LAWYERS WORKING WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS must understand the complex relationship between law and public policy to be effective at shaping it.

Virginia’s strength in public policy and regulation law draws from faculty members who

have brought their experiences working for the government or other institutions back to the

classroom. These connections benefit students in a variety of ways.

When professors work for Congress or federal agencies such as the State Department, volunteer for government commissions, consult for state and

local governments, or work with advocacy organizations that seek to influence public policy, the experiences enrich their teaching, facilitate student

opportunities to network with practicing attorneys in a variety of fields, and inspire fresh insights in research and scholarship.

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Five UVA Law graduates are now serving as U.S. senators, including JOHN N. KENNEDY ’77 of Louisiana, left; three graduates are serving as U.S.

representatives, including A. DONALD MCEACHIN ’86 of Virginia.

Instead of spending her last fall semester

in classes, ERICA AGHEDO ’16 worked

full-time at the World Bank’s Mul-

tilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

Aghedo was one of several students

participating in UVA Law’s EXTERN-

SHIPS PROGRAM, which allows

students to earn credit while working

full-time or part-time for nonprofit and government

employers. Students can work anywhere

in the world, or closer to home in locations such as

WASHINGTON, D.C.

THE LAW SCHOOL’S PROXIMITY to Washington, D.C., provides rich opportunities for a close-up view of how

regulations, policies and the government interact. The location also allows top government lawyers and

Washington-based practitioners to teach part-time at Virginia, which exposes students to the kinds of concrete issues they

may one day face as government officials, practicing lawyers or policy advocates.

VIRGINIA’S ALUMNI CONNECT the school and students to Washington and other

public policy networks. The Law School’s graduates work for the White House, Congress, the Justice

Department, the military and numerous federal agencies. SEE BIT.LY/UVALAWALUMNI

J.D.-M.P.P. (PUBLIC POLICY) PROGRAM The Law School offers a dual-degree program with the University of

Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, in which a student may obtain both a J.D.

and a Master of Public Policy degree (M.P.P.) in four years, instead of the five years that would be required

if each were taken separately. Students who have been admitted to the program may elect whether

they want to start in the Law School or the Batten School.

Former National Security Adviser TOM DONILON ’85 discussed looming

global security threats

Former U.S. District Judge JOHN GLEESON ’80 offered his prescription

for criminal sentencing reform

RICHARD BONNIE on guns and mental health, and raising

the smoking age

PAUL MAHONEY on fixing problems associated with Dodd-Frank and the rush

to regulate following financial crises

GEORGE YIN, former chief of staff of the U.S. Congress Joint Committee

on Taxation, on tax policy

COURSES AND SEMINARSAdministrative Law Advanced Campaign

Finance Advanced Topics

in Law and Public Service

Advising the Board of Directors in a Mergers and Acquisitions World

AI, Automation and the Future of Legal Practice

Airline Industry and Aviation Law

Animal Law Antitrust Antitrust Practice Antitrust Review

Mergers in a Global Environment

Banking and Financial Institutions

Baseball Bioethics and Law

Internship SeminarBioethics and the Law Business and Govern-

mental Tort Liability

Civil Rights Litigation Class Actions and

Complex Litigation Climate Change Law

and Policy Constitutional Law and

Economics Corporate Law Policy Criminal Justice Policy Cultural Property Current Issues in Drug

Law and Policy Death Penalty Education Law and

Policy Education Rights and

Enforcement Employment Law:

Wage and Hour Regulation

Energy and Environ-mental Products Trading and Com-modities Regulation

Energy and the Environment

Energy Regulation and Policy

Environmental Law Exercises in

Rulemaking

Federal Income Tax Federal Lands, Energy

and Natural Resource Law

Federal Regulation of Investment Companies

Feminism and the Free Market

Food and Drug Law Food Law Foundations of Climate

Change Law and Policy

Gender, Status and Economics

Genetics and the Law Global Health Law and

Policy Government Contract

Law Government EthicsGovernment Secrecy Health Care

Marketplace Historic Preservation

Law Immigration Law Implicit Bias and the

Law International Trade Law

Land Use Law Law and Business

Management in the Health Care Sector

Law and Economics Law and Economics

Colloquium Law and Economics IILaw and Education Law and Public Service Law of Human

Experimentation Law of the Police Lawyering for In-House

Counsel Legislation Legislation and

Regulation Legislative Drafting

and Public Policy Lying and Lie Detection Monetary Constitution

Seminar New Frontiers in Health

Law and Clinical Ethics

Positive Political Theory and the Regulatory Process

Poverty in Law, Litera-ture and Culture

Presidential Powers Prison Reform Litiga-

tion and Advocacy Professional Liability Providing K-12

Education; Taxes and Money

Public Interest Law and Advocacy Skills

Quantitative Methods Regulating Addictive

Drugs Regulation of the

Political Process Regulation of U.S.

Industries Regulatory Law and

Policy Reproductive Ethics

and Law Rules Securities Regulation Seminar in Mental

Health Law Reform Social Work of Law State and Local

Government Law Tax Policy Tax Secrecy and Tax

Transparency in a Global Economy

The Fed, the Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath

The Role of the Federal Prosecutor

The U.S. President and Policymaking: History, Theory and Simulation

Topics in Banking and Financial Regulation

Transactional Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions

Understanding Police Use of Force

Urban Law and PolicyU.S. Refugee and

Asylum Law Seminar Wildlife Law

CLINICSConsumer Law Clinic Environmental Law

and Conservation Clinic

Immigration Law Clinic Litigation and Housing

Law ClinicThese courses represent the 2016-19 school years. Not all courses are offered every year.

VIRGINIA’S FACULTY HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY.BARBARA ARMACOST,

attorney-adviser, Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel

ADITYA BAMZAI, attor-ney-adviser, Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel

RICHARD BONNIE, associate director, National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse; secretary of the first National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse; chair, Vir-ginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform; chair, Institute of Medi-cine committees

JONATHAN Z.

CANNON, general counsel (and other leadership posts), Environmental

Protection AgencyASHLEY DEEKS,

assistant legal adviser for political-military affairs, State Department Office of the Legal Ad-viser; legal adviser, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

MICHAEL DORAN, attorney, Office of Tax Policy, Treasury Department

JOHN DUFFY, attorney-adviser, Justice Department

KIMBERLY KESSLER

FERZAN, trial attorney, Justice Department

RACHEL HARMON, trial attorney, Justice Department

JOHN HARRISON, counselor on international law, State Department; deputy assistant

attorney general, Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel

TOBY HEYTENS, solicitor general of Virginia; assistant (attorney), Office of the U.S. Solicitor General

A. E. DICK HOWARD, executive director of the commission that wrote Virginia’s current constitu-tion, counsel to the General Assembly of Virginia, counselor to the governor of Virginia and a consultant to state and federal bodies, including the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

CALE JAFFE, director, Virginia office, Southern Environ-mental Law Center

MICHAEL A. LIVERMORE, executive director, Institute for Policy Integrity

PAUL G. MAHONEY,

member, Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee

DAYNA MATTHEW, senior adviser, Of-fice of Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; member, health policy team, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow

JOHN MONAHAN, member, Commit-tee on Law and Jus-tice of the National Research Council; member, Institute of Medicine

JOHN NORTON

MOORE, chair of the Board of Directors, U.S. Institute of

Peace; counselor on international law, State Department

THOMAS NACHBAR, judge advocate, U.S. Army Reserve; senior adviser, Department of Defense, Office of Rule of Law and Detainee Policy

A. SPRIGHTLEY RYAN, inspector general, Smithsonian Institution

MOLLY BISHOP

SHADEL, attorney-adviser, Justice De-partment Office of Intelligence Policy and Review

PAUL STEPHAN, counselor on international law, State Department; consultant to Treasury Depart-ment, IMF, World Bank and OECD

GEORGE YIN, chief of staff, U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation

law.virginia.edu/publicpolicy

CONTACT Michael Livermore

(434) 982-6224mlivermore@law.virginia.edu

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UVA LAW PROFESSORS MAKE AN IMPACT IN PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES

THE LAW SCHOOL ATTRACTS HIGH-PROFILE ALUMNI AND SPEAKERS ON PUBLIC POLICY.