Upcoming Events

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Monday, March 27, 2023

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Pre-Exams 1L On-Grounds Interviews Kickoff

This session will provide a market update and tips for summer success beyond those included in online resources. A similar session will be offered after exams.

Contact: Lynn Stiteler
Sponsor: Career Development
Walter Brown Hall 152 (WB152)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM

Houston-Area Alumni Reception With Dean Risa Goluboff

The reception will be held at Kirkland & Ellis by Douglas Bacon ’00.

Contact: Kathy Boase
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation
609 Main St., Houston, TX

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

10:00 AM-11:20 AM
Walter Brown Hall 105 (WB105)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM

The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: 20 Years Later

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.

Contact: Howard Witt
Sponsor: UVA Miller Center
UVA Miller Center/Online
11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge
11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Lawyer Shaming: Legal Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Equal Access to Justice

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.

Contact: Robert Buell
Sponsor: Federalist Society
Purcell Reading Room
4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Book Panel on “The World Crisis and International Law: The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future”

A panel of scholars will discuss UVA Law professor Paul B. Stephan’s new book, “The World Crisis and International Law: The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future.” Panelists include Professor Anne van Aaken of Universität Hamburg, Kathleen Claussen of Georgtown University and Thomas H. Lee of Fordham University. UVA Law professor Jay Butler will moderate. Parking will be available in the Law School’s D2 and D3 lots. A reception will follow the panel.

Contact: Rebecca Klaff
Sponsor: Dean’s Office
Purcell Reading Room

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

11:45 AM-1:15 AM

Dallas-Area Alumni Luncheon With Dean Risa Goluboff

Join UVA Law School Dean Risa Goluboff in the Arts District Mansion in Dallas for an alumni lunch event.

Contact: Kathy Boase
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation
2101 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX
1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Student Loan Exit Counseling

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.

Contact: Jennifer Hulvey
Sponsor: Financial Aid
Caplin Auditorium
1:00 PM-2:00 PM

How To Succeed in Public Service Internships

Chat with the Public Service Center and experienced 3Ls to learn how to succeed in summer internships and come away with a stellar reference. Staff will talk about managing deadlines, client interactions, office culture and more. Food provided with RSVP in Symplicity.

Contact: Andrew Broaddus
Sponsor: Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM

A Discussion of “Heirs Property” and Black Land Loss

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
Contact: Pennie Newell
Sponsor: Program on Law, Communities and the Environment; Black Law Students Association
Purcell Reading Room
5:00 PM-5:00 PM

Virginia Law Review Notes Pool Submissions Deadline

The Virginia Law Review will be accepting submissions for its March Notes Pool until 5 p.m. on March 29. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Contact: Harrison Gordon
Sponsor: Virginia Law Review

Thursday, March 30, 2023

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

“Just Mercy” Panel

Contact: Phoebe Sam
Sponsor: Law Christian Fellowship, Black Law Students Association
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Charlotte-Area Alumni Gathering 

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.

Contact: Kathy Boase
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation
401 West Trade St. Charlotte, NC 28202
6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Jan. 6 Litigation: Norm-Setting in the Face of an Insurrection

Join lawyers from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington for the American Constitution Society’s spring 2023 keynote event exploring the litigation surrounding Jan. 6 and how the nation should move forward after witnessing this acute and violent threat to democracy. Professor Deborah Hellman will moderate. Food will be provided.

Contact: Julia Citron
Sponsor: American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Caplin Auditorium

Friday, March 31, 2023

9:30 AM-4:45 PM

Virginia Tax Study Group Meeting

Each year in early spring, some of the nation’s leading experts in tax law convene at the Law School to discuss emerging tax issues. The Virginia Tax Study Group includes scholars, practicing attorneys and government officials who work in tax policy. The event consists of panel presentations and a keynote address at lunch.

Contact: Ruth Mason
Sponsor: Virginia Center for Tax Law
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)
11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Personal Income Taxes and Employee Benefits

The Office of Financial Aid is sponsoring a series on real world finances to prepare students for life after law school. This session will introduce students to personal income taxes and tools for evaluating employee benefits like retirement plans, health insurance and disability insurance.

Contact: Lisa Hoskey
Sponsor: Financial Aid
Walter Brown Hall 101 (WB101)
5:00 PM-9:00 PM

40th Annual UVA Law Softball Invitational

Each year, the North Grounds Softball League Softball Invitational brings teams from law schools around the country to compete and raise funds for Charlottesville charity ReadyKids. Follow NGSL on Instagram for updates.

Contact: John Brown and Jackson Grubbe
Sponsor: North Grounds Softball League
Fields Across Charlottesville

Saturday, April 1, 2023

5:00 PM-9:00 PM

40th Annual UVA Law Softball Invitational

Each year, the North Grounds Softball League Softball Invitational brings teams from law schools around the country to compete and raise funds for Charlottesville charity ReadyKids. Follow NGSL on Instagram for updates.

Contact: John Brown and Jackson Grubbe
Sponsor: North Grounds Softball League
Fields Across Charlottesville

Sunday, April 2, 2023

5:00 PM-9:00 PM

40th Annual UVA Law Softball Invitational

Each year, the North Grounds Softball League Softball Invitational brings teams from law schools around the country to compete and raise funds for Charlottesville charity ReadyKids. Follow NGSL on Instagram for updates.

Contact: John Brown and Jackson Grubbe
Sponsor: North Grounds Softball League
Fields Across Charlottesville

Monday, April 3, 2023

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Battling Burnout and Promoting Wellbeing

Contact: Megan Durkee
Sponsor: Student Affairs
Walter Brown Hall 126 (WB126)

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

10:00 AM-11:20 AM
Walter Brown Hall 105 (WB105)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Advocating for Workplace Justice

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.

Contact: Sujata Bajracharya
Sponsor: Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association
Walter Brown Hall 162 (WB162)
1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Corporate Practice Overview With Simpson Thacher

1Ls interested in pursuing corporate law are welcome to join ECVC to learn about the legal work involved in a variety of Big Law corporate practice groups. Attendees will hear from a panel of Simpson Thacher attorneys with experience across multiple corporate departments and will have an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation. Food will be provided.

Contact: Grace Stevens
Sponsor: Virginia Law Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Society
Walter Brown Hall 126 (WB126)
3:30 PM-5:00 PM

State Senate Candidate Forum

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

Contact: Kiera Goddu
Sponsor: American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Walter Brown Hall 126 (WB126)
5:45 PM-8:00 PM

Dean Kevin Donovan’s Professionalism Class: Are You a “Keeper”?

Led by Kevin Donovan, senior assistant dean of career development, this session will provide students with information on how be viewed as a ”keeper” at the end of their summer employment. RSVP under Events in Symplicity.

Contact: Sherry Morris
Sponsor: Career Development
Walter Brown Hall 152 (WB152)

Thursday, April 6, 2023

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

Foundation Meet and Greet

Join the Law School Foundation staff and volunteers for coffee and cookies as you learn about the Foundation and Alumni Association. These treats are brought to you by the 800-plus alumni donors who gave during “24 for UVA LAW.”

Contact: Lindsey Peters
Sponsor: Law Foundation/Alumni Association
Hunton Andrews Kurth Hall
1:00 PM-2:00 PM

“The World Crisis and International Law”

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. 

Contact: Howard Witt
Sponsor: UVA Miller Center
Online
4:30 PM-7:00 PM
Purcell Reading Room
5:00 PM-7:00 PM

The Visiting Room Project

The event is a screening of clips from the Visiting Room Project, a digital experience that invites the public to sit face-to-face with people serving life without the possibility of parole to hear them tell their stories, in their own words. Attorney Dwayne Betts, a MacArthur Genius Fellow and founder of Freedom Reads, will deliver the keynote. There will be a panel discussion with people who were interviewed by the Visiting Room Project and are now free, the father of the victim in one of their cases and the co-creator of the project, Marcus Kondkar.

Contact: Deirdre Enright
Sponsor: Center for Criminal Justice, Clinical Programs, Black Law Student Association
Caplin Pavilion

Friday, April 7, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM

Faculty Workshop: Monica Bell of Yale Law School

Open to faculty

Contact: Ginny Clayton
Sponsor: Faculty
Faculty Lounge
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Homebuying and Renting

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.

Contact: Lisa Hoskey
Sponsor: Financial Aid
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)
2:45 PM-5:00 PM

Dean Kevin Donovan’s Professionalism Class: Are You a “Keeper“?

Led by Kevin Donovan, senior assistant dean of career development, this session will provide students with information on how be viewed as a ”keeper” at the end of their summer employment. RSVP under Events in Symplicity.

Contact: Sherry Morris
Sponsor: Career Development
Walter Brown Hall 152 (WB152)

Monday, April 10, 2023

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

A Conversation With Diane Rosenfeld: “The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance”

Diane L. Rosenfeld is a lecturer on law and director of the Gender Violence Program at Harvard Law School. This program will focus on Rosenfeld's new book, “The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance.” Rosenfeld introduces us to a radical new model of solidarity, one that promises to do for humans what the bonobos’ alliance did for them: to thwart sexual coercion and collapse the scaffolding of patriarchy.

Contact: Julia Citron
Sponsor: American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)
1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Being a Skadden Fellow

Kathleen Rubenstein, director of the Skadden Foundation, will provide critical insights on how to apply and be selected for the Skadden Fellowship. Skadden Fellow Moriah Wilkins of the Legal Aid Justice Center will discuss her own path toward the fellowship and the work she’s done as a fellow. RSVP through Symplicity. Food will be provided.

Contact: Andrew Broaddus
Sponsor: Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center
Purcell Reading Room

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

A Conversation With Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists in Law

LGBT rights litigators Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju will receive the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law and participate in a conversation with Dean Risa Goluboff. The event is open to the public, lunch will be offered on a first-come, first served basis. Parking will be available in the Law School’s D2 and D3 lots.

Contact: Rebecca Klaff
Caplin Pavilion

Thursday, April 13, 2023

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

Meet U.S. Air Force Judge Advocates

Contact: Leah Gould
Sponsor: Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center
Walter Brown Hall 114 (WB114)

Friday, April 14, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Public Service and Student Loans: How VLFP and PSLF Work Together for You

Learn how UVA Law’s Virginia Loan Forgiveness Program and the Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program work together to allow students to discharge student loan debt.

Contact: Lisa Hoskey
Sponsor: Financial Aid
Walter Brown Hall 128 (WB128)

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Compromised: A Conversation With Writer and Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok

Peter Strzok is former deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Parking will be available in the D2 and D3 lots. A reception will follow.

Contact: Rebecca Klaff
Sponsor: LawTech Center
Caplin Pavilion

Thursday, April 20, 2023

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Reflecting on Your First Year

Join Student Affairs and 1L classmates for a session of reflection about what you have accomplished, what’s next and what excites you about being a law student and lawyer.

Contact: Megan Durkee
Sponsor: Student Affairs
Walter Brown Hall 126 (WB126)

Friday, April 21, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Class of 2023 Breakfast

Contact: Lisa Napier
Sponsor: Student Life
Caplin Pavilion

Friday, April 28, 2023

11:30 AM-12:50 PM
Faculty Lounge

Classes End

Sponsor: Law School

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Reading Period

Sponsor: Law School

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Reading Period

Sponsor: Law School

Friday, May 12, 2023

Law Alumni Weekend 2023

Return to Charlottesville to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Contact: Becca Nelson
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation and Alumni Association
University of Virginia School of Law

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Law Alumni Weekend 2023

Return to Charlottesville to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Contact: Becca Nelson
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation and Alumni Association
University of Virginia School of Law
9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Annual Meeting of UVA Law Alumni Association

The meeting will be led by Alumni Council President Elizabeth Finn Johnson ’87 and feature the State of the Law School address by Dean Risa Goluboff.

Contact: Sarah Sargent
Sponsor: Law School
Purcell Reading Room/Slaughter Hall 101 (SL101)

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Law Alumni Weekend 2023

All alumni celebrating a milestone are welcome to join us in Charlottesville for a weekend full of special events and opportunities to connect with fellow alumni and the Law School. Registration for this event is now open. For more information, please visit law.virginia.edu/reunions.

Contact: Becca Nelson
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation and Alumni Association
University of Virginia School of Law

Saturday, May 20, 2023

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

Foundation Reception for Graduates and Guests

The Law School Foundation welcomes graduates, families and friends to a reception featuring heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages. Graduates will have an opportunity to take a class photo, and faculty and staff are also invited and attend.

Contact: Sarah Sargent
Sponsor: UVA Law School Foundation
Spies Garden and Law School

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Final Exercises/Graduation

Sponsor: Law School

Friday, June 2, 2023

Taxing People: The Next 100 Years

The conference will reconceive the goals of taxation and the role of international taxation, and to consider the potential roles of governments and international institutions in designing a tax system that puts people at its core. Open to invited guests.

Contact: Ruth Mason
Sponsor: University of Oxford Faculty of Law, Virginia Center for Tax Law
Worcester College

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Taxing People: The Next 100 Years

The conference will reconceive the goals of taxation and the role of international taxation, and to consider the potential roles of governments and international institutions in designing a tax system that puts people at its core. Open to invited guests.

Contact: Ruth Mason
Sponsor: University of Oxford Faculty of Law, Virginia Center for Tax Law
Worcester College

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Tuesday, September 12, 2023