Law School Events

To kick off Black History Month this year, The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) present our annual symposium: Social Activism and the Law! Topics include: Freedom of Assembly, Privacy, and Civil Liability! Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

Please join the Honor Council and Student Bar Association for the Spring 2020 SBA Executive Board Candidate Forum on Monday, February 3. The forum will take place during the lunch hour (12:50 - 1:50) in room 119, and pizza will be provided. 

Join SIPS in Room 141 during the lunch hour next Tuesday to hear Ryen Rasmus, a W&M Law alum, discuss his experiences practicing Intellectual Property Law at The Lipp Law Firm in Fairfax, VA. Lunch will be provided!

Join LLSA for our general student body meeting on Wednesday, February 5, from 11AM-12PM in Room 135. We'll be discussing our plans for the upcoming semester, and will have bagels and coffee to help you refuel between morning classes!

Join William & Mary Law School's Advocates for Life for a lunchtime talk by Kevin Theriot, senior counsel & vice president of the Center for Life with Alliance Defending Freedom, about the legal landscape surrounding end of life issues.  

ELPR's Annual Symposium will take place on February 7th, 2020. This year's topic will address the interdisciplinary nature of climate change and comprehensive mitigation efforts. 

Join your classmates and celebrate being 100 days from graduation!

Calling all W&M Law School students, faculty, & staff with young children (0-18 years)! Join Advocates for Life for a chance to connect with other parents in the Law School community. 

PSF's Annual Auction will be held on February 8, 2020 in Trinkle Hall with the wonderful theme of “Enchanted Forest!" 

Every year, SEALS takes submissions of adorable pictures of your pets, and then collects votes in the law school lobby to determine which pet is the winner.  All proceeds go to the Heritage Humane Society but bragging rights are eternal!

William & Mary Alumna and Associate Attorney with Mullen Coughlin, Maria Monastra.

The corgis will be back at the law school this Monday during the lunch hour for LHL's Puppies on the Patio. Start your week off right by stopping by and getting some pets in!

Blind spots are unconscious biases that can narrow your vision and potentially influence your behaviors, join in on the discussion on how to outsmart your mind. 

Panel of female W&M Law alumnae discuss issues women face in the workplace.

Surprise someone special (or prank a friend) with a Singing Valentine this Valentine's Day. Select from one of four songs, a recipient, a place, and a time, and the Law School's very own Law Cappella will sing for you!

In celebration of the love that truly lasts a life time (self-love), LHL will be serving free hot chocolate to all in the Penny Commons from 11am-3pm this Wednesday! (There will even be a nondairy hot chocolate option!)

In the first session of the Studio's Spring '20 Workshop Series, Kelly Crace, Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness, will present “Cultivating Joy in your Teaching.”

Students for the Innocence Project is proud to host Sister Helen Prejean, Bo King, and James Coleman Jr. to speak about the intersection of wrongful conviction and capital punishment.  A short reception will follow in the Penny Commons.

SEALS & VCPC are proud to host Adam Melita, Esq., Deputy City Attorney and George Homewood, Director of Planning, City of Norfolk to discuss Norfolk’s progressive comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance addressing flooding. This event is not to be missed!

Please join the Honor Council and the Student Bar Association for the Spring 2020 SBA Class Representative, LLM Representative, and Diversity Chair Candidate Forum on Monday, February 17 during the lunch hour in room 119.  Lunch will be provided.

Come join Business Law Society in listening to our own Professor Ibrahim give a talk entitled "Crowdfunding and Securities Regulation"! Lunch will be provided.

Join the DPCLS, SELS, & SIPS in welcoming Noah Downs, a video game and internet law attorney at Morrison Rothman. 

Lunch Talk: William Roberts and Robert Allen Garrett are coming to speak on "The Role of Copyright Litigation in the Sports, Music and Entertainment Industries: An Insiders’ View."

"The Future of Fiduciary Law," will take place at the Law School on Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22 from 9:00 to 11:30 AM. The symposium is hosted this year by W&M  Professor Evan Criddle and features some of the nation's top legal scholars.

Interest Meeting for Property Rights Initiative

The corgis will be back at the law school this Monday during the lunch hour for LHL's Puppies on the Patio. Start your week off right by stopping by and getting some pets in!

On Tuesday, February 25th, Professor Whitman will deliver a lecture titled "Owning Humans, Owning Land: Two Primitive Modes of the Property Imagination" in room 127 at William & Mary Law School. Lunch will be served. Free and all are welcome.

The Haven Confidential Advocate Application 20-21 Now Open! Due March 16th @ 5:00pm

The Children's Advocacy Law Society is hosting Megan Zwisohn, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney and Adjunct Professor, for a talk about children and the Virginia criminal justice system. The event is in room 119 during the lunch hour. Food will be provided!

Judge Gibney joins us on Wednesday to share his own candid experience with substance abuse, the warning signs in law students, and ways to manage and prevent substance dependence. 

Professor James Q. Whitman of Yale Law School will give a workshop on a paper titled "The Justice of Enslavement: Homeric Values in Roman Slave Law."  Due to limited seating, this workshop is open only to William & Mary students, faculty and staff.

Join ACS and BLSA for a training that will focus on strategies for being an ally to diverse and underrepresented groups, particularly in the professional context. Led by Shené Owens, Associate Director of William & Mary's Center for Student Diversity.

Speakers 

The William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice cordially invites you to our 2020 Symposium: First Amendment Marketplace Morass: Free Speech Jurisprudence and its Interactions with Social Justice.

Come for a workshop on affirmative action/race-conscious admissions policies and a panel on minority representation in law schools and in the legal practice. Light breakfast items and lunch will be served, with a reception to follow.

We are excited to announce 2020's Cutest Pet Contest! Every year, SEALS takes submissions of adorable pictures of your pets, and then collects votes in the law school lobby to determine which pet is the winner. Submissions open until Feb 2, 2020 at 12pm! 

An exhibition of rare books on early American law from the collection of Sid Lapidus at the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School.

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.