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University of Virginia School of Law Professor Jeffrey O'Connell, a pioneer in insurance law, speaks at the Law School's 2012 Alumni Weekend, after being introduced by Virginia Law Dean Paul Mahoney.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Dooley, a widely recognized expert in corporate law and longtime chair of the Graduate Program Committee, is retiring after more than four decades at the Law School.

University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock discussed his recent argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor and outlined a history of Virginia faculty members who have argued before the Supreme Court.

University of Virginia law professor Steven Walt explores why jurisprudence is unnecessary for understanding customary international law during a chair lecture on April 25.

University of Virginia law oral advocacy professor Robert Sayler spoke April 12 about the public speaking blunders politicians have made during the 2012 presidential primary season and how they relate to Aristotle's tools of ethos, pathos and logos.

Kevin Donovan, senior assistant dean for career services at the University of Virginia School of Law, offers advice and support to graduating students during his Charge to the Class of 2012 in Caplin Pavilion on April 11.

Professor William B. Quandt, of the Department of Politics, and Professor John Norton Moore discuss the current state of upheaval against the Assad regime in Syria.

University of Virginia School of Law Professor Risa Goluboff, an expert on the history of civil rights, discusses crime control methods in the 1960s versus today in a lecture titled "The Criminal Procedure Revolution."

Professors Douglas Laycock, Micah Schwartzman and Lois Shepherd discussed the legal implications of President Obama's recent decision to require coverage of contraception in all health insurance.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Alex Johnson lectures on the law of property, telling the story of Armory v Delamirie, a famous case from 1722 that involved a chimney sweep, a valuable ring and fundamental tenets of property law.

Professors Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Virginia Law), Alfred S. Konefsky (State University of New York at Buffalo Law School), John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School) and G. Edward White (Virginia Law) discussed White's "Law in American History: Volume One."

University of Virginia law professor Molly Bishop Shadel discusses how female lawyers can strengthen their speaking and presentation skills.

Law School professor George Geis and McKinsey & Co. management consultant John Esterhay introduce students to "Applied Problem Solving," a January Term short course that offers a structured approach to problem solving.

Professor Frederick Schauer teaches constitutional law and jurisprudence at the University of Virginia School of Law. In this lecture from his course, Constitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech and Press, he lectures on free speech and the burning of the American flag.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Anne Coughlin offers law students tips on how to take an exam.

While conventional wisdom holds that mandatory disclosure of political activities chills political speech, University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Gilbert argues that greater disclosure could actually lead to an increase in political speech.

Goldman Sachs managing director and Law School adjunct professor Jim Donovan is a trusted advisor to some of the world's most sophisticated organizations. He shared his insights into the effective management and cultivation of client relationships Nov. 18.

The U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to address some of the questions surrounding the unreliability of eyewitness identifications, but some states are taking steps that reduce the possibility of wrongful criminal convictions, Virginia Law professor Brandon Garrett said.

In an annual tradition, University of Virginia law professors discussed the most important decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court from this past term.

Professor John Harrison led a discussion with research assistants and professors about the extent of presidential power in the recent debate over raising the debt ceiling during a lunch talk Thursday.

Professor Risa Goluboff discusses her forthcoming book, "People Out of Place: The Sixties, the Supreme Court and Vagrancy Law," during a faculty workshop on June 28.

When experts testify in court about big-picture data, such as how often eyewitnesses are wrong or the impact of basing job promotions on standardized tests, they follow guidelines developed in part by UVA law professor Larry Walker, who is retiring this summer after 33 years at Virginia.

Professor Anne Coughlin offers advice and support to graduating students during the Charge to the Class of 2011 in Caplin Pavilion on April 13.

Dean Paul Mahoney and Randall Guynn '84, head of Davis Polk's Financial Institutions Group, debate the inevitability of bailouts.

A “winner-take-all” philosophy pervading our culture has resulted in disproportionate executive compensation and has demoralized Americans seeking to improve their economic status, according to Walter Bardenwerper ’76, a panelist at the Fifth Annual Virginia Law & Business Review Symposium.