Upcoming Events

The Office of Private Practice will present an overview of law firm practice, as well as 1L summer job search myths and resources. Students are invited to bring questions. Attendance is mandatory to receive priority individual counseling with the Office of Private Practice. Duplicate session on Aug. 30.

Learn how to put the knowledge you will gain in the classroom to work helping those otherwise unable to afford legal services by attending one of two orientation sessions. Students will be introduced to the personal and professional rewards of pro bono service, demonstrate the use of our online pro bono system, GoodWorks, tell you how find a pro bono opportunity, explain how to apply for a posted project, as well as how to log your hours and complete the Pro Bono Challenge. (A second identical session will be held on Aug. 31 at 1 p.m.)

Join the Office of Student Affairs for a session about effective note taking, class participation and review of materials.

Register by 11:59 p.m. Central for the November 2022 Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. More

In the first “Real Deal” installment, attorneys working for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU of Virginia, Virginia Poverty Law Center and Disability Rights North Carolina will discuss their work, career paths and what it is like to fight for equal justice through individual representation and systemic efforts. Lunch provided with RSVP through Symplicity by Sept. 14.

In the fifth and final “Real Deal” installment, alumni working for the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General and the Henrico County Attorney’s Office will discuss their work, career paths and what is like to represent local, state, and federal government. Lunch provided with RSVP through Symplicity by Sept. 28.

Adjunct professor Jim Donovan, vice chairman of global client coverage at Goldman Sachs, will discuss Secrets to Optimal Client Service. Donovan teaches courses on corporate strategy and leadership at UVA Law, and his previous talks at the Law School that have been taped have attracted nearly 3 million views on the school's YouTube channel. At Goldman Sachs, he is responsible for some of the firm's most significant clients. Lunch will be served.

Join the Office of Student Affairs for a session about creating and using outlines for studying and exam-taking.

CELS 2022 will bring together scholars from law, economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis and other fields who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions. Participants will present papers that engage empirical and experimental scholarship on legal issues spanning all areas of empirical legal studies. The papers, selected through a peer review process, are presented in panels, with assigned commenters for each paper and opportunities for audience discussion.

University of California, Berkeley professor Jennifer Skeem will deliver the P. Browning Hoffman Memorial Lecture in Law and Psychiatry. Skeem is the Mack Distinguished Professor at the School of Social Welfare and a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

The lecture is sponsored by the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, and the University’s schools of Law and Medicine. The institute is directed by UVA Law professor Richard Bonnie, who also holds appointments in Medicine and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

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