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The University of Virginia hosted the Affordable Care Act Conference in March, designed in tandem with Professor Margaret Foster Riley’s course surveying health care reform since the act’s implementation 10 years ago.

Roger L. Gregory, the first Black judge to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, explained his view of the Constitution and the value of collegiality in a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Brenda Mallory, who chairs the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will lead an April 8 discussion co-sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law.

Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has been named this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.

The Virginia Tax Study Group has been meeting at the University of Virginia School of Law for more than 30 years. This year, some of the nation’s leading experts in tax law will convene to discuss the global minimum tax proposal and a Supreme Court case that could upend the U.S. tax code.

Second-year students Chloe Chiles and Toni Woods won the ECVC Transactional Law Competition at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 23.

Students, alumni and public interest lawyers discussed how to “decriminalize poverty” at the eighth annual Shaping Justice conference Feb. 2 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Two University of Virginia School of Law alumni — Jonathan Lowy ’88, a gun-safety advocate, and Emily Ponder Williams ’14, a civil litigator for criminal defendants — will be honored for their public service work at the eighth annual Shaping Justice conference Feb. 2.

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.

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.

Third-year students Sean Gray and Aquila Maliyekkal won the 95th William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition at the University of Virginia School of Law on Thursday.

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.

The Annual Law and Religion Roundtable, a two-day symposium that brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to discuss works in progress and emerging issues involving religious freedom, was held at the University of Virginia School of Law on June 22 and 23.

“Taxing People: The Next 100 Years,” co-sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law, brought together leading scholars in tax law and policy for an interdisciplinary conference at Worcester College.

Get a preview of the University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2023 commencement and read about standout graduates.

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who have advanced LGBT rights as lawyers in India, have been named this year’s recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.

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.

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.