News Archive

Clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law shaped public policy, helped clients in court, appealed cases to the Supreme Court and more in the 2023-24 academic year.

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.

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.

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.

Clinic students at the University of Virginia School of Law worked with state lawmakers to draft bills on foster care, behavioral health, human trafficking and other policies that were recently signed into law.

A National Academies committee chaired by University of Virginia School of Law professor Margaret Foster Riley released a report that recommended including pregnant and lactating women in clinical research. The news is among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

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.

University of Virginia School of Law professors Naomi Cahn and Barbara “Bobbie” Spellman discuss the legal implications of singlehood as Valentine’s Day rolls around.

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.

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Professor Michael Livermore will be in Paris this school year through a fellowship dedicated to addressing looming global challenges.

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court term.

During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which

A symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will explore how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has shaped clashes over equity in education, both past and present.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has shaken the public’s belief in the court’s legitimacy, political scientist James L. Gibson explains on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Experts at a symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will explore how abortion rights advocates may reclaim reproductive rights through the democratic process after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

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.

New courses offered this winter and spring at the University of Virginia School of Law include International and Comparative Family Law, Dignity Law, and Trade Secret Law.

Terry Allen, whose scholarship focuses on the role of police in schoolchildren’s lives, is the first Race, Place and Equity Fellow at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Law professor Anne Coughlin is co-directing the Sound Justice Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Virginia focusing on gender justice.