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The Continuing Relevance of Admiralty Law

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor George Rutherglen discusses the continuing relevance of admiralty law in current controversies in international law. (University of ...

Reflections on Academic Publishing

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor G. Edward White, author of the three-part “Law in American History” series, discusses the changes he’s seen over his 50-year c...

Impeachment and National Security

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Ashley Deeks and John Harrison discuss impeachment and national security. Their discussion centered around the implications for those power...

Impeachment, Bribery and Corruption

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Deborah Hellman and Michael Gilbert discuss how agreed-upon meanings of terms like "corruption" and "bribery” will have an impact on how ...

2019 Lile Moot Court Finals

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Third-year UVA Law students Henry Dickman and Megan Mers faced off against Abbey Thornhill and Katherine Whisenhunt in the final round of UVA Law’s ...

The War on Drugs: Then and Now

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanho Tree, the director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Teresa García Castro, an associate with the Drug Policy ...

Experiences in Law and Business, With David Leitch ’85

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Leitch ’85, global general counsel at Bank of America, discusses his experiences working at the nexus of global commerce and law. He also talk...

What Is Impeachment?

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Frederick Schauer and Saikrishna Prakash discuss impeachment, including what the impeachment clauses and powers delegated to Congress are, ...

Cutting-Edge Research From UVA Law Faculty

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors Ashley S. Deeks, George S. Geis, Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87, Saikrishna Prakash and Micah J. Schwartzman ’05 provide an overview o...

Scholars Explore ‘Law in American History, Vol. III’

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A panel of scholars discuss UVA Law professor G. Edward White’s final volume in his “Law in American History” series. The panel included profess...

Discrimination in the Workplace: Title VII, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors Kim Forde-Mazrui and George Rutherglen discuss major developments in employment discrimination law, as the Supreme Court considers ...

2019 Supreme Court Roundup

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors A. E. Dick Howard, Richard Schragger and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick, along with Brian Cannon, executive director at OneVirginia2021,...

Antitrust in the Age of Technology

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law lecturer Chris Hockett, a recently retired partner in Davis Polk’s Northern California office and global head of the firm’s antitrust prac...

Protecting Human Rights Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Madrigal-Borloz discusses his work as U.N. independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and...

Briefing a Case

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor Sarah Stewart Ware gives advice on how to brief a legal case during orientation for the Class of 2022. (University of Virginia Schoo...

Overview of the 1L Curriculum (2019)

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors John Harrison (Torts, Civil Procedure), George Geis (Contracts), Anne Coughlin (Criminal Law) and Sarah Stewart Ware (Legal Writing...

An Overview of the American Legal System

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor and Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens ’00 gives an overview of the American legal system and explores the life of a typical ...

Dean Risa Goluboff’s Advice for New Students

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law Dean Risa Goluboff kicked off orientation for the Class of 2022 with words of advice for new students. (University of Virginia School of Law, ...

Appellate Litigator Cate Stetson ’94 Speaks at Orientation

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cate Stetson ’94, co-director of Hogan Lovells’ Appellate Practice Group, welcomed members of the Class of 2022 to UVA Law during orientation. She...

Legal Challenges in Outer Space

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Georgetown Law professor David A. Koplow discusses the novel legal challenges posed as militaries around the world expand their operations into outer ...

Promoting Digital Innovation and Opportunity Through Market Forces

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, discusses current issues facing communications regulators, including developing 5G networ...

Defending the Judiciary: A Call for Justice, Truth and Diversity on the Bench

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Judge Carlton W. Reeves '89, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, delivered a defense of the role federal courts play in ensu...

How We Win: The Path Forward in Congress on Climate Change

05 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse '82 of Rhode Island came to the Law School to address the state of climate change politics in the U.S. Congress and th...

International Human Rights UVA Law

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Camilo Sánchez, director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic and co-director of UVA Law’s Human Rights Program, describes the sc...

Reforming Redistricting: Commissions, Litigation & Gerrymandering

08 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A panel of activists, academics and litigators discussed various approaches to redistricting reform, with a particular focus on the current efforts in...

“Renewing American Politics,” With Gen. Wesley K. Clark

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark came to the Law School for a nonpartisan discussion encouraging young adults to enter the modern political arena. He prov...

#MeToo and the Federal Judiciary

01 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Judge Pamela Harris of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Slate Editor Dahlia Lithwick discussed sexual harassment in the judiciary. Profess...

The Status of American Civil Rights

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

J. Richard Cohen ’79, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, discusses the work of his organization and the current status of civil rights in...

Thinking Ahead About the Judiciary

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Leading jurists from across the country discussed the long-term effects of the current presidential administration on the judiciary. They also discuss...

Following the Judiciary

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate, discussed the importance of who serves on the courts and why progressives may be inte...

Wellness at Virginia’s Law Schools

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The deans of Virginia’s law schools describe their efforts to address law student wellness and mental health across the state for the first Law Stud...

Joining the Movement to End Mass Incarceration

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, discusses his efforts to address issues of mass incarceration. He encouraged law students to get in...

A View From the Boardroom, With J. Travis Laster ‘95

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

J. Travis Laster ’95, vice chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, discusses his experiences overseeing legal disputes in an age of increasing...

The 2019 Unified Journal Tryout Process

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The editors of UVA Law’s student-run journals introduced first-year students to their publications and described the journal tryout process. The pan...

How Should the Law Approach Social Media Abuses?

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Yale law professor Jack Balkin gives an overview of the impacts that social media technologies have had on democratic institutions. He explores some p...

International Law and the Judiciary, 31st Sokol Colloquium

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, Notre Dame Law professor A.J. Bellia and UVA Law professors Paul Stephan and John Harrison discussed internation...

The Fourth Restatement’s Ambitions

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania law professor Jean Galbraith, Northwestern law professor Jide Nzelibe and UVA Law pro...

The Fourth Restatement and International Law

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, George Washington law professor Ed Swaine, UC Davis law professor Bill Dodge and Russian Association of Internat...

Limits on Jurisdiction, 31st Sokol Colloquium

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, Duke law professor Ralf Michaels, Indiana University law professor Austen Parrish, Fordham law professor Thomas ...

Sovereign Immunity, 31st Sokol Colloquium

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, Rutgers law professor Beth Stephens, Georgetown law professor David Stewart and University of Michigan law profe...

Justice Anthony Kennedy Interview With David Rubenstein

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Financier-philanthropist David Rubenstein interviews recently retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy at the kickoff for the Karsh Center f...

Professor Kim Ferzan Discusses Her Book on Puzzles in Criminal Law

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor Kimberly Kessler Ferzan discusses some of the philosophical problems she explores in her new book "Reflections on Crime and Culpabil...

Autonomous Vehicles and the Law

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Zabriskie, public policy manager at Uber, and Tim Tobin, partner at Hogan Lovells, discussed some of the major legal implications facing the depl...

The Supreme Court’s Salience in American Politics

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors Frederick Schauer and Saikrishna Prakash discuss the roles the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional law play in American political...

UVA Law Grads Report on Their Career and Life Satisfaction

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Body/Description for YouTube and SoundCloud (remove parens info for Drupal): John Monahan, the John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, present...

2018 Lile Moot Court Finals

09 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Third-year UVA Law students Katharine Collins and Christopher Macomber faced off against Kendall Burchard and Scott Harman-Heath in the final round of...

Past and Future Prospects of Historic Preservation With J. Peter Byrne ‘79

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

J. Peter Byrne ’79, faculty director of the Climate Resource Center at Georgetown University Law Center, provides an overview of the past and future...

Exam-Taking Strategies With UVA Law Professors

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Thomas Nachbar, George Cohen and Anne Coughlin advise first-year students on best strategies for taking law school exams. (University of Vi...

Fighting for Asylum: New Hurdles for Victims of Domestic Violence

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Body/Description for YouTube and SoundCloud (remove parens info for Drupal): Archi Pyati, chief of policy for the Tahirih Justice Center in Washington...

Inside the Classroom With Professor George Cohen

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In his first-year contracts class, UVA Law professor George Cohen discusses Hamer v. Sidway (1891). That decision, by the New York Court of Appeals, d...

The Law Student’s Guide to Becoming Solicitor General

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Solicitors general from around the region spoke at the Law School about their paths to government office. The event featured Toby Heytens, UVA Law pro...

Outlining Strategies and Techniques With Daniel Richardson ’18

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Richardson ’18, former editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review and the 2018 graduate with the highest GPA, provides law students with advi...

Six Tips for Successful Client Relationships

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Donovan, a Goldman Sachs managing director and Law School adjunct professor, shares his six tips for successful client relationships. Donovan is r...

Del. Danica Roem on Finding Your Voice in Local Politics

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Virginia Del. Danica Roem, the first openly transgender elected state lawmaker in the United States, encouraged audience members to find their voice a...

Theodore Shaw Reflects on ‘Charlottesville’

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ted Shaw, the fifth director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., reflects on what's next after the events of A...

Leading the State: UVA’s Attorneys General

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Four alumni talk about their current and former roles leading their states' legal offices. Panelists include Douglas Gansler ’89, former attorney ge...

James Forman Jr. on "Claiming Your Power: American Racism, the Alt-Right, and Radical Resistance"

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer Prize winner James Forman Jr. delivers the keynote address at the conference "One Year After Charlottesville: Replacing the Resurgence of Rac...

Supreme Court Roundup Podcast

27 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professors A. E. Dick Howard, Anne Coughlin, Daniel Ortiz and Micah Schwartzman discuss key cases from the 2017 U.S. Supreme Court term, and look ahea...

Leading the Way: How States Have Impacted American Constitutional Jurisprudence

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Body/Description for YouTube and SoundCloud (remove parens info for Drupal): Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit s...

Overview of the 1L Curriculum at UVA Law

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Rachel Harmon, Alex M. Johnson Jr., Aditya Bamzai, Barbara Armacost ’89 and Joe Fore ’11 give incoming law students an overview of the ...

The Life of a Case

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer reviews the basic work that goes into laying out a legal case. This event was part of orientation for the Class ...

Cordel Faulk ’01 Welcomes the Class of 2021

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Cordel Faulk ’01, assistant dean for admissions at UVA Law, welcomes the Class of 2021 during orientation. (Aug. 20, 2018, University of Virginia Sc...

Overview of the American Legal System

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06 provides an overview of the American legal system to first-year students. This event was part of orientation f...

The Legal Classroom Experience

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professors Tom Nachbar and George Cohen give an overview of what to expect in the law school classroom for first-year law students. This event...

Netflix Exec David Hyman ’93 Delivers Orientation Address

21 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

David Hyman ’93, general counsel of Netflix, delivered the annual orientation address to members of the Class of 2021.

Syria — The Ongoing Struggle

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Cafarella, lead intelligence planner at the Institute for the Study of War, speaks on the ongoing struggle in Syria. Cafarella’s talk was h...

The National Security Aspects of Climate Change

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mark P. Nevitt, a Sharswood Fellow and lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses climate change and how it relates to na...

Law and Warfare in the Cyber Domain

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Rosenzweig, a cybersecurity expert, speaks on law and warfare in the cyber domain. Rosenzweig teaches cybersecurity at the George Washington Univ...

China’s Use of Lawfare

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dean Cheng, senior research fellow at the Asian Studies Center at the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, discusses China’s us...

Understanding War With Professor John Norton Moore

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

John Norton Moore, UVA Law professor and director of the Center for National Security Law, analyzes the complex nature of war. Moore’s talk was held...

Commencement Address by Cynthia Hogan ’84

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Cynthia C. Hogan '84, vice president for public policy for the Americas at Apple Inc., delivered the commencement speech. Hogan previously served as t...

The Lasting Impact of the Vietnam War

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Graduates who are veterans from the Class of 1968 discuss the impact of the Vietnam War. Speakers include Pat Vaughan, Ed Levin, Jack Hannon, Don Zach...

Blockchain and Corporate Law

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor George Geis spoke about how blockchain technology — the technology underlying Bitcoin transactions — could shake up more traditi...

Charge to the Class of 2018, With Leslie Kendrick '06

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vice Dean and Professor of Law Leslie Kendrick '06 delivers the charge to the Class of 2018. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 27, 2018)

"All Falling Faiths," With Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit discussed his book "All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promi...

Michael Knoll, Ruth Mason and Charlie Trost on South Dakota v. Wayfair

19 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professors Ruth Mason, Michael Knoll of University of Pennsylvania Law School and Charlie Trost of Belmont College of Law discuss South Dakota v. Wayf...

The Supreme Court and Business Litigation

13 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, spoke at the Law School about his research into recent U.S. Supreme ...

Extraterritorial Legal Responses to Counter International Terrorism

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yoram Dinstein, a scholar and professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University, is a specialist on international law and a prominent authority on the laws of...

Is There a Need for a New Congressional Authorization for the Use of Force?

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Laura Donohue of Georgetown Law School and UVA Law professor Robert Turner speak at the Jus ad Bellum conference. UVA Law professor John Nor...

New Thinking on the Legal Frameworks Guiding U.S. Military Force

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Kenneth Anderson of the Washington College of Law at American University moderates a panel on the 2016 Obama administration report on the le...

Jus ad Bellum and the International Court of Justice

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law professor John Norton Moore moderates a panel at the Jus ad Bellum conference that includes retired Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap Jr. of Duke Law S...

Constitutional Moments With A. E. Dick Howard

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

To mark his appointment to the Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law chair, professor A. E. Dick Howard gives a lecture describin...

Clinical Programs at UVA Law

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Stephen Braga, director of clinical programs at UVA Law, describes the clinical education offerings at UVA Law. This session was part of UVA...

Mock Class With Anne Coughlin

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Anne Coughlin gave a lecture on the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas for a mock constitutional and criminal law class. This lectu...

Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at UVA Law

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Daniel Ortiz talks about the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic with prospective law students. This session was part of UVA Law's admitted stud...

Law and Democracy at UVA Law

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Michael Gilbert describes coursework relating to the laws underlying democratic processes. He provides a brief overview of topics within thi...

Is Addiction a "Brain Disease"

15 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Marc D. Lewis, a neuroscientist who questions whether addiction is a disease in a scientific sense, gave the 17th P. Browning Hoffman Memorial Lec...

Professor Anne Coughlin on "Me Too"

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Anne Coughlin says "Me Too" civil rights lawsuits are part of a larger movement to deter future behavior and incapacitate abusers and enable...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on 'The Court and the World'

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Following an introduction by Dean Risa Goluboff, his former Supreme Court clerk, Justice Breyer spoke about his book on keeping a global perspective i...

Big Law, Big Impact: The Role of Private Sector Lawyers in Immigration Law

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, senior litigation associate at Hogan Lovells, describes her experiences working in immigration litigation from the perspective...

Book Panel on Professor Brandon Garrett's "End of Its Rope"

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Leading litigators and scholars discussed professor Brandon L. Garrett's new book, "End Of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal...

U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin '86 Receives BLSA Alumni Spotlight Award

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin '86 spoke at UVA Law before receiving the inaugural UVA Black Law Students Association Alumni Spotlight Award. McEachin, ...

The State of Community Policing and the Future of Police Reform

08 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Law enforcement experts critique community policing and police culture during a panel discussion at the Law School. Panelists include Chief Bernadette...

Commemorating Gregory H. Swanson and the Integration of UVA

08 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The University of Virginia and the Law School honored the legacy of its first black student, Gregory Swanson. The ceremony also included the presentat...

From "He Said, She Said" to "Me, Too": Successes and Shortcomings in the Law of Sexual Harassment

08 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

UVA Law student Kendall Burchard and professors Anne Coughlin, Kimberly Ferzan and George Rutherglen discuss the origins of the law of sexual harassme...

Loving’s Promise for LGBTQ Communities

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Micah Schwartzman moderates the panel "Loving’s Promise for LGBTQ Communities" with Holning S. Lau of the University of North Carolina Sch...

Loving as a Means of Social and Legal Transformation

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Deborah Hallman moderates the panel "Loving as a Means of Social and Legal Transformation" with Kim Forde-Mazrui of UVA Law, and Melissa Mur...

Loving’s Meaning

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew moderates the panel "Loving’s Meaning" with Katherine Franke of Columbia University, Randall L. Kennedy of Harvard Law...

Loving v. Virginia as a Triumph and Failure of the Supreme Court

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, delivers the keyno...

Memorial Service for Former Dean Richard Merrill

09 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Family, friends and the UVA Law community memorialize Richard Austin Merrill, seventh dean of the Law School, who died Oct. 26, 2017. A mentor to gene...