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University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer explores the tensions between political speech and conspiracy allegations in the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

The new Education Rights Institute at the University of Virginia School of Law aims to help eliminate racial and class disparities in K-12 education. The institute, led by Professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson and supported by a $4.9 million gift, will mark its launch with an Oct. 16 event.

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court term.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively struck down the ability of public and private universities to include affirmative action in admissions decisions. The opinion reverses longstanding precedent that allowed universities some leeway to consider an applicant’s race as a way to better

During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which

University of Virginia School of Law professor Dan Ortiz, who is stepping down from leading the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, reflects on his 17 years at the helm.

Xiao Wang, a professor known for his innovations as an appellate clinic leader, is joining the University of Virginia School of Law faculty to direct its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

On the eve of his retirement, University of Virginia School of Law professor Douglas Laycock, the foremost expert on religious civil liberties and the law of remedies, looks back on his 50-year career.

Third-year student Julia Grant discusses her nonprofit work and her rewarding experience with the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law has been appointed to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, which continues to publish the multivolume work documenting the history of the court.

A symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will explore how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has shaped clashes over equity in education, both past and present.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has shaken the public’s belief in the court’s legitimacy, political scientist James L. Gibson explains on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Experts at a symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will explore how abortion rights advocates may reclaim reproductive rights through the democratic process after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

Professor A. E. Dick Howard ’61 of the University of Virginia School of Law has received the Virginia Bar Association’s Gerald L. Baliles Distinguished Service Award for his service and contributions to the bar and public at large.

With two U.S. presidents now facing special counsel investigations and one facing legal jeopardy on a host of other matters, University of Virginia law professor Saikrishna B. Prakash explains the differing visions of presidential immunity.

The seventh annual Shaping Justice conference, aimed at inspiring students and lawyers to promote justice through public service, will take place Feb. 3 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

On the heels of the Dobbs decision and a midterm election wave of state-level change, students in one class at the University of Virginia School of Law are examining the Virginia Constitution with a critical — and feminist — eye.

Erin Brown, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2024 term.