In the 1940s, a mother and daughter attended UVA’s School of Law together. Here’s how their lives unfolded.

Tiffany Mickel was inspired to start a company celebrating black role models and entrepreneurship. She co-founded The Heiritage game company, whose first product is a deck of playing cards featuring black female trailblazers.

Caplin had a deep commitment to public service and was a lifelong supporter of education, including at UVA, his alma mater. The “double ’Hoo” earned his Bachelor of Science in 1937 and his LL.B. from the Law School in 1940.

Retirement didn’t suit former law firm partner and UVA law graduate Paul Hurdle. Now, he’s loving his new role as one of the oldest law clerks in the country.

Professor Ashley Deeks of the University of Virginia School of Law says the law is running behind technology advances that can have national security implications.

When she was in elementary school, Kendall Burchard saw Sandra Day O’Connor on TV and told her mother she wanted to be a Supreme Court justice. Now, thanks to O’Connor and subsequent role models, Burchard will receive a UVA law degree Sunday.

At UVA’s School of Law, an exercise studying presidents who did not want to relinquish power blossomed into the penning of a provocative law review article. The authors would ultimately trace the evasion strategies of 234 incumbents in 106 countries.

Graduating law student Jah Akande already had a strong voice as an activist. Now he’s amplifying it with a UVA law degree.

The report by School of Law alumnus and special prosecutor Robert Mueller, released Thursday, was a mixed bag for President Donald Trump according to UVA Law professor Stephen Braga.

The University of Virginia marked Founder’s Day with the awarding of its highest external honors: the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in Law, Citizen Leadership and Architecture.