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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

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 59 Collections and/or Records:

Graduate Program for Judges records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-108

Historical research collection - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-503
Scope and Contents

This collection contains items that librarians and archivists have used while researching the history of the University of Virginia School of Law. These materials include unpublished essays, published historical articles, datasets, and research notes.

Dates: circa 2017

Law Library records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-106
Dates: Majority of material found in 1978-2016

Law School Renovation Project records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-313

Law School Student Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-400

Law Schools, Lawyers, and the Future of American Law: University of Virginia School of Law 175th Anniversary Celebration recordings

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-508
Scope and Contents

This collection includes audio recordings of all the conference panels and addresses.

Dates: 2001-10-26 - 2001-10-27

Legal Assistance Society records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-211

Libel Show and Phi Delta Phi records

 Collection
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

Long Range Curriculum Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-304
Scope and Contents

These files contain principally memoranda and reports of the committee.

Dates: 1979 - 1983

Newsletters and blogs of the University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-505
Scope and Contents This collection consists of newsletters and blogs produced by the University of Virginia School of Law. Currently, all of the items date to the 21st century. However, in the future, earlier newsletters and blogs may be added.The newsletters and blogs contain information that the School of Law wanted to share with the general public or a narrow, targeted audience. This includes announcements of events, staff changes, and program initiatives. Blogs and newsletters may also contain...
Dates: 2011 - 2023

North Grounds Softball League Memorabilia (NGSL)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-221-20
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of memorabilia: uniform, sweatshirt, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002 - 2005

Office of Admissions records

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

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

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

Office of Student Affairs (formerly Office of the Dean of Students) records

 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: Majority of material found in 1969-1988, 2012

Office of the Dean records (Dean's Papers)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-100
Scope and Contents The 1978 accession of Deans' Papers spans the years 1912-1977, although the concentration of material covers 1937-1975, and touches the terms of Deans Lile, Dobie, Ribble, Dillard, and Paulsen. Included are copies of the Dean's Reports to the president from 1904 to 1968; these reports are an excellent starting point for one researching practically any facet of the Law School's history.In the deans' correspondence files, the researcher may expect to find several issues which have...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1912-1990

Online news and media - University of Virginia School of Law

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-504
Scope and Contents

This resource consists of online media collections that the University of Virginia School of Law curated and disseminated online. They generally consist of news articles, videos, and sound recordings. These materials document the School of Law's wide-ranging work and provide evidence of how the School markets itself to the broader world.

Dates: 2005 - 2023

Special Committee on Clinical Education records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-310-88
Scope and Contents

Memorandum and interim report.

Dates: 1981 - 1982

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