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Professors Explore ‘The New Homelessness’ in Recent Court Decisions

July 12, 2024

In light of the recent Grants Pass ruling, Professors Kevin Cope and Mila Versteeg at the University of Virginia School of Law explain how courts have shifted public policy on the homeless.

Faculty

Constitutional Law

Scholarship and Research

Faculty Q&A

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Take a Summer Road Trip Through Local ‘Landmarks’ in Law

July 10, 2024

Take a summer road trip through local “landmarks” in case law throughout Virginia and Washington, D.C., selected and summarized by University of Virginia School of Law faculty.

Faculty

Constitutional Law

Race and Law

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Clinics Step Up for Clients

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.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Criminal Law

Education Law

Environmental Law

Experiential Learning

Family Law

First Amendment

Health Law

Immigration, Migration and Human Rights

Public Policy

How OpenAI Controversies Test Limits of Copyright, ‘Right of Publicity’

June 7, 2024

Actress Scarlett Johansson recently accused OpenAI of stealing her voice. Professor Dotan Oliar of the University of Virginia School of Law examines the controversy, the legal questions at stake and how artificial intelligence is changing intellectual property law.

Faculty

Faculty Q&A

Law and Technology

Intellectual Property

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Disability, Antidiscrimination Expert To Join Faculty

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.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dean’s Office

Accolades: Professor’s Work on Children and the Law Restatement Approved

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.

Alumni

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Professors Dig Into Forgotten Legal History on ‘Common Law,’ Yielding New Insights

April 9, 2024

Two professors at the University of Virginia School of Law join the “Common Law” podcast to discuss how their research into the past, from the Civil War era to the 1960s, helps us understand today’s legal landscape.

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

Legal History

Constitutional Law

Race and Law

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Critical Engagement

January 17, 2024

To foster a sense of inclusiveness and compassion while maintaining its commitment to free expression, administrators, faculty and student leaders at the University of Virginia School of Law have implemented a number of formal and informal policies, practices and programs to ensure the Law School is a place where diverse and conflicting ideas and viewpoints flourish.

Law School News

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

In Memoriam: James H. Hall Jr. ’79, Prominent Milwaukee Civil Rights Advocate

January 12, 2024

Prominent Milwaukee civil rights advocate James H. Hall Jr., a 1979 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, died from cancer Jan. 1 at the age of 69.

Alumni

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Race and Law

Public Service

Professor Wins AALS Award for Paper on Religious Free Exercise

December 21, 2023

Professor Xiao Wang of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for his paper on the increase and success of religious freedom lawsuits.

Experiential Learning

Constitutional Law

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Scholarship and Research

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

UVA Names Leslie Kendrick ’06 as Law School’s Next Dean

December 18, 2023

The University of Virginia announced Monday that Leslie Kendrick has been selected to serve as the 13th dean of the School of Law. Her term begins July 1.

Law School News

Faculty

Dean’s Office

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Constitutional Law

Professor Uncovers Forgotten History of Black Americans’ Fight for Equality in the Jury Box

December 1, 2023

New research by Professor Thomas Frampton of the University of Virginia School of Law pieces together the history and evolution of the jury box as a locus for Black Americans’ fight for political and civil rights.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Scholarship and Research

Richard Bonnie ’69 Retires From Teaching After 50 Years

October 30, 2023

Professor Richard Bonnie is retiring from the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law after nearly 51 years of teaching and research, 44 years of death row advocacy, and decades of shaping public policy and law on drugs, mental health, youth offenders and guns.

Faculty

Law School News

Health Law

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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Alumni

Public Policy

At Institute Launch, Nasir Implores Nation to ‘Dream Bigger’ for Education

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.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Race and Law

Public Policy

Trump Conspiracy Case Could Test First Amendment, Says Professor

September 18, 2023

University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer explores the tensions between political speech and conspiracy allegations in the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Education Rights Institute Launches at UVA Law

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.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Legal History

Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

Law School News

Students’ New Surveillance State

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.

Faculty

Law and Technology

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Diverse Law and Religion Scholars Clash and Collaborate at UVA Law Roundtable

July 19, 2023

The Annual Law and Religion Roundtable, a two-day symposium that brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to discuss works in progress and emerging issues involving religious freedom, was held at the University of Virginia School of Law on June 22 and 23.

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Faculty

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Catching Up With Alumni

July 13, 2023

Four alumni — Shirin Baradaran ’18, Nick Matich ’13, John Cooper ’08 and Patricia Tolliver Giles ’98 — discuss the paths their careers have taken 5, 10, 15 and 25 years after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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