Read Full Article (PDF) The author begins this Comment by providing a background on the theory and practice of restorative justice—what it prioritizes, what it looks like, and how it is implemented. This involves acknowledging the multiple perspectives that exist...
Read Full Article (PDF) This comment argues that stable, long-term funding is needed at the state level in order to sustain and improve the 988 Hotline,specifically through a 988 fee, so that the United States can move to implementing steps two and three of SAMHSA’s...
Read Full Article (PDF) Attorney-client jail phone calls, video calls, and emails are all routinely recorded and monitored by jails, with numerous examples of jails and private telecommunications providers giving those recordings and emails to law enforcement and...
Read Full Article (PDF) As the number of nontraditional judges on the bench has increased, political scientists have studied their voting behaviors and presence on circuit court panels to determine if their presence made a difference in case outcomes. The results of...
Read Full Article (PDF) Freedom of disposition is unquestionably accepted as the organizing principle of inheritance law in the United States. But what if we’ve been wrong about that this whole time? Or perhaps we haven’t been wrong exactly, but instead have been...
Read Full Article (PDF) Corporate diversity has been in the spotlight for decades. Recent efforts have followed years of legal scholarship, arguments on the business rationale for greater diversity, and, more recently, the racial unrest during the summer of 2020....
Read Full Article (PDF) Access to abortion and increased poverty for women and children are inversely correlated: as access to abortion decreases, feminineand child poverty increase. Women who try to access abortions are more likely to already be mothers, and more...
Read Full Article (PDF) Beyond the parties to a case in which an injunction is ordered, few outsiders may be aware they exist. And even when an order for injunctive relief makes the news, its exact terms may not be widely known. But like legislative enactments and...
Read Full Article (PDF) Aubrey Bouchard * * Annual Survey Editor, University of Richmond Law Review; J.D. 2025, University of Richmond School of Law.
Read Full Article (PDF) Carl Tobias * * Williams Chair in Law, University of Richmond School of Law.
Read Full Article (PDF) As an annual update, this article discusses decisions from the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia reviewing procedural issues. Some of the analysis provides a new perspective on a procedural topic and other parts of...
Read Full Article (PDF) This Article surveys recent developments in criminal procedure and law in Virginia. Because of space limitations, the authors have limited their discussion to the most significant published appellate decisions and legislation. Tanner M. Russo *...