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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.

Private-Sector Careers

Public Service

UVA Lawyer

New Courses This Fall Examine Law’s Role in Changing World

July 6, 2023

New courses offered this fall at the University of Virginia School of Law include Climate and Debt, Contemporary Challenges in Military Justice and Empirical Legal Studies.

Academics and Curriculum

Empirical Legal Studies

Faculty

International and Comparative Law

Law & Business

Faculty Review 2022 Supreme Court Term

July 5, 2023

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court term.

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Accolades: UVA Law No. 3 in Ranking Focused on Employment

June 28, 2023

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, UVA was ranked No. 3 in Above the Law’s annual law school rankings and the Virginia Law Review was the fourth most-cited journal in recent Supreme Court decisions.

Accolades

Criminal Law

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Karsh Center

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

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Loving Life and Labor Law in L.A.

June 15, 2023

Wachusett, Massachusetts, native Jeremy Bennie, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, finds himself monitoring the Hollywood picket lines as a labor lawyer for the Writers Guild of America West.

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

Professor Saw Elon Musk and TripAdvisor Move to Nevada Coming — 11 Years Ago

June 12, 2023

With TripAdvisor and Elon Musk in the headlines for moving their companies from Delaware to Nevada, University of Virginia law professor Michal Barzuza discusses what the moves mean for shareholders, for Delaware and for regulators.

Faculty

Faculty Q&A

Law & Business

Scholarship and Research

A Pioneering Spirit

June 07, 2023

Lorie Almon, a 1994 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, was elected to be the next chair and managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw, a firm with nearly 900 lawyers across 17 offices worldwide.

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

UVA Lawyer

Clinics Share Year-End Highlights

June 5, 2023

During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which

Constitutional Law

Criminal Law

Experiential Learning

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Professor’s Scholarship Among 10 Best Corporate Law Articles of the Year

May 4, 2023

A paper by University of Virginia School of Law professor Cathy Hwang and a team of co-authors, in which they created a new publicly available dataset to test the reliability of commonly used corporate governance metrics, has been recognized as a top 10 corporate law article for 2022.

Faculty

Law & Business

Scholarship and Research

Organizing a League of His Own

April 21, 2023

Former pitcher Harry Marino, a University of Virginia School of Law alum, led the organizing of minor league players into a union and recently helped negotiate their first collective bargaining agreement.

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

Law & Business at 20

April 18, 2023

The John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program at the University of Virginia School of Law, which prepares graduates to enter the corporate world with advanced skills, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Academics and Curriculum

Experiential Learning

Faculty

Law & Business

Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret

March 23, 2023

Facial recognition technology is so powerful and rife with the potential to be misused that stronger consumer protections for biometric data are essential, says Professor Elizabeth A. Rowe on the season finale of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Scholarship and Research

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.

International and Comparative Law

Law & Business

Law and Technology

Private-Sector Careers

Student Life

Tax

Conference To Explore Economic Levers of National Security

January 23, 2023

Neil H. MacBride ’92, general counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will deliver the keynote address at a conference on U.S. use of economic measures in service of national security at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Alumni

International and Comparative Law

Law & Business

National Security Law

Professor Dotan Oliar pictured with his students in Israel.

January Term Students Once Again Headed Overseas

January 18, 2023

Students returned to traveling abroad and practicing their trial skills in this year’s January Term, or J-Term, at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Academics and Curriculum

Experiential Learning

International and Comparative Law

Law & Business

Student Life

The Last Word

January 17, 2023

Douglas Bouton, a 2010 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is the co-founder of Halo Top Creamery, a low-calorie treat that at one point was the most popular pint of ice cream.

Alumni

Alumni Q&A

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

UVA Lawyer

In the Aggregate

January 09, 2023

Chris Gaskill, a 2008 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, has spent the past seven years honing his business acumen as executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Summit Materials, a publicly traded construction materials company with nearly $2.5

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

UVA Lawyer

Adding Life to the Party

January 04, 2023

David Chung, a 1998 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is the brains behind two of Washington, D.C.’s hottest nightclubs, St. Yves and Abigail. He discusses his career path with the school’s alumni magazine, UVA Lawyer.

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

UVA Lawyer

At Home in Alaska

January 03, 2023

Raised in Alaska, Andrea Canfield ’14 moved home after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law to apply her legal skills to building wealth for the Native-owned corporations that now dominate Alaska business.

Alumni

Law & Business

Private-Sector Careers

UVA Lawyer

In Memoriam: Thatcher Stone ’82, Aviation Lawyer, Lecturer and Philanthropist

December 8, 2022

Thatcher Stone, a 1982 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, has died at age 67. He leaves a lasting legacy at his alma mater, where he taught aviation law and made significant philanthropic gifts.

Alumni

Law & Business

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