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A leading figure of one of the nation’s biggest nonprofit health care providers addressed the obstacles to state-based health care reform at a Law School lecture Thursday.

Carolyn Engelhard, an associate professor in the UVA Public Health Sciences department and co-author of "Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality," talks about health care reform and the 2008 presidential election.

Michael Rodemeyer, J.D., former executive director of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology; and Larisa Rudenko, Ph.D., senior advisor for Biotechnology, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA discuss the FDA's recent decisions on food use of cloned animals.

The Chinese legal system is in the midst of significant reforms, but is still plagued by a glut of death penalty cases, inconsistent judicial rulings, and a dearth of qualified criminal defense lawyers, a panel of experts said Thursday at the Law School.

With only two sitting commissioners to oversee what will likely be the most expensive presidential election in history, the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) is currently crippled, said Scott Thomas, former FEC chairman and commissioner, in his keynote address Feb. 23 at a Law School conference focusing on election law.

William V. Corr, executive director of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and William B. Schultz, partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, discuss whether the FDA should regulate tobacco products.

Wharton School professor Andrea Matwyshyn speaks about data breach notification law and its related constitutional requirements at the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology's symposium on information privacy February 8.

Fran Hawthorne, author of "Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat," talks about the influence of PHARMA on drug trials.

Peter Barton Hutt, senior counsel for Covington & Burling, LLP, and former chief counsel of the FDA discusses the state of science at the Food and Drug Administration.

A debate on same-sex marriage and adoption brought a standing-room-only crowd to Caplin Pavilion Nov. 13, as Virginia law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui and Professor Lynn Wardle from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University faced off on one of the most contentious issues in family law.

Michael R. Taylor, a professor at George Washington University and former FDA deputy commissioner for Policy and administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, spoke about food safety and the FDA.

William K Hubbard, former senior associate commissioner of the FDA and senior advisor to the Coalition for a Stronger FDA spoke about the implications of new legislation and issues surrounding the importation of food and drugs.

Law school students gathered on Oct. 4 to witness a debate between Scott Ballenger, counsel for Abigail Alliance, and Richard Cooper, former chief counsel for the FDA, on whether or not terminally ill patients have a constitutional right of access to developmental drugs.

Professor George Yin, recently named the inaugural Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Taxation and Law, argued that temporary-effect legislation rather than permanent legislation facilitates fiscal responsibility in Congress during his chair lecture in Caplin Pavilion, Sept. 12.

Prof. Rachel Harmon shared her experiences with public interest law at the Fall Public Service Kick-off.

Professor Jim Ryan considers whether access to publicly funded preschool should be expanded and, if so, whether state courts should play a role.

The government must change how ...

Guy Carmi LL.M. '05 discusses the FCC's relinquished Fairness Doctrine and its reinstatement prospects from a comparative perspective.