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The University of Virginia School of Law is expanding its loan forgiveness program this year so that more graduates will be eligible for greater benefits.

University of Virginia School of Law students volunteered 2,120 hours of pro bono service across the country during an alternative spring break program this month.

Five University of Virginia School of Law students and alumni will join the federal government in the fall through attorney honors programs.

Veronica Dragalin ’11 was appointed Moldova’s chief prosecutor for corruption last August. The University of Virginia School of Law alum, who was born there 37 years ago, left her work as an assistant U.S. attorney to take on the role.

Second-year student Sean Onwualu, a former Syracuse football player and sports agency extern, discusses his most interesting classes and meeting Justice Stephen Breyer at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Energy finance lawyer Megan Strand has been coaching the University of Virginia School of Law’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which heads into super-regional rounds this weekend, for the past 15 years.

University of Virginia School of Law student Helen Song ’23 will assist survivors of human trafficking as the 22nd Powell Fellow in Legal Services.

The seventh annual Shaping Justice conference, aimed at inspiring students and lawyers to promote justice through public service, will take place Feb. 3 at the University of Virginia School of Law and will honor two difference-making alumni in the health care policy field.

The University of Virginia School of Law remained No. 1 in Best Quality of Life and rose to No. 2 in Career Prospects in The Princeton Review’s annual law school rankings, which were released Tuesday.

LL.M. student Leah Berger has landed a clerkship with Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Collins Seitz Jr., who has historic family ties to the University of Virginia School of Law.

Erin Brown, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2024 term.

Marley Peters, a third-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, juggled her studies this fall with her new role as head varsity volleyball coach for Charlottesville High School.

Service in the U.S. Marines taught Bryan Blaylock, a University of Virginia School of Law student and combat veteran, how to pivot in his career and in life.

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Spencer Haydary ’23 was named a 2022 John A. Herring Scholar by the Serpentine Society and seven faculty members cracked the top 75 among the most-cited law professors in the U.S.

Liz Espín Stern ’86, a University of Virginia School of Law alumna, reflects on her path from diplomat’s daughter to immigration attorney to managing partner.

Sabrina Mato, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her interest in immigration law and how she wants to build bridges among student communities.

For the fourth straight year, over 100 University of Virginia School of Law alumni are clerking across the country for the 2022 term.

Deborah Platt Majoras reflects on her post-retirement plans after leaving Procter & Gamble. The former FTC chair leaves behind a legacy of strong leadership, mentorship and employee wellbeing, in a career that started with earning her law degree at the University of Virginia.

This year’s LL.M. class includes a former police officer who has a law firm in Taiwan, a senior associate in Brazil’s largest law firm, and an executive for an American multinational financial corporation.