If confirmed, Kirstjen Michele Nielsen would be the second UVA Law grad to head the department, joining Janet Napolitano, who held the post from 2009 to 2013.

The death penalty in the United States is on the decline. A UVA law professor’s new book explains why.

A new initiative led by the UVA School of Law aspires to understand the obstacles that prevent criminal justice reform from advancing in the state, and move change forward.

UVA’s oldest student society has long been cloaked in mystery. In a new book, two law students are revealing what their exclusive research into the society’s 30,000 documents uncovered about the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society.

Since being appointed a federal judge by President Obama in 2010, Carlton W. Reeves has overseen several high-profile cases, including one in which he sentenced three men who killed a black man and proclaimed “white power.”

The 1828 Collection represents Jefferson’s vision for education at the Law School. Supported by the Jefferson Trust, the books will be made freely available online.

Zachary and Alexander Nemtzow have remained close since birth. They will continue their journey together after graduating from UVA’s School of Law as patent attorneys at the same Boston law firm.

The North Grounds Softball League helped build community for a remote-feeling outpost. Four decades later, it’s still fulfilling that role – and providing five-figure checks for local charities through its annual spring tournament, which it hosts again this weekend.

The course, “Professional Responsibility,” features a competitive game in which teams of law students weigh potential ethical challenges buried within everyday business decisions.

John Norton Moore seemed bound for a nice academic career in real property law before a prestigious fellowship and a fateful assignment led him on a pioneering new path.