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Institutional investors are increasingly taking an activist approach to investing by trying to influence how corporations self-govern, but panelists at a business law event agreed that more involvement by such groups will pay off in the end.

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine offered law students guidance on how to pursue a career in public service during his keynote address at the eighth annual student-organized Conference on Public Service and the Law in Caplin Auditorium Saturday.

Daniel Sutherland '85, the officer for civil rights and civil liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, discussed his recent research into the challenges faced by Arab Americans and Muslims in the United States after 9/11, during a Feb. 15 talk sponsored by the Islamic Legal Exchange.

Charles Hadden, long-time hiring partner of Ross, Dixon & Bell in Washington, D.C., gave tips on interviewing with law firms Feb. 1.

Narrated by Professor George Cohen, the Newscast highlights Law School news and events from the fall 2006 semester.

Prof. Anne Coughlin provides tips to students on how to prepare for and take exams.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy this month. Caleb Jaffe '01, an attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center and co-author of the petitioner brief to the Supreme Court, spoke about the case at the Law School Nov. 14.

Dean Jeffries moderates a panel featuring former White House counsel and deputy counsel, as well as assistant and associate attorney generals from the Bush, Carter, and Clinton presidencies.

Laws governing side agreements—agreements made outside of publicly known contracts—should focus on protecting the legitimate interests of third parties such as investors, said law professor George Cohen at a Nov. 7 lecture.

Lawyers occupy a special place in society, as the representatives of the profession that represents the rights of the privileged, the underprivileged, the many, and the few.

Payday lending has become a big business and the subject of much controversy in Virginia, pitting industry supporters against consumer advocates, and leaving state legislators with a decision to make regarding regulation. 11.6.2006 Va. Payday Lending Business Growing, Panel Reveals MP3 | Related Story Payday lending has become a big business and the subject of much controversy in Virginia, pitting industry supporters against consumer advocates, and leaving state legislators with a decision to make regarding regulation.

The recent enactment of legislation designed to fund a fence across the southern U.S. border has not stalled lawmakers and immigrant rights’ advocates who are seeking alternate improvements to the nation’s immigration policies, panelists said.

In this talk, Prof. G.E. White explores the history of baseball, its role in a changing society, and contemporary issues in baseball today.

Virginia Del. Bob Marshall, co-author of an amendment on the state ballot this fall to ban legal recognition of same-sex marriage, debated the issue with Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry.

Tom Goldstein didn't blog his way to the top—it took hard work and some fortunate connections for the founder of the SCOTUSBlog and head of the Supreme Court practice at Akin to land where he is now.

The proposed Marshall-Newman Amendment to Virginia's state constitution has powerful implications for families—but not in a positive way, panelists said Sept. 18.

Despite two new members, including a new chief justice, the Supreme Court is still sharply divided on several key issues, said professors at the annual review of the Court’s term Sept. 13. Panelists covered cases on political redistricting, free speech, criminal law, administrative law, and national security at the event.

Best-selling author and Charlottesville-area resident John Grisham spoke to a riveted audience at the Law School Sept. 14 about the troubled story behind his latest—and first nonfiction—book, "The Innocent Man."

Ralph Baxter '74 offered career tips to students Sept. 12.

After a toughly worded opinion from the Supreme Court slapping down the Bush administration’s detention of terrorism suspects without criminal charges, the president’s response, a Military Commissions Bill, also looks problematic.

Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin spoke on seven principles students interested in public service should live by at the public interest student group kick-off meeting.

The Hon. John Charles Thomas '75, former Virginia Supreme Court justice and now partner at Hunton & Williams, welcomed the Class of 2009 at orientation Aug. 21.

Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr. welcomed the Class of 2009 at orientation Aug. 21.

The Class of 2006 faces tough challenges ahead and should “go out and shake up the world,” said best-selling author David Baldacci during his commencement address at the Law School May 20.