News Archive

Virginia Tax Study Group To Convene in Three-Decade Tradition

March 21, 2024

The Virginia Tax Study Group has been meeting at the University of Virginia School of Law for more than 30 years. This year, some of the nation’s leading experts in tax law will convene to discuss the global minimum tax proposal and a Supreme Court case that could upend the U.S. tax code.

Hayashi Finds National Tax Policies Amplify Local Inequality

March 1, 2024

In a new paper, University of Virginia School of Law professor Andrew Hayashi documents how federal tax policy can exacerbate local income inequality.

Ruth Mason, EU Court of Justice President Deliver Lectures at New Max Planck Institute Hub

January 25, 2024

University of Virginia School of Law Professor Ruth Mason and Koen Lenaerts, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union, helped kick off the newly established Max Planck Hub Fiscal and Social State and its lecture series “The Future of the Fiscal State and the Social State in the European Union.”

Accolades: Dean Tapped for AALS Executive Committee, Guggenheim Board

January 8, 2024

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law was elected to the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee and named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation trustee. The news is among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

Accolades

Family Law

Professor Awarded Prestigious Max Planck Fellowship

July 17, 2023

Professor Ruth Mason, a tax expert at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been awarded a multiyear fellowship by Germany's prestigious Max Planck Society to research problems at the intersection of taxation and social policy.

Conference Examines Next 100 Years of Tax Law

June 26, 2023

“Taxing People: The Next 100 Years,” co-sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law, brought together leading scholars in tax law and policy for an interdisciplinary conference at Worcester College.

Events

Can the U.S. Use Tax Laws to Aid Ukraine?

June 23, 2023

A new paper by University of Virginia School of Law professors Ashley S. Deeks and Andrew Hayashi explains how U.S. tax sanctions could hinder Russia’s ability to keep fighting in Ukraine.

Faculty Q&A

National Security Law

Accolades: UVA Law Team Places Second in International Tax Moot Court Competition

International and European Tax Moot Court team

April 14, 2023

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, UVA Law students won second place at the International and European Tax Moot Court competition.

Accolades: Dean Named to Equal Justice Works Board

February 15, 2023

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Dean Risa Goluboff has been named to the Equal Justice Works board of directors.

Private-Sector Careers

Conference To Showcase Empirical Legal Studies

October 14, 2022

The 16th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies will be held at the University of Virginia School of Law from Nov. 3-5. Anne-Marie Slaughter, the CEO of New America and a former dean at Princeton, will deliver the keynote address.

Criminal Law

Empirical Legal Studies

Events

Public Law and Political Economy

Public Service

New Directors Lead Academic Centers, Programs

September 29, 2022

The University of Virginia School of Law has named new faculty directors to lead some of the 23 centers and programs that shape the school’s intellectual life.

Public Law and Political Economy

S.J.D. Student Awarded AAUW Doctoral Fellowship

September 8, 2022

Marilyn Hajj, a 2025 S.J.D. candidate from Lebanon at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been awarded the American Association of University Women International Doctoral Fellowship for 2022-23.

Tristan Deering ’24 Grows His Portfolio

September 7, 2022

Tristan Deering, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how his international business experience drew him to corporate and tax law.

Careers

Private-Sector Careers

Star Witness

‘Common Law’: How Property Taxes Can Drive Gentrification

Risa Goluboff, Cathy Hwang and Andrew Hayashi

April 14, 2022

Certain property tax schemes designed to give rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods a tax break might be disproportionately benefiting white homebuyers, explains Professor Andrew Hayashi on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Empirical Legal Studies

UVA Law Team Places Second in International Tax Moot Court Competition

April 4, 2022

University of Virginia School of Law students took home second place in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court competition.

Experiential Learning

Accolades: UVA Law No. 2 in Alumni at Top Firms

February 14, 2022

The University of Virginia School of Law has the second-highest percentage of recent alumni working at the 10 highest-grossing U.S. law firms, among other recent accolades for the Law School community.

National Security Law

Retirement Savings Reforms Only Benefiting Wealthy, Professor’s Research Shows

January 12, 2022

Reforms to retirement plans over the past 25 years have disproportionately benefited the wealthy while costing taxpayers billions, according to new research by University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Doran.

Faculty Q&A

Public Policy

3 Professors Elected to American Law Institute

Michael Doran, Richard Schragger and Pierre-Hugues Verdier

December 20, 2021

Professors Michael Doran, Richard Schragger and Pierre-Hugues Verdier were elected members of the American Law Institute, bringing the number of affiliated University of Virginia School of Law faculty to 31.

Constitutional Law

Karsh Center

Law School News

Professor’s Argument Plays Role in President’s Tax Return Case

December 15, 2021

A University of Virginia School of Law professor’s mission to explain that Congress does have the power to review the president’s tax returns concluded Tuesday.

Alumni