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New courses offered this fall at the University of Virginia School of Law include Chinese Law, Law and Artificial Intelligence, and Property, the Police Power and Emergencies.

University of Virginia School of Law clinic students gained hands-on experience and notched new successes during the past year.

Whitmore Merrick Jr. helps Charlottesville-area people living with convictions get back on their feet. Students in a University of Virginia School of Law clinic helped him avoid his own possible legal jeopardy by restoring his firearm rights.

The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law succeeded in a multiyear effort to vacate the conviction of Gilbert Merritt III, who was incarcerated for 20 years because of an informant’s fabricated testimony.

Professor John Monahan of the University of Virginia School of Law discusses how the science of predicting violence developed and how it shaped his own career on the “Common Law” podcast.

Kathryn Miles, author of “Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders,” worked with University of Virginia School of Law professor Deirdre Enright ’92 and student researchers to craft her tale.

University of Virginia School of Law public service fellowships are funding students’ and graduates’ work nationwide.

Professor Megan Stevenson of the University of Virginia School of Law and her team have received a $200,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to study the long-term effects of incarceration.

In the wake of two mass shootings committed by 18-year-olds, University of Virginia School of Law professor Richard Bonnie ’69, an architect of red-flag laws, discusses how those laws can be used and improved to prevent future tragedies.

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, the American Law Institute voted to approve Principles of the Law, Policing, co-authored by Professor Rachel Harmon , a project associate reporter. The Policing

Graduating student Chloe Knox ’22 likes being part of a team. In her three years at the University of Virginia School of Law, she worked with fellow Federalist Society members to put on a national conference, edited the Virginia Law Review alongside classmates and coordinated with state officials to fairly prosecute criminal trials.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case filed by the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law that could have broad implications for defendants challenging their convictions.

The University of Virginia’s Public Service Awards Committee recognized the Innocence Project’s many achievements by awarding its longtime leaders, Professors Deirdre Enright ’92 and Jennifer L. Givens, one of this year’s Collaborative Excellence in Public Service Awards.

Psychologist Elizabeth F. Loftus, one of the nation’s leading experts on memory, discusses her work and how it transformed the justice system on the latest “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

After Elizabeth Harris graduates from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 22, she hopes to use her degree, skills and passion to undo some of the problems she witnessed as a foster child in Texas.

The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law recently worked with state lawmakers to obtain compensation for six clients pardoned over the past year and contributed to broader reforms in how wrongfully incarcerated defendants are compensated.

Professor Megan Stevenson discusses her research revealing the true costs of pretrial detention on the latest “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

A new book by Professor Frederick Schauer of the University of Virginia School of Law explores how to think about evidence in our everyday lives.

A 19th century U.S. Supreme Court case involving a railroad strike still has ripple effects today on federal power and the courts, Professor Aditya Bamzai says on “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Whether people accept laws and legal authority as legitimate depends on having fair processes in the justice system and policing, Yale Law School professor Tom R. Tyler says on the latest “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.