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The 2026 McGlothlin Award for Exceptional Teaching has been granted to Professor Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl of William & Mary Law School and to Professor Dawn Edmiston of the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.
Catch up on all the Commencement excitement at William & Mary Law School.
Isabelle Rustom ’26 was honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award during William & Mary Law School’s commencement ceremony at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, May 16.
Caitlin Vasko Brown ’26 received the George Wythe Award during William & Mary Law School’s commencement ceremony at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, May 16.
Emma Davis Herber ’26 received the Lawrence W. I’Anson Award during the Law School’s commencement ceremony at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, May 16.
Professor Vivian Hamilton received the John Marshall Award during William & Mary Law School’s Commencement Ceremony at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, May 16.
Members of the Class of 2026 were recognized for their achievements at the end of spring semester.
Three awards were presented to members of the graduating class at the May 16 commencement ceremony.
Faculty were recognized during the Law School's Commencement ceremony and during spring semester.
Professor Thomas McSweeney received the 2026 Walter L. Williams, Jr., Memorial Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding teaching and is determined by a vote of the graduating class.
The 2025-26 Black Law Students Association Symposium held in April brought current members and alumni together to network and learn from one another while celebrating their common bond as part of the Law School and BLSA communities.
Allison Orr Larsen, the Alfred Wilson & Mary I.W. Lee Professor of Law and Taylor Reveley Research Professor at William & Mary Law School, has been named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Professor Timothy Zick has been named a Chancellor Professor of Law at William & Mary and published a new book examining Executive Power and the First Amendment.
William & Mary Law School’s Election Law Society recently held a symposium examining the current mid-decade redistricting trend and its implications for the 2026 elections and beyond.
Professor Sonia Katyal of UC Berkeley School of Law presented the 2025–26 Stanley H. Mervis Lecture in Intellectual Property at William & Mary Law School on March 30.
Professor Jonathan H. Adler brings a reputation to William & Mary as one of the nation’s most influential voices in debates over the proper scope of regulation, the meaning of statutory text, and the future of environmental governance.
Professor Samuel Bagenstos, a renowned expert in health law and employment law, presented William & Mary Law School’s annual George Wythe Lecture in April.
James Alcorn and Rebecca Green of the Election Law Program (ELP) have been awarded a national research grant from the MIT Election Data + Science Lab to study voter registration and list maintenance systems across the U.S.
From the start of her academic journey, Emma Herwig '28 has been drawn to a niche but significant area of law—one fueled by a unique passion that continues to inspire and motivate her every day.
First-year law student Hannah Romoff’s dedication to advancing disability justice will guide her wherever her career takes her — and her story is only just beginning.
Joshua Brown '28 sees William & Mary Law not just as a place to study law, but as a community that values history, service, and personal growth.
William & Mary Law School welcomed two distinguished alumni and former attorneys general to campus on March 30 for the sixth installment of the Scalia-Ginsburg Collegiality Speaker Series.
William & Mary Law School presented the Marshall-Wythe Medallion, its highest honor, to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor this spring.
Lt. General Charles Pede (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, has been named recipient of this year’s Citizen Lawyers in Action Award, presented annually by William & Mary Law School’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law.
Attorney and former prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal ’99 will serve as the commencement speaker for William & Mary Law School's Class of 2026 in May.
Professor Myrisha S. Lewis celebrates the publication of her groundbreaking new book and a significant university award.
Professor Nathan B. Oman has a new book out from Oxford University Press, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition." Learn more in this Q&A.
On February 27, the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (BORJ) hosted its annual symposium, “Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World.”
Recentl research that draws on W&M Law School’s George Wythe Collection, reveals how Wythe may have relied on classical sources to craft the phrase that has endured for nearly two and a half centuries on Virginia’s Seal.
Five new graduate certificate programs designed to meet rising demand for applied legal knowledge across regulated, technology-driven, and professional sectors will be launched in January 2027.
The William & Mary Law Review recently partnered with the Duke Center for Firearms Law to host a Symposium titled, “Challenging Gun Industry Immunity.”
On February 3, the Law School celebrated the return of the pie-eating contest, which provides financial support to bone marrow transplant patients.
Professor James Y. Stern has been selected by the American Law Institute to serve as an Associate Reporter for the Fourth Restatement of Property.
The National Trial Team has been crowned National Champion, earning first place at the National Championships Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition held in New Orleans.
William & Mary Law School recently hosted a webinar on Venezuela, the United States & International Law.
A recent episode of The International Risk Podcast featured Professor Lev Breydo, exploring how sovereign debt has evolved into a strategic instrument of power amid rising geopolitical risk.
William & Mary Law School's Professor Allison Orr Larsen has been named among the latest elected members of the American Law Institute.
Prominent legal theorist James Penner will be awarded the 2026 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize during the annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in London, England, next October.
Nicole B. Porter, Rita Anne Rollins Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Chai Feldblum Award.