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Legal Knowledge

Legal Knowledge

By: Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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 Legal Knowledge is a podcast that chronicles the history of the University of Virginia School of Law. In this inaugural season, host Meggan Cashwell and a group of scholars discuss the first hundred years of UVA Law, from Thomas Jefferson's founding vision in 1819 to coeducation in 1920.2023 World
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  • Becoming a National Law School, 1920-1960

    Becoming a National Law School, 1920-1960
    Feb 18 2026

    In this episode, UVA Law Professor G. Edward White takes listeners back to 1972 when he first arrived in Charlottesville to teach law. White situates his personal experiences as a former clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren and as an early scholar in legal history within the broader transformation of American legal education in the mid-twentieth century. As a member of the faculty for over fifty years, White provides an eyewitness account of the Law School's development from a predominantly southern law school to a national one.
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    27 mins
  • Constitutional Law at UVA, 1902-1971

    Constitutional Law at UVA, 1902-1971
    Feb 4 2026

    Welcome back to season two of Legal Knowledge! In this episode, UVA Law alumna Catherine Ward and professor emeritus A. E. Dick Howard join us for a behind-the-scenes look at twentieth-century constitutional change on the state level in Virginia, and they set the stage for this transformative period in legal education.

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    35 mins
  • Professionalization and Coeducation at UVA Law

    Professionalization and Coeducation at UVA Law
    May 3 2023

    In 1920, the first three women were admitted to the University of Virginia School of Law: Rose May Davis, Catherine Lipop, and Elizabeth Tompkins. Professor Anne Coughlin explores the lived realities of these women, from the small, familiar anxieties about grades and tuition costs, to the bold steps they took to combat gendered notions of inferiority during the early 20th century.
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    45 mins
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