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University of Virginia School of Law professor Moira O’Neill led a yearlong California-funded investigation that culminated last week in the release of a report that requires the city to improve a zoning and permitting process that has stymied construction.

Professor Richard Bonnie is retiring from the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law after nearly 51 years of teaching and research, 44 years of death row advocacy, and decades of shaping public policy and law on drugs, mental health, youth offenders and guns.

University of Virginia School of Law professor J.H. “Rip” Verkerke explains the UAW-Ford agreement and what it may mean for the future of unions after a year of notable strikes.

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law has been named the new leader of the UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy advisory board.

Second-year student Regan Osborn at the University of Virginia School of Law discusses how sports prepared her for law school and why mock trial was her most rewarding experience at UVA.

Haley Gorman ’24 and Kevin Hoang ’25 were recently recognized for having the highest GPAs in their classes at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Several new administrators have joined the University of Virginia School of Law to enhance the academic and student experience.

Dean Risa Goluboff shared the following message with the Law School community Wednesday. Dear students and colleagues, I am forwarding UVA President Jim Ryan’s message , with which I wholeheartedly agree. As he writes, There can be no justification for, and we must condemn, the actions of Hamas and

Thomas Frampton, a University of Virginia School of Law professor, has spent more than two years working pro bono on lawsuits alleging police misconduct at the “Brave Cave” and roadside in Baton Rouge.

Employees need more guardrails to help them avoid making poor choices on their retirement accounts, argues University of Virginia law professor Quinn Curtis in a new book with Yale law professor Ian Ayres.

Paul B. Stephan, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who has written extensively about the crumbling post-World War II international legal order, weighs in on the legal questions surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas.

Eleven judges will be teaching classes during the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Third-year student Kirsten Clark at the University of Virginia School of Law, a former therapist, discusses how therapy and lawyering skills intersect, and what she enjoys about representing the school as an ambassador.

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.

Already equipped with their J.D.s, five military lawyers are furthering their legal education by earning master’s degrees at the University of Virginia School of Law this academic year.

Nathaniel Sutton, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is clerking for Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2023 term.

Risa Goluboff will step down as dean of the University of Virginia School of Law on June 30, concluding a tenure marked by prolific faculty hiring, record-breaking fundraising and several enhancements to the student experience.

Linda G. Howard ’73, the first woman and first Black student to serve as president of the student council at the University of Virginia School of law, died Friday at age 74.