Upcoming Events

The SBA welcomes students and faculty to gather for coffee and conversation. Refreshments will be provided.

Kevin Theriot, senior counsel and vice president of the Center for Life with Alliance Defending Freedom, will speak on ethical concerns surrounding being pro-life in the legal profession as well as recent abortion cases. Food will be provided.

ACS wil host multiple judges to discuss the importance that diversity plays in making a judiciary that is more just, equitable and fair. Judges TBD.

How vital is diversity of life experiences to the legal academy? As part of Black History Month, BLSA invites the law school community to hear from professors Alex Johnson, Kimberly Robinson and Timothy Lovelace, who will talk about the paths they took to reach the legal academy and how their experience as black scholars helped impact their scholarship. Lunch will be provided.

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A conference hosted by the University of Virginia Schools of Law and Medicine will focus on the impact of racial and ethnic discrimination in driving public health disparities. The event will bring together scholars, clinicians, policymakers and community leaders to take a public health approach in treating and reducing violence, disease and injury due to racism, hate speech, crimes and violence. At the conclusion of the event, participants will announce a civil rights framework to combat health disparities, and generate and disseminate evidenced-based proposals and tools aimed at eliminating health disparities. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Parking is available at the Law School in D2 and D3 lots. Lunch and dinner will be served.

A conference hosted by the University of Virginia Schools of Law and Medicine will focus on the impact of racial and ethnic discrimination in driving public health disparities. The event will bring together scholars, clinicians, policymakers and community leaders to take a public health approach in treating and reducing violence, disease and injury due to racism, hate speech, crimes and violence. At the conclusion of the event, participants will announce a civil rights framework to combat health disparities, and generate and disseminate evidenced-based proposals and tools aimed at eliminating health disparities. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Information about parking at the Medical School is forthcoming. Lunch will be served.

Jennifer Eberhardt, a social psychologist at Stanford University, will discuss her 2019 book “Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do.” She is a 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was named one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. She is co-founder and co-director of SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions), a Stanford Center that brings together researchers and practitioners to address significant social problems. Eberhardt’s talk is part of the University’s 2020 Community MLK Celebration.

During the event, Dean Risa Goluboff will present the 2020 Gregory H. Swanson Award. Named after UVA and UVA Law’s first black student, the award recognizes students who demonstrate a commitment to justice within the community.

Danielle Wingfield Smith will present as part of the the Curry School Center for Race & Public Education in the South's new works-in-progress series. Individuals are welcome to attend and encouraged to RSVP via CRPES@virginia.edu if not already a member of the center.

Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus will talk about his recently published book on the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007 that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and that those injured by climate change have standing to challenge government inaction in federal court. Based on interviews with all the parties, and with judges and justices, the book tells the inside story of how an unlikely team of lawyers and climate activists overcame EPA and industry opposition — and their own divisions — to win the most important environmental case ever brought before the Supreme Court.

The Ele(Q)t Project for LGBTQ Leadership is organized by the students of the Lambda Law Alliance at the University of Virginia School of Law. The non-partisan symposium-style event is an afternoon-long series of candidate forums, panel speakers, discussions and workshops focused on motivating and training young LGBTQ leaders to run for political office. The project's goal is to include speakers who currently hold elected office and those who have significant political, campaigning or election law experience. The keynote address by Trevor Potter ’82 will take place at 6:30 p.m. Lunch and dinner will be provided

The Latin American Law Organization will host panel discussions on arbitration and its importance in the legal world today. Food will be provided.

• 9-10:15 a.m., To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? An International Commercial Dispute
• 10:30-11:45 a.m., International Commercial Arbitration
• 12:30-11:45 p.m., Investment Arbitration and Human Rights
• 2-3:15 p.m., Investment Arbitration: A Better Look Into State’s and Investor’s Interests
• 3:15-4 p.m., Closing speech by Nigel Blackaby

Students interested in being a Legal Writing Fellow are encouraged to attend.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Zachary Terwilliger will speak about what it means to be pursue justice at the nation’s largest law firm, the U.S. Department of Justice. Lunch will be provided with an RSVP through Symplicity.

Reginald Dwayne Betts, a poet, memoirist, lawyer and teacher, will deliver the keynote address at 5:15 p.m. during the fourth 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 networking opportunities, as well as an awards lunch honoring UVA Law alumni who have dedicated their careers to shaping justice. Register by Jan. 31 at noon. Full Schedule

Professor George Geis will lead a fireside chat with Marc Berger '99, director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s New York regional office, and James McDonald  '07, director of enforcement at the New York office of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, about the enforcement and regulatory work performed by the SEC and CFTC. Lunch served with an RSVP through the Events tab in Symplicity.

Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Sarah Davies will discuss first semester grades, getting feedback, making changes and moving forward in the second semester.

Student Affairs, APALSA and GLSA will host a celebration of the Lunar New Year including refreshments and a lion dance performance by Laughing Dragon Kung Fu.

The Virginia Environmental Law Forum will screen the short film "Water Warriors," a 2019 documentary about the natural gas fracking controversy. Discussion to follow. Food will be provided.

VJIL will host their 2020 symposium, Antitrust and the Global Economy, co-sponsored by the J.B. Moore Society of International Law. Panelists from a variety of backgrounds will discuss how antitrust functions in the  age of sprawling, multinational corporations. This event will give attendees the opportunity to learn, network and engage. Breakfast, coffee and lunch will be served.

Interested in exploring firm practice out West? Want to meet attorneys from the West Coast? Please join WCW to hear representatives from firms’ West Coast offices discuss firm practice and offer tips on breaking into Western markets.

For over 90 years, the William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition has pitted UVA Law's best and brightest oral advocates against one another in a spirited intramural competition. In the semifinals, the four remaining pairs of students will face off. Round one begins at 3:30 p.m., followed by round two at 5 p.m.