University of Virginia law professor Anne Coughlin, who led a group of students that inspired a federal lawsuit challenging the military's ban on women in combat, discusses the issue alongside Megan Keane, an attorney from the law firm Covington & Burling, which filed the lawsuit on a pro bono basis in May 2012.Coughlin and Keane spoke as part of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law's 2013 symposium, "Theory and Practice," which seeks to bridge the academy and real-world legal practice by featuring discussions led by lawyers directly involved with each issue and professors conducting academic research that informs policy changes and legal responses in the world.