A Message on Free Speech
Professor Leslie Kendrick ’06 discusses the fundamental value of free expression for the UVA Law community, the legal profession and democracy.
Programs Supporting Free Expression
The Law School supports numerous programs that foster a vibrant intellectual community and facilitate the free exchange of ideas.
Events at UVA Law
The Law School hosts hundreds of events each year featuring speakers with many different viewpoints.
Community Engagement and Equity
The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Law School represent a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives and views.
Student Organizations
More than 70 organizations and 10 journals allow students to explore a range of extracurricular interests and expose them to a wide variety of views and perspectives.
Community Fellows Program
Through the program, select first-year law students are trained to engage in and facilitate productive conversations across difference.
A Charge To Keep an Open Mind
In his Charge to the Class of 2023 address, Professor Caleb Nelson encouraged graduating students to embody the “spirit of liberty” as described by Judge Learned Hand: “the spirit which is not too sure it is right.”
