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Law Library Uncovers Hidden Legal Histories with Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive

November 17, 2017

Maureen Brady Discusses States' Damaging Clauses on Eminent Domain

November 17, 2017

Black Citizenship, Law, and the Founding

November 13, 2017

Gordon-Reed Delivers McCorkle Lecture on 'Black Citizenship, Law, and the Founding'

November 13, 2017

Rachel Harmon Looks at Challenges Officials Face in Era of Hostile Audiences

November 10, 2017

Frederick Schauer Examines 'Holes' in Longtime First Amendment Doctrines for Hostile Audiences

November 10, 2017

How Students Opened a Door for Legal Aid

November 7, 2017

Risa Goluboff Discusses Her Book on How Vagrancy Laws Sparked '60s Activism, Legal Challenges

November 1, 2017

Expert on Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings to Speak on 'Black Citizenship'

October 31, 2017

Dean Risa Goluboff Wins American Society for Legal History Book Award for 'Vagrant Nation'

October 28, 2017

Russians Have Long History of Spreading Disinformation in U.S., Explains Ashley Deeks

October 25, 2017

Cynthia Nicoletti Examines Chief Justice's Role in Davis' Treason Trial

October 23, 2017

Cynthia Nicoletti Discusses Her Book, "Secession on Trial"

October 16, 2017

Was Secession Legal?

October 16, 2017

Goluboff’s 'Vagrant Nation' Wins American Historical Association Prize

October 10, 2017

John Lowe '67: A Hero of Coeducation at UVA

September 29, 2017

Professors: It's Legal To Take Down Confederate Monuments

August 31, 2017

Legal Historian Farah Peterson To Join Faculty in January

August 31, 2017

Dean Risa Goluboff Will Lead UVA Working Group on Response to Protests

August 18, 2017

Crowdsourcing History

June 27, 2017

Third McCurdy Fellow Will Examine Human Rights in the Middle East

June 9, 2017

Media Tip Sheet: UVA Law Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court Decisions

May 25, 2017

Thomas Jefferson's Original Law Books Soon To Be One Click Away

April 21, 2017

Is the Supreme Court Getting Political? Machine Learning Offers Clues, Says Michael Livermore

April 12, 2017

10 Ways the Supreme Court Could Change

January 31, 2017

Professor Saikrishna Prakash: The Argument for Litmus Tests

January 29, 2017

Ready for Risa: New Dean Finds a Message at UVA Law

December 8, 2016

‘Justice Starts Right Here’: Remembering Gregory Swanson, UVA and UVA Law’s First Black Student

November 17, 2016

The First Law Professor

November 17, 2016

Panel of Scholars Discusses Ted White’s “Law in American History, Vol. II”

November 17, 2016

Seminal Works: G. Edward White's Contemplation of Marshall Court is Essential Reading Almost 30 Years Later

November 17, 2016

Why Landing UVA's First Law Professor Was Surprisingly Difficult for Thomas Jefferson

October 17, 2016

Seminal Works: Professor Frederick Schauer's 'Force of Law' Shakes Up Legal Theory

October 6, 2016

Professor Kimberly Ferzan's Book Celebrates Law and Philosophy Legend

September 22, 2016

Law Alums Find a Historical Template for Success With J.D.-M.A.

September 8, 2016

6 Questions with Professor Cynthia Nicoletti

July 8, 2016

The Code That Came From the War on Grounds

June 4, 2016

From the Archives: ‘Constitutiones’

May 31, 2016

African-Americans Had Surprising Role in UN's Development, Says New McCurdy Fellow Ananda Burra

May 27, 2016

The Code That Came From the War on Grounds

May 25, 2016

Former Legislative Aide Emily Riff '16 Chose UVA Law to Better Understand Legal History

April 25, 2016

Legal Historian G. Edward White Releases Second Installment of 'Law in American History'

March 16, 2016

Legal Historian G. Edward White Releases Second Installment of 'Law in American History'

March 16, 2016

A Supreme Vacancy

February 25, 2016

Remembering Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

February 13, 2016

Legal History Book Panel on UVA Law Professor Risa Goluboff's "Vagrant Nation"

February 10, 2016

Professor Cynthia Nicoletti's Work on Legal History of Secession Earns Cromwell Fellowship

November 9, 2015

"Adjudicating Rights and Interests in a Changing Nation," a Panel Honoring UVA Historian Charles McCurdy

November 2, 2015

"Federalism, Law and the Economy," a Panel Honoring UVA Historian Charles McCurdy

November 2, 2015

"Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive," with Saikrishna Prakash

November 2, 2015

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