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Jennifer McClellan ’97, a University of Virginia School of Law alumna, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday in a special election, making her the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has shaken the public’s belief in the court’s legitimacy, political scientist James L. Gibson explains on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

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.

The seventh annual Shaping Justice conference, aimed at inspiring students and lawyers to promote justice through public service, will take place Feb. 3 at the University of Virginia School of Law and will honor two difference-making alumni in the health care policy field.

The separation-of-power cases hitting federal courts in recent years are having a ripple effect beyond the individual issues at stake, Payvand Ahdout says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks discusses the legal and ethical concerns with San Francisco voting to allow its police department to use robots to kill suspected criminals.

U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin ’86, a University of Virginia School of Law alumnus who was reelected to his fourth term in Congress this month, died Monday of colorectal cancer. He was 61.

“The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age,” by University of Virginia law professor Danielle K. Citron, argues for online privacy as a human right. The book will be released by W.W. Norton and Penguin UK on Oct. 4.

University of Virginia School of Law Vice Dean Michael D. Gilbert’s new co-authored textbook applies economic analysis to the field of public law. The publisher, Oxford University Press, has made the book available for free online.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks, former deputy legal adviser to Biden’s National Security Council, returns to UVA Law and reflects on her job.

Living to age 100 — once the territory of the Guinness Book of World Records — is about to become a lot more common. To prepare, Americans will need to adapt laws revolving around family and relationships, according to Naomi Cahn, co-director of the Family Law Center at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Privacy rules should help citizens counter powerful companies that are mining their data and seeking to influence them, says scholar Neil Richards on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.

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.

A paper co-authored by Professors Kristen Eichensehr and Cathy Hwang of the University of Virginia School of Law has been accepted to the 2022 Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum.

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.

Christopher A. Ripple ’08, a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, explains how global food insecurity could expand in the wake of conflict in Ukraine and why food markets are so vulnerable.

Professor Saikrishna Prakash was part of an American Law Institute initiative recommending changes to the Electoral Count Act, among other recent accolades for the Law School community.