Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Virginia Law Weekly
RG.32.511
Archival Resource Key
/repositories/4/resources/1610
73 Volumes
2.522 Gigabytes
7.5 Linear Feet
5 boxes
1948-2026
English
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of print and digital copies of the Virginia Law Weekly. The periodical, managed by University of Virginia Law students, features news articles, opinion columns, humor articles, photographs, advertisements, and other content. It documents life at the School of Law, as well as student perspectives of the law and the broader world around them.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Arthur J. Morris Law Library collected the issues in this collection and transferred them to the archive.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on access to issues of the Virginia Law Weekly.
Conditions Governing Use
The Virginia Law Weekly, an independent student organization, published the materials in this collection. It owns the copyright to any content that is not yet in the public domain or was licensed from another party. Individuals who wish to re-publish copyright-protected content will need to seek permission from the party or parties that own it.
Accruals
The Arthur J. Morris Law Library expects to add additional items to this collection.
Biographical / Historical
University of Virginia School of Law students founded the Virginia Law Weekly in 1948. Since then, they have published print issues almost weekly during the School's academic year. In the 1990s, law students began to post digital versions of the newspaper online.
Related Materials
Collection RG-32-204, the Virginia Law Weekly records, contains the administrative records of the student organization that publishes this newspaper. It is housed at the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
University of Virginia. School of Law
Print editionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2490301948-2026Scope and ContentsSince its founding in 1948, students at the Virginia School of Law have published print editions of the Virginia Law Weekly. This series contains most of the print editions.
Volume 1Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483061948-05-27-1949-05-19Volume 1Volume 2Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483071949-06-13-1950-06-12Volume 2Volume 3Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483081950-09-28-1951-05-17Volume 3Volume 4Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483091951-06-11-1952-06-09Volume 4Volume 5Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483101952-10-02-1953-06-16Volume 5Volume 6Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483111953-10-01-1954-05-20Volume 6 Volume 7Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483121954-06-15-1955-05-19Volume 7Volume 8Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483131955-06-13-1956-05-17Volume 8Volume 9Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483141956-06-11-1957-06-10Volume 9Volume 10Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483151957-09-26-1958-06-09Volume 10 Volume 11Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483161958-10-02-1959-06-15Volume 11Volume 12Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483171959-09-24-1960-06-10Volume 12Volume 13Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483181960-09-29-1961-06-02Volume 13Volume 14Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483191961-09-21-1962-06-01Volume 14Volume 15Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483201962-09-20-1963-06-08Volume 15Volume 16Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483211963-09-26-1964-06-04Volume 16Volume 17Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483221964-09-24-1965-05-06Volume 17Volume 18Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483231965-09-23-1966-06-02Volume 18Volume 19Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483241966-09-22-1967-06-01Volume 19Volume 20Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483251967-09-21-1968-06-06Volume 20Volume 21Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483261968-09-19-1969-06-05Volume 21Volume 22Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483271969-09-18-1970-06-03Volume 22Volume 23Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483281970-09-18-1971-06-04Volume 23Volume 24Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483291971-09-24-1972-05-31Volume 24Volume 25Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483301972-09-22-1973-06-01Volume 25Volume 26Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483311973-09-21-1974-05-31Volume 26Volume 27Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483321974-09-20-1975-05-23Volume 27Volume 28Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483331975-09-19-1976-05-21Volume 28Volume 29Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483341976-09-17-1977-05-06Volume 29Volume 30Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483351977-09-16-1978-05-09Volume 30Volume 31Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483361978-09-01-1979-04-27Volume 31Volume 32Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483371979-09-07-1980-04-25Volume 32Volume 33Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483381980-09-05-1981-05-01Volume 33Volume 34Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483391981-09-04-1982-04-30Volume 34Volume 35Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483401982-08-24-1983-04-29Volume 35Volume 36Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483411983-09-02-1984-04-27Volume 36Volume 37Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483421984-09-07-1985-04-26Volume 37Volume 38Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483431985-09-06-1986-04-25Volume 38Volume 39 Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483441986-09-05-1987-04-24Volume 39Volume 40Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483451987-09-04-1988-04-29Volume 40Volume 41Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483461988-09-02-1989-04-28Volume 41Volume 42Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483471989-08-25-1990-05-04Volume 42Volume 43Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483481990-08-24-1991-04-26Volume 43Volume 44Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483491991-08-26-1992-04-24Volume 44Volume 45Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483501992-08-28-1993-04-26Volume 45Volume 46Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483511993-08-30-1994-04-29Volume 46Volume 47Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483521994-09-02-1995-04-28Volume 47Volume 48Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483531995-09-01-1996-04-26Volume 48Volume 49Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483541996-09-06-1997-04-25Volume 49Volume 50Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483551997-09-05-1998-04-17Volume 50Volume 51Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483561998-08-28-1999-04-23Volume 51Volume 52Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483571999-04-27-2000-04-21Volume 52Volume 53Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483582000-08-25-2001-04-27Volume 53Volume 54Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483592001-08-31-2002-04-26Volume 54Volume 55Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483602002-08-30-2003-04-25Volume 55Volume 56Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483612003-08-29-2004-04-23Volume 56Volume 57Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483622004-08-27-2005-04-29Volume 57Volume 58Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483632005-09-02-2006-04-28Volume 58Volume 59Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483642006-09-01-2007-04-27Volume 59Volume 60Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483652007-08-31-2008-04-25Volume 60Volume 61Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483842008-08-28-2009-04-24Volume 61Volume 62Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483852009-08-21-2010-04-30Volume 62Volume 63Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483862010-08-20-2011-05-20Volume 63Volume 64Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483872011-08-26-2012-04-27Volume 64Volume 65Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483882012-09-07-2013-04-26Volume 65Volumes 66 and 67Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483892013-09-11-2015-04-15Volume 66/67Volume 68Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483902015-08-19-2016-04-20Volume 68Volume 69Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483912016-08-24-2017-04-19Volume 69Volume 70Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483922017-08-30-2018-04-18Volume 70Volume 71Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483932018-08-29-2019-04-17Volume 71Volume 72Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483942019-08-28-2020-04-15Volume 72Volume 73Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483952020-08-26-2021-04-14Volume 73Volume 74Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483962021-08-18-2022-04-201Volume 75Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2483972022-08-31-2023-04-262Volume 76Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2490332023-09-06-2024-04-033Volume 77Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2727002024-08-23-2025-04-144Volume 78Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2940232025-08-27-2026-04-155Online editionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2490312.522 Gigabytes2016-2026Scope and ContentsSince the 1990s, digital copies of the Virginia Law Weekly have been published online and freely available on the Internet. This series consists of captures archivists made of the online edition. The online edition contains news articles, features, newspaper staff lists, reviews, columns, and pdf copies of past print editions.
Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2490322.522 Gigabytes2024-05-13Virginia Law Weekly Website Crawl 2024-05-13
Scope and ContentsThis file consists of wacz and associated metadata files that the Law Library produced while crawling the Virginia Law Weekly website on May 13, 2024. On this date, the website contained content that the Virginia Law Weekly published between November 2016 and April 2024.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionIn May 2024, Dan Cavanaugh, an archivist at the University of Virginia Law Library, created the items in this file. The items were the product of scheduled web crawls of the Virginia Law Weekly website. That same month, Cavanaugh transferred the files to the Law Library's archival repository.
AppraisalThe materials in this file initially existed as web pages. Archivists strive to capture online resources and preserve them in a state close to how they would have appeared to users when they were live. However, to overcome technological limitations and to allow for sustainable preservation, archivists often made appraisal decisions that resulted in archived websites that function and look different from the originals.
Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/2940392026-05-072026 Crawl of Virginia Law Weekly Website
Scope and ContentsThis file consists of wacz and associated metadata files that the Law Library produced while crawling the Virginia Law Weekly website on May 7, 2026. On this date, the website contained content that the Virginia Law Weekly published between August 2017 and April 2026.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionIn May 2026, Dan Cavanaugh, an archivist at the University of Virginia Law Library, created the items in this file. The items were the product of scheduled web crawls of the Virginia Law Weekly website. That same month, Cavanaugh transferred the files to the Law Library's archival repository.
AppraisalThe materials in this file initially existed as web pages. Archivists strive to capture online resources and preserve them in a state close to how they would have appeared to users when they were live. However, to overcome technological limitations and to allow for sustainable preservation, archivists often made appraisal decisions that resulted in archived websites that function and look different from the originals.