Upcoming Events
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Spring PILA Book Sale
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.
Contact: Elizabeth HarrisSponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Legal Writing Fellow Tryout Info Meeting
1L and 2L students interested in trying out for the Legal Writing Fellows Program for the 2021-2022 academic year are encouraged to attend this informational meeting. Zoom details
Contact: Donna BuckSponsor: Legal Research and Writing Program
Libel Show Auditions
All students are invited to try out for UVA Law's oldest tradition. Auditions will be held virtually this year for all roles. Actors do not need to bring anything prepared; short script pieces will be provided. Singers should prepare a few bars of a song of their choosing. Zoom details
Contact: Mary CarpenterSponsor: Libel Show
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Spring PILA Book Sale
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.
Contact: Elizabeth HarrisSponsor: Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
Libel Show Auditions
All students are invited to try out for UVA Law's oldest tradition. Auditions will be held virtually this year for all roles. Actors do not need to bring anything prepared; short script pieces will be provided. Singers should prepare a few bars of a song of their choosing. Zoom details
Contact: Mary CarpenterSponsor: Libel Show
Friday, January 29, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
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
Contact: Rebecca KlaffSponsor: Center for the Study of Race and Law, Virginia Law Review, UVA Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, Retold: Celebrating the Women of UVA (UVA Alumni Association), Virginia Law Women, Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association, WOC
Faculty Workshop, David Luban
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
1L Private-Sector Careers Spring Kickoff
This session will introduce the 2L job search, overview spring career events and provide tips for working smarter, not harder, towards goals. The session will end with an optional discussion of Winter OGI and employer interactions. Zoom links will be circulated via email. An identical session was held on Jan. 26.
Contact: Lynn StitelerSponsor: Career Services
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Monday, February 1, 2021
Deadline to Apply for Graduation
All May 2021 degree candidates need to apply for graduation in SIS by Feb. 1, 2021.
Contact: Jason DugasSponsor: Student Records
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Add/Drop Period Ends
Sponsor: Law SchoolBLSA Presents: Professor Kimberly Robinson on Education and Black Activism
BLSA will host a Black Culture Week in acknowledgement of Black History Month and UVA BLSA's 50th anniversary. For this featured lecture, Professor Kimberly Robinson will discuss her own work and answer questions about Black activism. Zoom details
Contact: Trevor LambSponsor: Black Law Students Association
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Law and Economics Workshop, Catherine Tucker (MIT)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Spacepower: Space Law and the Creation of Space Force
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
Contact: John HooverA Fireside Chat with Former Solicitor General Noel Francisco
The Federalist Society will host Professor Scott Ballenger to speak with former Solicitor General of the United States Noel Francisco on his career and time at the Department of Justice. Register online
Contact: Chloe KnoxSponsor: Federalist Society
Ins and Outs of In-House Counsel
Three UVA alumni working in-house at Amazon, Pfizer and SAS Inc. will discuss what it takes to be in-house counsel and how they got to where they are now. Zoom details
Contact: Lauren JohnsonSponsor: Virginia Law & Business Review, Virginia Law Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Club, Virginia Law & Business Society
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Virginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Open
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Friday, February 5, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law School)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
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
Sponsor: John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program, Darden’s Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset ManagementVirginia Law Review January Notes and Comments Pool Closes
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.
Contact: Anna Cecile PepperSponsor: Virginia Law Review
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Monday, February 8, 2021
U.S. Government Perspectives on Cybersecurity
The 2021 Cybersecurity Speaker Series explores the challenges cybersecurity poses for governments, private actors and civil society, and how U.S., foreign and international law tackles cybersecurity problems. The series will examine what to expect on cybersecurity law and policy in the new Biden administration, and will feature current and former U.S. government officials, in-house and outside counsel, and academic and civil society experts. The first panel in the series will focus on the tools the U.S. government has deployed to address cybersecurity threats, including indictments, sanctions and the U.S. Department of Defense “defend forward” strategy, as well as consider how government policy may change in the near term. The panelists are Gary Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program, American University Washington College of Law; former Staff Judge Advocate to U.S. Cyber Command; Andrew Grotto, William J. Perry International Security Fellow at Stanford University and Director of the Program on Geopolitics, Technology and Governance at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center; former Senior Director for Cyber Policy, National Security Council; and Kimberley Raleigh, Deputy Chief of the Office of Law and Policy, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Zoom details
Contact: Rebecca KlaffSponsor: National Security Law Center; Law, Innovation, Security & Technology; National Security Law Forum
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Legal Theory Workshop, Erik Encarnacion (Texas Law)
Contact: Pennie NewellSponsor: Faculty
Friday, February 12, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Lawrence B. Solum
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Adi Leibovitch (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Friday, February 19, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Sandy Mayson (University of Georgia School of Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Workshop on Race and the Law of Business & Finance
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
Sponsor: University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance and University of Virginia School of Law John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program
Nuts and Bolts of Clerkship Applications for 2Ls
The Office of Judicial Clerkships will review the clerkship application process for this summer. Zoom details
Contact: Ruth PayneSponsor: Career Services
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Shaping Justice in a Time of Crisis
Terrica Redfield Ganzy ’02, deputy director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, will deliver the keynote address at 1:15 p.m. during the fifth annual Shaping Justice conference. The conference gathers students, attorneys and advocates dedicated to transforming the law in order to advance justice. Other events include panels and an awards presentation honoring UVA Law alumni who have dedicated their careers to shaping justice. Registration link TBA.
Sponsor: Public Interest Law Association, Program in Law and Public Service, Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Legal Theory Workshop, Tommie Shelby (Harvard)
Contact: Pennie NewellSponsor: Faculty
Atlanta UVA Law Alumni Virtual Reception
Join Atlanta-area UVA Law alumni for a virtual reception with remarks by Dean Risa L. Goluboff. Region Manager, Sameer Asher '08, will introduce Dean Goluboff. Interested in attending? Contact Alumni Relations at alumnievents@law.virginia.edu.
Contact: Alumni Relations and EngagementSponsor: Law School Foundation and Alumni Relations
Friday, February 26, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Amanda Frost (American University)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Netta Barak-Corren (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
Sponsor: Law SchoolFaculty Workshop, Tom Nachbar
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Legal Theory Workshop, Gabbrielle Johnson (Claremont McKenna College)
Contact: Pennie NewellSponsor: Faculty
Friday, March 19, 2021
Admitted Students Open House
The Law School's 2021 open house for admitted students will take place online, and will give admitted students the chance to meet with faculty and students, and learn more about the school’s curricular and extracurricular opportunities.
Contact: Office of AdmissionsSponsor: Office of Admissions
Faculty Workshop, Tabatha Abu El-Haj (Drexel University)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Admitted Students Open House
The Law School's 2021 open house for admitted students will take place online, and will give admitted students the chance to meet with faculty and students, and learn more about the school’s curricular and extracurricular opportunities.
Contact: Office of AdmissionsSponsor: Office of Admissions
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Bocar Ba (UC Irvine)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Postgraduate Fellowships 101
Interested in child advocacy? Hoping to create a medical-legal partnership? Can't wait to put those lawyering skills to use representing low-income tenants in housing cases? The Public Service Center will host an informational session about postgraduate fellowships, important timelines and successful strategies. This event will discuss all types of fellowships including Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Justice Catalyst and Powell fellowships, as well as organization-based fellowships and others. Zoom details
Contact: Amanda YaleSponsor: Career Services
Friday, March 26, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Stephen Gardbaum (UCLA Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Legal Theory Workshop, Hrafn Asgeirsson (University of Surrey)
Contact: Pennie NewellSponsor: Faculty
Friday, April 2, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Rebecca Stone (UCLA Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Crystal Yang (Harvard Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Legal Theory Workshop, Wendy Salkin (Stanford)
Contact: Pennie NewellSponsor: Faculty
Friday, April 16, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Maria Ponomarenko (Minnesota Law School)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Shayak Sarkar (UC Davis)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Friday, April 23, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Julian Mortenson (Michigan Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Law and Economics Workshop, Katerina Linos (Berkeley)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Law & Economics
Friday, April 30, 2021
Faculty Workshop, Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis School of Law)
Contact: Ginny ClaytonSponsor: Faculty
Classes End
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Reading Period
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Reading Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Exam Period
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Final Exercises/Graduation
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