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Professors Dig Into Forgotten Legal History on ‘Common Law,’ Yielding New Insights

April 9, 2024

Two professors at the University of Virginia School of Law join the “Common Law” podcast to discuss how their research into the past, from the Civil War era to the 1960s, helps us understand today’s legal landscape.

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

Accolades: UVA Law Team Wins Awards in International Tax Moot Court Competition

April 3, 2024

A team of students from the University of Virginia School of Law won awards in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court competition, among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

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Experiential Learning

Faculty

International and Comparative Law

Law and Technology

Scholarship and Research

Student Life

Tax

Could ESG Investing Be at a Turning Point? Professors Weigh In on ‘Common Law’

March 12, 2024

On the latest “Common Law,” University of Virginia School of Law professors Quinn Curtis and Paul Mahoney discuss the future of ESG investing and whether funds focusing on environmental, social and governance issues can live up to their promises.

Faculty

Law & Business

Scholarship and Research

Environmental Law

Professor’s Research Shows Many Criminal Justice Reforms Don’t Work

March 7, 2024

Most interventions and reforms in criminal justice have little enduring impact, argues University of Virginia School of Law professor Megan T. Stevenson in a new article that reviews 50 years of data.

Criminal Law

Faculty

Faculty Q&A

Empirical Legal Studies

Scholarship and Research

Hayashi Finds National Tax Policies Amplify Local Inequality

March 1, 2024

In a new paper, University of Virginia School of Law professor Andrew Hayashi documents how federal tax policy can exacerbate local income inequality.

Faculty

Tax

Scholarship and Research

Accolades: Jessup Moot Court Team Advances to International Rounds

February 29, 2024

The University of Virginia School of Law’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team has advanced to the international rounds, among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

International and Comparative Law

Scholarship and Research

Student Life

Professor Wins Prize for National Security Law Scholarship

February 16, 2024

University of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash has been awarded the 2023 Mike Lewis Prize for his Yale Law Journal article on the commander-in-chief clause.

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

National Security Law

Constitutional Law

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Professor Looks at Why Tesla May Settle in Texas, While X Found Its Spot in Nevada

February 15, 2024

After Elon Musk’s public spat with Delaware courts, University of Virginia School of Law professor Michal Barzuza has a theory for why Musk wants to incorporate Tesla in Texas instead of Nevada, the management-friendly state where his company X is incorporated.

Faculty

Law & Business

Scholarship and Research

New Season of ‘Common Law’ Will Focus on ‘Free Exchange’ of Ideas

February 7, 2024

Listeners will get a glimpse into the kind of robust discussions that go on behind the scenes among luminary scholars on the sixth season of “Common Law,” the University of Virginia School of Law podcast, launching Feb. 13.

Faculty

Law School News

Scholarship and Research

Professor Leads Game-Changing Initiative for Measuring Judicial Ideology

January 30, 2024

A breakthrough new empirical initiative led by University of Virginia School of Law professor Kevin Cope could provide the most accurate estimate to date of federal judges’ ideologies, using computers to analyze lawyers’ written observations.

Faculty

Empirical Legal Studies

Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

Scholarship and Research

Ruth Mason, EU Court of Justice President Deliver Lectures at New Max Planck Institute Hub

January 25, 2024

University of Virginia School of Law Professor Ruth Mason and Koen Lenaerts, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union, helped kick off the newly established Max Planck Hub Fiscal and Social State and its lecture series “The Future of the Fiscal State and the Social State in the European Union.”

Tax

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

International and Comparative Law

Law & Business

Accolades: Dean Tapped for AALS Executive Committee, Guggenheim Board

January 8, 2024

Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law was elected to the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee and named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation trustee. The news is among other achievements and recognition for members of the Law School community.

Accolades

Faculty

Family Law

Scholarship and Research

Student Life

Tax

Professor Wins AALS Award for Paper on Religious Free Exercise

December 21, 2023

Professor Xiao Wang of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for his paper on the increase and success of religious freedom lawsuits.

Experiential Learning

Constitutional Law

First Amendment

Scholarship and Research

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Professor Uncovers Forgotten History of Black Americans’ Fight for Equality in the Jury Box

December 1, 2023

New research by Professor Thomas Frampton of the University of Virginia School of Law pieces together the history and evolution of the jury box as a locus for Black Americans’ fight for political and civil rights.

Scholarship and Research

Professor Wins AALS Award for Paper on Federal Courts

November 27, 2023

Professor Payvand Ahdout of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an Association of American Law Schools award for her paper on federal appellate courts avoiding separation-of-powers questions.

Constitutional Law

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Professor Exposes Drivers of San Francisco’s Housing Crisis

November 1, 2023

University of Virginia School of Law professor Moira O’Neill led a yearlong California-funded investigation that culminated last week in the release of a report that requires the city to improve a zoning and permitting process that has stymied construction.

Environmental Law

Empirical Legal Studies

Faculty

Public Policy

Scholarship and Research

‘Retirement Guardrails’ Offers New Perspective on 401(k) Problems

October 10, 2023

Employees need more guardrails to help them avoid making poor choices on their retirement accounts, argues University of Virginia law professor Quinn Curtis in a new book with Yale law professor Ian Ayres.

Law & Business

Faculty

Scholarship and Research

Empirical Legal Studies

Accolades: Professor To Study Environmental, AI Challenges in Paris

October 2, 2023

Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Professor Michael Livermore will be in Paris this school year through a fellowship dedicated to addressing looming global challenges.

International and Comparative Law

Public Law and Political Economy

Student Life

Scholarship and Research

Professor Kenneth Abraham To Receive AALS’ Highest Award in Torts Field

September 15, 2023

Professor Kenneth Abraham of the University of Virginia School of Law will receive the 2024 Prosser Award from the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Torts and Compensation Systems, an award recognizing lifetime contributions to the field of tort law.

Faculty

Law & Business

Scholarship and Research

New Faculty, Scholars Join UVA Law for 2023-24

September 14, 2023

New faculty and scholars are joining or visiting the University of Virginia School of Law this school year, strengthening the depth and breadth of the school’s curricular offerings and scholarly expertise.

Academics and Curriculum

Karsh Center

Scholarship and Research

Education Law

Faculty