University of Richmond School of Law Magazine

Dean of Richmond Law, Jacob Rooksby, sits in his Airstream trailer.

An illustration depicting a cutaway of a tenement building showing all of the various inhabitants.

Wealth Inequality

Richmond Law professor analyzes the legal moves that keep low- and high-income families separated

In this adapted excerpt from the recently published book The House That Family Money Built, Allison Tait explores how changes to South Dakota law helped reshape the way money moves in America.

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Magistrate Judges

Law Spiders lead Virginia’s Western District as magistrate judges

There are three magistrate judges in the U.S. District Court’s Western District of Virginia. All of them are graduates of University of Richmond School of Law.

For the Record

Law students sit in a class orientation at the University of Richmond school of law

Academic Excellence

Newest class shows how Richmond Law is opening new doors in legal education

This fall, 138 new faces filled the halls of Richmond Law — and these students arrived with the kinds of résumés that made orientation week feel like a highlight reel.

University of Richmond law professor Corinna Lain.

Eighth Amendment

CNN interviews Richmond Law professor about the return of federal firing squads

When the U.S. Department of Justice expanded federal execution methods to include firing squads, CNN turned to death penalty expert and law professor Corinna Barrett Lain for analysis.

Pro Bono

Richmond Law alum enrolled with pro bono service top of mind

Pro bono service was the reason Shelbie Hampton, L’26, went to law school. She chose Richmond Law, where students can get involved in pro bono service as early as orientation.

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie speaks to Law students.

Supreme Court

‘New York Times’ columnist Jamelle Bouie visits Richmond Law to talk about the Roberts Court

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joined Richmond Law’s American Constitution Society for a conversation about the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts.

“It was a real labor of love. A heavy lift, but well worth it.”

—Carol Brown, professor of law, about her book ‘Housing Discrimination’

Alumni

“If there are so many people who want this service but aren’t getting it, it [isn’t] a failure of clients.”

—Matthew Reinaker, ’02, L’05, and GB’06

Russell Nance, L’97 and four law school classmates, Huntley Thorpe, Sam Stathos, Patrick Skelley, and Werner Versch, at the Ragged Branch distillery

Finance

Richmond Law grad and Manhattan lawyer co-owns a Virginia distillery

Russel Nance, L’97, a partner at Mayer Brown in Manhattan, has a killer icebreaker: He is part of Ragged Branch Distillery’s ownership team.

Legal Regulation

Law Spider elected as president of the Virginia State Bar

Bruce Russell II, L’00, is the first attorney from west of Roanoke to hold the position in nearly three decades. He calls himself “a modern country lawyer.”

Legal aid

Generational inequality led this Richmond Law alum to a career in breaking barriers