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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.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks discusses the legal and ethical concerns with San Francisco voting to allow its police department to use robots to kill suspected criminals.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Paul B. Stephan’s legal career was taking shape as the Soviet Union was collapsing — and as Mikhail Gorbachev’s influence reached its peak. Stephan reflected on the former Soviet leader’s role in ending the Cold War and why he couldn’t hold on to power or the esteem of his fellow Russians.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Payvand Ahdout’s new article examines how lower federal courts have been able to act as an effective check against executive power.
In the wake of two mass shootings committed by 18-year-olds, University of Virginia School of Law professor Richard Bonnie ’69, an architect of red-flag laws, discusses how those laws can be used and improved to prevent future tragedies.
What does the leak of the Dobbs opinion mean for the U.S. Supreme Court? Professor Douglas Laycock of the University of Virginia School of Law offers his quick take.
Christopher A. Ripple ’08, a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, explains how global food insecurity could expand in the wake of conflict in Ukraine and why food markets are so vulnerable.
Tesla founder Elon Musk has put money on the table in a bid to acquire Twitter, but has he shown all his cards? University of Virginia School of Law professor Cathy Hwang, a mergers and acquisitions expert, explains.
Russia expert Paul B. Stephan ’77, a University of Virginia School of Law professor, said it’s important to understand what Moscow really wants from the conflict over Ukraine.
University of Virginia School of Law professor David Law explains the current military tensions surrounding Taiwan.
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.
Professors John Duffy and Rich Hynes of the University of Virginia School of Law say in a new paper that government can make bail more equitable by subsidizing it, as it already does jails.
Professor Rachel Bayefsky of the University of Virginia School of Law explains in a Q&A what nominal damages are and the implications of a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Tax breaks for charitable giving should be expanded, not eliminated, to encourage community engagement among all income levels, says University of Virginia School of Law professor Andrew Hayashi.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Paul B. Stephan ’77 is looking at questions over how laws of armed conflict can address cyberattacks as the rise of big data makes clashes more likely.
Professor Margaret Foster Riley of the University of Virginia School of Law predicts that as COVID-19’s delta variant continues to spread and vaccines continue to receive FDA approval, states, schools and employers will make it harder to avoid vaccination.
As protests grow against the communist regime in Cuba and state forces crack down on the citizen movement, University of Virginia School of Law professor Camilo Sánchez looks at legal questions surrounding the human rights crisis.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Naomi Cahn explains the law behind conservatorships in light of Britney Spears' recent court hearing. (Photo by Drew de F Fawkes/Creative Commons)
Professor Kevin Cope of the University of Virginia School of Law explores how vaccine passports are not only legal but may be a constitutional obligation.
A new study co-authored by University of Virginia School of Law professor Cathy Hwang is upending nearly two decades of influential scholarship on how corporations are governed and valued.
Professor Paul Mahoney of the University of Virginia School of Law discusses his new co-authored paper outlining how to improve regulation of index fund markets.
Professor Kenneth S. Abraham of the University of Virginia School of Law examines how repealing qualified immunity for law enforcement could affect insurance markets.
Professor Danielle K. Citron of the University of Virginia School of Law has been working to stamp out how internet companies profit from destructive activity — like so-called “revenge porn” or cyberstalking — for more than a decade. She discusses the movement to reform how such companies handle harmful content.
Professor Micah Schwartzman ’05 answers questions about the future of democracy and the attack on the U.S. Capitol. He directs the University of Virginia School of Law’s Karsh Center for Law and Democracy.
Professor A. E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia School of Law reflects on progress made 50 years after he helped draft the state constitution and looks ahead.
Women are profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at work and at home, but the health crisis also presents an opportunity for lawmakers to improve women’s lives in the long term, University of Virginia School of Law professor Naomi Cahn finds in new research.
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.
Professor Michael Gilbert says his study reveals the impact of voter ID laws.
Despite troubling times, we’re not quite where we were during the 2008 financial crisis, according to a University of Virginia School of Law professor Paul Mahoney.
Professor Margaret Foster Riley of the University of Virginia School of Law has been appointed to a new National Institutes of Health advisory committee that’s exploring challenges with emerging biotechnologies.
Professor Ruth Mason of the University of Virginia School of Law discusses the potential roadblocks in implementing a wealth tax in the U.S.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash said political partisanship will inevitably influence how lawmakers approach the impeachment process.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash, an expert on presidential power, offers a preview of the issues at stake involving obstruction in advance of Robert Mueller’s testimony.
In a new paper and Q&A, Professor Saikrishna Prakash of the University of Virginia School of Law explains how Congress’ power to impose deadlines affects ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Plaintiffs financially betting for or against companies they are suing sounds like insider trading. It isn’t, says University of Virginia School of Law professor Albert Choi, but the practice raises a host of legal and ethical concerns that Choi explores in a new paper.
The new Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia School of Law promises to serve as an institution that promotes and studies core facets of a democratic society. Professor Micah Schwartzman explains his goals as director.
Professor Michael Gilbert of the University of Virginia School of Law reviews the downside of disclosure in a new paper.
University of Virginia School of Law professors John Harrison and A. E. Dick Howard offer thoughts on Justice Anthony Kennedy’s legacy and what’s next for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Professor Ruth Mason answers questions about South Dakota v. Wayfair, a U.S. Supreme Court case tackling states’ authority to implement taxes on online sales.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Livermore explores how new technologies can change federal agencies’ notice-and-comment process.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Kenneth Abraham discusses how automated vehicles should reshape car insurance and American tort law.
Professor A. E. Dick Howard in a Q&A discusses the Second Amendment and how it’s been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Professor Quinn Curtis in a Q&A explains how the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule could potentially cost consumers.
Professors Ethan Yale and George Yin offer their opinions on the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on taxpayers, businesses and the economy in general.
The government is coming. They are going to take your land, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Or is there?
Cities need money to operate. When the economy slumps and the tax base weakens, it’s tempting for municipalities to turn to alternative methods of raising revenue, including fines administered by police departments.
When Professor Margaret Foster Riley traveled 4,000 miles away to Germany this summer to teach health law, she walked away with fresh ideas to apply at home.
The sanctuary cities movement, motivated by President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, shouldn’t be viewed as a simple knee-jerk political reaction by state and local authorities to sweeping federal policy, a University of Virginia School of Law professor says.
Mila Versteeg, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who studies the world's constitutions, has been named a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
Professor Leslie Kendrick, an expert in free speech, torts, property and constitutional law, will be the new vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law starting July 1.
In the wake of an election season that featured anti-elitist rhetoric, proposals such as stricter taxes on executive compensation may sound appealing to some populists.
Stop making so many arrests. That's the unconventional law enforcement approach a University of Virginia School of Law professor advocates in a new paper.
A new paper by University of Virginia School of Law professor Charles Barzun '05 critiques a recent movement in legal theory that claims to find provide support for originalism in current law.
University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett is on a mission to see that the legal system presents science accurately when it introduces forensic evidence into the courtroom.
Thomas Jefferson — founding father and founder of the University of Virginia and its Law School — can add one more title to his prodigious list of accomplishments.
Human resources professional.
Professor J. Gordon Hylton, a legal historian and UVA Law alumnus, teaches courses on the history of African-American lawyers, trusts and estates, professional responsibility and property.
Professor Cynthia Nicoletti, a legal historian, began teaching at the Law School in 2014.
Professor Stephen Braga, who first taught at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2011, will offer Taking Effective Depositions in addition to directing the Appellate Litigation Clinic next year.
Power is multiplied when a business person sits on multiple corporate boards — but two University of Virginia School of Law professors have found that the influence of these cross-affiliated directors extends well beyond the companies involved.
Director of Admissions Grace Applefeld Cleveland, Assistant Director of Admissions Holly Bennett and Director of Financial Aid Jennifer Hulvey comment on what works, and what doesn't work, in personal statements and applicant interviews.
The stakes are high in the percolating South China Sea controversy, a dispute involving China's aggressive ocean boundary and island sovereignty claims.
Cost-blind regulations aren't always better for the environment and practitioners and scholars are misreading a critical Supreme Court case on the matter, University of Virginia law professor Michael A. Livermore argues in a new article co-authored by New York University law professor Richard L. Revesz.
UVA Law professor George Yin, who previously held one of the most influential tax positions in the country when he headed the nonpartisan staff of the U.S. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation, claims in his latest paper that the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee violated the law in 2014 when it released to the public the tax return information of 51 taxpayers.
If long-term relationships already come with strong relational penalties when the understood boundaries of the relationship are violated, why are formal contracts needed at all?
One of the most contested questions in international law is whether and when it is lawful for a state to use force before it suffers an armed attack. University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks recently penned a chapter on the debate for "The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law," which is slated for release in January.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Josh Bowers has spent his academic career exploring the power and discretion of prosecutors and police officers and how it affects the criminal justice system.
A growing number of geneticists, wildlife biologists and conservationists believe that "de-extinction" — or bringing back an extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth, via cloning — is a very real possibility, and one that is not far off.
Every corporate law student learns that in America, directors and officers face liability for breaching their fiduciary duties — duty of loyalty, good faith and care — to their shareholders.
Students whose learning problems are connected to poverty may be wrongly excluded from access to special education programs under federal law, University of Virginia law professor Jim Ryan argues in a new article.
Uncovering how much government officials and those running for office pay — or should pay — in taxes has been a popular pastime for longer than many realize, as a new article by University of Virginia law professor George K.
The law on when and whether public officials can be held liable for violating constitutional rights is incoherent, says Professor John C. Jeffries Jr. in a forthcoming Virginia Law Review article.
In a new article, two University of Virginia law professors offer a solution to the conflicts of interest that can arise when physicians who are participating in medical studies also advise patients in the study.
With several new justices added in recent years after a long draught, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts' bench is more conservative but still a work in progress, says University of Virginia law professor A. E.
As many as 1.7 million young illegal immigrants may qualify for temporary legal status under a new federal policy, known as "deferred action," that goes into effect Wednesday.
Four states — Idaho, Kansas, Montana and Utah — do not allow criminal defendants to claim that they were not responsible for their actions on the grounds of insanity.
Though many critics have pegged the U.S.
Whether a policy is legal appears to play only a minor role in the decision-making process of the American public officials who implement it, University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer writes in a new
Citizens United v. FEC, the controversial U.S. Supreme Court case that helped proliferate Super PACs, did more than change the funding model of U.S.
While love and marriage might go together like a horse and carriage in most Valentine's Day fantasies, marriage fraud and the legal system don't fit together quite as neatly.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama outlined a number of significant tax reform proposals that he said would spur domestic economic growth, encourage job creation and require the wealthiest Americans to pay more in taxes.
Courts could do more through contract law to help Americans facing mortgage foreclosures, University of Virginia law professor and contracts expert George Cohen says in a new paper.
An executive order issued by President Barack Obama in March marked a significant shift in U.S. policy dealing with detainees, according to a forthcoming paper by University of Virginia School of Law professor Thomas B. Nachbar.
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