kevin A. Kordana
Kimberly D. Krawiec
David S. Law
Douglas Laycock
Michael A. Livermore
Jessica Lowe
Julia D. Mahoney
Paul G. Mahoney
David A. Martin
Ruth Mason
Thomas A. Massaro
Joy Milligan
Gregory Mitchell
John T. Monahan
John Norton Moore
Thomas B. Nachbar
Caleb E. Nelson
Cynthia L. Nicoletti
Dotan Oliar
Daniel R. Ortiz
Saikrishna Prakash
Richard M. Re
Margaret Foster Riley
Kimberly J. Robinson
Bertrall Ross
George Rutherglen
A. Sprightley Ryan
Nelson Camilo Sánchez León
Robert Nelson Sayler
Frederick Schauer
Richard C. Schragger
Micah J. Schwartzman
John K. Setear
Molly Bishop Shadel
Sarah Shalf
Lois Shepherd
Crystal Shin
Kent Sinclair
Lawrence B. Solum
Barbara A. Spellman
Paul B. Stephan
Megan T. Stevenson
Gregg Strauss
Leon Szeptycki
Pierre-Hugues Verdier
J. H. Verkerke
Mila Versteeg
Steven D. Walt
Sarah Stewart Ware
G. Edward White
Ann Woolhandler
Ethan Yale
George K. Yin
07/28/2021
Toby J. Heytens, Nominations (Senate Judiciary Committee)
07/28/2021
Bertrall Ross, The U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights (Detroit Today)
07/28/2021
J. H. Verkerke, Virginia’s Number One For Business, But What About Workers? (Virginia Dogwood)
07/28/2021
Toby J. Heytens, Biden Nominee and Appellate Veteran Toby Heytens Sees Clear Path to Fourth Circuit Confirmation (The National Law Journal)
07/27/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Naomi Cahn Reviews Paper Analyzing Intersections Between Unemployment, Family Obligation (Jotwell)
07/27/2021
Saikrishna Prakash, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Other GOP Lawmakers Sue Pelosi Over Mask Penalties (The Wall Street Journal)
07/22/2021
G. Mitu Gulati, Patrick Bolton, Mitu Gulati & Ugo Panizza on Sovereign Debt Crises (Business Scholarship Podcast)
07/22/2021
Richard M. Re, A Rule Against Fun (Jotwell)
07/22/2021
Risa Goluboff, White Supremacy on Trial (UVA Miller Center)
07/22/2021
Jennifer L. Givens, Northam Grants Absolute Pardon to Wrongfully Convicted Man (CBS19)
07/21/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Why Conservatorships Like the One Controlling Britney Spears Can Lead to Abuse (Shaye Ganam)
07/19/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Why Conservatorships Like the One Controlling Britney Spears Can Lead to Abuse (The Conversation)
07/16/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, What Does Britney Spears Need To Do To End Her Conservatorship? (CBS News)
07/13/2021
Kim Forde-Mazrui, WDET Book Club Constitution and Equality (Detroit Today)
07/11/2021
G. Mitu Gulati, Cheeky Cruise Company Lawyering (Credit Slips)
07/10/2021
Jim Donovan, James H. Donovan Appointed Vice Chairman (Goldman Sachs Alumni Network)
07/09/2021
G. Mitu Gulati, (Why) Are ESG Sovereign Bonds (Such) Scams? (Credit Slips)
07/09/2021
Danielle K. Citron, What’s the Harm? The Answer Is Many (Jotwell)
07/08/2021
Anne M. Coughlin, The Cosby Case Shows That We Don’t Have Rule of Law. We Have Rule by Prosecutor. (The Washington Post)
07/08/2021
Deirdre M. Enright, UVA School of Law Launches New Criminal Justice Reform Project (NBC 29)
07/07/2021
Danielle K. Citron, Fixing Section 230: Protecting the Public While Promoting Free Expression (The American Prospect)
07/05/2021
Toby J. Heytens, Richard C. Schragger, VA Solicitor General Nominated to Serve as Federal Judge (VPM)
07/03/2021
Toby J. Heytens, Biden Nominates Superior Native to Federal Bench (Duluth News Tribune)
07/01/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, He Rewrote Virginia’s Constitution To Guarantee Black Voting Rights — ‘A Blessing’ 50 Years Ago (The Washington Post)
06/30/2021
Richard J. Bonnie, Q&A: Richard Bonnie Discusses Virginia’s New Marijuana Laws, Taking Effect Thursday (UVA Today)
06/29/2021
Julia D. Mahoney, Unlike Some Hunting Dogs, ‘Right To Retrieve’ Debate Keeps on Coming Back (Virginia Mercury)
06/28/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, Laboratories of Democracy: The Importance of State Constitutions (National Constitution Center)
06/25/2021
Quinn Curtis, In Windfall for Xinjiang, Huge US Mutual Funds Invest Millions in Its Companies (South China Morning Post)
06/25/2021
Deirdre M. Enright, Opinion: Virginia Should Use DNA, Not Posters, To Solve a Cold-Case Murder (The Washington Post)
06/24/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Q&A: Britney Spears, Conservatorship and What the Law Says (UVA Today)
06/23/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, 50 Years On, Virginia’s Constitution Faces New Tests (VPM)
06/23/2021
Micah J. Schwartzman, Current, Former Homeland Security Advisers Explore Domestic Terrorism’s Threat (UVA Today)
06/22/2021
Ruth Mason, Can We Stop Corporations from Hiding Their Profits Overseas? (The New Yorker)
06/22/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, Anti-Vax Group Mounts Legal Blitz To Sow Disinformation Against Vaccinations (The Guardian)
06/22/2021
Anne M. Coughlin, Panic Defense Comes Up in Blacksburg Case. Isn’t It Banned In Virginia? (Virginia Dogwood)
06/21/2021
Michael A. Livermore, Bot-Generated Comments on Government Proposals Could Be Useful Someday (Slate)
06/19/2021
Douglas Laycock, Protecting Free Exercise Under Smith and After Smith (SCOTUSBlog)
06/18/2021
Cale Jaffe, Opinion: Who Will Be Virginia’s Climate Governor? (The Washington Post)
06/17/2021
Douglas Laycock, Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Catholic Foster Care Agency, in Narrow Win for Religious Rights (Religion News Service)
06/17/2021
Douglas Laycock, Supreme Court’s Day of Culture War Surprises (The Christian Science Monitor)
06/17/2021
Douglas Laycock, Supreme Court Rules Catholic Group Doesn’t Have To Consider LGBTQ Foster Parents (NPR)
06/15/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Cities Say Infrastructure Is Top Priority in 2021 (Governing)
06/14/2021
Deborah Hellman, Permanent Equality Seminar (Centro de Estudios Constitucionales)
06/11/2021
Rachel Bayefsky, Presto! (Strict Scrutiny Podcast)
06/11/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Jury Awards $15 Million in Landmark Case Over Embryos, Eggs Destroyed in Fertility Clinic Tank Failure (The Washington Post)
06/11/2021
Rachel Harmon, When Can Police Use Deadly Force? (Talks On Law)
06/10/2021
Danielle K. Citron, Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander (The New York Times)
06/10/2021
, New Report On Advancing Black Women (Forbes)
06/10/2021
Cathy Hwang, New Report On Advancing Black Women (Forbes)
06/09/2021
G. Mitu Gulati, Green Junk Bonds May Not Deliver Green Results (The Wall Street Journal)
06/09/2021
Douglas Laycock, This Supreme Court Case Could Fundamentally Alter LGBTQ+ Rights — and Not in a Good Way (Salon)
06/08/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Virginia Justices Silent as State Argues for Removal of Confederate Statue (Courthouse News Service)
06/07/2021
David A. Martin, U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Permanent Residency for Some Immigrants (Reuters)
06/05/2021
Rachel Harmon, The Alternative to Defunding the Police: Increase Funding for Vetting To Keep Racist and Violent Cops Out (New York Daily News)
06/05/2021
Anne M. Coughlin, It May Be the Trial of the Year (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
06/04/2021
Leslie Kendrick, Frederick Schauer, Board of Visitors ‘Unequivocally Endorses’ Statement on Free Expression and Inquiry (UVA Today)
06/04/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, Richard C. Schragger, Fate of Lee Monument in Richmond To Be Argued Tuesday Before Virginia Supreme Court (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
06/04/2021
Joe Fore, Cool or Cringe? Judicial Pop Culture References Rankle Some Lawyers (The National Law Journal)
06/04/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, Hugo Black’s Law Clerks Fought to Protect His ‘Little Piece of Eden’ (Law.com)
06/03/2021
Micah J. Schwartzman, UVA Class On Mueller Probe To Be Taught By ... Mueller (Law360)
06/02/2021
Danielle K. Citron, The Students and Stans Saving K-Pop Idols From Deepfake Porn (VICE)
06/02/2021
Joe Fore, Giving Good Feedback: Cultivating a Growth Mindset (Virginia Lawyer)
05/31/2021
Rachel Harmon, 1990 Vs. 2020: Police Accountability Then Vs. Now and What the Future Holds (Color Lines: From Phillip to Floyd)
05/28/2021
Darryl K. Brown, Mask Benefits and Virginia’s Law Against Them (VPM)
05/28/2021
, Justice Hugo Black Lived in the Same Alexandria House for More Than 30 Years. A Court Just Cleared the Way for Resisted Renovations. (The Washington Post)
05/27/2021
Thomas Frampton, Louisiana Officers Strip Search Teen and Enter Home Without Warrant (CBS Evening News)
05/27/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Federalism in the Age of COVID (UVA Miller Center)
05/25/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, Fact Check: Federal Law Does Not Prevent States, Businesses, Employers From Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines (USA Today)
05/25/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, Can Businesses Ask Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination? Experts Explain HIPAA (Fox Business)
05/24/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Richard C. Schragger Column: Basic Principles of Property Law Support the Governor’s Decision To Remove the Lee Statue (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
05/24/2021
Toby J. Heytens, Senators from Virginia Recommend Three Candidates To Fill Federal Appeals Court Vacancy (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
05/21/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, VERIFY: Yes, Businesses Can Require Unvaccinated Customers To Wear Masks Even If There Are No Mandates (WUSA)
05/21/2021
A. E. Dick Howard, Governor Northam Announces Administration Appointments (Office of the Governor)
05/21/2021
Rachel Harmon, How Violent Cops Stay in Law Enforcement (The New Yorker)
05/20/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Chicago Mayor Faces Dashed Hopes of Her Backers (The Associated Press)
05/20/2021
Jonathan Z. Cannon, Trump EPA Took Eleventh-Hour Look at Endangerment Finding (E&E News)
05/19/2021
Thomas Frampton, On Shaky Ground, SCOTUS Dismisses Notion of Restorative Justice (Reuters)
05/18/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, U.S. Supreme Court takes up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (WINA Radio)
05/17/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Lois Shepherd, Abortion Case Before Conservative Court Gives Pro-Lifers Hope (The Washington Times)
05/17/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, Professor: 'Unlikely' Businesses Will Demand Proof of Vaccine (CBS6)
05/15/2021
Douglas Laycock, Is the ‘DEFCON 3 Culture War’ Over Religious Freedom Bills Coming to an End? (Deseret News)
05/14/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Subsequent Marries and the Elective Share (Jotwell)
05/14/2021
Margaret Foster Riley, People, Businesses in Charlottesville Navigate Through Confusion of New (Un)masking Guidance (NBC29)
05/12/2021
Bertrall Ross, Faculty & Alumni News 1320301 (American Academy in Berlin)
05/11/2021
Kristen Eichensehr, Balance of Power: How to Protect Energy Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
05/11/2021
Risa Goluboff, Ahead of the Curve: One Law School To Rule Them All? (Law.com)
05/07/2021
Rachel Harmon, Former Police Officers Indicted on Civil Rights Charges in George Floyd’s Death (The New York Times)
05/06/2021
Saikrishna Prakash, Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law (AALS)
05/06/2021
Danielle K. Citron, Fix Section 230 and Hold Tech Companies to Account (WIRED UK)
05/05/2021
Cale Jaffe, GOP United in Ire Over Energy Law in Va. Governor’s Race (E&E News)
05/05/2021
Naomi R. Cahn, Platonic Parenting? How Some Start Families When Romance Isn’t Happening or Wanted (Deseret News)
05/04/2021
Danielle K. Citron, Facebook and Trump Are at a Turning Point in Their Long, Tortured Relationship (The Washington Post)
05/04/2021
Kevin Cope, A Vaccine Passport Is the Most Constitutional Way Out of Lockdown (Slate)
04/28/2021
Kevin Cope, UVA Professor Weighs In on Legality of COVID-19 Vaccine Passports (NBC29)
04/28/2021
Douglas Laycock, Texas Lawmakers Hope To Exclude Places of Worship From Emergency Closures After COVID-19 Pandemic Shuttered Doors (The Texas Tribune)
04/26/2021
Richard C. Schragger, Community Members hope Charlottesville City Council Acts Swiftly on Confederate Monument Removal (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
04/25/2021
Rachel Harmon, Split-Second Decisions: How a Supreme Court Case Shaped Modern Policing (The New York Times)
04/25/2021
Rachel Harmon, What’s Next To Fix Policing in Michigan After the Verdicts in George Floyd’s Murder Trial? (Detroit Free Press)
04/23/2021
Darryl K. Brown, Public Defenders Say Pay Parity Critical to Justice System Reforms (VPM)
04/23/2021
Kevin Cope, Will You Need a ‘Vaccine Passport’ in Virginia? (WTVR-TV)