News in brief: UVA Law students give back during day of service

A total of 77 first-year students at the University of Virginia School of Law spent time last week volunteering at nonprofits around Charlottesville.

The school’s student-led Public Interest Law Association organizes the annual event and invites new students to participate. Volunteers cleaned the grounds and picked fruits and vegetables at the Piedmont Virginia Community College Garden; picked up donations for Bread Across Borders; trenched wire at New Roots Farm; passed out food to community members with Food Sharing Is Caring; and wrote letters to prisoners.

Dean Leslie Kendrick, a 2006 alumna of the Law School, joined volunteers to help the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville prepare for a rummage sale.

“The PILA Day of Service is such an important tradition for new students during orientation,” said second-year law student Grace Elman, who organized the effort. “In the process of helping out some great organizations around town, new students build bonds with our community and with each other. UVA Law isn’t just located in Charlottesville; it is a part of Charlottesville, and that connection is an integral part of what makes our school culture so unique.”

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