Prof. @naomicahn.bsky.social and @law.rutgers.edu Prof. Reid Kress Weisbord analyze how a family dispute over Dolly Parton’s estate highlights challenges in business succession. @theconversation.com
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@uvalaw.bsky.social@uvalaw.bsky.socialBrian Curtis ’26 graduated with the highest GPA in his class at #UVALaw, winning the Traci Grieshaber Zeller ’99 Memorial Award.
@payvandahdout.bsky.socialReposted by @uvalaw.bsky.socialThe Court just granted cert in US DOGE Service, which asks whether (1) The COA departed from the separation-of-powers principles in Cheney v. District Court; and (2)Whether a ct can order discovery against an Executive Office advisory body to decide whether FOIA's disclosure requirement's apply.
@jelizachapman.bsky.socialReposted by @uvalaw.bsky.socialOctober is Archives Month! The @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social celebrates #ArchivesMonth with a look at some of the important and interesting work being done in the law library archives. @uvalaw.bsky.social lib.law.virginia.edu/blog/2026/10...
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. Douglas Laycock says a university’s policy that treats two Christian student groups differently than other faith-based organizations is “almost certainly unconstitutional.” @vpm.org
@uvalaw.bsky.socialA constitutional amendment in Virginia designed to protect reproductive rights is “much clearer” than what past U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence about abortion relied on, says Prof. Lois Shepherd.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialHarassment and stalking laws apply to citizens and elected officials alike, and could be detrimental to politicians’ well-being, according to Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social. @nytimes.com
@uvalaw.bsky.socialJudges from around the world gathered at #UVALaw to learn more about the rule of law and U.S. legal institutions.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. @naomicahn.bsky.social and @gwlaw.bsky.social Prof. Sonia Suter examine how rapidly changing abortion regulations and family laws can clash with surrogacy contracts. @us.theconversation.com
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. John Duffy, the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office general counsel and acting solicitor, argued that the government shouldn’t “micromanage” intellectual properties. @law360.bsky.social
@kimkrawiec.bsky.socialReposted by @uvalaw.bsky.social1/8 For nearly 30 years, Rhode Island policed prostitution it didn’t prohibit. My new paper, “The Smallest State’s Big Experiment,” revisits that history through Alvin Roth’s Moral Economics. Now on SSRN: buff.ly/DRWuNkr
@kimkrawiec.bsky.socialReposted by @uvalaw.bsky.socialWhen does crime become work? Yvette Butler joins me and @uvalaw.bsky.social student cohosts Virginia Pillion and Sahanya Bhaktaram to discuss survival labor, sex work, economic necessity, and the line between crime and work.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialFrancesca Clemente ’27 and Emmy Pilant ’27 are this year’s recipients of the Claire Corcoran Award for public service, among other achievements and recognition for members of the #UVALaw community.
@uvalaw.bsky.social#UVALaw lecturer and former IRS official Kathleen Walters ’99 is profiled in Michael Lewis’ new book “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State,” for her efforts to protect the privacy of taxpayers. @cbsnews.com
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. Cale Jaffe ’01 says that the National Environmental Policy Act was designed to “nip bad ideas in the bud” before they become harmful to the environment.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialCourtney Douglas ’25, a former Virginia Law Review editor-in-chief and @rcfp.org intern, is heading to the @nytimes.com as its First Amendment Fellow.
@payvandahdout.bsky.socialReposted by @uvalaw.bsky.social@daniellecitron.bsky.social won't link to her own article about this, but I will! Presidential Privacy Violations papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. John Duffy has been appointed general counsel and acting solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialIn the latest PLACE Blog, Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic students talk about amicus briefs the clinic filed in two #SCOTUS cases.
@uvalaw.bsky.socialProf. Douglas Laycock discusses incorporating military chaplains into a new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs. @huffpost.com