Upcoming Events

Friday, February 14, 2025

8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
2025 Transactional Law Competition

The Emerging Companies and Venture Capital is hosting this year’s Transactional Law Competition to give students experience in drafting and negotiating complex business transactions. This competition simulates real-world scenarios that transactional lawyers encounter in their practice. No prior business experience is necessary.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
Virginia Law Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Society (ECVC)
Caplin Pavilion
12-1 p.m.
Older Wiser Law Students Journal Advice Panel

This is informal advice panel is geared toward 1Ls on the journal tryout process and experience of being on a journal. 1Ls will hear directly from other OWLS members who will share their experiences and perspectives on their journals. Food will be provided.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
Older Wiser Law Students
WB104
1-2 p.m.
A Conversation With U.S. Judge Adam Abelson

Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland spent over a decade in private practice and a year as a magistrate judge before being appointed to the bench in 2024. He will discuss his career and share advice for law students. Food will be provided.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
WB104

Monday, February 17, 2025

11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
A Conversation With Corban Addison ’04, Author of “Wastelands”

Best-selling author Corban Addison ’04 will discuss “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial.” Addison’s first nonfiction book covers a dramatic story of toxic-tort litigation over confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in North Carolina. Addison is also the author of the novels “A Walk Across the Sun,” “The Fears of Dark Water,” “The Garden of Burning Sand” and “A Harvest of Thorns.” This event is open to the Law School community. Lunch will be provided.

Sponsor
Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic
Co-sponsors
Program in Law, Communities and the Environment (PLACE)
SL290
1-2 p.m.
Domestic Violence Project General Body Meeting

Lunch will be provided. DVP strives to address and combat domestic violence both directly, through pro bono service, and indirectly, through educational events that feature practitioners and advocates, highlight Domestic Violence Awareness Month and provide self-defense training. DVP members also volunteer at local organizations involved in preventing and responding to domestic violence.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
Domestic Violence Project
SL298

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

12-1 p.m.
Virginia Animal Law Society Spring General Body Meeting

Join VALS for its spring general body meeting. Members will recap their trip to the 2024 Animal Law Conference and preview events, volunteering, and pro bono work in the semester ahead. Lunch will be served. 

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Contact:
Sarah Zube
Sponsor
Virginia Animal Law Society
WB101
1-2 p.m.
Balancing Executive Power and Its Limits

Join CLG for “Balancing Executive Power and Its Limits,” where students will be discussing how both parties, including the current administration, have used executive authority and pushed its constitutional boundaries. Topics will include how executive orders have been used to interpret constitutional clauses or recognize new ones, the scope of presidential pardons and the executive’s authority over hiring and firing in administrative agencies, among other contested aspects of presidential power. This event will offer a space for civil dialogue on how these issues shape governance, legal interpretations and the broader democratic landscape. Food will be provided.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
Common Law Grounds
Caplin Pavilion
1-7 p.m.
National Lawyers Guild “13th” Discussion

Join NLG for a discussion on Ava DuVernay’s documentary “13th,” which explores how the U.S. prison system perpetuates racial injustice and serves as an extension of slavery. Guests will examine the historical roots of mass incarceration, the legal and political forces that sustain it, and the fight for abolition and reform. This conversation will provide a space to critically engage with the film’s themes and discuss the role of lawyers, activists and communities in challenging systemic oppression.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
National Lawyers Guild
WB154
5-7 p.m.
Journal Open House

Learn more about UVA Law’s academic journals by meeting journal leaders and hearing about their experiences. This is a casual event — students can stop by for as long as they would like.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Contact:
Ethan Brown
Sponsor
Virginia Law Review
Caplin Pavilion

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
“Defending Due Process” With Duke Law Professor Brandon Garrett

Duke University law professor Brandon Garrett will discuss his new book, “Defending Due Process,” in which he defends the values and fairness underlying the Constitution. Garrett is founder and director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School, and a former UVA Law professor. Food will be provided.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Purcell Reading Room
12-1 p.m.
Do You Want To Be a Law Professor?

Professors Alice Abrokwa, Thomas Frampton and Joy Milligan will discuss their experiences in legal academia and what students should know if they are thinking of pursuing an academic career.

Sponsor
Faculty
WB128
6-7:30 p.m.
Environmental Law Social

Come talk to faculty, learn about journal opportunities and connect with the environmental law community.

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Sponsor
Virginia Environmental Law Forum
Co-sponsors
Virginia Environmental Law Journal
Purcell Reading Room

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Friday, February 21, 2025

1-2 p.m.
“Exploit Machina”: A Conversation With Andrea Matwyshyn

Innovation policy and law scholar Andrea Matwyshyn will discuss her article “Exploit Machina,” which focuses on situations where broken technologies and broken governance combine to irreparably harm the public. Exploit machina “involves organizational choices to knowingly leverage technology as part of legally problematic conduct, including through various forms of fraud.” Matwyshyn is associate dean for innovation and technology at Penn State Law School. She is a professor of law and engineering policy in both Penn State Law and Engineering, the founding faculty director of the Penn State PILOT Lab and Manglona Lab for Gender and Economic Equity, and affiliate faculty with the College of the Liberal Arts’ Bioethics Program.
 
Lunch will be served on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 12:45 p.m. 

Sponsor
LawTech Center
Purcell Reading Room

Monday, February 24, 2025

4-5 p.m.
The McCorkle Lecture: “Unaccountable”
Pamela S. Karlan is the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School. She has served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission, an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 
 

Karlan argues that the structure of the U.S. Constitution and a series of Supreme Court decisions have undercut governmental accountability, and she will discuss several examples of this underlying theme in a lecture titled “Unaccountable.” Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06 will introduce Karlan. A reception will follow the lecture. Parking is available in the Law School’s visitors lot on Nash Drive. Parking passes may be obtained from the Law School’s Admissions Office.

Sponsor
Law School
Caplin Pavilion

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025

5-6 p.m.
The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace

Artificial intelligence scholar Ifeoma Ajunwa will discuss her 2023 book, “The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace.” In her book, Ajunwa explores how the workforce science of today goes far beyond increasing efficiency and threatens to erase individual personhood. She shows how different forms of worker quantification are enabled, facilitated and driven by technological advances, and the book advocates for changes in the law that will mitigate ill effects of the modern workplace. Ajunwa is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, founding director of the AI and the Future of Work Program, and associate dean for projects and partnerships at Emory University School of Law. A reception will follow the event.

Sponsor
LawTech Center
Purcell Reading Room

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

5-6:30 p.m.
Agape Dinner Fellowship

Actual Start Time: Two days prior. Come join Agape Christian Fellowship for dinner and a message. All are welcome!

This event is sponsored by a student organization.

Contact:
Laura King
Sponsor
Agape
WB121

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