Upcoming Events

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.

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.

Firms will participate in a multi-event showcase of the benefits of practicing law in New York City. First-year students with interest in the New York market are encouraged to attend. Food will be served.

The Federalist Society will host Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Food will be provided.

Schedule your appointment now to donate blood. Concurrently, the SBA Health and Wellness Committee will be tabling in Hunton Andrews Kurth Hall during the blood drive to protest policies on who can donate blood, raise awareness and collect donations for the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Stop by the table or sign up to join here.

Catharine A. MacKinnon is a lawyer, teacher, writer, and activist on sex equality issues domestically and internationally. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and from 2008-12 was the first special gender adviser to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. She has been the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School since 2009. She pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and, with Andrea Dworkin, created ordinances recognizing pornography as a civil rights violation and the Swedish model (Equality Model) for abolishing prostitution. Reception to follow.

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.

This is a UVA Law Bicentennial/Centennial Celebration Event.

PILA will accept used textbooks and supplements for future book sales through Jan. 29.

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.

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

Students are invited to sign the Diversity Pledge, part of the SBA's Diversity Week. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Limited hours on Friday.

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.

The SBA Diversity Committee will host practitioners to discuss their experiences in Big Law and facilitate discussion about the importance of diversity in today’s increasingly dynamic legal landscape. Food will be provided.

UVA's academic journals will host a journal “fair” for 1L students to meet members from each journal and learn more about what different journals publish and the work of student journal editors.

Members of VLR will provide guidance on how to complete the writing component of the journal tryout and personal statements.