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Emerson Stevens, a client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law, received an absolute pardon Friday.

Joey Carter, a client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law, received an absolute pardon Tuesday.

New courses offered this fall at the University of Virginia School of Law include Lessons From COVID-19, Repugnant Transactions, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

A University of Virginia School of Law Innocence Project client, Bobbie Morman Jr., was granted an absolute pardon Wednesday.

The University of Virginia School of Law is launching an ambitious new project focused on criminal justice reform that will expand the scope of the school’s Center for Criminal Justice and build upon lessons learned from the Innocence Project at UVA Law.

University of Virginia School of Law students earned successful outcomes for their young clients in the new Holistic Juvenile Defense Clinic.

University of Virginia School of Law clinic students gained hands-on experience and notched new successes during the spring.

Robert S. Mueller III ’73 and three former senior members of his team — including Aaron Zebley ’96 — are participating in a class at the University of Virginia School of Law that will take students inside the special counsel investigation that dominated headlines during the Trump administration.

Katharine Janes ’21, a dual-degree candidate who graduates May 23 from the University of Virginia School of Law, has pursued her budding interest in history while also being of service to her peers.

Professor Leslie Kendrick ’06 will step down from her role as vice dean June 30, after four years of service at the University of Virginia School of Law, and continue her teaching and research at the Law School.

University of Virginia School of Law students took home third place in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court Competition.

Students in the new State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law helped all of their state lawmaker clients, on a bipartisan basis, see their bills through to approval this term.

Recent University of Virginia School of Law graduate Jordin Dickerson ’20 and third-year student Eli Jones ’21 are teaching at their undergraduate alma maters, with help from lessons learned in law school.

Cait Kutchi ’22, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses how her work at the FBI inspired her to become a lawyer.

The new Federal Criminal Sentence Reduction Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has already helped free clients on compassionate release.

Students in a University of Virginia School of Law clinic made significant contributions to a new state commission report recommending policy changes to reduce racial inequity in Virginia.

The legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is reviewed in a new University of Virginia School of Law short course offered in coordination with the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy.

The University of Virginia School of Law and members of the Law School community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, the Association of American Law Schools announced Thursday that Professor Deborah Hellman has won the Section on Jurisprudence Article Award. Published

University of Virginia School of Law students Elizabeth Fritz ’22 and Avery Rasmussen ’21 were recently recognized for having the highest GPA after two and four semesters, respectively.

The University of Virginia School of Law celebrated another year of milestones, even as the Law School community rose to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out some of the top stories of 2020.