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Third-year student Hunter Heck at the University of Virginia School of Law discusses her path to law school and how she prepared for the William Minor Lile Moot Court competition.

First-year University of Virginia law students Joshua McKinney and Catherine Hu have been elected to leadership roles for the National Black Law Students Association and the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.

Although she had been practicing law for nearly a decade, when University of Virginia School of Law alumna Elizabeth Anne Laningham Bellamy ’09 moved to a city on the border of Virginia and Tennessee, she realized she wasn’t exempt from taking both bar exams because she had only been working part-time while caring for her kids.

History was made last week when the U.S. Senate confirmed Virginia’s first Asian American federal judge, Jasmine Yoon, who holds two degrees from the University of Virginia.

Katharine Janes, a 2021 J.D.-M.A. graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2024 term.

Alumna Dasha Smith, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for the NFL, has been selected as graduation speaker by the Class of 2024 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

First-year University of Virginia School of Law student Lauren Grohowski discusses her inventions and how her father’s experience as a lawyer fueled her interest going into law.

These 10 stories from the past year highlight the range of service projects and profile students who have dedicated their time to serving the greater good at the University of Virginia School of Law.

With Veterans Day approaching, Lt. Cmdr. Eli Sinai, a first-year law student at the University of Virginia School of Law, reflected on the path that led him from naval aviation to his new dream of serving the United States through the legal system — with a connection to “Top Gun: Maverick” in between.

Already equipped with their J.D.s, five military lawyers are furthering their legal education by earning master’s degrees at the University of Virginia School of Law this academic year.

Nathaniel Sutton, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is clerking for Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2023 term.

Eight alumni of the University of Virginia School of Law were named among Law360’s Rising Stars of 2023 for their accomplishments as attorneys in the past year.

Judge Toby J. Heytens, who was confirmed to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October, will welcome the Class of 2026 at his alma mater, the University of Virginia School of Law, during orientation Thursday. In a Q&A, he traces his career path from Supreme Court clerk to professor to Virginia solicitor general and beyond.

Three recent graduates of the University of Virginia School of Law recount their paths to becoming full-time law faculty at various U.S. schools this fall.

The University of Virginia School of Law’s donor-funded grant program supporting summer public interest work and the student-run PILA+ program are together giving $789,000 to 162 students.