Victor Madrigal-Borloz discusses his work as U.N. independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The talk marked the Human Rights Program kickoff for the year. (University of Virginia School of Law, Sept. 19, 2019)

UVA Law professor Sarah Stewart Ware gives advice on how to brief a legal case during orientation for the Class of 2022. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 16, 2019)

UVA Law professors John Harrison (Torts, Civil Procedure), George Geis (Contracts), Anne Coughlin (Criminal Law) and Sarah Stewart Ware (Legal Writing) introduce the Class of 2022 to the 1L curriculum during orientation. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 16, 2019)

UVA Law professor and Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens ’00 gives an overview of the American legal system and explores the life of a typical legal case during orientation for the Class of 2022. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 16, 2019)

UVA Law Dean Risa Goluboff kicked off orientation for the Class of 2022 with words of advice for new students. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 19, 2019)

Cate Stetson ’94, co-director of Hogan Lovells’ Appellate Practice Group, welcomed members of the Class of 2022 to UVA Law during orientation. She recommended that law students challenge themselves every day and fully engage with everybody in their community, not just fellow students and professors. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 19, 2019)

Georgetown Law professor David A. Koplow discusses the novel legal challenges posed as militaries around the world expand their operations into outer space. This lecture was part of the 2019 National Security Law Institute. (University of Virginia School of Law, June 6, 2019)

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, discusses current issues facing communications regulators, including developing 5G networks, fighting robocalls and addressing the rural-urban digital divide. UVA Law professor Tom Nachbar introduced Pai. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 22, 2019)

Judge Carlton W. Reeves '89, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, delivered a defense of the role federal courts play in ensuring justice and truth for marginalized groups throughout the United States. He also argued for the importance of ensuring diversity of backgrounds and perspectives on the federal bench. Reeves gave this lecture after receiving the 2019 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 11, 2019)

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse '82 of Rhode Island came to the Law School to address the state of climate change politics in the U.S. Congress and the institutional forces obstructing progress being made on that front. This speech was the 2019 Lillian K. Stone Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Policy. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 5, 2019)