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Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr. welcomed the Class of 2009 at orientation Aug. 20.

To be successful in today’s legal world, lawyers must be able to master the rapid changes that accompany progress, said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at Sunday’s commencement ceremony at the Law School.

Narrated by Professor George Cohen and Public Service Center Director Molly Bishop, the Newscast highlights Law School news and events from the spring 2007 semester.

Prof. G. Edward White spoke about a subject he explored in his book, "Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars," at a New York University conference in April on alleged Soviet spy Alger Hiss. White argues that Hiss deliberately structured a campaign to deceive people into believing that he had not been a spy.

Nine years ago, Professor Jon Cannon, currently director of Virginia's environmental and land use law program, was general counsel of the EPA. He warned that the EPA could regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as “air pollutants” under the Clean Air Act if found to be dangerous.

First-year law student Karin Agness, who spoke at a Miller Center of Public Affairs Forum April 18, is the founder and national president of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), the nation's premier organization for conservative university women.

Members of the Cowan Fellows Human Rights Study Project, who traveled to India earlier this year to conduct research on human rights issues, presented their findings and experiences.

Professor Jim Ryan gave the annual Charge to the Class April 24 in Caplin Pavilion to students who will be graduating this spring.

The United States should hold itself to the same standards of restraint that it requires of other countries if it wants to reclaim its mantle as a protector of liberty under law on the international stage, said Anne-Marie Slaughter, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law winner.

A look from mid-term revealed that the Supreme Court docket was full of key environmental and business cases, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement observed at a Federalist Society talk in Caplin Pavilion April 11.

From the initial $25 to $100 pledges from students in 1981 to today’s quarter-million dollar fundraising goliath aimed not only at students but at faculty, alumni, and the legal community, the effort to support students pursuing public-interest jobs during the summer has come a long way in its 25-year history at the Law School.

Stephen Campbell, senior vice president of SunTrust Banks in the area of private wealth management, discusses saving, paying off student-loan debt, first-time home buying, and other concerns related to financial planning during an event sponsored by Women of Color April 11.

Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund and UVA law professor and First Amendment expert Robert O’Neil discussed the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case recently heard by the Supreme Court, during an event sponsored by the Federalist Society April 3.

A series of five Supreme Court rulings from 1901 to 1922, known as the Insular Cases, ensured Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States would remain unclear to this day, explained panelists at the Latin American Law Organization spring colloquium March 29.

Originalism is a highly effective political strategy, rather than simply a jurisprudential philosophy of adhering to the exact text of the Constitution and the original intent of the framers, said Robert Post at the biennial McCorkle Lecture March 29.

Debates over how to best address global climate change go on as if all of the world’s countries had the same sorts of economic, legal, and cultural frameworks, suggested Ruth Greenspan Bell at a Virginia Environmental Law Journal symposium Friday.

While law professor Anne Coughlin was studying old police interrogation manuals as part of her preparation to teach Miranda v Arizona in a criminal procedure course, she noticed that all of the manuals recommended the use of victim-blaming stories in order to elicit confessions from suspects.

Participants talk about their experience in the Housing Law Clinic. Supervised by staff at the Legal Aid Justice Center, the yearlong clinic combines classroom meetings with practical experience working with clients in the Charlottesville community.

Col. Gunn, a retired member of the Air Force JAG Corps, discussed his experiences as chief defense counsel in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, where he oversaw the defense of detainees brought before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay.

Recently, several leaders in the legal community have voiced concerns that judicial independence is in jeopardy. Thanks to Americans’ recognition of the importance of an independent judiciary, now and throughout history, judicial independence is safe, Judge William H. Pryor said.

Professor Jim Ryan considers whether access to publicly funded preschool should be expanded and, if so, whether state courts should play a role.

Chief Judge Paul Michel '66 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) aimed to dispel some myths surrounding the court in his talk at the Law School March 15.

The struggle for control of the Supreme Court in recent years has been defined by how justices interact with and react to each other as much as their differing legal philosophies, said Jan Crawford Greenburg of ABC News at a Law School talk.

Adopting a policy of cruelty towards its detainees will have a devastating effect on the United States, said Alberto J. Mora, former general counsel to the Department of the Navy.

Bill Patry, senior copyright counsel for Google Inc., author of "Patry on Copyright," and former copyright counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary led a discussion about copyright and intellectual property law Feb. 22.