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The law of using international courts, tribunals and commissions to compensate victims of war crimes has expanded radically in the past 30 years and will likely continue to change and grow, an expert in international litigation said at the Law School on Monday.

Students “made it work” at the Public Interest Law Association auction Saturday. The annual event, which featured a “Project Runway” theme, raised about $50,000 after expenses for grants funding students who take public service jobs over the summer.

Rohit Kumar '00, domestic policy director for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, described his work on Capitol Hill during an Outside the Box lunch Thursday at the Law School.

Dr. Robert D. Powers, a UVA clinical associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, speaks to Professor Thomas Hafemeister's Medical Malpractice class.

Professor Ted White and Anthony Ciolli, formerly of AutoAdmit, debate the duty to moderate Internet forums.

Though online distribution of manipulated copyrighted material such as movies and music has generated much legal analysis in recent years, a similar emerging area of intellectual property law is largely overlooked, William Fisher said at the Law School on Thursday.

Professor John Norton Moore discusses the laws governing the apprehension of pirates.

Jim Donovan, managing director at Goldman Sachs, discusses establishing and building client relationships.

Four years ago, the tightly contested precursor to this year’s gubernatorial race between Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds led to a recount and new procedures for Virginia elections, the general counsel of the Republican Party of Virginia told students Monday.

Human rights attorneys Elizabeth Amory '01 (U.S. State Department), Mark Bromley '95 (founder and council chair, Council for Global Equality) and Susan Sajadi '05 (Burke O'Neil) discussed their careers at a lunch-time talk Monday.

Establishing the rule of law after a military intervention is increasingly about relationship building and less about institutional improvements, said Professor Thomas Nachbar, who spoke to students Tuesday during a J.B. Moore Society of International Law event

Karen Musalo, clinical professor of law and director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings College of Law, discusses new U.S. policy on asylum for battered women.

Professor Bob Cochran of Pepperdine University School of Law discusses Christian beliefs and the practice of law.

The digital age has undermined U.S. copyright laws that weren’t built for the Internet-driven challenges of the past 15 years, law professor and author David Post said Wednesday.

David Fathi, director of Human Rights Watch's U.S. Program, spoke to students at the Law School on Tuesday during an event sponsored by the Immigration Law and Human Rights programs.

Whether White House policy advisors, or czars, have too much power is a policy question rather than a legal one, Professor John Harrison told Congress on Tuesday.

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.

International dialogue about the world’s oceans and seas is crucial to keeping peace between nations, Indonesia’s top diplomat said at the Law School on Wednesday.

In her new book, "If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions After Terri Schiavo," Lois Shepherd, UVA associate professor of biomedical ethics and professor of law, details why simple answers were not right for Schiavo or for end-of-life decisions in general.

Law students should embrace globalization as it erases the world’s borders, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said at the Law School on Thursday.

Top lawyers from either side of the gun control debate squared off Tuesday at the Law School during an event co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society.

Beverly Monroe was sentenced to 20 years for a murder she did not commit — a murder, in fact, that never occurred. Monroe told her story at an event sponsored by the Innocence Project Clinic and the Virginia Innocence Project Student Group.

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.

Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Edward Polk of Foley & Lardner spoke about diversity and its importance in law schools and legal careers Sept. 17 in Caplin Pavilion. The event was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and the Black Law Students Association as the first talk in its 1L lecture series.

Students and recent graduates share their secrets to academic success with the Class of 2012.