For the second straight semester, the best bakers in Virginia, if not the wider Mid-Atlantic region and the universe, ...

In an effort to raise more money for all them “PILA Types,” PILA’s board has become significantly more creative in their auction offerings this time around. Law Weekly just received special early ...

If you had made your way to Caplin Pavilion for the Lile Moot Court Semifinals on the 6th of this month, your primary takeaway would have been a greater and more intimate understanding of what good ...

Before I begin this review, I admittedly do not have any memory of watching any of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Perhaps I have, but at some point. But with horror movies, they tend to all blend ...

The further I’ve gotten into 1L, the more situations I’ve discovered that feel strikingly similar to the most notorious, frightening, and borderline distasteful horror movie clichés. So, in light of H ...

Your third-grade teacher told you not to start a sentence with “and.” Your third-grade teacher was wrong, says Bryan Garner, the legal writing guru. [1] There’s no question that advocates and judges ...

I am running for SBA President because I believe that my experience as a student leader over the past two years has prepared me to serve the Law School student body. I am running on a platform of ...

Welcome back 2Ls and 3Ls, and welcome home 1Ls! As everyone settles in (or back) to life in Charlottesville, the staff here at Virginia Law Weekly wanted to provide the community with some vital ...

Mark Zuckerberg famously coined the Silicon Valley mantra, “move fast and break things.” What happens when the “thing” being broken is a state’s water supply? Or utility pricing? These are the ...

Kaufmann, J., delivers the opinion of the Court, in which Wu, Vanger, Becker, and Demitry, J.J. join. Kaufmann, J., delivers the opinion of the Court. This action comes to us on appeal from a district ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Our annual celebration of the dead and demons, All Hallows’ Eve, where we are free to complete our satanic rituals in public. My mother, a caring and kind ...

Last Friday, the premier event of the Fall semester arrived with style at the Forum Hotel. The 2025 PILA Silent Auction provided students with some necessary relief from the pre-Thanksgiving stress by ...