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George Rutherglen and book

Professor’s New Book Details a Shifting Supreme Court’s Impact on Employment Discrimination Law

June 13, 2024

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.

Scholarship and Research

Constitutional Law

Edwin Hu

Finance, Empirical Law Scholar Edwin Hu To Join Faculty

May 31, 2024

Professor Edwin “Eddy” Hu, an empirical law and finance expert, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty this summer.

Scholarship and Research

Public Law and Political Economy

Empirical Legal Studies

House under construction

Faculty Research Reveals Insights on Whether ‘Upzoning’ To Encourage Homebuilding Works

May 24, 2024

A new study by University of Virginia School of Law professor Richard Schragger and librarian Sarah New found underdevelopment in Charlottesville, even before recent zoning regulations loosened homebuilding restrictions.

Scholarship and Research

Empirical Legal Studies

Richard Bonnie and ALI members

Accolades: Professor’s Work on Children and the Law Restatement Approved

May 23, 2024

The American Law Institute recently approved a restatement on children and the law co-authored by Professor Richard Bonnie ’69, among other achievements and recognition for members of the University of Virginia School of Law community.

Experiential Learning

Scholarship and Research

Risa Goluboff, Craig Konnoth and Karen Tani

‘Common Law’ Looks at Use of Medicine, Disability To Make Strides on Civil Rights

May 21, 2024

Two professors look at why advocates are using the language of medicine to address civil rights concerns on the new episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Scholarship and Research

Naomi Cahn and book

Professor’s New Book on Gender Wage Gap Targets ‘Winner-Take-All’ Economy

May 10, 2024

In a new book, “Fair Shake: Women and the Fight for a Just Economy,” University of Virginia School of Law professor Naomi Cahn and her co-authors seek to explain why the gap between men’s and women’s earnings remains, even as more women are entering the workforce than ever before.

Scholarship and Research

Kristen Eichensehr and Cathy Hwang

Professors’ Scholarship Among 10 Best Corporate Law Articles of the Year

April 29, 2024

A paper by University of Virginia School of Law professors Kristen Eichensehr and Cathy Hwang, in which they analyze national security’s reach into corporate transactions, has been recognized as a top 10 corporate law article for 2023.

Scholarship and Research

International and Comparative Law

National Security Law

Podcast guests

Professors Dig Into Forgotten Legal History on ‘Common Law,’ Yielding New Insights

April 9, 2024

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.

Scholarship and Research

Constitutional Law

International and European Tax Moot Court competition team

Accolades: UVA Law Team Wins Awards in International Tax Moot Court Competition

April 3, 2024

A team of students from the University of Virginia School of Law won awards in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court competition, among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

Experiential Learning

International and Comparative Law

Law and Technology

Scholarship and Research

Podcast guests

Could ESG Investing Be at a Turning Point? Professors Weigh In on ‘Common Law’

March 12, 2024

On the latest “Common Law,” University of Virginia School of Law professors Quinn Curtis and Paul Mahoney discuss the future of ESG investing and whether funds focusing on environmental, social and governance issues can live up to their promises.

Scholarship and Research

Environmental Law

Handcuffs

Professor’s Research Shows Many Criminal Justice Reforms Don’t Work

March 7, 2024

Most interventions and reforms in criminal justice have little enduring impact, argues University of Virginia School of Law professor Megan T. Stevenson in a new article that reviews 50 years of data.

Empirical Legal Studies

Scholarship and Research

Andrew Hayashi

Hayashi Finds National Tax Policies Amplify Local Inequality

March 1, 2024

In a new paper, University of Virginia School of Law professor Andrew Hayashi documents how federal tax policy can exacerbate local income inequality.

Scholarship and Research

Jessup Moot Court team

Accolades: Jessup Moot Court Team Advances to International Rounds

February 29, 2024

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.

Constitutional Law

International and Comparative Law

Scholarship and Research

Saikrishna Prakash

Professor Wins Prize for National Security Law Scholarship

February 16, 2024

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.

Scholarship and Research

National Security Law

Constitutional Law

Illustration of Tesla cybertruck in Texas regalia

Professor Looks at Why Tesla May Settle in Texas, While X Found Its Spot in Nevada

February 15, 2024

After Elon Musk’s public spat with Delaware courts, University of Virginia School of Law professor Michal Barzuza has a theory for why Musk wants to incorporate Tesla in Texas instead of Nevada, the management-friendly state where his company X is incorporated.

Scholarship and Research

Risa Goluboff

New Season of ‘Common Law’ Will Focus on ‘Free Exchange’ of Ideas

February 7, 2024

Listeners will get a glimpse into the kind of robust discussions that go on behind the scenes among luminary scholars on the sixth season of “Common Law,” the University of Virginia School of Law podcast, launching Feb. 13.

Law School News

Scholarship and Research

gavel illustration

Professor Leads Game-Changing Initiative for Measuring Judicial Ideology

January 30, 2024

A breakthrough new empirical initiative led by University of Virginia School of Law professor Kevin Cope could provide the most accurate estimate to date of federal judges’ ideologies, using computers to analyze lawyers’ written observations.

Empirical Legal Studies

Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

Scholarship and Research

Ruth Mason and Koen Lenaerts

Ruth Mason, EU Court of Justice President Deliver Lectures at New Max Planck Institute Hub

January 25, 2024

University of Virginia School of Law Professor Ruth Mason and Koen Lenaerts, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union, helped kick off the newly established Max Planck Hub Fiscal and Social State and its lecture series “The Future of the Fiscal State and the Social State in the European Union.”

Scholarship and Research

International and Comparative Law

Risa Goluboff

Accolades: Dean Tapped for AALS Executive Committee, Guggenheim Board

January 8, 2024

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law was elected to the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee and named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation trustee. The news is among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

Scholarship and Research

Xiao Wang

Professor Wins AALS Award for Paper on Religious Free Exercise

December 21, 2023

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.

Experiential Learning

Constitutional Law

First Amendment

Scholarship and Research

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation