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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.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson took her seminar students to the U.S. Supreme Court to meet her law school roommate, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Sean Gray ’24 and Lauren McNerney ’24 recently won their case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit through the Appellate Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Katharine Janes, a 2021 J.D.-M.A. graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2024 term.

The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Program that will expand opportunities for appellate advocacy and build upon synergies between related clinics, their dockets, and the Law School’s faculty and alumni in the appellate bar.

Two clinic students at the University of Virginia School of Law succeeded in a federal court appeal, allowing their client to remain in the U.S. after facing deportation to Ukraine.

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.

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.

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.

Eleven judges will be teaching classes during the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Nathaniel Sutton, a 2021 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is clerking for Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2023 term.

Judge Toby J. Heytens, who was confirmed to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October, will welcome the Class of 2026 at his alma mater, the University of Virginia School of Law, during orientation Thursday. In a Q&A, he traces his career path from Supreme Court clerk to professor to Virginia solicitor general and beyond.

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court term.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively struck down the ability of public and private universities to include affirmative action in admissions decisions. The opinion reverses longstanding precedent that allowed universities some leeway to consider an applicant’s race as a way to better

During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which

University of Virginia School of Law professor Dan Ortiz, who is stepping down from leading the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, reflects on his 17 years at the helm.

Xiao Wang, a professor known for his innovations as an appellate clinic leader, is joining the University of Virginia School of Law faculty to direct its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.