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In a new book, Professor George Rutherglen of the University of Virginia School of Law looks at three of the most high-profile recent Supreme Court decisions — on abortion, affirmative action and religious accommodations — and attempts to predict how they might play out in future employment litigation.

Roger L. Gregory, the first Black judge to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, explained his view of the Constitution and the value of collegiality in a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Two professors at the University of Virginia School of Law join the “Common Law” podcast to discuss how their research into the past, from the Civil War era to the 1960s, helps us understand today’s legal landscape.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson took her seminar students to the U.S. Supreme Court to meet her law school roommate, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Sean Gray ’24 and Lauren McNerney ’24 recently won their case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit through the Appellate Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has been named this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.

The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Program that will expand opportunities for appellate advocacy and build upon synergies between related clinics, their dockets, and the Law School’s faculty and alumni in the appellate bar.

The University of Virginia School of Law’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team has advanced to the international rounds, among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

Professors John Duffy and Daniel Ortiz debate the validity and future of Chevron — the U.S. Supreme Court case that gave deference to agencies in interpreting ambiguous statues — on the latest “Common Law,” a University of Virginia School of Law podcast.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash has been awarded the 2023 Mike Lewis Prize for his Yale Law Journal article on the commander-in-chief clause.

As ethics questions continue to swirl around the U.S. Supreme Court, University of Virginia School of Law professors discuss whether justices need more regulation on the sixth season kickoff of the podcast “Common Law.”

Professor Xiao Wang of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for his paper on the increase and success of religious freedom lawsuits.

Professor Josh Bowers of the University of Virginia School of Law was recently elected as a member of the American Law Institute, bringing the number of affiliated UVA Law faculty to 35.

Spend winter break cozied up on the couch, watching documentaries that feature University of Virginia School of Law faculty.

As a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and an expert in comparative constitutionalism and the U.S. Supreme Court, A. E. Dick Howard ’61 has shaped constitutional law for 60 years — inside and outside the classroom. Not many living scholars can claim to have had a hand in drafting

New research by Professor Thomas Frampton of the University of Virginia School of Law pieces together the history and evolution of the jury box as a locus for Black Americans’ fight for political and civil rights.

Professor Payvand Ahdout of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for her paper on federal appellate courts avoiding separation-of-powers questions.