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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:

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

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

The Virginia Eagle records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-216
Scope and Contents

The Virginia Eagle was founded in 2002 as a “non-partisan political quarterly published by the University of Virginia School of Law.” Stephanie Russek, Ian Bryan, Lynne C. Fogarty, Kevin G. Ritz and Joseph Tubin were the founders of the new student publication that "wanted to explore the events that unfold far outside of our bucolic quadrangle, in “The Real World”.”

The Virginia Eagle had a short life and became inactive in 2004.

Dates: 2002 - 2004

The Federalist Society at the University of Virginia records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-214
Scope and Contents The Federalist Society at the University of Virginia School of Law was constituted in April 18, 1988 as a “Contracted Independent Organization (CIO) at the University of Virginia and is associated with the national Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.” Their mission is “to promote awareness and debate of law and public policy issues, with particular emphasis on the principles of judicial restraint, individual liberty, and the separation of governmental...
Dates: 1983 - 2004

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

Women of Color (WOC) records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-218

Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Virginia Law Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-217
Scope and Contents

The administrative records, scrapbooks, websites, newsletters, and artifacts in this collection document the history of the Virginia Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA).

Dates: circa 1990 - 2024

Faculty Building Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-301
Abstract

Committe files: notes, correspondence, plans, blueprints.

Dates: 1978

Faculty Dean Search Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-303
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1979

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

Faculty Arboretum Committee records

 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: 1975 - 1980

Faculty Flexible Exam Committee Report

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-308
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1982-03-01

Dean's Advisory Committee Files

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-311
Abstract

Committee files

Dates: 1982 - 1986

Special Committee on Clinical Education records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-310
Scope and Contents

Memorandum and interim report.

Dates: 1981 - 1982

Faculty Curriculum Committee records

 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: 1980 - 1993

Law School Renovation Project records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-32-313

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

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