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Claire Guthrie Gastañaga '74, the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, spoke at the Law School about her legislative advocacy work at the General Assembly.

This panel discussion at the University of Virginia School of Law focused on the role and responsibility of military contractors in conflicts, offering a comprehensive look at our country's use of private military.

The Federalist Society presented a debate between Ward Connerly, the founder and president of the American Civil Rights Institute, and UVA Law Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui on the legality of affirmative action in higher education.

Mark Bromley '95, chair of the Council for Global Equality, spoke March 15 at the University of Virginia School of Law about advancing an American foreign policy inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Alex Johnson lectures on the law of property, telling the story of Armory v Delamirie, a famous case from 1722 that involved a chimney sweep, a valuable ring and fundamental tenets of property law.

George Mason University law professor Nelson Lund and University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer discuss District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago.

James Benton Jr. ‘70, a former judge on the Virginia Court of Appeals, talks to Professor Anne Coughlin’s Law and Public Service class about his life, his influences and his practice of law, particularly the litigation of civil rights and civil liberties cases.

Kent Greenawalt, a Columbia University law professor, delivered the Meador Lecture on Law and Religion at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 16.

University of Virginia School of Law alumnus Michael Cody '61 and civil rights leader Julian Bond, a history professor in UVA's College of Arts & Sciences, shared their personal stories about Martin Luther King Jr. in a discussion Tuesday night at the Law School.

Professor Frederick Schauer teaches constitutional law and jurisprudence at the University of Virginia School of Law. In this lecture from his course, Constitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech and Press, he lectures on free speech and the burning of the American flag.

While conventional wisdom holds that mandatory disclosure of political activities chills political speech, University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Gilbert argues that greater disclosure could actually lead to an increase in political speech.

Professor Risa Goluboff discusses her forthcoming book, "People Out of Place: The Sixties, the Supreme Court and Vagrancy Law," during a faculty workshop on June 28.

Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin discusses her recent book, "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement," during UVA Law Alumni Weekend 2011.

Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack, Anthony V. Alfieri of the University of Miami School of Law and Professor Risa Goluboff discussed Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin's new book, "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement," during a recent panel.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered as a symbol of a worldwide social movement, not just as a civil rights leader, a leading King scholar and historian said Monday at the Law School.

American law and public policy must encourage marriage, former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears LL.M. ‘95 said at the Law School Wednesday.

Charlottesville City Councilor Kristin Szakos and Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin discussed racial and income-based inequalities in education on Nov. 11 at the Law School.

Political leaders and the judiciary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries struggled to determine the constitutional implications of antislavery, “free labor” ideology, Professor Barry Cushman said Wednesday during a lecture marking his appointment as James Monroe Distinguished Professor.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizers of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, helped shape the country’s political future, co-founder Julian Bond said during a conference at the Law School on Friday.

Rev. Charles Sherrod delivers a keynote address at "50 Years After the Sit-Ins: Reflecting on the Role of Protest in Social Movements and Law Reform."

Professor Ted White and Anthony Ciolli, formerly of AutoAdmit, debate the duty to moderate Internet forums.

Top lawyers from either side of the gun control debate squared off Tuesday at the Law School during an event co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society.

Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Edward Polk of Foley & Lardner spoke about diversity and its importance in law schools and legal careers Sept. 17 in Caplin Pavilion. The event was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and the Black Law Students Association as the first talk in its 1L lecture series.

Richard Cohen '79 spoke to alumni at Reunion Weekend about race relations and hate crimes following the election of President Barack Obama.

Stephen Black, founder of Impact Alabama and grandson of Justice Hugo Black, and Professor Daniel Nagin, the director of the Family Resource Clinic, present "Yes We Can? Race, Poverty and Progress in America."