Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with School of Law Local Official Becomes Champion of Democracy: “I Did My Job” As an elected official in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2020, Bill Gates saw first-hand the troubling impacts of election conspiracies, experiencing intense pressure to alter the county's elections process, even facing threats of violence. Since then, he's been an outspoken advocate for election workers and democracy; he spoke at Garrett Hall for this week's Batten Hour. Read More School of Law Wang Wins AALS Award for Paper on Religious Freedom Xiao Wang (MPP '09), professor at UVA's School of Law and an affiliated Batten faculty member, has won the 2024 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship from the Association of American Law Schools for his paper on a recent trend in religious freedom litigation. Read More School of Law Alum in Action: Citizens Can Drive Democracy, Even After a SCOTUS Ruling Xiao Wang (MPP '09) an assistant professor at the Law School and Batten School and an expert on the U.S. Constitution, spoke at this week's "Batten Hour" about the implications of citizen-driven initiatives in response to unpopular rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More Alum in Action, Political Science, School of Law, Domestic Policy & Politics, Democracy Xiao Wang Xiao Wang (MPP '09) is director of UVA's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. In addition, he organizes the En Banc Institute and supervises the National Appellate Clinic Network, which was recognized as a finalist for Bloomberg Law’s Law School Innovation Program. Wang writes about federal courts, constitutional law, and law and religion. His research addresses generally how lower courts implement and apply Supreme Court precedent. Read More Faculty, School of Law Gerard Robinson Gerard Robinson is a professor of practice in public policy and law at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the School of Law at the University of Virginia. As a Fellow of Practice at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, Robinson has written about K-12 and higher education, public policy, economic mobility, after-school programs, and race. Robinson will teach on education, prisons, and public policy. Read More Faculty, Crime and Justice, Leadership, School of Law, Education Photos: Daily Academic Life at UVA in the COVID-19 Era University photographers take a look at in-person learning on Grounds, including Batten students and professors in the classroom, during a fall semester shaped by the ongoing pandemic. Read More Student Stories, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, School Engineering, School of Law, Education, School of Nursing Kimberly Jenkins Robinson Kimberly Jenkins Robinson is a professor of law, education and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Robinson is a national expert who speaks domestically and internationally about educational equity, equal educational opportunity, civil rights and the federal role in education. Her work proposes innovative legal and policy solutions to ensure that all children receive equal access to an excellent education. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Event, News, Racial Justice and Equity, Research, Research Speaker, Workshop, School of Law, Social Equity, Education Margaret Foster Riley Margaret Foster Riley is a professor of law and public policy at the Batten School, a professor of law at UVA's School of Law and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Riley has written and presented extensively about biomedical research, genetics, reproductive technologies, stem cell research, animal biotechnology, health disparities and chronic disease. She serves as chair of UVA’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee and as legal advisor to the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board, which is responsible for reviewing all human subject research at UVA involving medically invasive procedures. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Event, News, Research, Research Speaker, Workshop, Ethics, Health Policy, School of Law Pagination Subscribe to School of Law Categories Accelerated MPP(64) Batten Ambassadors(30) Essays(8) Study Abroad (1)Recommendations(11) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Events(15) Faculty(2) Policy Minor(45) Curriculum(34) Admissions(53) Career Outcomes(8) Application(34) BA(70) Alumni(6) Personal Statement(3) MPP(40) SE Minor(27) Student Life(38) New Student(20)