A non-violent drug offender sentenced to life in prison received clemency in large part due to the University of Richmond School of Law’s Institute for Actual Innocence.

The University of Richmond Law Review will host a symposium, “National Security in the Information Age: Are We Heading Toward Big Brother?,” Oct. 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom.

The University of Richmond School of Law will welcome Congressman Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), energy adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign, and Trevor Houser, energy adviser to Hillary for America, as they square off in a forum focusing on energy and environment issues surrounding the 2016 presidential election.

Sen. Tim Kaine, who was named today by Hillary Clinton as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, maintains a part-time continuing faculty appointment at the University of Richmond Law School and the University’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

From fiction to non-fiction, academic to leisure, University of Richmond faculty share what they’ll be reading this summer and why.

Edwin Cameron, who serves as a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will give a lecture at the University of Richmond School of Law titled “Queer and African: Constitutional Protection for LGBTI Persons in South Africa’s Constitution,” on April 19, 4 p.m. in the Law School’s Moot Court Room.

The University of Richmond is announcing the speakers who will address graduates during commencement weekend May 7-8.

Charles Sydnor will give a lecture at the University of Richmond titled “A Witness Against Evil: The Historian as Witness in Nazi War Crimes Tribunals,” on March 28, 5 p.m. in Richmond School of Law’s Moot Court Room.

A $10,000 grant from The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) Foundation will help expand a University of Richmond School of Law program benefitting the veterans’ community.

The University of Richmond School of Law will host “Law. Faith. Justice.” Nov. 5 from 5-7 p.m.