Professor John Duffy of the University of Virginia School of Law has been appointed general counsel and acting solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

When the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two highly consequential environmental disputes this spring, Professor Cale Jaffe ’01 quickly saw a role for the Environmental Law and Community Engagement...

“As a matter of bureaucracy, he can probably do this. That’s not the problem. The problem is the First Amendment.”

Amanda Huang ’24 will spend a year as an assistant legal counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague through a fellowship funded by the University of Virginia School of Law.

The case centers on whether local governments can hold giant energy companies accountable for the local harms of climate change, but it has repercussions beyond climate.

This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.

The Texas Legal Awards recognize those who have made significant contributions to the legal industry and to the state of Texas.

Meet five lawyers from around the globe who came to the University of Virginia School of Law to earn an advanced degree in law as part of this year’s LL.M. class.

This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.

Dotan Oliar, professor of law, University of Virginia: Creativity and Inspiration in the Age of Technology and AI. Robert Tracci, former Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney; First Assistant U.S. ...

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Companies, political campaigns and even schools are taking out policies to shield themselves from litigation that can follow attacks

University of Virginia School of Law students Bennett Crow ’27 and Nate Anbar ’28 have received the Jackson Walker LLP Award and Carl M. Franklin Prize, respectively, recognizing students with the hig...

The standard is known as a “no harm test.”

Robert C. Robin Wood III, longtime Lynchburg attorney and past Lynchburg Bar Association president, died at 86 after a distinguished legal career.

A record 125 University of Virginia School of Law alumni are clerking across the country this term, including four at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented

Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join Kim Krawiec, student co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss the second edition of Markets without Limits: Moral...

A UVA School of Law professor breaks down copyright rules as plagiarism accusations swirl around some of today’s musicians.

A recent hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights examined the human rights impact of data centers, an effort that was made possible with help from the International Human Rights Law C...

Students returning to the University of Virginia School of Law this semester have a variety of environmental and energy law classes from which to choose. PLACE-affiliated professors Alison Gocke, Cale...

A new co-authored book from Professor Lois Shepherd of the University of Virginia School of Law and UVA Health makes the case for being welcoming as the cornerstone of living an ethical life.

The presidency was built to fix a specific failure: a national government with no executive at all. By 1787, that experiment had already collapsed, and the office the framers built ...

University of Virginia School of Law student ambassadors reflect on their experiences on Grounds and offer advice for prospective students.

This moderated discussion between legal scholars and a medical professional on the intersections of data privacy and women’s healthcare will focus specifically on the exploitation of sensitive health ...

A yearslong dispute between a retired general and the Gloucester County sheriff over hunters accessing his land to retrieve their dogs has led to a federal lawsuit in which the general argues his cons...

A recent hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights examined the human rights impact of data centers, an effort that was made possible with help from the International Human Rights Law C...

There are several concerns I and many others have about AI: heightened bias and discrimination, pervasive misinformation, widespread job loss, and untenable demands on natural resources. Yet in her ne...

Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss…

This episode revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court’s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a wh...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a UVA audience justices get along even in disagreement, but the job can be lonely.

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Buddy Palmer ’26 and Alex Wilfert ’26 share how the North Grounds Softball League helps shape student life and culture at UVA Law, even for those who never pick up a bat or glove.

<p>Tradition is most well known today for starring in blockbuster Supreme Court cases about controversial social issues, notably abortion and firearms.  Bu

Four alumni of the University of Virginia School of Law are among Law360’s Rising Stars for 2026, a list of attorneys under age 40 whose accomplishments as lawyers “belie their age.”

Gov. Spencer Cox has now appointed more justices to the bench than any governor in Utah history.

Article II of the Constitution says that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Ever since the 1980s, it has be

Fatherhood, Family Law, and the Crisis of Boys and Men, with June CarboneJune Carbone joins Kim Krawiec, student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz, and members of UVA Law’s Taboo Trades seminar to discuss “...

Are Sanctions on Venezuela Still Justified? The United States has had sanctions on Venezuela for many years now. The Executive Branch has broad authority to impose sanctions on foreign nations. Basi

The medical procedure remains legal in Virginia.

Sarah Isgur and David French debate David’s latest New York Times column on the Missouri Supreme Court blocking a congressional map. Then, the two review two law articles: Andy Smarick of the Manhatt…

Sloane runs the Sloane Lab at the University, an interdisciplinary research group focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and cultural, economic, material and political conditions.

John Whitehead says this is not what he envisioned when he launched the Rutherford Institute in 1982.