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NFL executive Dasha Smith ’98 delivers the commencement address to the Class of 2024, as Dean Risa Goluboff presides over her final UVA Law ceremony as dean and Student Bar Association President Tommy Cerja IV ’24 makes remarks.

Retiring professors Richard Bonnie ’69 and A. E. Dick Howard ’61 reflect on their careers, following introductions by Dean Risa Goluboff during Law Alumni Weekend.

Dean Risa Goluboff shares the latest news about the Law School with alumni at reunion weekend.

Incoming Dean Leslie Kendrick '06 delivers a tribute to outgoing Dean Risa Goluboff, who introduces Kendrick during the all-class assembly at Law Alumni Weekend.

Professor Danielle Citron discusses themes in her most recent book, “The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age.” Citron spoke at the Law School Foundation’s Alumni Board and Council luncheon.

Professor Richard M. Re offers parting words to graduating UVA Law students, following an introduction by Kennedy Williams ’24, vice president of the Student Bar Association. Warren Gorrell Jr. ’79, CEO emeritus of Hogan Lovells and the Honor the Future Campaign co-chair, also gave remarks.

UVA Law lecturer Tiffany Graves ’06 of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Theodore Howard of Wiley Rein, Paul S. Lee of Steptoe & Johnson and Kathleen Wach of Miller & Chevalier Chartered share their experiences of advancing racial justice in their pro bono practice. Professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson moderates the event, which was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law.

Mike Spivey of The Spivey Consulting Group joins Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss the latest iteration of the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings.

Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit gives a talk and participates in a Q&A to mark receiving the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law. Dean Risa Goluboff served as moderator for the event.

UVA Law professors Cynthia Nicoletti and Joy Milligan join host Risa Goluboff for a discussion on how divergent approaches to digging into the past can reveal some surprising truths about law and history.

Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit discusses the importance of storytelling to deliver judgments that are fair, impartial and grounded in law.

In this special episode, Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 and her microphone venture outside the studio to give listeners a rare look inside UVA Law’s Admitted Students Open House. Through on-site interviews with admitted students, their guests, current law students, faculty and staff, this episode highlights the admissions cycle’s main event, which brings hundreds of people to Charlottesville each spring.

At the Virginia Law Review’s annual symposium, Rachel Lopez of Drexel University Kline School of Law, Gerald Torres of Yale University and Kempis “Ghani” Songster, co-founder of the Redemption Project, discuss collaborations between legal scholars and people with lived experiences. Law student Dennis Ting ’24 introduces the speakers and UVA Law professor Bertrall Ross serves as moderator.

Columbia University professor Robert Scott, a former UVA Law dean, discusses the growth of scholarship in contract production at the 34th Sokol Colloquium.

UVA Law alumna Tahesha L. Way ’96 speaks about her career path to the roles of New Jersey lieutenant governor and secretary of state, offers advice to current law students, and stresses the importance of voting in every election.

Two former White House officials on different sides of the political aisle, Melody Barnes and John Bridgeland ’87, talk about ways to strengthen democracy and work across differences.

The Virginia Law Review hosts UVA Law professors A. E. Dick Howard '61 and Charles Barzun ’05 for a fireside chat detailing Howard's career.

Kashmir Hill discusses her 2023 book, “Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It," with UVA Law professor Danielle Citron during a LawTech Center talk, following an introduction by Professor Elizabeth Rowe. The book explores how facial recognition technology threatens privacy.

Former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. speaks with UVA Law professor Michal Barzuza, arguing that businesses shouldn't be political echo chambers. The event was sponsored by the John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program.

Professor Charles Barzun ’05 discusses UVA Law’s courses, programs and opportunities in legal history during an admitted students open house.

Every year, UVA Law receives thousands of applications for 300 spots in the incoming class. When it comes to the process of getting admitted, how much is a numbers game, and how much is within your control? Directors of Admission Katie Delsandro and Rosanne Ibanez join Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss what makes an application package inadmissible — and how to give yourself every opportunity to beat the odds.

Professors Deirdre Enright ’92 and Kelly Orians give admitted students an overview of criminal law and juvenile justice courses and programs at UVA Law.

Professor Richard Schragger discusses the 1805 New York case Pierson v. Post, a foundational property law case, for a mock class with admitted students.

University of Washington law professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen discussed her new book, “Silicon Valley Bank: The Rise and Fall of a Community Bank for Tech,” with UVA Law professor Elizabeth A. Rowe. Nguyen’s book provides a first-hand account of the founding, ascent and dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank, a tech community bank founded in 1982 with $5 million that became the nation’s 13th-largest bank and the tech industry’s lender and bank.

The practice of investing in funds and companies that pay attention to environmental, social and corporate governance issues could be at a turning point, say UVA Law professors Quinn Curtis and Paul G. Mahoney.