Upcoming Events

A panel of foreign policy experts marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by discussing Melvyn P. Leffler’s new book, “Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq.” UVA Law professor Ashley Deeks, a former White House associate counsel and deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council, moderates the conversation with Melvyn P. Leffler, the Edward Stettinius Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia; Eric Edelman, principal deputy assistant for national security affairs under former Vice President Cheney; and Philip Zelikow, executive director of the 9/11 Commission.

Jon Urick, associate chief counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, will discuss threats to the rule of law that come with shaming lawyers who represent politically unpopular clients. Food will be provided.

The U.S. Department of Education requires that all student loan borrowers complete exit counseling. This mandatory in-person group exit counseling for 3Ls will include important information: contacting a servicer, loan repayment options, loan deferment, forbearance and consolidation, debt management strategies and tax benefits, Income-Driven Repayment, Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness and the Virginia Loan Forgiveness Program.

A panel of experts will address the intersection of “heirs property” and Black land loss, and describe how legal reformers are seeking to address the problem. “Heirs property” refers to land that has been passed down informally from generation to generation, often without written wills, which is now owned by cousins or more remote relatives, possibly of multiple generations. Divided ownership makes such property difficult to manage and often leads to land loss through forced sales. Black rural property ownership has been steadily shrinking since the turn of the 20th century.

The panelists are:

• Lillian “Ebonie” Alexander, Executive Director, Black Family Land Trust
• Karla D. Carter, Senior Counsel, Dominion Energy; Land Retention Advocate/Specialist on Heirs Property Issues
• Karen Cohen, Partner, Gentry Locke Attorneys; Chair, Virginia State Bar Real Property Section
• Andrew Kahrl, Professor of History and African American Studies, University of Virginia; Author, “The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South”
• Mikayla Mangle, 2022-24 Equal Justice Works Fellow, Center for Heirs Property Preservation

The event includes a tour of and demonstration in the new Virginia Revival Model Courtroom by Judge Robert Jr. Conrad, Jr. ’83. Professor A.E. Dick Howard ’61 will make brief remarks via Zoom at 6:30 p.m.

Open to faculty

Join Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association and the Peggy Browning Fund for a panel highlighting career paths in workplace justice. Panelists will join by video conference. Food will be provided.

11th District state Senate candidates will discuss pressing issues facing Virginia at the American Constitution Society candidate forum.

Professors Paul G. Mahoney, Margaret Foster Riley and Paul B. Stephan ’77 will discuss themes from Stephan’s new book, “The World Crisis and International Law: The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future,” which calls for new approaches to international law, based not on grand projects to remake the world but on pragmatic and more limited state-led innovations. 

The Office of Financial Aid is sponsoring a series on personal finances to prepare students for life after law school. Topics will include homebuying, renting versus buying, tax consequences of home ownership, buying with a spouse or partner, financing, mortgages and more.