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Tim Heaphy ‘91 was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia on Friday at the Law School. Heaphy was introduced by his father-in-law, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, and by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. “This is a great day for the

Top lawyers from either side of the gun control debate squared off Tuesday at the Law School during an event co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society. On one side was Alan Gura, who argued the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller case, in which the Supreme

Law students, faculty and staff are showing their promise to embrace diversity today by wearing T-shirts they received after signing the third annual diversity pledge. This display of solidarity marks the end of the pledge-signing week, which began Monday outside of Scott Commons, and garnered about

In the minutes leading up to the final round of the 79th Annual William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition Saturday, teammates Rebecca Mroz and Michael Hollander practiced their arguments together one final time before delivering them in front of three federal appeals court judges. The pair had spent

A debate on same-sex marriage and adoption brought a standing-room-only crowd to Caplin Pavilion Nov. 13, as Virginia law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui and Professor Lynn Wardle from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University faced off on one of the most contentious issues in family law.

The 6th annual Supreme Court Round-Up, sponsored by the Student Legal Forum, played to a packed Caplin Pavilion audience and featured a panel of Law School professors moderated by Professor A.E. Dick Howard . Howard provided the historical background on what’s now known as the Roberts court, headed

The late Oliver W. Hill Sr., esteemed civil rights attorney, was honored for his integral role in the civil rights movement at a Law School event Sept. 13 in Caplin Pavilion. Tomiko Brown-Nagin, professor of law and history at the University, moderated a panel discussion that celebrated Hill’s

To be successful in today’s legal world, lawyers must be able to master the rapid changes that accompany progress, said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at Sunday’s commencement ceremony at the Law School. Changes in technology, international law, and the rule of law are three areas that will affect

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.

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.

Best-selling author and Charlottesville-area resident John Grisham spoke to a riveted audience at the Law School Sept. 14 about his latest work, “The Innocent Man.”

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 Sunday.

Scholar, professor, author, husband, father, intellectual pioneer—these are just some of the many roles the late Armstead L. Robinson played during his career in academia.

Students took satiric aim at the Law School last week through the 98th annual Libel Show, a musical sketch comedy production that raises funds for public interest fellowships while poking fun at faculty, administrators, and students.

The Virginia Environmental Law Journal will mark its 25th anniversary with an interdisciplinary conference March 29-31 that will address the challenges facing environmental advocates in the next quarter century.

Public service lawyers are the perfect models for how to face the decisive issues of the 21st century while upholding the values and ideas of the Constitution, said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in his keynote address March 18 at the annual Conference on Public Service & the Law .

Inherit the Wind. To Kill a Mockingbird. Dirty Harry. The big screen has long been a place to dramatize battles in the sometimes-murky moral world of the legal and criminal justice system.