Congratulations to Scott Jones, L'09, on his selection to fill the Western District of Virginia Magistrate Judge vacancy. Jones will join two other Richmond Law graduates, Hon. Joel C. Hoppe, L'02, and Hon. C. Kailani Memmer, L'92. roanoke.com/news/local/a...
Dean Perdue led her final staff meeting and, in her true, generous fashion, surprised the law school team with "Spider Dream Team" hats! 🕷️
Elon Musk's ongoing split from Delaware and efforts to incite a mass “DExit” continue prompting conversations about America's corporate capital.
“It’s time for the Delaware-Musk relationship to be severed,” said Prof. @profjerickson.bsky.social for @bloomberglaw.com.
Alumni Weekend is one month away! Whether you're reconnecting with lifelong friends or making new ones, this is your chance to return to campus, share memories, and celebrate what it means to be a Law Spider.
Register today to secure your spot! 🕷️ https://law.richmond.edu/alumni/reunion/index.html
Reading week needed a highlight, and @jamellebouie.net delivered!
Richmond Law's American Constitution Society brought the @nytimes.com columnist together with Prof. Donnelly for a deep dive discussion on SCOTUS under Chief Justice John Roberts' leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/by/jamelle-bouie
Congratulations are in order to Prof. @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social, whose book "Secrets of the Killing State" was named a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards social justice category!
https://indiebookawards.com/winners.php?year=2026
Richmond Law hosted our ninth annual Junior Faculty Forum, an event that brings together more than 40 legal scholars from across the country. Participants shared their works in progress related to tech law, children's and family law, criminal law, and constitutional law.
@briandowning.bsky.social
Happy Tax Day! Yesterday, the Virginia Commissioner of Taxation, Kristin Collins, L'08, hosted Prof. Holderness' State and Local Taxation class for mock oral arguments on a tax case and then a visit with members of the Virginia Department of Taxation.
We were pleased to welcome Prof. Dylan Penningroth of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for our annual Emroch lecture. His research reveals how African Americans thought about, talked about, and used the law long before the marches of the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAwqMQWdLeg
Prof. @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social was interviewed live on @cnn.com to discuss the Justice Department's adoption of the firing squad as an execution method, and its relationship to lethal injection.
"In part, it's a move of desperation...the state's violence will be explicit."
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Musk Move to Shift Tesla Cases to Texas Puts Pressure on Delaware
A change in Tesla Inc. bylaws, shifting its shareholder litigation venue from Delaware to Texas, paid dividends for Elon Musk by prompting the dismissal of the last of such suits at Delaware’s Chancery Court, but where it leaves the future of shareholder litigation in America’s corporate capital is less certain.
