Aspiring entrepreneurs with more ideas than legal funds find a means to protect their innovations and pursue their dreams for an unbelievable price: Free. The lifeline comes from the newest law student clinic at the University of Richmond, which contributed an estimated $219,000 in business, contracts and licensing services to the community in its first semester. Businesswoman Kelli Lieder launched a speaking tour for her company and its children’s musical project a week after third-year law student Jim Stubbs finished sorting out a complicated series of rights and royalties issues. The case involved 109 hours of work, valued at more than $17,000.

Richmond Law magazine

At the University of Richmond, “The Gift” means one thing: an extraordinary, unrestricted donation by businessman and alumnus E. Claiborne Robins Sr. Forty years ago, his contribution of $40 million accompanied by a $10 million challenge grant exceeded all other gifts from living benefactors to an American university. The result altered the school’s course.

Richmond: The Alumni Magazine

As Virginia’s secretary of public safety, Marla Graff Decker oversees 14 departments with an estimated 22,000 employees. She and several other University  of Richmond Law School graduates in high-profile positions find state government roles are “pretty much as good as it gets” for lawyers with a driving desire to serve the public.

Richmond Law Magazine

The humble belly button takes on new importance. A single, thumb-width incision in the navel permits hysterectomies that avoid cutting abdominal muscles, resulting in tiny scars and little pain. The morning after Theresa Eanes underwent this surgery through an umbilical incision, she felt no reason to remain in the hospital. The best part? “My belly button looks way better than before.”

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