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Professors David Martin and John Harrison discuss executive amnesty in regards to immigration during a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 26, 2015. As principal deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security from January 2009 to December 2010, and as general counsel to the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1995 to 1998, Martin was closely involved in critical legal and policy developments in the immigration field. Harrison, an expert in administrative law, constitutional law and federal courts, worked with the Department of Justice from 1983-93

Civil rights pioneer Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 24. He discussed the fight for racial and social justice in the post-Jim Crow landscape of the South in the 1960s and '70s, as well as the challenges facing the civil rights movement in the 21st century.

U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff, a leading critic of sentencing guidelines, the death penalty, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's non-prosecution agreements with companies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, discusses abolishing federal sentencing guidelines.

UCLA law professor Cheryl Harris, an expert in critical race theory, discusses how race and class became competing legal arguments for addressing inequality, and the implications today. This event was sponsored by a range of organizations across Grounds, including UVA Law's Center for Study of Race and Law.

At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, University of Virginia law professor Daniel Ortiz will argue a case at the intersection of criminal and property law involving felons' rights to own or sell non-contraband firearms.

U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff will speak about abolishing federal sentencing guidelines at a symposium hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law Feb. 27.

Sports marketing pioneer Sonny Vaccaro will headline a symposium focusing on change in the sports and entertainment industries on Feb. 20 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Prof. Josh Bowers talks about his witing process and his paper, "Legality and Rough Justice," during a Faculty Ideas in Progress workshop.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer's new book, "The Force of Law," challenges conventional thinking about why people obey the law and has implications for those in power who flaunt it.

During a lecture for the January Term course The Law of Body Parts, Dr. Kenneth Brayman, division chief of transplant surgery at the University of Virginia, discussed the history of organ donation and current issues affecting the market and health care professionals.

The hit podcast "Serial" is over, but work for the Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law, which has been helping with the show's investigation of a 1999 murder, is revving up.

Corporate defense expert Theodore Mirvis speaks to faculty on short-termism.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Alex Johnson, along with Director of Academic Support Pam Starsia and third-year students Katie Barber and Zachary Ray, outline effective strategies for first-year students taking exams.

During the UVA Law Board of Trustees and Alumni Council meeting on Nov. 8, 2014, University of Virginia School of Law professor A. E. Dick Howard talked about his five decades of service to the Law School.

During the UVA Law Board of Trustees and Alumni Council meeting on Nov. 7, 2014, University of Virginia School of Law professor Kerry Abrams addresses the evolution of same-sex marriage rights in the U.S. over the past decade.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Livermore discusses the economic and environmental aspects of offshore oil leasing on federal outer-continental shelf lands.

Avi Garbow, general counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency, delivers the keynote address at "Acceptable Risks: Reconciling Pesticide Registration with Endangered Species Protection" symposium.

Doris Meissner, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and former commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, was the keynote speaker at "The Future of Immigration Enforcement" symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law on Oct. 24, 2014.

Kathryn Fuller, chair of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, presented "The Changing Face of Nature Conservation" for UVA Law's Inaugural Lillian Stone Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Policy on Oct. 20.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Douglas Laycock discusses Holt v. Hobbs, the religious liberty case he argued Oct. 7 before the Supreme Court. Laycock represented an Arkansas inmate who seeks to wear a beard, in accordance with his Muslim faith. Professor Micah Schwartzman provides additional commentary on the case.

The book's title is a play on the notion that some corporations such as large banks and financial institutions are "too big to fail," because a conviction might ruin their ability to do business, and in turn affect the economy.

University of Virginia School of Law professors A. E. Dick Howard, Barbara E Armacost, Michael D Gilbert and Douglas Laycock analyze and discuss the most important Supreme Court decisions of the past term, including cases involving police searches, campaign finance regulation and religious freedom.

University of Virginia School of Law professors Molly Bishop Shadel and Rachel Harmon, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Services Kevin Donovan and third-year law students Taylor Steffan and Danit Carrier Tal give new students tips on how to succeed in law school during a September 2014 event.

University of Virginia School of Law professors Molly Shadel and Anne Coughlin instruct new law students on how to analyze and understand cases during a fall 2014 event.

Warren Gorrell, a 1979 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a corporate partner and former co-CEO of Hogan Lovells, was the featured speaker at orientation for the Class of 2017 on Aug. 18, 2014. Dean Paul G. Mahoney introduced Gorrell.