Features - University of Richmond Law Magazine

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Fond Farewell

After 15 years leading Richmond Law, Wendy Perdue is stepping down as dean. She leaves a legacy of putting students at the forefront of every decision.

Philanthropy

Carrying forward a legacy

An anonymous six-figure gift launched a new endowed faculty position in honor of Oliver Hill.

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Fellowship

Across the bridge

Four of the inaugural recipients of the Bridge to Practice Fellowship reflect on the program’s lasting impact on their careers.

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Careers

Beyond the page

How three alumni are shaping the next generation of libraries in the burgeoning world of AI.

A portrait of Lara Ballout, ’24 and L’27, in the Law School.

Student Support

The mentorship web

As a 1L, Lara Ballout, ’24 and L’27, was eager to learn, uncertain of her path, and brimming with questions. Everywhere she turned, she found mentors with answers.

Danielle Stokes poses in front of the Virginia Science Museum.

Energy Law

Danielle Stokes and the energy discussion

“I want to see the world in the way it could be,” Stokes, ’13, a Richmond Law professor, says. “Striving for an ideal — that’s my why.”

A portrait of Corinna Lain. She is looking at the camera and wearing a black suite and white shirt. She is posed in front of a library of law books.

Lethal Injection

‘The heart stops reluctantly’

In Secrets of the Killing State, Corinna Lain pulls back the curtain on more than 45 years of lethal injection in the U.S.

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Faculty Scholarship

Power moves

Richmond Law faculty create newsworthy, real-world impact with their scholarship.

Law & Business

Nonlinear flight path

Anthony Vittone, R’90 and L’93, leveled up his dual training in law and business by combining their strengths. Today, he’s forging the future of commercial drone operations.

Professor Mary Tate, Baley Ellicott L'24, and Anne Wroniewicz sit around a table talking.

Post-conviction Law

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.

An illustration showing silhouettes of two lawyers sitting at laptops, facing each other. One lawyer looks exhausted and frustrated, sitting with her head on her hand. Multiple duplicate silhouettes of her fade off into the distance behind her. The other lawyer sits upright and alert. Binary code comes out of her computer towards her face representing her use of AI assistive technology.

Artificial Intelligence

Law’s newest laboratory

As AI shifts the professional landscape for practicing attorneys, legal education adapts to the latest technological disruption.

Brother Rutter, L’94, in The Rutter Family Art Foundation space

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.