Monica Sandu ‘24
Production Editor
It’s that time of year again. You’ve no doubt heard more welcome messages by now than you know what to do with. As the last sun-soaked days of summer give way to the pumpkin spice kaleidoscope of fall, students roam the halls of the Law School once more. And, as Production Editor of UVA Law’s oldest and most beloved student newspaper, I would like to also welcome everyone back for another year. While such an article would usually be in the jurisdiction of the Editor-in-Chief, the Law Weekly is thankfully not bound by such trivial matters as the non-delegation doctrine.
For many of you, these are the very first steps on your journey to a law career. Welcome to the LawHoo family! To those who have finished their first year and have returned in triumph, welcome back! You now have standing to sue in the Court of Petty Appeals.[1] For those like myself who now enter their final year, this is a time of jubilation. Congratulations, and welcome back one last time! For those who have come from around the country and around the world, welcome to Charlottesville! We hope you find a home here.
If this is your first introduction to the Law Weekly, stick around! The Law Weekly is UVA Law’s weekly student newspaper. New issues come out each Wednesday, covering everything from Law School updates and current events to humor, satire, and the prestigious Court of Petty Appeals (COPA), where law students air their most serious grievances to this school’s most brilliant legal writers. Whether you read for our journalism, our world-renowned collection of professor quotes, or just for the Sudoku, the Law Weekly has something for everybody.
Interested in getting involved? Our editorial board is always open to new members! All you have to do is attend three meetings. With many articles being passion projects[2] and others being fantastic opportunities to get involved in the law school events and the community as a whole, there is always something new to write about. And the best part of being on the Law Weekly editorial board? Free pizza.[3] So much that we don’t know what to do with it; we literally give whole boxes away. That heavenly smell on the second floor of Slaughter Hall which sings its siren song at 5:30pm every Monday? It comes from the Law Weekly office (SL279), and you’re invited!
To all 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs, faculty, staff, and everyone else who is part of the Law School community, the Law Weekly would like to extend the warmest welcome.[4] While the coming year will certainly bring with it challenges, it will also bring times of joy. Everyone is here to help you succeed. From all of us at the Law Weekly, we hope you have a fantastic school year!
P.S. Did I mention we have free pizza?
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ms7mn@virginia.edu
Presenting Your Law Weekly E-Board:
Editor-in-Chief Nikolai Morse is a 3L hailing from Mainz, Germany, by way of sunny Illinois. He graduated from William & Mary in 2015, and after some number of years spent in the finance industry, he came to UVA Law to pursue his true passion: being a corporate lawyer. Nikolai spends most of his free time playing pool in the VIJIL/VLR office, doing yardwork around his home, or enjoying the outdoors in Cville.
Production Editor Monica Sandu is a 3L from Blacksburg, Virginia. She graduated from William & Mary in 2021 with a double major in International Relations and French and has previously served as the Law Weekly’s cartoonist and co-executive editor. She has a passion for crochet and an encyclopedic knowledge of the Eurovision Song Contest.[5]
Features Editor Ethan Brown is a 2L from Northern Virginia. He graduated from William & Mary in 2021 and worked as a legal assistant before law school. In addition to his fantastic satire writing at the Law Weekly, Ethan enjoys long-distance running, getting way too excited about trying new IPAs, and baking tarts and citrus custards.
Executive Editor Andrew Allard is a 2L from Seacoast New Hampshire. He graduated from George Washington University in 2019 and worked as a consultant in Northern Virginia. When he’s not hounding editors to work on the Law Weekly, Andrew is probably listening to NPR or still trying to learn how to pour latte art (please be patient).
Managing Editor Garrett Coleman is a 2L who was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to writing for the Law Weekly, he competes in moot court, where he can enjoy having a captive audience, and plays much softball, considering himself to be a 75th percentile player. Outside of legal work and extracurriculars, he enjoys hiking and backpacking, his favorite destination being Nevada Falls in Yosemite.
[1] It is a long-standing rule of COPA Procedure that 1Ls always lose (unless it is funnier for them to win).
[2] Last year’s co-executive editor Emeritus dedicated his last semester of law school to writing a series of in-depth articles about different animals. [Citation]
[3] Terms and Conditions apply.
[4] Almost as warm as the fresh pizza we have at every meeting.
[5] She also enjoys writing about herself in the third person.