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A panel of experts UVA and Monticello discuss the changing and complex nature of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy at UVA and the broader community. The panel consists of Kirt von Daacke (co-chair, UVA President’s Commission on Slavery and the University), Christa Dierksheide (historian, Monticello), Claudrena Harold (UVA Corcoran Department of History), and Noelle Hurd (UVA Department of Psychology). UVA...

Robin Steinberg, founder of the Bronx Defenders, talks about her work as a public defender for indigent clients and describes ways that law students can get involved in “shaping” the justice they want to see in the world. This speech was the keynote address at UVA Law’s “Shaping Justice” conference. UVA Law professor Josh Bowers introduces Steinberg. (University of Virginia School of Law, Feb. 4,...

Attiya Latif, president of UVA's Minority Rights Coalition, and Larycia Hawkins, Abd el-Kader Visiting Faculty Fellow at UVA's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, discuss how to develop solidarity in the wake of a particularly contentious election. UVA Law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Law, introduces the speakers. The event was part of UVA’s C...

In his January term class Legal Practice and the Startup Company: An Inside Look — co-taught with UVA Law professor Quinn Curtis — Rob Masri '96 discusses the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. Besides lecturing at UVA Law, Masri maintains a private law practice in Charlottesville. He has also started several businesses, including Cardagin, a mobile marketing company that helps businesse...

Michelle Wilde Anderson of Stanford University, Sheila Foster of Fordham University, David Imbroscio of University of Louisville and Richard Schragger of UVA Law discuss Schragger's latest book, "City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age." UVA Law professor Maureen Brady introduces the panel. (University of Virginia School of Law. Nov. 19, 2016)

Duke Law professor Jedediah Purdy gives the 3rd Lillian Stone Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Policy: “Environmental Justice, Again.” He discusses the history of the American environmental movement, focusing on the broader movement’s relationship to environmental justice concepts. Dean Risa Goluboff introduces Purdy. (University of Virginia School of Law, Nov. 14, 2016)

A panel of scholars discusses Professor G. Edward White's "Law in American History, Vol. II," published by Oxford University Press. The panelists are Logan Sawyer (University of Georgia), Chuck McCurdy (UVA) and Barbara Welke (University of Minnesota), in addition to White. Dean Risa Goluboff introduces the panel and Charles Barzun moderates the question-and-answer session at the end. (University...

Glenn Gerstell, general counsel for the National Security Agency, discusses current challenges in national security, life in the general counsel’s office and careers in national security law. (University of Virginia School of Law, Nov. 10, 2016)

Professor Ashley S. Deeks discusses President Obama's use of war powers, examines his approach to international law and compares his legacy with that of the Bush Administration. (University of Virginia School of Law, November 4, 2016)

West Virginia Solicitor General Elbert Lin debates Andres Restrepo of the Sierra Club on the merits of the EPA’s landmark Clean Power Plan. Professor Jon Cannon moderates. The Clean Power Plan set the first national limit on greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity generation sector. Twenty-seven states challenged the plan in West Virginia v. EPA, which was argued before the D.C. Circuit en b...

Tim Heaphy ’91 (Hunton & Williams), Pete Anderson ’91 (Beveridge & Diamond) and Doug Parker (Earth & Water Group) bring their experiences in corporate compliance litigation to bear on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Professor Jonathan Cannon moderates. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 28, 2016)

UVA Law Professor J.H. "Rip" Verkerke delivers a lecture to mark his appointment as T. Munford Boyd Professor of Law and director of the Program for Employment and Labor Studies. He discusses how to "introduce a richer framework for evaluating the law of vicarious liability" that addresses the risks of employing "tort-prone" workers while minimizing the inefficiencies caused by excessive employee...

Berin Szoka '04, president of the technology policy think tank TechFreedom, debates UVA professor Thomas Nachbar on the FCC's net neutrality rules. These rules, which were recently upheld by the DC Circuit Court in U.S. Telecom v. FCC, require broadband service providers to treat all internet traffic identically. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 26, 2016)

Claire Gastañaga '74, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, discusses issues ranging from recent "bathroom bills" to abortion regulations and the role of feminism today in the political arena. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 25, 2016)

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson ’72 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit offers a critique of the current administrative state. He assesses why the administrative state is necessary as well as the ways in which it could be made more effective. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 21, 2016)

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech and Equal Dignity" are Susan Brison, Dartmouth College; Claudrena Harold, UVA; and Leslie Kendrick '06, UVA Law. Kendrick also provides the introduc...

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech vs. Hostile Environment" are Anne Coughlin, UVA Law; Susan Kruth '11, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; and Eugene Volokh, UCLA School...

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech In and Out of the Classroom" are Blake D. Morant '78, dean of George Washington University Law School; Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate; and Ke...

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech in the Modern University" are Teresa A. Sullivan, president of UVA; Jeffrey Herbst, president and CEO of Newseum, former president of Colgate Univer...

Katie Redford ’95, co-founder of EarthRights International, a non-governmental organization focusing on human rights and environmental justice, discusses current trends, threats and opportunities in human rights lawyering. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 18, 2016)

James Donovan, Goldman Sachs managing director and adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, talks to UVA Law students about the skills needed to work on corporate transactions as a lawyer or investment banker. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 7, 2016)

Professor Jonathan Cannon discusses recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to environmental regulations, including important cases from the recent past and issues likely to come up in the future. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 6, 2016)

Professors Douglas Laycock, Kim Forde-Mazrui, Michael Gilbert and Deborah Hellman 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. 28, 2016)

Matt Olsen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and general counsel to the National Security Agency, discusses the evolving threat of terrorism. (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 29, 2016)

Panelists discuss how the roles and responsibilities related to U.S. cybersecurity are shared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Defense and the private sector, and how each woman has become involved in this aspect of national security law. The speakers include M. Tia Johnson LL.M. '02, assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Department of Homeland Secur...