"But donors should not be able to decide campus policies or determine what is taught, and for sure there should not be a hidden quota system that ensures privileged children a coveted place at elite schools." inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

A New Playbook for College Donors: Power Politics nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/…

Could not be more pleased. Leslie is the real deal: scholar, teacher, colleague. We are lucky that she is willing to serve! UVA Law School is in excellent hands.

A big thanks to Carla G. Williams for hosting UVA Law School faculty and staff for the Virginia Women's Basketball game against UNC today. It was special to see UVA come out on top while celebrating the team’s 50th anniversary!

In case you want to know what re-establishment looks like. From the Alabama Supreme Court: publicportal-api.alappeals.gov/courts/68f021c…

My latest with Rich Schragger and Nelson Tebbe is available now on SSRN. "Reestablishing Religion" is forthcoming from UChicago Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

And what made possible the religious concurrence was the Supreme Court “abandoning” (ie overruling) Lemon v. Kurtzman in Kennedy v. Bremerton.

For more, see eg mine with Rich Schragger, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…; Liz Sepper, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…; Caroline Mala Corbin, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…; Liz Reiner Platt, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…; Ari Berman, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… /4

Rich Schragger Liz Sepper Caroline Mala Corbin Liz Reiner Platt And on “embryo fundamentalism” more generally, see this paper under that title by Naomi Cahn and June Carbone: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… /end.

#UVALaw has met its $400 million capital campaign goal, with help from an anonymous $11 million gift and “an incredible team effort.” law.virginia.edu/news/202402/uv…

This milestone was made possible by the nearly 16,000 alumni donors who have participated thus far — that is 70% of our alumni! We are so grateful to you for honoring your experiences here and passing them on to future generations.

Dean @risagoluboff will address graduates from nine schools at UVA’s Final Exercises in May. news.virginia.edu/content/baseba…

#UVALaw students squeaked out a win against faculty in their annual faceoff on the North Grounds basketball court, with Professor and incoming Dean @lckendrick ’06 on hand for the tip-off.

Underdevelopment Despite Upzoning SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… We’ve posted this paper, which finds unused zoned capacity in Charlottesville, VA, a college town with high housing costs. Will additional upzonings lead to more supply or also go unused?

Had a blast hosting UVA Law School students for ice cream this week to benefit the Public Interest Law Association. And we had some serious fun playing pingpong and other games!

Outgoing Law Dean Challenges Graduates: ‘If Not You, Who?” news.virginia.edu/content/outgoi…

I’m proud. Dean Risa Goluboff speaks to UVA's Class of 2024 youtu.be/bbga3H4CpGw?si… via YouTube

Just arrived from the terrific ⁦Andrew Kahrl⁩! “The Black Tax” is an important and timely book.

There are strong arguments for granting religious exceptions from abortion bans. To explain and defend them, a group of legal scholars recently filed this amicus brief in Indiana, with Liz Sepper Jessie Hill Caroline Mala Corbin Nelson Tebbe Rich Schragger, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….

In Memoriam: Professor Frederick Schauer, a ‘Giant’ in the Legal Academy | University of Virginia School of Law law.virginia.edu/news/202409/me…