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Students, alumni and public interest lawyers discussed how to “decriminalize poverty” at the eighth annual Shaping Justice conference Feb. 2 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

J. Michael Luttig ’81, a prominent legal scholar and former U.S. Court of Appeals judge, joins the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy as its first Distinguished Fellow in Law and Democracy, a position sponsored in partnership with the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the Law School.

Two University of Virginia School of Law alumni — Jonathan Lowy ’88, a gun-safety advocate, and Emily Ponder Williams ’14, a civil litigator for criminal defendants — will be honored for their public service work at the eighth annual Shaping Justice conference Feb. 2.

The eighth annual Shaping Justice conference, aimed at inspiring students and lawyers to promote justice through public service, will take place Feb. 2 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Prominent Milwaukee civil rights advocate James H. Hall Jr., a 1979 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, died from cancer Jan. 1 at the age of 69.

Blake Morant ’78, former dean of the George Washington University School of Law, will speak Jan. 25 at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of UVA’s Community MLK Celebration.

These 10 stories from the past year highlight the range of service projects and profile students who have dedicated their time to serving the greater good at the University of Virginia School of Law.

A short course at the University of Virginia School of Law recently offered students a rare glimpse into the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, featuring firsthand insight from key figures involved in upholding democracy.

Professor Richard Bonnie is retiring from the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law after nearly 51 years of teaching and research, 44 years of death row advocacy, and decades of shaping public policy and law on drugs, mental health, youth offenders and guns.

Paul B. Stephan, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who has written extensively about the crumbling post-World War II international legal order, weighs in on the legal questions surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas.

Eleven judges will be teaching classes during the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Nathaniel Sutton, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is clerking for Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2023 term.

Linda G. Howard ’73, the first woman and first Black student to serve as president of the student council at the University of Virginia School of law, died Friday at age 74.