UVA Law Professor J.H. "Rip" Verkerke delivers a lecture to mark his appointment as T. Munford Boyd Professor of Law and director of the Program for Employment and Labor Studies. He discusses how to "introduce a richer framework for evaluating the law of vicarious liability" that addresses the risks of employing "tort-prone" workers while minimizing the inefficiencies caused by excessive employee screening and high worker turnover. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 26, 2016)

Berin Szoka '04, president of the technology policy think tank TechFreedom, debates UVA professor Thomas Nachbar on the FCC's net neutrality rules. These rules, which were recently upheld by the DC Circuit Court in U.S. Telecom v. FCC, require broadband service providers to treat all internet traffic identically. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 26, 2016)

Claire Gastañaga '74, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, discusses issues ranging from recent "bathroom bills" to abortion regulations and the role of feminism today in the political arena. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 25, 2016)

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson ’72 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit offers a critique of the current administrative state. He assesses why the administrative state is necessary as well as the ways in which it could be made more effective. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 21, 2016)

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech and Equal Dignity" are Susan Brison, Dartmouth College; Claudrena Harold, UVA; and Leslie Kendrick '06, UVA Law. Kendrick also provides the introduction. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 13, 2016)

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech vs. Hostile Environment" are Anne Coughlin, UVA Law; Susan Kruth '11, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; and Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law. UVA Law professor Leslie Kendrick provides the introduction. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 14, 2016)

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech In and Out of the Classroom" are Blake D. Morant '78, dean of George Washington University Law School; Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate; and Kelly Carlin, writer, actor, producer and humorist. UVA Law professor John C. Jeffries Jr. provides the introduction. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 13, 2016)

The third biennial Jefferson Symposium, sponsored by UVA Law and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, examines contemporary attitudes about free speech at American colleges and universities. The panelists for "Free Speech in the Modern University" are Teresa A. Sullivan, president of UVA; Jeffrey Herbst, president and CEO of Newseum, former president of Colgate University; and Dean Vikram Amar, University of Illinois School of Law. UVA Law professor John C. Jeffries Jr. provides the introduction. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 14, 2016)

Katie Redford ’95, co-founder of EarthRights International, a non-governmental organization focusing on human rights and environmental justice, discusses current trends, threats and opportunities in human rights lawyering. (University of Virginia School of Law, October 18, 2016)

James Donovan, Goldman Sachs managing director and adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, talks to UVA Law students about the skills needed to work on corporate transactions as a lawyer or investment banker. (University of Virginia School of Law, Oct. 7, 2016)