UR renames law school because of namesake's role in slavery
The Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 23 to rename the University of Richmond Law School because of its former namesake’s enslavement of at least 43 people.
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The Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 23 to rename the University of Richmond Law School because of its former namesake’s enslavement of at least 43 people.
Duke University School of Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles spoke about the relationship between the U.S. Constitution and the pursuit for racial justice at 6 p.m. Monday in his Zoom lecture "We the (White) People," which was a part of the T.C. Williams School of Law's Emroch Colloquy Series.
Two University of Richmond professors were featured in the Netflix documentary series “The Innocence Files.”
Jay Jorgensen, director of admissions of University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law — who was admired for his passion for higher education, care for students and humor — died last week, according to a May 8 email to UR students, faculty and staff.
Contemporary artist, author and illustrator Janet Hamlin spoke Thursday in the T.C. Williams School of Law to kick off the opening of University of Richmond Museums' newest exhibition, "Janet Hamlin: Sketching Guantanamo."
Virginia ranks second-worst in the nation for toxic chemical pollution in the state's waterways, according to a recently published report by the University of Richmond School of Law.
Veterans from each age of our nation's history have faced challenges upon returning home, but the men and women who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq are dealing with a new series of legal and emotional issues when they return.
Greg Collins, a University of Richmond Law School student and active-duty Marine, received the prestigious Tillman Military Scholarship, making him the first recipient in the school's history.
More than a dozen law professors, scholars and practitioners will come together Friday, March 8 to examine equal educational opportunity in a conference hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law.
Justice Harry L. Carrico loved University of Richmond so much that his family arranged for his funeral to be held at the Cannon Memorial Chapel on Friday, where a large crowd came to honor the longest-serving Virginia Supreme Court jurist.
As a Law School faculty member who has experience with both Gov. Kaine and Sherrie Harrington, I feel compelled to respond to the opinion column by Gray Delany.
They say character is defined by how you treat those who cannot do anything to help you. By this measure, in my experience with them, Tim Kaine and Sherrie Harrington exemplify those noble characters worthy of envy and praise.
Elena Kagan, associate of the U.S. Supreme Court, told an audience of law students, professors and invited guests that she approached opinion writing the same way she prepared to teach law classes: by breaking down an argument and using analogies and hypothetical situations to make ideas stick.
The U.S. Supreme Court should not sentence anyone to life without parole because it is cruel and unusual, Congressman Bobby Scott said in his Constitution Day speech at the T. C. Williams School of Law on Monday.
The Black and Muslim Law Student Associations will co-host a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9 at the T.C. Williams School of Law in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
A group of eight University of Richmond law students have selected Judge Roger L. Gregory, the first African American to serve on the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, to be their commencement speaker May 5.
John F. Carroll's colleagues in the Richmond School of Law believe Carroll's lasting legacy will be his family, his students and his warm, open-minded personality.
Three speakers discussed regulations for patent rights regarding medicine on a global scale as a part of the 24th Annual Emanuel Emroch Lecture at the University of Richmond School of Law on Thursday.
University of Richmond School of Law Professor John F. Carroll died Thursday afternoon from "natural causes," according to Linda Evans, assistant director of media relations at Richmond.
Thomas Haynesworth, a Richmond man who was charged with a series of rapes and later exonerated, spoke about his feelings throughout the 27-year process at the T.C. Williams School of Law at 4 p.m. on Jan. 25.