Conviction is not the end
Richmond Law’s Institute for Actual Innocence clinic works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted and advocate for the overly punished — a challenge that demands as much heart as it does intellect.
October 2, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Law’s newest laboratory
As AI shifts the professional landscape for practicing attorneys, legal education adapts to the latest technological disruption.
October 1, 2024
Work-life Balance
Take good care
Brother Rutter, L’94, says prioritizing his roles as husband, father, and arts patron made him a more empathetic injury lawyer.
For the Record
September 30, 2024
Moot Courtroom
Class is now in session
The Moot Courtroom got an upgrade over the summer, allowing the space to double as a classroom.
September 29, 2024
Post-conviction Law
Full exoneration for clinic client
The Institute for Actual Innocence clinic secured a life-altering victory for its client Marvin Grimm, who was unanimously awarded a writ of actual innocence by the Virginia Court of Appeals in June.
October 2, 2024
Emroch Lecture
And health justice for all
For the 2024 Emroch Lecture, Amy Kapczynski — professor of law and faculty co-director at Yale Law School — spoke about law and political economy.
October 3, 2024
Diversity
Students attend diversity conference
Alexia Inge, L’25, and Kaelynn Wallace, L’26, represented Richmond Law at the Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference in Virginia Beach this year.
“I want [this clinic] to be part of the web of community and integrated with the folks serving the community”
— Cassie Powell, L'16
Alumni
“We think of ourselves as stewards of a larger landscape — a community of life.”
— Greg Luce, L'77
October 1, 2024
Stewardship
Wide open spaces
Before there was Yellowstone’s John Dutton, there was alum Greg Luce, L’77. The lawyer-turned-rancher owns a historic cattle ranch spanning 100,000 acres in Wyoming.
September 27, 2024
Legal Enforcement
Fairness enforcer
Tina Gubb, L’98, is the fairness-enforcing alum protecting the integrity of financial markets as senior vice president for legal enforcement at FINRA.
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