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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 6h
Harassment and stalking laws apply to citizens and elected officials alike, and could be detrimental to politicians’ well-being, according to Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social. @nytimes.com
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Blogger on Trial: Is a Lewd Image of Shrek Free Speech or Harassment?
An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 8h
Judges from around the world gathered at #UVALaw to learn more about the rule of law and U.S. legal institutions.
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Faculty Teach Judicial Fellows About US Legal Institutions
The University of Virginia School of Law hosted 25 judges this month participating in the Judicial Fellowship Program to learn more about the rule of law and U.S. legal institutions.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 10h
Prof. @naomicahn.bsky.social and @gwlaw.bsky.social Prof. Sonia Suter examine how rapidly changing abortion regulations and family laws can clash with surrogacy contracts. @us.theconversation.com
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When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions
A custody battle over a newborn with a heart condition raised a question courts have rarely faced: Can anyone be forced to end a pregnancy?
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 10h
Prof. John Duffy, the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office general counsel and acting solicitor, argued that the government shouldn’t “micromanage” intellectual properties. @law360.bsky.social
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New USPTO GC Vows Government Won't 'Micromanage' IP - Law360
John Duffy, the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office general counsel and acting solicitor, told patent professionals gathered in San Francisco on Thursday that the economic use of patent rights is bes...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 11h
1/8 For nearly 30 years, Rhode Island policed prostitution it didn’t prohibit. My new paper, “The Smallest State’s Big Experiment,” revisits that history through Alvin Roth’s Moral Economics. Now on SSRN: buff.ly/DRWuNkr
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The Smallest State's Big Experiment
<p>Rhode Island’s accidental decriminalization of prostitution in 1980 is typically told as the story of a legal change that went unnoticed for more than two de
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When does crime become work? Yvette Butler joins me and @uvalaw.bsky.social student cohosts Virginia Pillion and Sahanya Bhaktaram to discuss survival labor, sex work, economic necessity, and the line between crime and work.
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Survival Labor with Yvette Butler - Taboo Trades
When does crime become work—and why does the legal system recognize some harmful activities as legitimate labor while criminalizing other activities undertaken to secure food, shelter, safety, or fami...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Francesca Clemente ’27 and Emmy Pilant ’27 are this year’s recipients of the Claire Corcoran Award for public service, among other achievements and recognition for members of the #UVALaw community.
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Accolades: Claire Corcoran Award Presented
University of Virginia School of Law students Francesca Clemente ’27 and Emmy Pilant ’27 are this year’s recipients of the Claire Corcoran Award for public service, among other achievements and recogn...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#UVALaw lecturer and former IRS official Kathleen Walters ’99 is profiled in Michael Lewis’ new book “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State,” for her efforts to protect the privacy of taxpayers. @cbsnews.com
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Michael Lewis on "Blockers": Profiling government workers confronted by DOGE
The latest book by the bestselling author of "The Big Short" and "Moneyball" profiles federal workers targeted by President Trump and his mega-donor Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DO...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Prof. Cale Jaffe ’01 says that the National Environmental Policy Act was designed to “nip bad ideas in the bud” before they become harmful to the environment.
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SCOTUS hears argument on environmental case, weighs permit renewal for detonation on Guam beach - Medill on the Hill
Justices discussed the question of “final agency” action and grappled with environment regulations in Department of Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Courtney Douglas ’25, a former Virginia Law Review editor-in-chief and @rcfp.org intern, is heading to the @nytimes.com as its First Amendment Fellow.
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Courtney Douglas ’25 Takes on First Amendment Fellowship at New York Times
Courtney Douglas ’25, former Virginia Law Review editor-in-chief, joins The New York Times legal department as its First Amendment Fellow.
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Payvand Ahdout @payvandahdout.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@daniellecitron.bsky.social won't link to her own article about this, but I will! Presidential Privacy Violations papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Presidential Privacy Violations
Privacy violations are destructive, no matter the perpetrator, but governmental privacy violations can cast a particularly long and destructive shadow. In 2017
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Prof. John Duffy has been appointed general counsel and acting solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Duffy Named General Counsel and Acting Solicitor of US Patent and Trademark Office
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.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In the latest PLACE Blog, Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic students talk about amicus briefs the clinic filed in two #SCOTUS cases.
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From Clinic to the Highest Court: Students Help Draft Two Supreme Court Amicus Briefs
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Prof. Douglas Laycock discusses incorporating military chaplains into a new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs. @huffpost.com
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Pete Hegseth Just Announced A New Government Office That Promises To Be Problematic
“As a matter of bureaucracy, he can probably do this. That’s not the problem. The problem is the First Amendment.”
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Amanda Huang ’24 is headed to The Hague, where she will spend a year working on public and private international law disputes as an assistant legal counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration through a fellowship funded by #UVALaw.
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Amanda Huang ’24 Heads to Permanent Court of Arbitration
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.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
States could regulate energy production nationally “by attaching liability to it,” Prof. Saikrishna Prakash says about the #SCOTUS case Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) v. Commissioners of Boulder County. @npr.org
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Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case
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.
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Micah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As Linda Greenhouse writes, St. Mary v Roy is a case asking a fundamental question about religious freedom: “Equality or preference?” She links my article with @nelsontebbe.bsky.social and @richschragger.bsky.social, arguing that the Court is committed to the latter — a doctrine of preference.
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Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Chris Converse ’00, a partner at @foleyandlardner.bsky.social, was named Attorney of the Year at the 2026 Texas Legal Awards.
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Announcing the 2026 Texas Legal Awards Winners | Law.com
The Texas Legal Awards recognize those who have made significant contributions to the legal industry and to the state of Texas.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meet five lawyers from around the globe who came to #UVALaw to earn an advanced degree in law as part of this year’s LL.M. class.
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From Around the Globe to UVA Law
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.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@nytimes.com cited a paper by Profs. Richard Schragger and @micahschwartzman.bsky.social ’05 in an analysis of the #SCOTUS case St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy.
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Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sabrina Talukder ’14, senior counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has been named a 40 x 40 Alumni Changemaker by Equal Justice Works.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LISTEN: Prof. Dotan Oliar discusses how copyright regulations distinguish between “copy” and “inspiration” in the entertainment industry.
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The Schilling Show: Dotan Oliar, Robert Tracci, Paul Begley | The Schilling Show
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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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ever grateful to @uvalaw.bsky.social Sloane Lab and DTD Lab for hosting discussion about dark patterns and menopause tech led by @monasloane with @naomicahn.bsky.social Mimi Riley and my sister Dr. Jeanine Morris-Rush and her partner in OB-GYN practice Dr. Hank Prince m.youtube.com/watch?v=DldG...
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The Dark Patterns of Menopause Tech
YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
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Julia Mahoney @juliamahoney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Plane, beer, and forfeiture: my analysis of Jouppi v. Alaska is now posted on @scotusblog.bsky.social. I explain why Jouppi promises to be a milestone case in the constitutional doctrine of government forfeitures, both criminal and civil www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/plan...
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Planes, beer, and forfeiture
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Prof. Kenneth S. Abraham analyzes how violent incidents are compelling more institutions to spend millions on litigation insurance. @financialtimes.com
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The booming business of insuring against US gun violence
Companies, political campaigns and even schools are taking out policies to shield themselves from litigation that can follow attacks
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bennett Crow ’27 and Nate Anbar ’28 were recently recognized for having the highest GPAs in their classes at #UVALaw.
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Students Awarded for Highest GPAs
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...
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Micah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Still a sucker for the hard copy. (global.oup.com/academic/pro...)
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prof. Cale Jaffe ’01 says a proposed merger between Dominion Energy and NextEra deserves more scrutiny from regulators.
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Dominion/NextEra merger will rise or fall on specific Virginia merger law
The standard is known as a “no harm test.”
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Robin Wood ’65, a longtime Lynchburg attorney who served as an officer in different bar associations, has died.
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Longtime Lynchburg attorney Robin Wood dies at 86 - Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Robert C. Robin Wood III, longtime Lynchburg attorney and past Lynchburg Bar Association president, died at 86 after a distinguished legal career.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A record 129 #UVALaw alumni are clerking across the country this term, including four at the U.S. Supreme Court. #SCOTUS
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UVA Law Alumni Break Clerkships Record
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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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WATCH: How could a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights change abortion regulations in Virginia? Prof. Lois Shepherd weighs in. @vpm.org
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Ballot Question 1: Reproductive Rights
YouTube video by VPM
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Does the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital have the authority to partially own a Venezuelan oil company? Vice Dean Ashley Deeks weighs in. @theguardian.com
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The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can payment make an otherwise permissible act wrong? Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski join me and @uvalaw.bsky.social co-hosts Joe Keys and Jake Ross on Taboo Trades to discuss Markets without Limits: organ markets, corruption, rescue duties, and the law. www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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Markets Without Limits with Jason Brennan & Peter Jaworski - Taboo Trades
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When does musical borrowing cross over into theft? Prof. Dotan Oliar explains how copyright law protects songwriters. news.virginia.edu/content/qa-w...
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Q&A: When does musical inspiration become theft?
A UVA School of Law professor breaks down copyright rules as plagiarism accusations swirl around some of today’s musicians.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With data centers rapidly expanding across the Americas, the International Human Rights Law Clinic at #UVALaw is helping lead discussions on their wide-ranging impact on communities. www.law.virginia.edu/news/202609/...
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Clinic Helps Spur Hearing on Human Rights Impact of Data Centers
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the latest PLACE Blog, environmental law faculty discuss fall semester coursework and clinic initiatives.
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Law Students Explore Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Through Fall Courses
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In a new co-authored book, “Welcome: Patterns of the Moral Life,” Prof. Lois Shepherd explores the importance of being welcoming.
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Professor’s New Book Makes the Case for Living a Welcoming Life
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.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At a Constitution Day event hosted by the University of North Carolina School of Law, Prof. Saikrishna Prakash explained the origins and growth of presidential power over time.
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Carolina Law and Program for Public Discourse Host Panel on the Limits of Presidential Power
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 ...
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UVA Law Library @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join us for the opening reception of our new exhibition, “First Drafts: Architectural Designs Not Selected for UVA Law.” Thursday, September 24 from 5:00 – 7:00pm** **Guests should enter at the Clay Hall entrance to the Law School by 6:00pm to be admitted into the building.
A poster for the Law Library’s new exhibit, “First Drafts: Architectural Designs Not Selected for UVA Law.” The poster includes an illustration of a large, rectangular brick building with columns and an inscription that reads “Proposed New Law Building for the University of Virginia.”
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#UVALaw student ambassadors, who give tours and serve as points of contact for prospective students, reflect on their experiences on Grounds and offer advice for those hoping to attend.
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Meet the Ambassadors Who Welcome Prospective Law Students
University of Virginia School of Law student ambassadors reflect on their experiences on Grounds and offer advice for prospective students.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Profs. @naomicahn.bsky.social, @daniellecitron.bsky.social, Margaret Foster Riley and Elizabeth Rowe will be speakers Thursday for the webinar “The Dark Patterns of Menopause Tech,” co-sponsored by #UVALaw’s LawTech Center.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Dark Patterns of Menopause Tech. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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 ...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LISTEN: #SCOTUS may have ruled that enforcing public camping bans does not violate the Eighth Amendment, but Prof. @kevinlcope.bsky.social says many localities have chosen not to impose them.
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Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Prof. Saikrishna Prakash will debate @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. Peter Shane on “Presidential Power and Independent Agencies: Who Controls the Executive Branch?” for the The 41st Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate on Oct. 22 at @sjquinney.bsky.social.
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The 41st Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Prof. Rich Hynes discusses a lawsuit over the extent of Virginia’s “right to retrieve” law and private property rights. @pilotonline.com
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Retired Army general files federal lawsuit against Gloucester sheriff in hunting dispute
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A recent @IACHumanRights hearing examined the impact of data centers, with help from a #UVALaw clinic. www.law.virginia.edu/news/202609/...
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Clinic Helps Spur Hearing on Human Rights Impact of Data Centers
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...
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fantastic write up of @monasloane.bsky.social book talk! Thank you Virginia Law Weekly for www.lawweekly.org/front-page/2...
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How AI is restructuring social life   — Virginia Law Weekly
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...
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Kim Krawiec @kimkrawiec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Can family law help unmarried parents become effective co-parents—or does it too often push lower-income fathers to the margins? June Carbone joins student co-host Damon Stefankiewicz and our UVA Law seminar for a lively conversation. buff.ly/iHb3zLb
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Crisis of Boys & Men w/ June Carbone - Taboo Trades
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…
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Prof. Amanda Frost revisits Trump v. Barbara and recent executive orders on birthright citizenship with her “Unsettled” podcast co-hosts. @amandafrost.bsky.social zolberginstitute.org/podcast/seas...
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Season 3, Episode 1: Revisiting Birth Right Citizenship - Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility
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...
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a fireside chat at #UVA with Prof. John C. Jeffries Jr. ’73, #SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the justices focus on law and not policy, and put aside personal feelings, when hearing cases and making decisions.
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It’s not personal: US Supreme Court justices focus on law, not politics
Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a UVA audience justices get along even in disagreement, but the job can be lonely.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WATCH: Prof. Ruth Mason discusses her new book, “Taxing People,” co-edited with @ox.ac.uk Prof. Tsilly Dagan.
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Professor Ruth Mason on Her Book ‘Taxing People’
YouTube video by University of Virginia School of Law
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