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Panelists discuss how the roles and responsibilities related to U.S. cybersecurity are shared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Defense and the private sector, and how each woman has become involved in this aspect of national security law. The speakers include M. Tia Johnson LL.M. '02, assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Department of Homeland Security; Angeline Chen, vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Siemens Government Technologies Inc.; Lt. Comm. Elizabeth O'Connor, attorney at the Information Assurance

Professors Douglas Laycock, Kim Forde-Mazrui, Michael Gilbert and Deborah Hellman discuss key cases from the recent U.S. Supreme Court term, and look ahead to the coming year.

A panel of scholars discuss Professor Saikrishna Prakash's book, "Imperial From the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive,” published by Yale University Press. Professor John Harrison moderated the event, which features Sam Issacharoff of New York University School of Law, Will Baude of the University of Chicago Law School and Tara Helfman of Syracuse University College of Law.

A panel of scholars discusses Professor Darryl Brown's book, “Free Market Criminal Justice: How Democracy and Laissez Faire Undermine the Rule of Law,” published by Oxford University Press. Professor Brandon Garrett moderates the event, which includes University of North Carolina law professor Joseph Kennedy and Ronald Wright, Needham Yancey Gulley Professor of Criminal Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, in addition to Brown. Vice Dean George Geis provides introductory remarks.

Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, a 1985 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, contends that the next president of the United States will inherit some of the worst global instability in modern times, and must be nimble enough to address a plethora of threats. Donilon, recently named co-chair of presidential-hopeful Hillary Clinton's transition team, gave the comments in a talk co-sponsored by UVA's Miller Center. UVA Law Professor Tom Nachbar facilitated the talk, and Dean Risa Goluboff made introductory comments.

"City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age," a new book by Professor Rich Schragger, says many cities have untapped power that they haven't full realized. Schragger's scholarship focuses on the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, federalism, urban policy and the constitutional and economic status of cities.

UVA Law graduate Corban Addison discusses his new book, 'A Harvest of Thorns,' which delves into the human rights issues underlying the global consumer economy. Addison is the author of three international best-selling novels, "A Walk Across the Sun," "The Garden of Burning Sand" and "The Tears of Dark Water."

Dean Risa Goluboff gives welcoming remarks during orientation for the Class of 2019.

Professor Molly Bishop Shadel, Vice Dean George Geis and Professor Toby Heytens give first-year students advice about studying and acclimating to law school life as they head into their first week of classes.

The Charlottesville community posthumously honored Gregory Swanson, a law student who was the first African-American student at UVA, with a ceremony at the downtown branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Swanson filed a lawsuit to gain admission to UVA and was admitted in 1950, paving the way for racial integration in schools. UVA Law Dean Risa Goluboff gives remarks starting at 14:30.

Risa Goluboff, the first woman to become dean at the University of Virginia School of Law, said she begins her new role today looking forward to embodying the spirit of the school.

How to win the war against ISIS? Jessica Lewis McFate, a director at the Institute for the Study of War, discusses the intricacies at the 24th National Security Law Institute.

UVA Law Professor Ashley Deeks, a senior fellow with the Center for National Security Law, talks about the use of drones in armed conflict, including the need for law and policy to catch up to technological capabilities. She gave the talk as part of the 24th National Security Law Institute.

Will Shortz, the New York Times' crossword editor and a 1977 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, told the Class of 2016 they didn't need his advice — having an education will provide the answers.

University of Virginia School of Law Dean Paul G. Mahoney delivered the University of Virginia's commencement address Sunday.

Dean Paul G. Mahoney discusses some of the triumphs and tragedies of the 2015-16 year.

Professor David Martin, who is retiring after 36 years at UVA Law, looks back.

UVA Law professor John Duffy discusses U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom he served as a clerk, and the late justice's love of language and teaching.

University of Virginia School of Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer discusses the state of civil procedure and why it matters in connection to access to the courts and the U.S. justice system. Spencer spoke during the Alumni Board and Council lunch.

Professor Greg Mitchell delivers the Charge to the Class of 2016.

Ashwin Shandilya and Reedy Swanson co-authored the winning brief, and Shandilya won best oralist, in the final round of UVA Law's 87th William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition.

Former federal judge John Gleeson, a 1980 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a recipient of the 2016 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, said during a talk at the school that the U.S. should reform a drug-sentencing approach that has led to mass incarceration.

Professors Kimberly Kessler Ferzan and Toby Heytens give exam preparation tips, strategies for answering different types of questions and ways to avoid common exam taking errors.

UVA Law Innocence Project Clinic directors Deirdre Enright and Jennifer Givens, along with students participating in the yearlong clinic, discuss the importance of their work. They were interviewed on location at the Virginia Second Judicial Circuit, where a judge granted approval to test DNA evidence the clinic discovered on behalf of their client.