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Foreword
If a foreword were to be limited to one word, and one word only, this foreword’s one word would be joy. It is a joy to introduce to you a diverse group of authors and their writings on the past, present, and future of a social justice movement that …
Bostock’s Inclusive Queer Frame
Bostock v. Clayton County is the Supreme Court’s first major decision on gay rights written since Justice Kennedy’s retirement. It is a victory for the LGBT community—a momentous one. But this Essay argues that Bostock is even more momentous than …
Termites in the Master’s House: Abortion Rap and Florynce Kennedy’s Contributions to Racial and Gender Justice
Contemporaries recognized Kennedy as “an outspoken activist for the rights of African Americans, women, sex workers, and members of the LGBT community.” In this way, Kennedy united social movements with divergent agendas. She believed that only …
ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 2021 Notes and Comments Pool
Accepted Notes from the January 2021 Notes and Comments Pool
2021 VLR Personal Statement Prompt
We make 1Ls learn the Bluebook to join our ranks and then impose a completely different style guide on them.
What’s your most annoying lawyer/law student trait? Mine is that I have not shut the hell up about the McDonalds’s coffee case since 2018
We are proud to have Cait among our ranks!
Cait Kutchi ’22 was inspired by her work as an FBI analyst adjudicating Freedom of Information Act requests to become a lawyer. http://at.virginia.edu/3dONKzP
Check out this piece in @FreePressRVA and learn more about our fearless leader ✨
Please meet our Personality of the Week: Tiffany Mickel, first African-American editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. @VirginiaLawRev @UVA @UVALaw @UVALawLibrary @MIT #PersonalityoftheWeek #RichmondFreePress #TiffanySMickel #VALawReview #editorinchief #UVA #UVALaw
My forthcoming @VirginiaLawRev Online essay argues BIPOC fails in theory & misses the mark in practice. I’m working on a full-length article explaining further. I know others (@RebelLawProf @nancyleong @PaulGowder) have concerns too. What are we missing? Why is BIPOC the best? https://twitter.com/goesbywalton/status/1364850636886585345
I’m sorry BIPOC still makes me cringe.
MarieBette Café and Bakery of Charlottesville made this cake featuring former @NAACP_LDF Director-Counsel and President Elaine Jones ’70, #UVALaw's first Black alumna, for #BlackHistoryMonth.