In a possible first for the 4th Circuit, a
#UVALaw
Appellate Litigation Clinic student using American Sign Language successfully argued on behalf of a client.
#AppellateTwitter
Lauren King ’08 has been confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is the first Native American federal judge in state history and sixth in U.S. history.
@Reuters
WATCH: Pointing to the Nixon administration as an example, Prof. George Yin says on
@TheLastWord
that ensuring the IRS conducted a thorough audit is a legitimate reason for Congress to seek President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
@Lawrence
@MSNBC
#UVALaw
alum Jennifer McClellan ’97 has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.
@JennMcClellanVA
An expert in digital privacy who helped
@KamalaHarris
crack down on nonconsensual porn, Danielle Citron joins
#UVALaw
as the inaugural Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law.
@daniellecitron
Prof. Ashley Deeks has been tapped by the incoming Biden administration to serve as White House associate counsel and deputy legal advisor to the National Security Council.
@Transition46
Today is the 200th anniversary of
@UVA
’s chartering, and law was an original “department” of the University.
#UVALaw
is the nation’s second-oldest continuously operating
#LawSchool
.
Elaine Jones ’70, the first black woman to graduate from
#UVALaw
, turned down Wall Street and went on to become the first female head of
@NAACP_LDF
.
#BHM
Prof.
@daniellecitron
has been elected to
@americanacad
, joining a historic society whose members include Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, Georgia O’Keeffe, Madeleine Albright and 10 other
#UVALaw
faculty members.
Prof. A. E. Dick Howard ’61 will retire from teaching at the end of the semester, after 60 years at
#UVALaw
. Howard is the longest-serving faculty member in the 205-year history of
@UVA
.
.
@elisabethepps
’11, Prof.
@TobyHeytens
’00 and April Nicole Russo ’11 are recipients of this year’s Shaping Justice Awards in honor of their careers in public service.
@UVALawPSC
.
@StanfordLaw
Dean M. Elizabeth Magill ’95, a former
#UVALaw
vice dean, has been named
@UVA
’s next executive vice president and provost. She is the first woman to hold the role.
Judge Toby Heytens ’00, a former
#UVALaw
professor who recently joined the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, heard oral arguments for the first time in his new role last week. His clerks include Megan Keenan ’18 and Reedy Swanson ’16.
#AppellateTwitter
With Frannie Skardon’s permission, we are pleased to share her statement. We are thrilled with this outcome and regret any uncertainty the process caused. We have a long history of supporting service members at
#UVALaw
, and we're indebted to them and all who serve.
Prof. Frederick Schauer — a “giant” in the legal academy who influenced scholarship on freedom of speech, constitutional theory, evidence and jurisprudence — has died.
#UVALaw
community members remember his life and work.
Congrats to Prof. A. Benjamin Spencer, who will be the next dean of
@WMLawSchool
. He joins an elite roster of
#UVALaw
faculty members who have become leaders at law schools and in higher education.
@PROFSPENCER
#UVALaw
retains its ranking as No. 1 in Best Quality of Life and Best Professors, and No. 2 in Best Classroom Experience among law schools by
@ThePrincetonRev
, and rose to No. 4 in Best Career Prospects.
A math and engineering whiz who graduated from
@MIT
, Tiffany Mickel ’22 turned to her longtime interest in law for graduate school. Read about her path to becoming the first Black editor-in-chief of the
@VirginiaLawRev
.
President Joe Biden has named Prof. Caleb Nelson to a new commission on the U.S. Supreme Court, led by Co-Chair Bob Bauer ’76. Former U.S. Judge Thomas B. Griffith ’85 is also a member.
#SCOTUS
#AppellateTwitter
Elaine Jones in 1970 became the first female African-American
#UVALaw
graduate. She worked for many years as president and director-counsel of
@NAACP_LDF
#BHM
#TBT
Kendall Burchard ’19 has been named a John Marshall Fellow in the Virginia Office of the Solicitor General, where she will work directly with Solicitor General and Prof.
@TobyHeytens
’00.
After seeing
#UVALaw
through historic change and making history herself,
@RisaGoluboff
will step down as dean on June 30, capping a tenure marked by prolific faculty hiring, record-breaking fundraising and many enhancements to the student experience.
Prof. Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87 will be the next dean of George Washington University Law School. She is the fifth woman on the
#UVALaw
faculty to go on to lead a top law school.
@gwlaw
@daynamatthew3
Today,
#UVALaw
is launching the Roadmap Scholars Initiative, an innovative and generous pipeline program that will pave the way for first-generation and low-income undergraduates to become competitive applicants to the nation’s top law schools.
Prof. and Virginia Solicitor General
@TobyHeytens
’00 has been nominated to serve as a judge on the Fourth Circuit. Also, Patricia Tolliver Giles ’98 and Michael S. Nachmanoff ’95 were tapped for the Eastern District of Virginia.
#AppellateTwitter
A federal court has delivered a major victory to
#UVALaw
alumni, students and faculty who have worked to end suspension of Virginia driver's licenses over unpaid court fees.
@LegalAidJustice
@lckendrick
A symposium at
#UVALaw
will discuss how abortion rights advocates might reclaim reproductive rights through the democratic process after Dobbs.
@ProfMMurray
of
@nyulaw
will deliver the keynote address.
Alums Martha and Bruce Karsh are making the largest gift in
#UVALaw
history: $44 million. The Karsh-Dillard Scholarships and Karsh Center for Law and Democracy will be named in their honor.
Alice Abrokwa, a federal lawyer and impact litigator with deep experience in disability, health, education and antidiscrimination law, will join the
#UVALaw
faculty this summer.
Congrats to Prof. Toby Heytens '00, who has been named the next solicitor general of Virginia, appointed by Attorney General
@AGMarkHerring
#AppellateTwitter
The faculty celebrated Prof. Douglas Laycock, a leading expert in religious liberties and in remedies who is retiring from
#UVALaw
in May, as he finished his last class Thursday.
For the first time, the editors-in-chief of the top 16 law reviews — including
@VirginiaLawRev
’s Laura Toulme ’20 — are all women. They gathered at a
@DukeLaw
conference on women in law. Read more about Toulme:
Prof. Michael Gilbert is a recipient of this year’s
@UVA
All-University Teaching Award for his encouraging and accessible teaching style.
@profmikegilbert
Virginia Del. Danica Roem, the first openly transgender elected state lawmaker in the U.S., will speak Oct. 3 at
#UVALaw
for
@EleQt1
’s leadership symposium.
@pwcdanica
Prof. Rachel Harmon has won an All-University Teaching Award. Learn about how the criminal law scholar is making an impact beyond the classroom.
@UVA
@rharmonlaw
What’s it like to prepare for
#SCOTUS
in 10 days? Prof.
@adityabamzai
did a practice run with faculty today, after he was permitted to make a rare independent amicus argument. A professor hasn’t done that since at least the 1940s
#AppellateTwitter
WATCH: In testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Prof.
@amanda_frost1
says Congress has the constitutional authority to enact a
#SCOTUS
code of ethics.
@NewsHour
Prof.
@daniellecitron
, who has been calling for Section 230 reform since 2008, advised lawmakers on a new bill to address cutting-edge free speech concerns.
Profs. John Duffy, an expert in intellectual property law, and Ruth Mason, an expert in tax law, have been elected to the American Law Institute.
@profruthmason
@AmLawInst