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Onerous federal regulations enacted after the collapse of Enron haven’t helped the way American corporations are governed, a federal judge said in a recent address at the Law School.

Students in a new clinic hope to win exoneration for innocent people convicted in Virginia.

Winston Wilkinson, director of the Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spoke to students Thursday about race and Mormonism during an event sponsored by the Black Law Students Association and the Rex E. Lee Society.

Law School professors are available for comment on the current financial market crisis.

A leading figure of one of the nation’s biggest nonprofit health care providers addressed the obstacles to state-based health care reform at a Law School lecture Thursday.

Recognizing the role of emotion is critical to a better understanding of family law, experts said Thursday during a conference on law and emotion held in Caplin Pavilion.

In front of a standing-room-only crowd of students and faculty in Caplin Pavilion, a panel of Law School professors broke down some of the most important decisions from the past U.S. Supreme Court term.

Mahoney spoke about the importance of pro bono work at the Pro Bono Program orientation Sept. 8.

Ending affirmative action in recruiting students to U.S. law schools would come at an unacceptable cost, said Law School professor Alex Johnson Thursday at a resident faculty speaker series event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law.

Carolyn Engelhard, an associate professor in the UVA Public Health Sciences department and co-author of "Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality," talks about health care reform and the 2008 presidential election.

Students and instructors talk about what it's like to participate in the Supreme Court litigation clinic. The yearlong clinic allows students to work on actual Supreme Court cases under the supervision of law faculty and practicing attorneys.

Goldstein, who spoke at the Law School Aug. 26 at an American Constitution Society event, is principally responsible for SCOTUSblog, which is devoted to coverage of the Supreme Court and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading legal blogs.

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72 of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the Class of 2011 at orientation Aug. 18.

Dean Paul Mahoney welcomed the Class of 2011 at orientation Aug. 18.

Members of the Class of 2008 should be passionate about what they do in life, PGA Tour Commissioner Timothy W. Finchem ’73 said during commencement Sunday in Memorial Gymnasium. Normally held on the Law School’s Holcombe Green Lawn, the ceremony moved indoors due to inclement weather.

Most academics don’t start teaching new classes and writing new books at the end of their careers. So some of Glen Robinson’s colleagues are a little surprised that the law professor and former FCC commissioner is retiring this year.

Earl Dudley's life holds many stories from two long and successful legal careers — first as a litigator and later as a Virginia law professor.

Professor Caleb Nelson discusses why the structure of the federal system compels courts to continue drawing certain rules of decision from general American jurisprudence rather than from the local law of any individual state. Nelson spoke Friday at an alumni luncheon.

Narrated by Professors Molly Bishop and George Cohen, the Newscast highlights Law School news and events from the spring 2008 semester.

Michael Hollander and Rebecca Mroz, winners of the 2008 Lile Moot Court competition, talk about what it was like to argue on behalf of the United States against a fictional appellant who had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of tampering with evidence.

Professor Michael Collins delivered the annual Charge to the Class April 22 in Caplin Pavilion.

While not accurate enough to use at trial, the results of lie detector tests may still be more reliable than some methods judges and jurors use to evaluate the credibility of a witness, Professor Frederick Schauer said during a lecture Tuesday.

A panel sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law discusses Law School Professor Risa Goluboff's new book, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights." Panelists include Goluboff; Danny Greenberg of Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP; and Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin.

Judges have a duty to be sincere when making their decisions because it is necessary to ensure that rulings are legitimate, Associate Professor Micah Schwartzman said April 7 during the first in a series of “Meet the Author” lectures sponsored by the Virginia Law Review.

Michael Rodemeyer, J.D., former executive director of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology; and Larisa Rudenko, Ph.D., senior advisor for Biotechnology, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA discuss the FDA's recent decisions on food use of cloned animals.