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Taking a holistic approach to client services can help those in the financial services industry navigate a changing economy, a Goldman Sachs managing director told students Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court may be growing more conservative under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, but the movement to the right is incremental, a panel of law professors said Wednesday at the annual Supreme Court Roundup sponsored by the Student Legal Forum.

If Congress passes laws that allow the government to deem some financial institutions “too big to fail,” taxpayers will continue to bear the brunt when those institutions falter, Dean Paul G. Mahoney told lawmakers during a congressional hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Kevin Donovan, a former litigation partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia, has joined the Law School as head of the Office of Career Services.

Dean Paul G. Mahoney spoke about the state of the Law School during Law Alumni Weekend on May 2.

Professor Kenneth S. Abraham delivered the Charge to the Class of 2009 on Tuesday in a packed Caplin Pavilion.

The current economic crisis is not without precedent, but the notion that deregulation was the sole cause doesn’t bear up under close scrutiny, a panel of experts said at the Law School last week.

Professor Frederick Schauer asked students to consider what it is to “think like a lawyer” at a Student Scholarly Lunch on Wednesday.

The election of the country's first black president could have dramatic implications for the identity of African Americans, visiting Law School professor Guy-Uriel Charles said Thursday at a Center for the Study of Race and Law event.

Professor Anne Coughlin discusses the status of the feminist movement in contemporary culture and remaining legal roadblocks to equal rights during a Law School Foundation Board and Alumni Council meeting Friday.

Law School professors are available for comment on the current financial market crisis.

In front of a standing-room-only crowd of students and faculty in Caplin Pavilion, a panel of Law School professors broke down some of the most important decisions from the past U.S. Supreme Court term.

Mahoney spoke about the importance of pro bono work at the Pro Bono Program orientation Sept. 8.

Ending affirmative action in recruiting students to U.S. law schools would come at an unacceptable cost, said Law School professor Alex Johnson Thursday at a resident faculty speaker series event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law.

Dean Paul Mahoney welcomed the Class of 2011 at orientation Aug. 18.

Most academics don’t start teaching new classes and writing new books at the end of their careers. So some of Glen Robinson’s colleagues are a little surprised that the law professor and former FCC commissioner is retiring this year.

Earl Dudley's life holds many stories from two long and successful legal careers — first as a litigator and later as a Virginia law professor.

Professor Caleb Nelson discusses why the structure of the federal system compels courts to continue drawing certain rules of decision from general American jurisprudence rather than from the local law of any individual state. Nelson spoke Friday at an alumni luncheon.

Narrated by Professors Molly Bishop and George Cohen, the Newscast highlights Law School news and events from the spring 2008 semester.

Professor Michael Collins delivered the annual Charge to the Class April 22 in Caplin Pavilion.

While not accurate enough to use at trial, the results of lie detector tests may still be more reliable than some methods judges and jurors use to evaluate the credibility of a witness, Professor Frederick Schauer said during a lecture Tuesday.

A panel sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law discusses Law School Professor Risa Goluboff's new book, "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights." Panelists include Goluboff; Danny Greenberg of Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP; and Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin.

Judges have a duty to be sincere when making their decisions because it is necessary to ensure that rulings are legitimate, Associate Professor Micah Schwartzman said April 7 during the first in a series of “Meet the Author” lectures sponsored by the Virginia Law Review.

A glass-half-empty philosophy seems to pay off for law students, Professor John Monahan discovered to his surprise after a study nearly two decades ago.“In law school, it turns out, pessimists do better than optimists,” Monahan told a crowd of more than 100 students, faculty, and former students Wednesday.

Prof. Klarman lectures about his newly released book, "Unfinished Business."