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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 at.virginia.edu/395u7AO
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.@JoyceWhiteVance ’85 has been named co-host of the podcast “Café Insider” with @PreetBharara. @cafedotcom @voxmedia bit.ly/3xiWC86
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Tiffany Mickel ’22 has been named editor-in-chief of the @VirginiaLawRev, the first Black #UVALaw student to serve in the role. at.virginia.edu/2Mexa1d
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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 reut.rs/3leMN7e
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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 on.msnbc.com/2YW9WhA
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#UVALaw students can’t wait to cheer on the @uvamenshoops team tonight at the #NationalChampionship! #GoHoos @UVA #Wahoowa
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.@UVAMensHoops are the champions! They had heart, brought the heat and made history! #GoHoos #Wahoowa #NationalChampionship @UVA
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#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 bit.ly/3XPlO2d
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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 at.virginia.edu/3mdnaRv
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Second-year student Biruktawit “Birdy” Assefa has been named editor-in-chief of the @VirginiaLawRev, now in its 110th year of publication. bit.ly/3XRgxrb
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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 at.virginia.edu/2LEAFgz
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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.
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.@Bertrall_Ross, who studies why people lack power in democracy, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. bit.ly/2RsUbQe
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We’re ready for the #FinalFour! #UVALaw single, double and triple ’Hoos have us pumped up for game day. #gohoos #wahoowa #UVA @uva @uvamenshoops
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A total of 15 members of #UVALaw2023 are planning to serve as public defenders after graduation. See where they’re going. bit.ly/3OcjZvk
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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 at.virginia.edu/2V7JMcy
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Leslie Kendrick, a 2006 graduate and former vice dean of #UVALaw, will serve as the school’s next dean. @lckendrick law.virginia.edu/news/202312…
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Prof. Toby Heytens ’00 has been confirmed for a judgeship on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. #AppellateTwitter bit.ly/3q2gDPr
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These excited parents learned their son was accepted to #UVALaw when they opened their gifts Christmas morning
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Health law expert Prof. Craig Konnoth will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. @CKonnoth at.virginia.edu/3bwhjVi
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.@_joymilligan, an expert on race-based inequality and @TheAALS Emerging Scholar Award winner, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. bit.ly/3bcgDUJ
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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. bit.ly/3GW0H91
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.@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 at.virginia.edu/2NBxkjy
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Armed with new data on how to make communities safer, prosecutors are revising their focus, former U.S. Attorney and @UALawSchool professor @JoyceWhiteVance ’85 says on @CommonLawUVA. at.virginia.edu/2vJ4nci
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Leslie Kendrick ’06 was welcomed to her first day as dean Monday with flowers from family, friends, colleagues and alumni.
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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. law.virginia.edu/news/202404…
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Best of 2021: Tiffany Mickel ’22 became the new editor-in-chief of @VirginiaLawRev in January. She is the first Black person to hold the position. bit.ly/3s46Vgh
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.@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. at.virginia.edu/2M1OsfQ
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Prof. Leslie Kendrick ’06 officially becomes Dean Leslie Kendrick today. Learn more about #UVALaw’s new leader. law.virginia.edu/news/202406…
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Nirajé Medley-Bacon ’22 is this year’s recipient of the Gregory H. Swanson Award, named in honor of @UVA and #UVALaw’s first Black student. @UVABLSA at.virginia.edu/3t9NkJC
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#UVALaw welcomes legal theorist Lawrence B. Solum to the faculty, starting in August. Read about his illustrious career. @lsolum at.virginia.edu/2XfV7r5
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Prof. David S. Law, who has authored high-profile work on courts and constitutions around the world, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. bit.ly/3mqxojj
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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
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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.
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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. law.virginia.edu/news/202409…
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.@UVA has appointed Dean @RisaGoluboff to a second term. Read about what she’s accomplished so far and her goals for the future. at.virginia.edu/2JXkdHA
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#UVALaw took the No. 1 spot in Above the Law’s latest ranking of law schools, based on employment data. @atlblog bit.ly/2L4jra2
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Today would have been the 92nd birthday of #UVALaw alum Robert F. Kennedy '51, who served as U.S. attorney general and a U.S. senator
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Welcome back, Jim Ryan! #UVALaw alumnus and former professor will lead @UVA as ninth president at.virginia.edu/2x1JKXS
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Incoming #UVALaw student Ashley Anumba will train to be a lawyer as she simultaneously trains toward the next Olympics. @VirginiaSports @UVATFCC bit.ly/3rz55ld
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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 at.virginia.edu/2AFmrGR
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Congrats to #UVALaw employee Monisa Taheri on becoming a U.S. citizen at @TJMonticello today! #FourthOfJuly
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Prof. Jay Butler, a Rhodes Scholar and expert in international law and corporate social responsibility, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. at.virginia.edu/300VIxN
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A former Climenko Fellow and Rhodes Scholar, legal philosopher @RachelBayefsky will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. bit.ly/3fMGQux
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#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. at.virginia.edu/2BaQsfz
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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. bit.ly/3EBsfxX
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70 years ago today, Gregory H. Swanson became the first Black student at @UVA and #UVALaw. Read more about his journey and life as a law student. at.virginia.edu/2t3v07k
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John C. Lowe '67, who led the legal fight for @UVA to admit women, has passed away at age 80
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#UVALaw remains No. 1 in Best Professors, Best Quality of Life and Best Classroom Experience in @ThePrincetonRev 2022 rankings. bit.ly/3yrwKrC
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Breaking the sound barrier: #UVALaw student Campbell Sode ’18, born deaf, is writing his way toward a successful career. at.virginia.edu/2I5V8aV
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#UVALaw tops #lawschools nationwide in Best Quality of Life, Best Professors and Best Classroom Experience in the latest @ThePrincetonRev rankings. at.virginia.edu/2NDTX32
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#UVALaw Prof. Mila Versteeg (@versteegmila) and co-author @adamschilton of @UChicagoLaw have won the International Society of Public Law prize for best book published in 2019 and 2020. @ICON__S bit.ly/2SXUNOI
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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 bit.ly/31Y8bmU
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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
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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.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2023! #UVALaw2023
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Rachel Daley ’21 is the latest #UVALaw alum to land a clerkship at the U.S. Supreme Court. #SCOTUS #AppellateTwitter bit.ly/3q0O6IP
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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 at.virginia.edu/3bQqspZ
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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. law.virginia.edu/news/202309…
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Prof. Cathy Hwang, a business law scholar whose work merges theory with real-world practice, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. @cathyhwang47 at.virginia.edu/39Mjvnx
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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 bit.ly/362pTYp
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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. bit.ly/3HmWSHU
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Prof. Frederick Schauer has been named a corresponding fellow of @BritishAcademy_, a rare honor for Americans in the field of law. at.virginia.edu/2D2jtgQ
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#UVALaw announced 17 high-profile faculty hires in a year’s time, and Twitter has taken notice. bit.ly/3it8G1P
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With @daynamatthew3 ’87 now leading @gwlaw, four women who have served on the #UVALaw faculty are currently leading top law schools, including @RisaGoluboff at @UVALaw, @DeanKerryAbrams at @DukeLaw and @jmnookin at @UCLA_Law.
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First-year student Fernando Mercado-Violand outlines his goals as a recent appointee to the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice. bit.ly/3pPp4NC
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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. bit.ly/3RGrCK0
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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 judge has blocked the Virginia DMV from suspending driver's licenses of those who fail to pay court fees.
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Still the 1: #UVALaw retains the top @ThePrincetonRev rankings for Quality of Life, Best Professors and Best Classroom Experience. at.virginia.edu/3oxfRWk
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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. at.virginia.edu/2Ic0uy7
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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. law.virginia.edu/news/202405…
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#UVALaw’s new LawTech Center — which will focus on timely issues relating to law and technology — will be led by Prof. @daniellecitron. bit.ly/3nY6odF
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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.
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Prof. Michael Gilbert is a recipient of this year’s @UVA All-University Teaching Award for his encouraging and accessible teaching style. @profmikegilbert at.virginia.edu/2yRwisb
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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: at.virginia.edu/3b8mbhf
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Faculty and alumni remember the influence and impact of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #SCOTUS #AppellateTwitter at.virginia.edu/35PpnOL
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#UVALaw is No. 2 in the 2018 @atlblog law school rankings, which focus on employment outcomes bit.ly/2L8rHCU
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#UVALaw graduates are gathering at the Rotunda and getting ready to process down the @UVA Lawn. Watch live at virginia.edu/live starting at 9 a.m. #UVAGrad #UVALawGrad
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Alumnus @TopherSpiro '03 is a leader in the fight against the #ACARepeal @washingtonpost wapo.st/2u2izXc
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Congrats to Prof. Toby Heytens '00, who has been named the next solicitor general of Virginia, appointed by Attorney General @AGMarkHerring #AppellateTwitter at.virginia.edu/2mbGaTL
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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 at.virginia.edu/2xAMIBK
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Prof. Mitu Gulati, an expert on sovereign debt and contract law, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. bit.ly/3ssNew1
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With @daynamatthew3 ’87 named the next @gwlaw dean, five women who have served on the #UVALaw faculty have gone on to lead top law schools: @RisaGoluboff at @UVALaw, @DeanKerryAbrams at @DukeLaw, @jmnookin at @UCLA_Law and @UVA Provost Liz Magill ’95, formerly at @StanfordLaw.
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Prof. Kimberly D. Krawiec, a leading expert in corporate law and markets, will join the #UVALaw faculty in the fall. @KimKrawiec bit.ly/394BdFz
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“How Constitutional Rights Matter” by #UVALaw Prof. Mila Versteeg and @UChicagoLaw Prof. Adam Chilton won best book from @ICON__S. @versteegmila @adamschilton bit.ly/2SXUNOI
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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 bit.ly/3FubaGG
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From the @UVA Lawn to Scott Stadium, we're celebrating the Class of 2021 today at virginia.edu/live. #UVALawGrad #UVAGrad
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From sextortion to spyware, Prof. @daniellecitron argues in her new book that comprehensive new laws are needed to protect our intimate lives in cyberspace. @UVALawTech @wwnorton @PenguinUKBooks bit.ly/3CdCAR3
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Prof. @daniellecitron was the most-cited law faculty in law and technology from 2019-23, based on the “Scholarly Impact Ranking.” leiterlawschool.typepad.com/…
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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 piped.video/live/Rl07cXp06p4…
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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
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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. at.virginia.edu/3ppcNLY
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At a #UVALaw class in 1988, #MuhammadAli discussed being a conscientious objector and the case he took to #SCOTUS
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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 bit.ly/3FOJ3lb
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