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Spider Spotlight: Emma Hilbert, L'15
For Emma Hilbert, L'15, the concept of legal education boiled down to a combination of two passions: intellectual reasoning and community service. Today, she puts those skills to good use with the Texas Civil Rights Project. 
Faculty Hiring for New Signature Programs
Two newly posted faculty positions at the University of Richmond School of Law are aimed at helping students adapt to a changing legal profession. The school plans to hire a Director of Legal Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Director of Professional Identity Formation starting with the 2020-2021 school year.
Spider Spotlight: Nikki Rovner, L'94
Nikki Rovner, L’94, combined her loves for science and policy in a career in environmental law. Today, she’s making a difference through her work with the Nature Conservancy.
Richmond Law Welcomes Da Lin
Prof. Da Lin, an expert in business associations and corporate governance, is one of the newest additions to the Richmond Law faculty.
The Last Laugh? Copyright & Comedy
3L Matt Pangle's recent scholarship on the intersection of copyright law and comedy made him the third consecutive Richmond Law student to win the Virginia State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section Student Writing Competition. 
Cotropia and Gibson Named to Professorships
The University of Richmond School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of two new professorships. Dean Wendy Perdue named Christopher A. Cotropia as the Dennis I. Belcher Professor of Law and James Gibson as the Sesquicentennial Professor of Law.
Osenga Named to Research Scholar Position
The University of Richmond School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of the newest Austin E. Owen Research Scholar. Dean Wendy Perdue appointed Kristen Jakobsen Osenga to the position.
Chambers Appointed to Racial Inequity Commission
Professor Hank Chambers, an expert in constitutional and criminal law, was recently appointed to Governor Ralph Northam’s newly formed Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law.
Giorgetti to Serve as ICSID Scholar-in-Residence
Professor Chiara Giorgetti will spend her sabbatical semester as Scholar-in-Residence at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, D.C.
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The University of Richmond School of Law Alumni Magazine  •  Summer 2019

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