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A panel of scholars discuss Professor Saikrishna Prakash's book, "Imperial From the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive,” published by Yale University Press. Professor John Harrison moderated the event, which features Sam Issacharoff of New York University School of Law, Will Baude of the University of Chicago Law School and Tara Helfman of Syracuse University College of Law. (Un...

A panel of scholars discusses Professor Darryl Brown's book, “Free Market Criminal Justice: How Democracy and Laissez Faire Undermine the Rule of Law,” published by Oxford University Press. Professor Brandon Garrett moderates the event, which includes University of North Carolina law professor Joseph Kennedy and Ronald Wright, Needham Yancey Gulley Professor of Criminal Law at Wake Forest Universi...

Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, a 1985 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, contends that the next president of the United States will inherit some of the worst global instability in modern times, and must be nimble enough to address a plethora of threats. Donilon, recently named co-chair of presidential-hopeful Hillary Clinton's transition team, gave the comments in...

UVA Law graduate Corban Addison discusses his new book, 'A Harvest of Thorns,' which delves into the human rights issues underlying the global consumer economy. Addison is the author of three international best-selling novels, "A Walk Across the Sun," "The Garden of Burning Sand" and "The Tears of Dark Water." (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 6, 2016)

Dean Risa Goluboff gives welcoming remarks during orientation for the Class of 2019. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 22, 2016)

Professor Molly Bishop Shadel, Vice Dean George Geis and Professor Toby Heytens give first-year students advice about studying and acclimating to law school life as they head into their first week of classes. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 19, 2016)

The Charlottesville community posthumously honored Gregory Swanson, a law student who was the first African-American student at UVA, with a ceremony at the downtown branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Swanson filed a lawsuit to gain admission to UVA and was admitted in 1950, paving the way for racial integration in schools. UVA Law Dean Risa Goluboff gives remarks starting at 14:30....

How to win the war against ISIS? Jessica Lewis McFate, a director at the Institute for the Study of War, discusses the intricacies at the 24th National Security Law Institute. (University of Virginia School of Law, June 17, 2016).

UVA Law Professor Ashley Deeks, a senior fellow with the Center for National Security Law, talks about the use of drones in armed conflict, including the need for law and policy to catch up to technological capabilities. She gave the talk as part of the 24th National Security Law Institute. (University of Virginia School of Law, June 16, 2016)

Dean Paul G. Mahoney discusses some of the triumphs and tragedies of the 2015-16 year. (University of Virginia School of Law, May 14, 2016)

Will Shortz, the New York Times' crossword editor and a 1977 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, told the Class of 2016 they didn't need his advice — having an education will provide the answers. Student Bar Association President Morgan Lingar '16 introduces Shortz. (University of Virginia School of Law, May 22, 2016)

Professor David Martin, who is retiring after 36 years at UVA Law, looks back. (University of Virginia School of Law, May 14, 2016)

UVA Law professor John Duffy discusses U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom he served as a clerk, and the late justice's love of language and teaching. (University of Virginia School of Law, May 13, 2016)

Professor Greg Mitchell delivers the Charge to the Class of 2016. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 20, 2016)

Professors Kimberly Kessler Ferzan and Toby Heytens give exam preparation tips, strategies for answering different types of questions and ways to avoid common exam taking errors. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 11, 2016)

John Gleeson, a 1980 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and former federal district judge, gives the talk "Reforming Sentencing Reform: 3 Simple Fixes for Federal Over-incarceration." Gleeson was named a 2016 winner of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 13, 2016)

Andrew Vollmer, director of the John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program, speaks to admitted students about business law studies, practical experiences and extracurricular activities at the Law School. Vollmer most recently served as a partner in the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where his practice concentrated on securities enforce...

James D. Pagliaro of Bernero & Press, formerly of Morgan Lewis, discusses finding happiness in law firm practice. (University of Virginia School of Law, March 29, 2016)

Andrew K. Block Jr., former director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law and an attorney who has reformed state law concerning youths, talks about his work as director of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He addresses his background as a public interest lawyer and law professor and the impact it had on his decision to become director of the departmen...

Andrew K. Block Jr., former director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law and an attorney who has reformed state law concerning youths, talks about his work as director of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He addresses his background as a public interest lawyer and law professor and the impact it had on his decision to become director of the departmen...

Professor Alexander Aleinikoff, law professor and former dean at Georgetown University Law Center, discusses potential solutions to the global refugee crisis in his talk, "Towards a Global Compact for Refugees?" Aleinikoff is one of the world's foremost experts on immigration and refugee law, and recently completed five years of service as the U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva,...

H. Timothy Lovelace, an Indiana University law professor and 2006 UVA Law graduate, delivers his talk, "King Making": Brown v. Board of Education and the Rise of a Racial Savior" as part of UVA’s Community MLK Celebration. The talk was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law (University of Virginia School of Law, March 15, 2016)

Thomas R. Pickering, former undersecretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, delivers the 2016 Henry Abraham Lecture, presented by Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. (University of Virginia School of Law, March 4, 2016)

University of Virginia School of Law professor Margo Bagley delivers her lecture, 'Thou Shalt Not Steal': The Morality of Limits on Pharmaceutical Patents," to mark her appointment as Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law. (University of Virginia School of Law, Feb. 23, 2015)

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine discusses his path into public office as a first-generation Haitian immigrant whose legal career spans work as a public defender and White House attorney, to managing partner of a large D.C. firm. He also addresses his service as the first elected attorney general for the District, and his vision for the office. (University of Virginia School of...