Photos Capture Kendrick’s First 100 Days as Dean

Kendrick’s tenure launched with an ice cream party for faculty and staff on July 1. Photo by Julia Davis

Alumni and friends feted her with flowers on her first day. Courtesy photo

Kendrick spent time with first-year law students serving as Community Fellows in August. Photo by Julia Davis

At the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, Kendrick gave advice to law students who worried about understanding course material and wanting to “display competence.” That clip went viral on the ABA’s social media accounts, racking up more than 260,000 views in just a few weeks.

At orientation, Kendrick, Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08, Student Bar Association President Laura-Louise Rice ’25 and U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh ’06 spoke to students. Photo by Julia Davis

Kendrick greeted members of the Class of 2027 at an orientation picnic. Photo by Julia Davis

Along with a group of new and returning students, Kendrick helped tend Casa Alma’s garden as part of the Public Interest Law Association’s Day of Service. Photo by Jesús Pino

Members of the Virginia Law Review hosted U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar for a talk at the Law School. Photo by Jennifer Song

Education Rights Institute fellows Sarah Beach and Helen Min joined Kendrick at a faculty event launching the school year. Courtesy photo

Kendrick spoke at the fall faculty lunch and business meeting in September. Photo by Mary Wood

Kendrick talked with students at an affinity group and LL.M. student reception. Photo by Julia Davis 

Kendrick moderated a Virginia Law Review event marking 40 years since the appointment of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Former clerks Daniel Bress ’05, Katherine Mims Crocker ’12, Allison Orr Larsen ’04 and Daniel Richardson ’18 also spoke. Photos by Mary Wood

At the event, Kendrick talked with Wilkinson clerks David Leitch ’85, former vice chair and global general counsel of Bank of America, and Hew Pate ’87, who serves as vice president and general counsel of Chevron Corp. Photo by Mary Wood

Kendrick has traveled across the country to meet and talk with alumni, including in Birmingham, Alabama. Courtesy photo

Kendrick and former Dean John C. Jeffries ’73 attended a talk with bestselling author David Baldacci ’86, who recently gave $1.5 million to the Law School. Photo by Julia Davis

Following an investiture ceremony, Kendrick posed with new U.S. District Court Judge Jasmine Yoon ’06 of the Western District of Virginia and their 2006 classmates, including Yoon’s husband, Chris Kavanaugh, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Yoon is Virginia’s first Asian American federal judge. Photo by Julia Davis

At an alumni reception in Atlanta, Kendrick greeted Hill Hardman ’06, Edward Tate ’05 and John Hardman ’06. Courtesy photo

Kendrick and other UVA Law alumni traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8 to hear Lackey v. Stinnie, a case Kendrick had worked on in the past in her private capacity as a lawyer. Brian Schmalzbach ’10, second from left, argued the case before the court. John Woolard ’17, far left; Jonathan Blank ’95 of McGuireWoods, third from left; Pat Levy-Lavelle ’05 of the Legal Aid Justice Center, fourth from left; and LAJC Executive Director Angela Ciolfi ’03, fourth from right, attended. Photo by Favio Gonzalez