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Christina Luk ’21, a University of Virginia School of Law student, discusses her path to law school, her work with the student newspaper and how making wontons gives her a sense of community.
Many books have been written about the threat of climate change. In “Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption,” Alice Hill ’83 and co-author Leonardo Martinez-Diaz offer an approach that they believe is unique: a comprehensive survey of the effects of global warming that are already underway, along with detailed policy suggestions for what to do about them.
Alumni of the University of Virginia School of Law discuss their lives 5, 10, 15 and 25 years after law school.
Cathy Hwang, an incoming professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her new co-authored paper examining how pandemic cancellations have challenged contract law.
Just as a parent might say he could not pick a favorite child, Frederick Beinecke ’72, who stepped down in 2019 after five years as president of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has a hard time choosing his favorite painting among the gallery’s renowned collection.
The Innocence Project at UVA Law on Wednesday welcomed to freedom client Rojai Fentress, who the clinic’s directors say was falsely convicted of murder as a teenager.
The reporters committee for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C., has provided legal resources to protect journalists for the past 50 years. That’s because when reporters are without representation or legal support, “You may think twice about publishing that story,” said Jennifer Nelson ’11, a staff attorney there and co-director of the Law School’s First Amendment Clinic.
Our nation’s recent presidential impeachment wasn’t the first time in modern history that we’ve asked the question: When is a payment a bribe?
Career paths sometimes turn suddenly, in places where we least expect. For Karla Smith ’95, a judge on the Montgomery County (Maryland) Circuit Court, it happened on a long bus ride to Canada in 1994.
Rachel Davidson Raycraft ’20 discusses her experiences in international law and public policy at the University of Virginia School of Law, including co-authoring a World Economic Forum paper.
Richard M. Re, an expert in criminal procedure, federal courts and constitutional law, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty.
National security law expert Kristen Eichensehr will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty as a tenured professor.
Maria Monaghan, a 2017 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito next term.
Sam Long ’22, a Marine Corps veteran and student at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been named a 2020 Tillman Scholar.
Naomi R. Cahn, an influential scholar in the field of family law, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall.
UVA Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson discusses her chapter in the recent book, “A Federal Right to Education: Fundamental Questions for Our Democracy,” which she edited for NYU Press. Robinson says Congress could work with states and localities in an incremental fashion to close opportunity gaps. Robinson is the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor of Law and a senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute.
UVA Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson foresees new fights at the Supreme Court as litigants seek fairness in public school funding across the nation. Her new book, “A Federal Right to Education: Fundamental Questions for Our Democracy,” is published by NYU Press. Robinson is the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor of Law and a senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute.
The year at the University of Virginia School of Law was marked by new achievements and milestones, even as the community was tested when classes moved online in the spring due to COVID-19.
Taz Jones ’20, a recent graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how he helped create a community partnership to provide classmates meals and support local restaurants during the pandemic.
These eight University of Virginia School of Law students helped others when the pandemic moved classes online.
Professor Rachel Harmon of the University of Virginia School of Law has co-authored a new report offering concrete ways to implement police reform.
Find out what this year’s LL.M. Graduation Award recipient Krzysztof Kolakowski liked about the University of Virginia School of Law and Charlottesville.
Instructors of Seminars in Ethical Values courses at the University of Virginia School of Law share their book and film assignments as suggested summer entertainment.
Pro Bono Award recipient Miranda Russell, a 2020 University of Virginia School of Law graduate, discusses her most meaningful public service work and classroom experience.
Changes to the University of Virginia School of Law’s public service programming will better prepare students for careers in the public interest while strengthening the school’s counseling services.
Professor Crystal Shin ’10 will direct a new juvenile justice clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Professor Cynthia Nicoletti, a legal historian and professor of law at the University of Virginia, has been named a recipient of the UVA Student Council Distinguished Teaching Award.
Like many of you, I have watched the events unfolding these past few weeks with grief and anger. The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and too many others are horrible, but I have unfortunately not found them shocking. “Shocked” connotes an element of surprise.
Kimberly Veklerov ’22, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how her career as a crime reporter inspired and equipped her for a legal education.
University of Virginia School of Law students researched racial inequality in Virginia and recently presented their findings to a governor’s commission focused on the issue.
Barbara Armacost, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and a former UVA nurse, has penned a new paper that argues officer-involved shootings should be reviewed in the same way that medical mistakes are.
Although the event was canceled, the 37th annual North Grounds Softball League Invitational at the University of Virginia School of Law raised $20,000 for charity.
Andy Kriha ’20 is this year’s University of Virginia School of Law recipient of the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Clinical Student Award.
Harvard Law School fellow Thomas Frampton, an expert in criminal law and constitutional procedure, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty this summer.
Scores of University of Virginia School of Law students and recent graduates will take advantage of public service fellowships and other opportunities, including the inaugural Justice John Paul Stevens Fellows.
Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus discusses how environmentalists made history with the U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.
Dedicated lawyers made the difference in an important U.S. Supreme Court case that shaped climate history, Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus says on “Common Law,” a University of Virginia School of Law podcast.
Professor A. Benjamin Spencer of the University of Virginia School of Law will be the next dean of William & Mary Law School.
Graduating student Sara Phipps is fulfilling a legacy as a member of the first multigenerational black family with both parents to have attended the University of Virginia School of Law.
Read about the University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2020 virtual celebration and standout students.
Law School researchers found last year that, from the years 2000-2019, about a third of elected presidents worldwide attempted to stay in office beyond the limits of their terms.
The University of Virginia School of Law’s grant program supporting summer public interest work is giving a record $710,351 to 168 students.
Going from a small town to a big city prosecutor’s office wasn’t an easy path for graduating University of Virginia School of Law student Brooke Swann.
Professor Michael Gilbert says his study reveals the impact of voter ID laws.
Justin Aimonetti J.D.-M.A. ’20 and Christian Talley ’20, students at the University of Virginia School of Law, won the annual White River Environmental Law Writing Competition.
Second-year students Jess Feinberg, Katharine Janes and Jen Kelso of the University of Virginia School of Law will promote legal rights this summer as Katherine and David deWilde ’67 Public Interest Summer Fellows.
Students in a University of Virginia School of Law clinic have helped shape new U.N. guidance on the relationship between advances in science and human rights.
Manal Cheema, a graduating University of Virginia School of Law student, will take her expertise in national security law with her into the military as an officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
The Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has joined an effort to protect a historic African American schoolhouse.
John Ghazoul ’21, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses his Syrian heritage and involvement with the Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash discusses his new book on how the presidency’s authority has grown and how Congress might check the executive.
The U.S. president’s authority has grown so expansive that it’s time for Congress to rein it in, Professor Saikrishna B. Prakash argues on the latest “Common Law,” a University Virginia School of Law podcast.
You know that whole “marketplace of ideas” concept that says if you hear all arguments the best will win out? Well, it's a bunch of hooey.
The University of Virginia School of Law won its third consecutive victory in the International and European Tax Moot Court last week.
Blind athlete Matt Simpson, poised to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law, is a study in handling life’s challenges with grace.
University of Virginia School of Law student Kevin Jackson ’20 will help support immigrant children in Georgia’s foster care system as the 19th Powell Fellow in Legal Services.
UVA photographer Sanjay Suchak documented just how empty the University of Virginia School of Law was after classes moved online.
In his new book, Professor Saikrishna Prakash of the University of Virginia School of Law explains why the executive branch’s power has swelled in recent decades, why he thinks that is a problem and how Congress might respond to defend its authority.
As states struggle with significant budget shortfalls nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a coalition of tax scholars has come together to form Project SAFE, which will provide policy recommendations to help ease the crisis.
Jasmine Lee ’20, who served as president of the Student Bar Association, has served as an ambassador for the University of Virginia School of Law in multiple ways during her three years here.
University of Virginia School of Law students are helping the Pentagon tackle emerging national security challenges in a new UVA multidisciplinary course.
As the world battles the novel coronavirus, University of Virginia history professor Christian McMillen discusses what lessons we can learn — and improve upon — from past pandemics.
Nellie Black ’20, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how she took what she learned with the Prosecution Clinic into the courtroom.
Professor Joe Fore ’11 of the University of Virginia School of Law has been elected a board member of the Legal Writing Institute.
The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic matches much of what happened in past battles with virulent diseases, University of Virginia history professor Christian W. McMillen explains on “Common Law,” a UVA Law School podcast.
University of Virginia School of Law alumnus Glenn Carrington ’80 shares his secrets for success in the boardroom as Norfolk State University School of Business dean.
Rather than prioritizing resources based only on who might live or benefit most, hospitals should give people with disabilities additional consideration, Professor Deborah Hellman of the University of Virginia School of Law argues in a new co-authored paper.
Virginia’s wrongly convicted now stand a better chance of being declared innocent thanks to the policy efforts of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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