As part of a symposium sponsored by the student-run Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, participants discussed Virginia's sentencing laws. With John Monahan, John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia; Meredith Farrar-Owens, legislative director, Virginia Sentencing Commission; Linda Bryant, Virginia deputy attorney general and member of the Virginia Sentencing Commission and Steven Benjamin, special counsel to the Virginia Senate's Courts of Justice Committee and past president of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Professors David Martin and John Harrison discuss executive amnesty in regards to immigration during a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 26, 2015. As principal deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security from January 2009 to December 2010, and as general counsel to the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1995 to 1998, Martin was closely involved in critical legal and policy developments in the immigration field. Harrison, an expert in administrative law, constitutional law and federal courts, worked with the Department of Justice from 1983-93, serving in numerous capacities, including as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (1990-93).

Professors David Martin and John Harrison discuss executive amnesty in regards to immigration during a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 26, 2015. As principal deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security from January 2009 to December 2010, and as general counsel to the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1995 to 1998, Martin was closely involved in critical legal and policy developments in the immigration field. Harrison, an expert in administrative law, constitutional law and federal courts, worked with the Department of Justice from 1983-93, serving in numerous capacities, including as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (1990-93).

Civil rights pioneer Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 24. He discussed the fight for racial and social justice in the post-Jim Crow landscape of the South in the 1960s and '70s, as well as the challenges facing the civil rights movement in the 21st century.

Civil rights pioneer Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law on Feb. 24. He discussed the fight for racial and social justice in the post-Jim Crow landscape of the South in the 1960s and '70s, as well as the challenges facing the civil rights movement in the 21st century.

Vaccaro, the sports marketing pioneer who signed Michael Jordan to his first sneaker deal and a former executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal symposium on Feb. 20. More at http://bit.ly/1AOpV2j

Vaccaro, the sports marketing pioneer who signed Michael Jordan to his first sneaker deal and a former executive at Nike, Adidas and Reebok, delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal symposium on Feb. 20. More at http://bit.ly/1AOpV2j

UVA Law professor Josh Bowers discusses his writing process and his paper "Legality and Rough Justice" as part of the Faculty Ideas in Progress series.

UVA Law professor Josh Bowers discusses his writing process and his paper "Legality and Rough Justice" as part of the Faculty Ideas in Progress series.

During a lecture for the January Term course The Law of Body Parts, Dr. Kenneth Brayman, division chief of transplant surgery at the University of Virginia, discussed the history of organ donation and current issues affecting the market and health care professionals.