Professionalism Series – Drugs & Alcohol & Your Career
Thursday, October 30, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tabor Classroom

Academic Success Program – Review: Exam Strategy – Contracts
Friday, October 31, 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Pelzer Classroom

Swygert Moot Court Competition
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4 p.m.
Duesenberg Recital Hall

Law Review Symposium - National Security: Up Close and Personal
Friday, Nov 14, 8 a.m.
Wesemann Hall

Thanksgiving Luncheon
November 24, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Wesemann Café

Faculty in the News

Dean Andrea Lyon was recently quoted in an ABC News article that addresses Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement. The practice will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have repercussions beyond Virginia's borders. Read More

Dean Andrea Lyon, has published a new book titled, "The Death Penalty: What's keeping it Alive." The publication outlines the key issues surrounding the death penalty system.  Read More

On Oct 27, Professor Faisal Kutty was a panelist on one of Canada's premier current affairs programs The Current on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to discuss homegrown terror and how to combat radicalization. Read More

Professor Faisal Kutty's paper, "'Islamic Law' in U.S. Courts: Judicial Jihad or Constitutional Imperative?" was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: Culture Area Studies eJournal. As of 24 October 2014, the paper has been downloaded 66 times. Read More

Student News

On-Line Tool for Job Searching – JD Careers Out There
Monday, Nov 3, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Stride Courtroom
Marc Luber, founder of the website JD Careers Out There, will present a webinar on how the resource he developed can assist students and attorneys in learning more about what they can do with a law degree, and how to break into a market and find a job. Read More

Faith Panel
Thursday, Oct 30, 6 p.m.
Ulbricht Classroom
The Christian Legal Society will host a Faith Panel discussion with subjects about faith in the workplace and in the legal field. Read More

Law Review Symposium - National Security:
Up Close and Personal
Friday, Nov 14, 8 a.m.
Wesemann Hall
The symposium will focus on national security issues that affect the United States and every citizen within United States boundaries.
Read More

Trial Advocacy Team Intra-School Competition
Thursday, Nov 6, 6 p.m.,
Porter County Courthouse, Judge Alexa's Courtroom
The Trial Advocacy Team will hold its annual Intra-School Competition Final Round at the Porter County Courthouse in Judge Alexa's Courtroom. Read More

Trick or Treat at the Law School
The Law School will host trick-or-treat for children of students, faculty, staff, and area residents on Thursday, Oct.30 at 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Valparaiso University residence halls will host trick-or-treat on October 30 at 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Read More

Thanksgiving Luncheon
For nearly 30 years, the Law School has had a tradition of providing a Thanksgiving Luncheon to students who remain at the Law School to study rather than venturing home for Thanksgiving Break. Read More