This research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA's North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape …
"This seminar will explore the current state of thinking about the relationship between identity, politics and the law. The seminar will focus on the idea of ""reparations,"" exploring the history …
This colloquium offers students the chance to engage with leading scholars exploring law's relationship to inequality. In each session we will discuss a current work of legal scholarship on inequality, …
This class explores a variety of topics that arise in the practice of business law. The colloquium will include classroom overview lectures and featured guest speakers who will discuss their …
This seminar explores consumer financial regulation in the U.S., focusing on federal laws and regulations. Key statutes, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, will …
This seminar traces the legal treatment of domestic violence. The course will examine local, state, federal, and international law and policy concerning domestic violence, and contemporary debates about how to …
This seminar will look at the constitutional theory of the "unitary executive," and then focus on the litigation surrounding it.
This seminar will address the uses of social science research in litigation. Topics will include trademarks, obscenity, damages, racial and gender discrimination, juries, and eyewitness identification.
From net neutrality to spectrum policy to digital equity, telecommunications policy debates play a prominent role in American society. This seminar will examine how federal regulations have both responded to …
This seminar will investigate the legal, institutional, and cultural practices that condition the lives of transgender people. We will devote substantial attention to the contemporary push by some lawmakers to …
This seminar examines the fundamental structural issues that states confront as they attempt to impose income taxes on cross-border transactions involving the movement of goods, services, capital, and individuals.
Various short courses covering topics in race and law.
The Colloquium assists S.J.D. candidates in planning and writing their dissertation, as well as to expose candidates to a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives widely used in legal scholarship. …
The Colloquium assists S.J.D. candidates in planning and writing their dissertation, as well as to expose candidates to a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives widely used in legal scholarship. …
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.