Upcoming Events

The money earned from UVA Law's Public Interest Law Association book sale goes directly towards PILA grants, which provide summer funding for unpaid public interest and judicial internships. Online sale information TBD. 

The money earned from UVA Law's Public Interest Law Association book sale goes directly towards PILA grants, which provide summer funding for unpaid public interest and judicial internships. Online sale information TBD. 

This virtual symposium will explore the intersectional nature of race and sex (including LGBTQ+) equality movements, the contributions of activists with intersectional identities, and the potential role of intersectional theories to inform future efforts to advance race and sex equality. The symposium will culminate in a keynote speech by Elaine R. Jones ’70 at 1:30 p.m. Jones is the first Black woman to graduate from UVA Law School — 50 years ago — and the first woman to serve as director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. During the event, the 2021 Gregory H. Swanson Award will be presented. Named after UVA’s first Black student, the award recognizes UVA law students who demonstrate courage, perseverance and a commitment to justice. Full Schedule | Join Zoom | Phone: +13017158592 | Webinar ID: 932 4719 4516 | Passcode: 034157

The Virginia Law Review will accept submissions for its January Notes and Comments Pool from 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 22 until 5 p.m. on Feb. 5. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submission instructions.

Join Colonel Todd Pennington, general counsel for Space Operations Command, for a discussion of Space Force, space command and the use of force in space. Zoom details

A panel of industry leaders will discuss managing climate change-related risks in the U.S. financial system. The panel will be moderated by Athena Eastwood ’02, a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and a member of the CFTC’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC). Register for virtual seminar

A new national webinar series presented by the University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance and UVA Law’s John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program will examine race and business law scholarship and pedagogy. At this workshop, scholars will present their research on how the law interacts with issues of race in business and finance. University of Chicago Law School Dean Thomas J. Miles will introduce the panel. Register

• Abbye Atkinson, Associate Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
• Mehrsa Baradaran, Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; UC Irvine Law
• Andrew Hayashi, Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law; Director, Virginia Center for Tax Law; University of Virginia School of Law
• Moderator: Aneil Kovvali, Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School