The VLW Blog

The University of Virginia law school is hosting a blog just for law students hoping to land a judicial clerkship.  Much of the advice on the first post at The ‘Shipping News would be well taken by anyone looking for work.

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W. Taylor Reveley III is no longer interim president at the College of William and Mary.
The college’s board of visitors decided yesterday to forego a national search to fill the position and named Reveley to head the school for at least three years. Reveley was dean of the college’s law school and a finalist when […]

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University of Richmond law professor Joel B. Eisen will be a Fulbright Scholar at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing next spring.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology andStanford University law school, Eisen has taught at UR since 1994. He is an expert on energy and environmental law and […]

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The video of Regent Law Professor James Duane’s 5th Amendment lecture - popularly known as “Don’t talk to the police!” - is enjoying widespread viewership on the Internet.
In the video, the loquacious professor advises potential criminal lawyers why their clients should never - ever - talk to the police. A police detective responds and […]

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Former College of William & Mary president Gene Nichol and his wife, Glenn George, are headed to Chapel Hill, NC, to rejoin the faculty of the University of North Carolina law school, reports The Daily Press.
Nichol resigned the W&M presidency abruptly last month after learning his contract would not be renewed; he and George […]

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The Washington & Lee University law school has unveiled a new program, entitled “The New Third Year,” designed to make the last year of law school meaningful.
Students will participate in a curriculum that is entirely experiential, using the final year of school to prepare them for actual law practice.
The Associated Press has a […]

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Paul G. Mahoney, a corporate law expert at the University of Virginia, will become the 11th dean of the U.Va. law school on July 1.
In announcing the appointment today, U.Va. President John T. Casteen III had high praise for both Mahoney and the retiring Dean, John C. Jeffries Jr. Succeeding Jeffries, Casteen said, “is not […]

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Blake Morant, who has been a member of the Washington and Lee law faculty for 10 years, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University law school. He starts his new job July 1.
Morant’s teaching specialties are in contracts, administrative law and communications law. He is the current associate dean for academic affairs […]

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