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Five University of Virginia School of Law alumni were named among Law360’s Rising Stars of 2021 for their accomplishments as attorneys in the past year.
Ashley Anumba, an incoming member of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 2024, hopes to compete in the Olympics the year she graduates.
Professors Aditya Bamzai, Joe Fore and Jennifer Givens were promoted by the University of Virginia School of Law.
The University of Virginia Law School Foundation received gifts totaling $21.9 million in the annual giving campaign that ended June 30 — the third-highest amount in the history of the foundation.
New courses offered this fall at the University of Virginia School of Law include Lessons From COVID-19, Repugnant Transactions, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
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.
A University of Virginia School of Law Innocence Project client, Bobbie Morman Jr., was granted an absolute pardon Wednesday.
Matt Rappaport ’09 of UBS knows what it’s like to win the lottery.
Michael Corcoran, a 2017 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2022 term.
Cat Guerrier ’21 is this year’s University of Virginia School of Law recipient of the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Clinical Student Award.
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.
Leah McLaughlin Fazio ’11 found her talents to be a good blend for Vitamix.
University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court term.
The University of Virginia School of Law is launching an ambitious new project focused on criminal justice reform that will expand the scope of the school’s Center for Criminal Justice and build upon lessons learned from the Innocence Project at UVA Law.
Chanel Frazier ’07, of global investment manager BlackRock Inc., offers a hand to others as she climbs.
University of Virginia School of Law students earned successful outcomes for their young clients in the new Holistic Juvenile Defense Clinic.
University of Virginia School of Law professor and Virginia Solicitor General Toby J. Heytens ’01 has been nominated to serve as a judge on the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Joe Biden also nominated two other alumni to federal judgeships.
Elizabeth Tuan ’13, a partner at Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella, has won big patent litigation verdicts, yet has also fought for the small consumer in her pro bono work.
Professor Jason Johnston of the University of Virginia School of Law explains in a new paper the government’s power to coerce landowners and redistribute value in the name of the environment.
The new Community Solutions Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law will help further equity in the Charlottesville community through collaborative engagement with community groups.
Scores of University of Virginia School of Law students and recent graduates received fellowships to work in public service roles this summer and beyond, including the inaugural Democracy Summer Fellows.
University of Virginia School of Law alumnus Jonathan Lowy ’88 keeps the gun lobby in check as vice president and general counsel at Brady.
The Class of 2021 broke the University of Virginia School of Law record for pro bono hours during their time in law school, among other recent accolades for the UVA Law community.
University of Virginia School of Law clinic students gained hands-on experience and notched new successes during the spring.
Professor Craig Konnoth of the University of Virginia School of Law will research bioethics in movement advocacy as a 2024 Greenwall Faculty Scholar.
Pro Bono Award recipient Kolleen Gladden, a 2021 University of Virginia School of Law graduate, discusses how a tornado’s impact on her hometown inspired her public service work.
The University of Virginia School of Law has hired 17 high-profile professors in a year’s time, and Twitter has taken notice.
Professor Emerita Mildred Robinson of the University of Virginia School of Law received the Armstead Robinson Faculty Award on Tuesday.
Kristyn Judkins, a 2011 alumna of the University of Virginia School of Law, has joined the school as a director in the Office of Private Practice.
A historic African American schoolhouse a University of Virginia School of Law clinic has worked to help preserve was recognized Thursday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, improving the chances the site may be saved.
We ask University of Virginia School of Law alumni how life is going five, 10, 15 and 25 years after law school.
Robert S. Mueller III ’73 and three former senior members of his team — including Aaron Zebley ’96 — are participating in a class at the University of Virginia School of Law that will take students inside the special counsel investigation that dominated headlines during the Trump administration.
The nation’s schools will need funding and other resources to combat the lasting effects of segregation, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan ’92 says on the season finale of “Common Law,” a UVA Law podcast.
The University of Virginia School of Law’s grant program supporting summer public interest work is giving a record $750,000 to 162 students.
Legal philosopher Rachel Bayefsky will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall.
Former U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, died Tuesday at 94.
Virginia Law Women was born in a tiny basement lounge in 1971. The meeting that carved out more space for women at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Being uncomfortable has its upsides, said Justice Cleo E. Powell of the Supreme Court of Virginia during her commencement address to the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 2021.
Catherine “Cat” Guerrier ’21 will earn her degree from the University of Virginia School of Law on Sunday and then start a clerkship for a former lecturer who is also a federal judge.
Get a preview of the University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2021 commencement and read about standout graduates.
The 38th annual North Grounds Softball League Invitational at the University of Virginia School of Law raised $15,000 for charity.
The Karsh Center for Law and Democracy, housed at the University of Virginia School of Law, and the Virginia Bar Association have launched an ambitious campaign to help society bridge its differences.
Payvand Ahdout, a former UVA Jefferson Scholar who studies judicial power, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall.
University of Virginia School of Law student Nooreen Reza ’21 was named this year’s recipient of the Virginia State Bar’s Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award.
In the latest “Common Law,” University of Virginia School of Law professor Camilo Sánchez and Jolena Zabel ’21 explore the U.S. women’s soccer team’s search for equal pay and better working conditions in the “beautiful game,” and what it reveals about gender equity more broadly.
Before he was a graduating law student, he was a judge. Meet Dominique Fenton, a member of the University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2021.
Joy Milligan, a scholar at the intersection of law and inequality, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty.
Bertrall Ross, who will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall, studies why people lack power in U.S. democracy.
We checked in with four University of Virginia School of Law alumni about how they’ve been dealing with the pandemic’s disruptions.
Kunchok Dolma, a graduating University of Virginia School of Law student, discusses wanting to become a lawyer to help immigrant communities such as hers.
University of Virginia School of Law students who advised 19 area youths on their college essays helped them all earn acceptances.
Incoming professor Jay Butler of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an award for his paper on enforcing international law, among other recent accolades for the UVA Law community.
Katharine Janes ’21, a dual-degree candidate who graduates May 23 from the University of Virginia School of Law, has pursued her budding interest in history while also being of service to her peers.
Professor Jonathan Z. Cannon, whose academic and public service improved the field of environmental law, retires this spring from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Papers by University of Virginia School of Law professors Michal Barzuza, Quinn Curtis and Cathy Hwang have been named among the top 10 corporate and securities articles of 2020 in an annual poll.
Black communities experience lasting “cultural trauma” from the lack of criminal convictions for police and vigilante violence, explains scholar Angela Onwuachi-Willig on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Leslie Kendrick ’06 will step down from her role as vice dean June 30, after four years of service at the University of Virginia School of Law, and continue her teaching and research at the Law School.
Professor Michael D. Gilbert, an expert on election law, democracy, and law and economics, will serve as the new vice dean at the University of Virginia School of Law, starting July 1.
Professor Kevin Cope of the University of Virginia School of Law explores how vaccine passports are not only legal but may be a constitutional obligation.
David Goldman, a 2019 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will serve as one of five Bristow Fellows in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Third-year student Grace Tang is this year’s recipient of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Rosenbloom Award, which honors students with a strong academic record who have significantly enhanced the academic experience of their peers.
University of Virginia School of Law students took home third place in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court Competition.
President Joe Biden has named Professor Caleb Nelson of the University of Virginia School of Law to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, led by Co-Chair Bob Bauer ’76.
Michael Ma ’21, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how living in a youth shelter persuaded him to represent children in need.
University of Virginia School of Law student Carly Wasserman ’21 will help schoolchildren facing court fines and fees as an Equal Justice Works Fellow.
David S. Law, who has authored high-profile work on courts and constitutions around the world, will join the University of Virginia School of Law in the fall.
It’s time to rethink how we regulate the police, Professor Rachel Harmon says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law.
Second-year University of Virginia School of Law student Niko Orfanedes has been elected president of the Student Bar Association.
With the sweep of a pen last week, Gov. Ralph Northam signed new legislation that abolished the death penalty in Virginia.
University of Virginia School of Law student Nooreen Reza ’21 will help support Chicago-area communities facing health inequities as the 20th Powell Fellow in Legal Services.
Libby (Stropko) Baird, a 2019 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2021 term.
Mitu Gulati, a scholar of sovereign debt and contract law, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall.
Third-year students Avery Rasmussen and Matt West have won the 92nd William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition at the University of Virginia School of Law.
State Sen. Scott Surovell, a 1996 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses why and how he shepherded legislation that ended capital punishment in the state.
As the Supreme Court has struck down laws that criminalized private behavior, other forms of legal and social regulation have taken their place, argues New York University School of Law professor Melissa Murray on “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Kimberly D. Krawiec, an expert on corporate law who teaches courses on securities, corporate, and derivatives law, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty.
Students in the new State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law helped all of their state lawmaker clients, on a bipartisan basis, see their bills through to approval this term.
Professor Rachel Harmon of the University of Virginia School of Law has written the first casebook to look at the laws that govern police conduct in the United States.
Rebecca Weitzel ’22, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her interest in tech law as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology.
A new study co-authored by University of Virginia School of Law professor Cathy Hwang is upending nearly two decades of influential scholarship on how corporations are governed and valued.
A health law expert focused on civil rights, Craig Konnoth will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall.
Focusing on employment policies can help reduce the threat of economic insecurity in America, Columbia Law School professor Michael Graetz ’69 says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law.
Mark C. Jefferson has been named the inaugural assistant dean for diversity, equity and belonging at the University of Virginia School of Law. He begins his role March 29.
Professor Ashley Deeks of the University of Virginia School of Law has been named a recipient of the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal.
Recent University of Virginia School of Law graduate Jordin Dickerson ’20 and third-year student Eli Jones ’21 are teaching at their undergraduate alma maters, with help from lessons learned in law school.
Professor Paul Mahoney of the University of Virginia School of Law discusses his new co-authored paper outlining how to improve regulation of index fund markets.
A new diversity fellowship created by Caplin & Drysdale honors University of Virginia School of Law alumni Gregory Swanson ’51 and Mortimer Caplin ’40.
Scholars from across the nation discussed the U.S. president’s foreign affairs powers, and how they might be checked by other branches of government, at the Virginia-Duke Foreign Relations Law Roundtable hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 26.
Professor Jay Butler, a Rhodes Scholar and expert in international law and corporate social responsibility, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty.
Cait Kutchi ’22, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how her work at the FBI inspired her to become a lawyer.
The new Federal Criminal Sentence Reduction Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has already helped free clients on compassionate release.
Being married unlocks numerous financial benefits, but it’s time for those benefits to be uncoupled from an institution that is rapidly declining among lower-income Americans, says Professor Naomi Cahn on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Kenneth S. Abraham of the University of Virginia School of Law examines how repealing qualified immunity for law enforcement could affect insurance markets.
University of Virginia School of Law community members recognize trailblazing African American legal heroes.
This piece ran in the Los Angeles Times on February 16, 2021, and is re-posted with permission from the publication.
Three University of Virginia School of Law alumni — Elisabeth Epps ’11, Toby Heytens ’00 and April Nicole Russo ’11 — will be honored for their public service work at the fifth annual Shaping Justice conference Feb. 20.
Professor Danielle K. Citron of the University of Virginia School of Law has been working to stamp out how internet companies profit from destructive activity — like so-called “revenge porn” or cyberstalking — for more than a decade. She discusses the movement to reform how such companies handle harmful content.
Author Richard Rothstein will address how governments in the U.S. imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas in a Feb. 25 speech co-sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law.
Students in a University of Virginia School of Law clinic made significant contributions to a new state commission report recommending policy changes to reduce racial inequity in Virginia.
Professor Molly Bishop Shadel, who teaches oral advocacy, negotiations and public speaking at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been tapped again for The Great Courses series.
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