UVA Law
Episodes
What's Next for the Supreme Court?
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brandon Garrett talks with Voice of America's Victor Beattie about what Justice Antonin Scalia's death means for the future of the court. (U...
'If What I Do Is Right, How Can You Make It Wrong?' with Professor Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
University of Virginia School of Law professor Kimberly Kessler Ferzan explores risks, mental states and culpability during a chair lecture marking he...
'Vagrant Nation': UVA Law Professor Discusses Shift in Power Between Police, People During 1960s
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
University of Virginia School of Law professor Risa Goluboff discusses her new book, "Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change and the Maki...
What do I need to do to get into Virginia Law?
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Dean and Chief Admissions Officer Cordel Faulk gives his personal story about how he got into law school, talks LSAT strategy and explains w...
What do UVA Law admissions officers look for in personal statements and interviews?
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Admissions Grace Applefeld Cleveland, Assistant Director of Admissions Holly Bennett and Director of Financial Aid Jennifer Hulvey comment...
How does the UVA Law admissions process work?
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Admissions Grace Applefeld Cleveland and Assistant Director of Admissions Holly Bennett detail how the process works, and Assistant Dean a...
National Security Law, with UVA Law Professor Ashley Deeks
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the her fall National Security Law class, Professor Ashley Deeks discusses military targets and the use of drones, along with other national securi...
Civil Rights Litigation, with UVA Law Professor John C. Jeffries Jr.
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor John C. Jeffries Jr., an expert in civil rights, federal courts, criminal law and constitutional law, leads his Civil Rights Litigation clas...
Judicial Duty and the Supreme Court's Cult of Celebrity
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Nelson Lund of George Mason School of Law and UVA Law professors Toby Heytens and Gordon Hylton discuss an article co-authored by Professor ...
Tax Reform Alternatives for the 21st Century
24 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The panel includes U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, a fair-tax advocate; Becky Norton Dunlop, of the Heritage Foundation and a flat tax advocate; UVA Law profes...
Professors Discuss Exam Strategies
19 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professors Leslie Kendrick, Charles Barzun, Toby Heytens, George Cohen, George Geis and Caleb Nelson offer tips about preparing for and taking law sch...
"The Future of Violence," with Ben Wittes
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With the proliferation of data and technology, new threats to national security are coming, Benjamin Wittes explains in a talk about his book, "The Fu...
"Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive," with Saikrishna Prakash
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Saikrishna Prakash, an expert in presidential powers, talks about his new book, "Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Origin...
Goldman Sachs' Jim Donovan Gives Advice on Client Relationships
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Goldman Sachs managing director and Law School adjunct professor Jim Donovan shares his insights on managing and cultivating client relationships. Don...
"Adjudicating Rights and Interests in a Changing Nation," a Panel Honoring Charles McCurdy
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
J. Herbie DiFonzo of Hofstra Law School, Richard F. Hamm of State University of New York at Albany Department of History, Reuel E. Schiller of Univers...
"Federalism, Law and the Economy," a Panel Honoring UVA Historian Charles McCurdy
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Cushman of Notre Dame Law School, Stephanie Hunter McMahon of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Logan Everett Sawyer of the Universit...
Federal EPA Official Michael Shapiro on Water Quality, Water Rights
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Shapiro, deputy assistant administrator for water with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, delivers the keynote address for the Virginia...
"Back from the Brink," with Rachel Kleinfeld
02 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who specializes in rule of law theory, speaks on building the...
"Firearms, Mental Illness and the Law," with Jeffrey Swanson
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Swanson, professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, delivers the 16th annual P. Browning Hoffman M...
UVA Law Professors Discuss What's Next for the LGBTQ Movement After Obergefell Ruling
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA Law professors Douglas Laycock and Kim Forde-Mazrui discuss the implications of Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court case holding that sam...
"International Law and Cyber Security," with Eneken Tikk-Ringas
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Eneken Tikk-Ringas, senior fellow for cyber security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, talks about the development of internationa...
"Advancing Justice Through Storytelling," with Author Corban Addison '04
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA Law graduate Corban Addison '04 is the author of three international best-selling novels, "A Walk Across the Sun," "The Garden of Burning Sand," a...
Voting Rights and the Supreme Court, with Professor Risa Goluboff
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA law professor Risa Goluboff discusses Supreme Court cases involving voting rights in the 2014 term, and what could be next. (University of Virgini...
Professor Frederick Schauer on the Supreme Court's Recent First Amendment Cases
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA law professor Frederick Schauer discusses Supreme Court decisions involving the First Amendment from the 2014 term, including one involving Confed...
The Meaning and Impact of Obergefell, with Professor Kerry Abrams
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA law professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Kerry Abrams discusses the meaning and impact of the Supreme Court gay marriage case Obergefell...
The 2014 Term and What's Next for the Supreme Court
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA law professor A. E. Dick Howard discusses the past Supreme Court term, how the Roberts Court is shaping up, and what's coming this term. (Universi...
2015 Supreme Court Roundup at UVA Law
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professors A. E. Dick Howard, Kerry Abrams, Frederick Schauer and Risa Goluboff discuss key cases from the recent U.S. Supreme Court term, and look ah...
"How to Read a Case" with UVA Law Professor Anne Coughlin
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Anne Coughlin explains how to read a case to first-year students during an event hosted by the Black Law Students Association. (Sept. 17, 20...
"The Role of the Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs," with Richard Gross '93
17 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Brig. Gen. Richard Gross, a member of the U.S. Army JAG Corps, is legal counsel to the chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. His talk was given as par...
"The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act," with UVA Law Professor Molly Shadel
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
University of Virginia law professor Molly Shadel, a former attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, e...
"Development of the International Law of Conflict Management," with Professor John Norton Moore
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA Law Professor John Norton Moore, director of the Center for National Security Law, leads a class on the history of the international law of confli...
"Marbury v. Madison," Mock Class with Professor Risa Goluboff
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Risa Goluboff discusses Marbury v. Madison and the creation of judicial review in a mock constitutional law/civil rights class held for admi...
The Program in Law and Public Service, with Professor Josh Bowers
20 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Josh Bowers and UVA Law students talk about the Program in Law and Public Service during an admitted students open house. (March 20, 2015, U...
UVA Law 2015 Commencement
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith '89 delivers the commencement address to the Class of 2015, and Dean Paul Mahoney and Stude...
UVA Law's Intellectual Property Program, with Professor John Duffy
18 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor John Duffy tells admitted students about the Intellectual Property Program at UVA Law.
Deirdre Enright Discusses UVA Law Innocence Project
15 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Enright, director of the Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law, discusses opportunities for students in the for-credit and pro bono clini...
"Magna Carta: 800 Years After Runnymede" with Professor A. E. Dick Howard
14 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor A. E. Dick Howard speaks to UVA Law alumni on the importance of the Magna Carta to today's legal traditions during 2015 Alumni Weekend. (Uni...
"The Importance of Civil Procedure for Access to Justice," with Professor A. Benjamin Spencer
14 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
University of Virginia School of Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer discusses the state of civil procedure and why it matters in connection to access t...
2015 Lile Moot Court Competition at UVA Law
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The 86th annual William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition features third-year law students Trevor Lovell and Nate Bilhartz (representing the petition...
Charge to the Class of 2015, with Professor Karen Moran
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Moran, co-director of the Legal Research and Writing Program, offers graduating students a memorable farewell and words to live by at the annual...
Richard Goldstone on War Crimes and Accountability
20 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Goldstone, a former chief prosecutor of the U.N. international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, discusses war crimes a...
"The Four Women Justices," with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate who covers the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke about gender representation and the four women who have been justic...
Robert Pozen on Corporate Governance, with Intro by Paul Schott Stevens '78
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Pozen, a former chairman of MFS Investment Management, a noted author and a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, speaks at "The 1940 Act...
SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher on Financial Regulation
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel M. Gallagher, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, delivers the keynote address at "The 1940 Acts at 75: Reflecting o...
"Inside the World Court," with Judge Joan Donoghue
14 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
International Court of Justice Judge Joan E. Donoghue, the first American woman to serve on the World Court, discusses the influence of common law and...
"The Future of Medicine," with Professor Mimi Riley
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mimi Riley discusses her working paper, "An Unfulfilled Promise: Changes Needed to the Drug Approval Process to Make Personalized Medicine a...
"Defending the Most-Hated Man in America: The Search for the Illusive Truth," with Stephen Jones
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Jones, the lead public defense attorney for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case, has been attached to high-profile cases involvi...
A Fireside Chat with NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith '89
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In an April 1 talk at the University of Virginia School of Law, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith '89 spoke about his experie...
"Collecting It All: New Technology and the Future of Privacy," with ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
ACLU attorney Ben Wizner, who has represented whistleblower Edward Snowden, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on March 25 about protec...
"Magna Carta: 800 Years After Runnymede," with A. E. Dick Howard and Tom McSweeney
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA Law professor A. E. Dick Howard and William & Mary law professor Tom McSweeney discussed the impact of Magna Carta on both American and English la...
King v. Burwell and the Future of Obamacare
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
University of Virginia School of Law professor Mimi Riley and Timothy Jost from Washington and Lee University School of Law discussed the Supreme Cour...
"Nelson Mandela as a Statesman," with Richard Goldstone
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Goldstone, an adjunct professor at UVA Law, is the former chief prosecutor of the U.N. international criminal tribunals for the former Yugosla...
Views from the Bench: Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain LL.M. '92
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, a 1992 LL.M. graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how the U.S. constitutional structure affects...
"The Deal with 'Serial' at UVA Law," with Deirdre Enright
09 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Enright, director of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law, discussed the clinic's work, post-conviction relief an...
"Race Declassified: Post-Racial Divisions" with UCLA Law Professor Cheryl Harris
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Race Declassified: Post-Racial Divisions" with UCLA law professor Cheryl Harris, was sponsored by UVA Law's Center for the Study of Race and Law on F...
Panel on Virginia Sentencing at “The Future of Sentencing” Symposium
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As part of a symposium sponsored by the student-run Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, participants discussed Virginia's sentencing laws. With John Mo...
"Executive Amnesty" with UVA Law Professors David Martin and John Harrison
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professors David Martin and John Harrison discuss executive amnesty in regards to immigration during a talk at the University of Virginia School of La...
Morris Dees, Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Speaks at UVA Law
26 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Civil rights pioneer Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 24. He discuss...
"Giving College Athletes Their Due" with Sonny Vaccaro
24 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccaro, the sports marketing pioneer who signed Michael Jordan to his first sneaker deal and a former executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, delivered...
"Legality and Rough Justice" with Josh Bowers
30 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UVA Law professor Josh Bowers discusses his writing process and his paper "Legality and Rough Justice" as part of the Faculty Ideas in Progress series...
"The Law of Body Parts," with Dr. Kenneth Brayman
15 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
During a lecture for the January Term course The Law of Body Parts, Dr. Kenneth Brayman, division chief of transplant surgery at the University of Vir...
What's Next for the "Serial" Investigation
23 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What's Next for "Serial" Investigation, with Deirdre Enright and UVA Law students Katie Clifford '15, Mario Peia '15, Jessica Saba '16, Kristin Sourb...