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The eighth annual Shaping Justice conference, aimed at inspiring students and lawyers to promote justice through public service, will take place Feb. 2 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Prominent Milwaukee civil rights advocate James H. Hall Jr., a 1979 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, died from cancer Jan. 1 at the age of 69.

Blake Morant ’78, former dean of the George Washington University School of Law, will speak Jan. 25 at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of UVA’s Community MLK Celebration.

These 10 stories from the past year highlight the range of service projects and profile students who have dedicated their time to serving the greater good at the University of Virginia School of Law.

A short course at the University of Virginia School of Law recently offered students a rare glimpse into the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, featuring firsthand insight from key figures involved in upholding democracy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eight alumni of the University of Virginia School of Law were named among Law360’s Rising Stars of 2023 for their accomplishments as attorneys in the past year.

At orientation, Fourth Circuit Judge Toby Heytens ’00 shared how the power of friendship shaped his own experiences as a student at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Judge Toby J. Heytens, who was confirmed to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October, will welcome the Class of 2026 at his alma mater, the University of Virginia School of Law, during orientation Thursday. In a Q&A, he traces his career path from Supreme Court clerk to professor to Virginia solicitor general and beyond.

John W. Glynn Jr. ’65, who died July 26, was a venture capitalist who tirelessly served his alma mater, the University of Virginia School of Law, and inspired the school’s Law & Business Program.

The University of Virginia Law School Foundation recorded the most alumni donors since 2019 in its annual giving campaign, which ended June 30.

Three recent graduates of the University of Virginia School of Law recount their paths to becoming full-time law faculty at various U.S. schools this fall.