Law School Events

The Election Law Society would like to invite you to join us for lunch with Jason Torchinsky, this Friday, March 1. He will be speaking about work on the 2020 presidential campaign.

Join ILSS during the lunch hour on 3/11 in Room 124 to hear local immigration attorney Sharon Powell talk about the challenges immigrants must overcome within the current immigration system. Pizza from Sal's will be served!

Howard Mansfield's recently published book, The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down,  is about property, property rights, and what he has discovered about how these ideas are processed by the American psyche.   Free admission and the all are welcome.

Join the Jewish Law Students Association to learn about available board positions, and upcoming events! Free food! Room 135 over the lunch hour.

Professor Michael Grossberg will present the third Marshall-Wythe Lecture in Legal History on March 13. He is the Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and a Professor of Law at Indiana University.  Free admission and all are welcome.

Serrin Foster from Feminists for Life presents the Feminist Case Against Abortion. 

Equality Alliance & APALSA present Ethical Discourse: Microaggressions Workshop. This workshop will be led by Charm Bullard, the Director of Programs at the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC). Lunch will be served!

Join the Institute of Bill of Rights Law in welcoming Nadine Strossen, former president of the ACLU, as part of the Dunn Lecture Series. Please RSVP for the event here.

Professor Grossberg will present a workshop for W&M law faculty and students.  During the program, he will present a paper, which is a condensed version of a chapter in his book about the history of child protection from the 1870s to the present.

Join the ACS board for Duck Donuts & coffee at our live podcast recording with Prof. Robert Tsai of American University's Washington College of Law. He will answer questions about his upcoming book, Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.

We are proud to announce this year's Symposium: "Constitutional Rights: Intersections, Synergies, and Conflicts." It will take place on March 15th and 16th, 2019.

W&M Law's Student Bar Association cordially invites you to attend Barristers' Ball 2019 on March 16th, 2019, 7Pm-12AM at the Williamsburg Lodge. Tickets for the event will be sold in the Law School Lobby from March 11th-15th

Former Members of Congress, the Hon. Marjorie Margolies (D-PA) and the Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY) will join in an open dialogue on Congress itself, and the political climate.

A student Q&A will follow.

"President Trump and the Administrative State: White House Control, De-regulation, and What is New / What is Not"

The American Constitution Society welcomes Commissioner Chris Piper, who will discuss the role and responsibilities of the VA Department of Elections, and evolving challenges to such departments nationwide. Room 119. Which Wich will be provided!

Join us for a workshop series to learn more about the world of national security and interagency cooperation! Next Session March 19!

The Native American Law Society is excited to present a panel discussion sharing an overview of Johnson v. M’Intosh, its precedent, cultural aspects, and insights on the contemporary and local impacts. Lunch will be provided. 

Annual Student and Faculty Pie-Eating Contest hosted by the William & Mary Law School Bone Marrow Drive Committee to Support Be The Match

Patricia Williams is the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. She is published widely in the areas of race, gender, and law, and other issues of legal theory and legal writing. 

What the Coming Digital Revolution Means for Social Science Methods: A Debate with Stephen Hanson and Andrew Moravcsik

Grad Bash is back on March 22!  Join your fellow grad students for  food, beer, and  wine at Lake Matoaka.   Tickets are available for $10 in advance and $12 at the door.  

Join Sarah Bowen (NC State) and Sinikka Elliott (UBC) to discuss how modern families confront high expectations and deep-seated inequalities as they try to put food on the table – and how we can help!

“Health Law and Policy Society presents Michaela Lieberman J.D.

Ms. Lieberman hopes to open a dialogue about general policy matters on healthcare, the relationship between legal issues and health outcomes, and general advice on how to succeed at W&M.

Please join ACS as we welcome United States District Court Judge John A. Gibney for a lunch hour discussion, "An Alarming Trend: Supreme Court Limitations on Enforcement of Constitutional Rights Under 42 U.S.C Sec. 1983."

Join NALS and William and Mary Women's Law Society for a movie night showing "Keepers of the Game" about an all-Native girls lacrosse team from Salmon River High in Fort Covington, NY.  Popcorn and pizza will be served.

In this lecture, nationally recognized scholar Sylvester Johnson offers a fascinating portrait of the FBI as a key regulatory agent in American religious life by delving into the FBI’s historical engagement with American Muslims.

ELPR invites you to join us for our spring symposium on Friday, March 29, 2019, in Room 119. This year we are bringing together scholars and practitioners from across the nation to discuss the changing landscape of regulations in the mining industry. 

Join the VBA on Wednesday, October 6th, to learn more about the VBA Law School Council, upcoming networking and interview prep events, as well as 1L and 2L opportunities to get involved.