News: Civil Rights

Edward Snowden Attorney Ben Wizner Speaks at UVA Law

March 27, 2015

Civil Rights Pioneer Morris Dees Discusses Fight for Racial Justice

February 27, 2015

"Race Declassified: Post Racial Divisions" with UCLA Law Professor Cheryl Harris

February 26, 2015

Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for Muslim Inmate Represented by Professor Douglas Laycock in Religious Liberty Case

January 20, 2015

"Marriage and Family Law: A Decade of Change" with UVA Law Professor Kerry Abrams

November 10, 2014

Holt v. Hobbs: UVA Law Professor Douglas Layock Talks About Arguing the Case

October 13, 2014

"Free Speech in the 21st Century" with Professor Leslie Kendrick

May 13, 2014

Professors Give Their Take on Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Case Before the Supreme Court

March 24, 2014

Affirmative Action Discussion with Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui and the Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky

February 20, 2014

UVA Law Clinics Help Exonerate Man Convicted of Rape, Ending Seven-Year Struggle

February 11, 2014

Former Justice of Supreme Court of Va. Gives MLK Talk

January 27, 2014

"Must Government Ignore Racial Inequality?" with Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui

November 5, 2013

"Compelled Commercial Speech," with Yale Law Dean Robert Post

October 31, 2013

"Public Deliberation and Private Property Rights: Can There Be Peaceful Coexistence?" with Richard Epstein

October 25, 2013

"The Same, Only Different: The Re-emergence of Constitutional Rights for Children"

October 22, 2013

"Punishment and the Adolescent Brain," with Laurence Steinberg

October 21, 2013

"Can We Handle the Truth?" A Conversation with Journalist Ron Suskind and Lawyer Kurt Wimmer

September 19, 2013

Ahead of Supreme Court Roundup, Howard Looks Back on Major Decisions of 2012-13 Term

September 9, 2013

UVA Law Professors Analyze Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Rulings

June 26, 2013

Voting Rights Act Decision Effectively Ends 'Preclearance,' UVA Law Professor Says

June 25, 2013

Ortiz Reacts to Supreme Court's Decision in Employment Discrimination Case

June 24, 2013

After Challenging Military Ban on Women in Combat, Molly Pitcher Project's Dreams Are Realized

May 15, 2013

A Discussion of Lawrence v. Texas with Professor Daniel Ortiz

April 18, 2013

"Religious Liberty and the Culture Wars," with UVA Law Professor Douglas Laycock

April 9, 2013

Virginia Law Students Encourage Next Generation of Students, Foster Understanding of Law

April 5, 2013

The Future of the Voting Rights Act: A Discussion About Shelby County v. Holder and What it Means for Virginia

March 11, 2013

A Conversation with Kim Keenan '87, General Counsel for the NAACP

March 8, 2013

"Bending Toward Justice: The Struggle for Civil Rights Today," with Mary Bauer '90

February 5, 2013

Symposium to Consider Next Steps in Women in Combat Debate

January 30, 2013

Southern Poverty Law Center Legal Director Mary Bauer '90 to Discuss Modern Civil Rights Struggle in Honor of MLK Day

January 28, 2013

Molly Pitcher Project Hails Military's Removal of Ban on Women in Combat

January 23, 2013

UVA Law Professor's Book Explores Untold Story of Impact of 1866 Civil Rights Act

December 17, 2012

UVA Law Professor's Book Explores Untold Story of Impact of 1866 Civil Rights Act

December 17, 2012

How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Same-Sex Marriage?

December 13, 2012

UVA Law Professors: Supreme Court Overturning Voting Rights Act Could Make for 'Rocky Ride'

December 4, 2012

For Workplace Harassment Lawsuits, Court Asks Who Qualifies as a Supervisor in Case Argued by UVA Law Professor

November 27, 2012

UVA Law Professor Argues Workplace Harassment Case Before Supreme Court

November 26, 2012

Law School Community Members Sign Pledge to Support Diversity

October 19, 2012

UVA Law Professors Preview Supreme Court Case Involving Affirmative Action in College Admissions

October 8, 2012

"Voter ID Laws in the 2012 Election"

October 3, 2012

"The (Sometimes) Constitutional Point of 'Pointless Indignity,'" with Josh Bowers

July 11, 2012

Lambda Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg Discusses Her Career in Public Service

April 12, 2012

"Free Speech and Guilty Minds," with Professor Leslie Kendrick

April 4, 2012

"Private Military Contractors and the Fight for Accountability for Human Rights Abuses"

March 28, 2012

"Legislative Advocacy" Featuring Claire Guthrie Gastañaga '74

March 28, 2012

"Affirmative Action Revisited: Fisher v. University of Texas"

March 22, 2012

"LGBT Rights Are Human Rights: Securing the Next Frontier in Human Rights"

March 15, 2012

Brown-Nagin's Book on Civil Rights Movement Wins Bancroft Prize

March 14, 2012

"The Law of Property: Inside the Classroom with Professor Alex Johnson"

March 7, 2012

Heller and McDonald Revisited: A Lecture on the Supreme Court's Recent Second Amendment Decisions

February 27, 2012

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