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RG 32. School of Law

 University Record
Identifier: RG 32
Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia School of Law is the second-oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Office of Admissions records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-102
Dates: Majority of material found in 1979

The Virginia Law Weekly records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-204
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the Virginia Law Weekly's organizational records including founding documents, correspondence, and digital media. It also contains photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets used in the production of the Virginia Law Weekly.

Dates: 1948 - 2009

Office of Placement records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-103
Scope and Contents

This record comprises reports on placement for female graduates; and Placement Report to the Dean, 1977.

Dates: 1977

Virginia Tax Review records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-220
Scope and Contents The Records of the Virginia Tax Review [1993-2010]t (1 archival box, .3 linear ft.), consist of administrative files related to the publication of the journal. The archives retained contracts with the authors, two files of correspondence with Mortimer Caplin, an SBA file with a handbook and guidelines, and the Course Syllabus for the Alternative Dispute Resolution class taught by William L. Waddell.Orders of contract proof, distribution and offprint orders were recycled after...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1993-2019

Law School Student Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-400

Virginia Law Review records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-203
Scope and Contents The office files of the Virginia Law Review were routinely transferred to the archives between 1978 and 1985. The records consist primarily of administrative correspondence and other materials from the office of the editor-in-chief, and correspondence with writers of articles. There is also some documentation related to the organization and function of law student organizations. Initially the archives retained all editing material, but subsequently, only selected stages of the...
Dates: 1960 - 1981

Office of Career Services at the University of Virginia School of Law records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-315
Scope and Contents This collection of administrative files related to the graduation awards given to law students every year, was transferred to the Law Library Special Collections Department January and March of 2012 by Kevin M. Donovan, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Services. We also received University of Virginia Final Exercises programs, University of Virginia School of Law Commencement Exercises programs, class profile brochures and some photographs housed in floppy disks. In May 2013, Steve Hopson,...
Dates: 2013

Summer Law Class records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-402

Faculty biographical files - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-403
Scope and Contents

Vertical files with faculty memorabilia gathered by Special Collections since 1982. Consist of newspapers articles, papers, invitations, programs, etc.

Dates: 2014

Graduate Program for Judges records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-32-108

Law School Renovation Project records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-313

Faculty Building Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-301
Abstract

Committe files: notes, correspondence, plans, blueprints.

Dates: 1978

Virginia Journal of International Law records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-206
Dates: Deaccession: 1981 - 1985

Virginia Law Women records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-209

Moot courts at the University of Virginia School of Law records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-202
Scope and Contents

Collection RG-32-202 consists of the following materials documenting the history of moot courts at the University of Virginia: meeting minutes, briefs, ledgers, programs, handbooks, and awards.

Dates: 1849 - 2025

Libel Show and Phi Delta Phi records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-32-201
Scope and Contents

This collection primarily documents the history of the Libel Show at the University of Virginia School of Law. It includes the following materials dating from 1930 to the present: scripts, programs, video recordings, tickets, photographs, posters, and clippings.

In addition to these materials, collection RG-32-201 contains a membership book for the University of Virginia chapter of Phi Delta Phi (Minor Inn). The book dates from 1890 to 1957.

Dates: 1890 - 2023

Alumni Day records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-110

Legal Assistance Society records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-211

Examinations of the University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-401
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of examinations that the University of Virginia Law School administered to students between 1890 and 2018. It also includes a few examples of examination answers.

The examinations exist in diverse media formats. Most of them are printed on paper, and most printed examinations are bound together into volumes. The other examinations were born digital and were initially made available to students online or on digital media (e.g., CDs, DVDs).

Dates: 1890 - 2018