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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:

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.

The University of Virginia Law Library made digital copies of many of the photographic items in this collection.

Dates: 1948 - 2009

Office of Placement records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-103
Scope and Contents

This record comprises reports on placement for female graduates and a placement report to the dean, 1977.

Dates: 1977

Office of Student Affairs (formerly Office of the Dean of Students) records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-104
Scope and Contents

These records comprise academic procedures, policies, standards, calendars, curriculum, faculty rules and policies, faculty meeting minutes (1986-1989), and other administrative files. Also included are informational packages given to accepted students.

Dates: 1969 - 2012

Student Legal Forum records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-200
Scope and Contents

The records of the Student Legal Forum are comprised of general files, correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings, card file of speakers, tapes, and miscellaneous materials.

Of note is a scrapbook of clippings begun when Robert Kennedy was president of the Student Legal Forum.

Dates: 1946 - 1987

Virginia Tax Review records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-220
Scope and Contents

The records of the Virginia Tax Review consist of administrative files related to the publication of the journal. The archives retained contracts with the authors, two files of correspondence with Mortimer M. 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 keeping a few samples.

Dates: 1981 - 2019

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 - 2019

State and Local Government Policy Clinic records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-317
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials that document the work of the State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. These materials include websites and publications. The collection also contains items documenting the clinic's participation in major projects including the Commission to Examine Racial and Economic Inequality in Virginia Law (2019-2022).

Dates: 2019 - 2023

Post-Conviction Assistance Project records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-213

North Grounds Softball League memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-221
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of North Grounds Softball League memorabilia: uniform, sweatshirt, etc.

Dates: 2002 - 2005

Barrister records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-32-212
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of contact sheets and photographic negatives used in the Barrister yearbook.

Dates: circa 1974 - 1983

Faculty Dean Search Committee records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-303
Scope and Contents

Records related to the 1976 selection of Emerson Spies to succeed Monrad Paulsen as dean.

Dates: 1976

Long-Range Curriculum Committee records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-304
Scope and Contents

These files contain principally memoranda and reports of the committee.

Dates: 1971 - 1984

Faculty Curriculum Committee records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-305
Scope and Contents

Files for committee matters. Also one file on the Student Curriculum Committee (chaired by Nusbaum in 1979)

Dates: 1973 - 1992

Faculty Arboretum Committee records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-306
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding the landscape of North Grounds, ca. 1977-1980. Blueprint of proposed landscaping of North grounds, 1975.

Dates: circa 1975 - 1980

Faculty Flexible Exam Committee report - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-308
Scope and Contents

Committee's final report to the dean, 1 March 1982.

Dates: 1982-03-01

Special Committee on Clinical Education records - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-310
Scope and Contents

These records consist of a memorandum and interim report.

Dates: 1981 - 1982