The VLW Blog

Mark Grunewald (right), a law professor at Washington and Lee University since 1976, will become interim dean on July 1.
The current dean, Rodney A. Smolla, is leaving to become president of Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
A graduate of Emory University and George Washington University law school, where he was editor-in-chief of the law review, Grunewald [...]

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We hate to miss obvious opportunities for expert commentary, especially when they’re right under our nose.
We wrote last year about legal battles over the burgeoning wine industry in what used to be known as Northern Virginia’s “horse country.” Who knew that Washington & Lee University had its own Wine Law Society?
According to this news release [...]

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Corporate governance policy is the focus of an award-winning paper written by associate professor Christopher Bruner at the Washington & Lee law school.
Bruner was named the winner of the Association of American Law Schools 2010 Scholarly Papers Competition, for his paper “Power and Purpose in the ‘Anglo-American’ Corporation,” according to press release from the law [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opens a conference on Abraham Lincoln with a speech tomorrow night at Washington & Lee University.
The conference, Lincoln for the Ages: Lessons for the 21st century, will be conducted at Washington and Lee University Friday and Saturday, according to The News Leader.
Justice Thomas’ talk is [...]

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Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer will work on appeals at the U.S. Attorney’s office on a pro bono basis.
According to a press release from Washington & Lee, Prof. Spencer will be assigned to the district’s Appellate Unit, assisting the office with its caseload. The conditions of Spencer’s appointment permit him to take on a [...]

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Americans today do not make the kinds of sacrifices their forebears did, laments U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in an appearance yesterday at Washington & Lee University.
Justice Thomas rarely makes public speeches, the Associated Press reports, but was persuaded to accept the one from Washington & Lee student Robin Wright. He had [...]

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Washington & Lee law professor Mark Drumbl is scheduled to deliver the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Lecture at Oxford University Jan. 28.
Drumbl will address the limitations of criminal law in the aftermath of atrocity in the lecture entitled, “Justice after Atrocity:  A Cosmopolitan Pluralist Approach.”  Drawing from case-studies in Rwanda, Timor-Leste, and Bosnia, [...]

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Feeling the urge to get out of the office?  Want to expand your legal knowledge base?  We have just the ticket.
If you’re near Lexington on Tuesday, take in the annual Supreme Court Preview at the Washington and Lee law school.  Highlights will include Prof. Brian Murchison addressing fleeting expletives and Prof. Adam Scales discussing FDA [...]

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Washington & Lee Law School has announced that Virginia Supreme Court Justice Donald Lemons will teach appellate practice in the school’s third year program. From the news release: “The outstanding faculty at Washington and Lee University School of Law are pursuing a bold new dynamic in legal education that is long overdue,” said [...]

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West has embarked on publication of independent “white papers” on topics of legal interest, and one of the first is a piece by Virginia legal scholar Rod Smolla (W&L Law Dean, former UR Law Dean) on Viacom v. Google. The case involves issues that arise from the proliferation of “homemade” videos on the internet, [...]

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