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Professors John Duffy and Daniel Ortiz debate the validity and future of Chevron — the U.S. Supreme Court case that gave deference to agencies in interpreting ambiguous statues — on the latest “Common Law,” a University of Virginia School of Law podcast.

As ethics questions continue to swirl around the U.S. Supreme Court, University of Virginia School of Law professors discuss whether justices need more regulation on the sixth season kickoff of the podcast “Common Law.”

A breakthrough new empirical initiative led by University of Virginia School of Law professor Kevin Cope could provide the most accurate estimate to date of federal judges’ ideologies, using computers to analyze lawyers’ written observations.

Professor Josh Bowers of the University of Virginia School of Law was recently elected as a member of the American Law Institute, bringing the number of affiliated UVA Law faculty to 35.

Professor Payvand Ahdout of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for her paper on federal appellate courts avoiding separation-of-powers questions.

Eleven judges will be teaching classes during the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Virginia School of Law.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively struck down the ability of public and private universities to include affirmative action in admissions decisions. The opinion reverses longstanding precedent that allowed universities some leeway to consider an applicant’s race as a way to better

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Professor Frederick Schauer has won the 2023 Scribes Book Award for “The Proof.”

Social scientist Susan S. Silbey discusses her life’s work on why people and organizations do and don’t obey the law for the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law has been appointed to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, which continues to publish the multivolume work documenting the history of the court.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has shaken the public’s belief in the court’s legitimacy, political scientist James L. Gibson explains on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

With two U.S. presidents now facing special counsel investigations and one facing legal jeopardy on a host of other matters, University of Virginia law professor Saikrishna B. Prakash explains the differing visions of presidential immunity.

Professors Douglas Laycock and Bertrall Ross of the University of Virginia School of Law are being recognized by the Association of American Law Schools for their scholarship.

The separation-of-power cases hitting federal courts in recent years are having a ripple effect beyond the individual issues at stake, Payvand Ahdout says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

The rules on character evidence in criminal trials are full of exceptions and problems, says University of Utah law professor Teneille Brown on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

A case now before the U.S. Supreme Court could upend state judicial review of federal elections and ramp up partisanship, says Professor Bertrall Ross on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Professor John C. Jeffries Jr. ’73 of the University of Virginia School of Law will co-lead the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Constitutional Torts.

Taught by Professor Richard Re, the University of Virginia School of Law course Sports and Games explores “normative and adjudicative systems” associated with sports and games, including how these topics cast light on legal rules and practices.