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Law enforcement experts critique community policing and police culture during a panel discussion at the Law School. Panelists include Chief Bernadette DiPino of the Sarasota, Florida, Police Department; Joe Brann, founder and CEO of Joseph Brann & Associates; professor Rachel Harmon; and Charles Ramsey, a former Philadelphia police commissioner and former chief of the Washington, D.C., Metropolita...

The University of Virginia and the Law School honored the legacy of its first black student, Gregory Swanson. The ceremony also included the presentation to law students Jah Akande and Toccara Nelson of the Inaugural Gregory H. Swanson Award, which recognizes students who embody courage, perseverance and commitment to justice. Speakers included Professors Kim Forde-Mazrui, director of the Center f...

UVA Law student Kendall Burchard and professors Anne Coughlin, Kimberly Ferzan and George Rutherglen discuss the origins of the law of sexual harassment, its current state and its future. This event was part of Diversity Week at UVA Law. (University of Virginia School of Law, Feb. 5, 2018)

Professor Micah Schwartzman moderates the panel "Loving’s Promise for LGBTQ Communities" with Holning S. Lau of the University of North Carolina School of Law, Doug NeJaime of Yale Law School and Catherine Smith of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. The panel was part of the symposium "Loving: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." (University of Virginia School of Law, Jan. 26, 2018.)

Professor Deborah Hallman moderates the panel "Loving as a Means of Social and Legal Transformation" with Kim Forde-Mazrui of UVA Law, and Melissa Murray and Angela Onwuachi-Willig of the University of California, Berkeley. The panel was part of the symposium "Loving: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." (University of Virginia School of Law, Jan. 26, 2018.)

Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew moderates the panel "Loving’s Meaning" with Katherine Franke of Columbia University, Randall L. Kennedy of Harvard Law School and Robin A. Lenhardt of Fordham Law School. The panel was part of the symposium "Loving: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." (University of Virginia School of Law, Jan. 26, 2018.)

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, delivers the keynote address at "Loving: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." The two-day symposium was a reflection on the 50th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia. (University of Virginia School of Law, Jan. 25, 2018)

Family, friends and the UVA Law community memorialize Richard Austin Merrill, seventh dean of the Law School, who died Oct. 26, 2017. A mentor to generations of students and professors and an innovator in legal education, Merrill served as dean from 1980 to 1988 and was a member of the faculty for 38 years until his retirement in 2007. He was a nationally recognized expert on administrative, envir...

A panel of national security experts discusses what actions constitute a "cyber attack," when a state can respond to a cyber attack through the use of armed force and how the Law of Armed Conflict applies to cyber attacks and state responses. The panel consists of Col. Gary Corn, staff judge advocate to the United States Cyber Command; retired Col. Gary Brown, former staff judge advocate to the Un...

UVA Law professors Rich Schragger and Molly Brady, and Yishai Blank, professor of law at Tel-Aviv University, discuss if cities have — or should have — free speech rights that override restrictive state laws. (University of Virginia School of Law, November 13, 2017)

UVA Law professor Brandon Garrett delivers a chair lecture on his new book, "End of Its Rope," to mark his appointment as the White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs. "End of Its Rope" describes analyses of hand-collected national data on death sentences from 1990 to 2016. Garrett's presentation explores implications of the death penalty's decline for efforts to reform criminal ju...

Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reed delivered the McCorkle Lecture on "Black Citizenship, Law, and the Founding." (University of Virginia School of Law, Nov. 9, 2017)

UVA Law professor Barbara Armacost gives an overview of the police response to the violent white supremacist protests in Charlottesville on Aug. 11-12. She also describes her experiences as a legal observer during the protests. (University of Virginia School of Law, Nov. 3, 2017)

A panel of UVA Law faculty advises 1L students on selecting electives for their spring semester. The panel features UVA Law professors Deborah Hellman, George Geis and Crystal Shin, and Dean Risa Goluboff. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 24, 2017)

A panel of journalists discusses challenges they face in reporting truthfully and objectively. The panel features Richard Leiby, editor at The Washington Post; Robert Blau, managing editor at Bloomberg News; Paige Lavender, senior politics editor at HuffPost; and Peter Hasson, associate editor at The Daily Caller. UVA Law professor Deborah Hellman acted as moderator. The panel was part of the firs...

A symposium panel of experts looks at what happens when the federal government deregulates environmental protections and states and organizations step in to fill the gap. UVA Law professor Michael Livermore, George Mason University law professor Caroline Cecot and Florida State University law professor Hannah Wiseman discuss the issues. The symposium was sponsored by the Virginia Environmental Law...

Ed Whalen, co-author of “Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived,” and UVA Law professors Aditya Bamzai and John Duffy, all former Justice Antonin Scalia law clerks, discuss how Scalia’s speeches reflected his personality and writing style outside the Supreme Court. The event was sponsored by the Federalist Society and the St. Thomas More Society. (University of Virginia Scho...

Lisa Friel ’83, senior vice president and special counsel for investigations at the NFL, discusses her investigations into player conduct. Her position at the NFL was created following various allegations of domestic violence against NFL players, most famously Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, who was videotaped assaulting his fiancée. This event was part of the 2017 Current Issues in Sports...

A panel of experts from the worlds of professional and collegiate sports discuss the complexities of investigating athletes for alleged wrongdoing, including acts that may take place off the playing field, as well as other issues related to legal compliance. The panel includes Lisa Friel '83, senior vice president and special counsel for investigations at the NFL; John DiPaolo, an attorney at Coze...

Neil Eggleston, now a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis, speaks about the presidency and his experiences in the Obama administration as White House counsel. (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 20, 2017)

Professor Brandon Garrett joins Karen Newirth, senior staff attorney, Innocence Project; Judge Robert Kane, former Massachusetts Superior Court judge; Darrel Stephens, executive director, Major City Chiefs Association; and Tom Albright, director of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in a discussion on the reliability of eyewitness testimony. (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 14,...

Professors A. E. Dick Howard, Barbara Armacost, Michael Gilbert and Micah Schwartzman discuss key cases from the recent U.S. Supreme Court term, and look ahead to the coming year. (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 13, 2017)

Professor Benjamin Spencer speaks to incoming law students during orientation. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 18, 2017)

Professor Molly Shadel speaks to incoming law students about preparing for class. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 18, 2017)

Professor Toby Heytens teaches a sample class at orientation to incoming law students. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 18, 2017)