James Gibson
Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property
Institute
Biographical Profile
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Office: Room 215
Tel. (804) 287-6398
Fax (804) 289-8683
jgibson@richmond.edu
Courses Taught: Copyright Law; Intellectual Property; Computer Law; John Marshall Scholars Seminar
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1995)
Order of the Coif
Dillard Fellow
Virginia Law Review, Editorial Board
B.A., Yale University (1991)
Cum Laude
James Gordon Bennett prize for best senior thesis on international relations
William Neely Mallory prize for best male athlete in senior class
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
Associate Professor of Law, 2007-present;
Assistant Professor of Law, 2004-2007;
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 2002-2004
Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2002
U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC, 1996-98
Recent & Featured Publications
Risk Aversion and Rights Accretion in Intellectual Property Law, 116 Yale L.J.882 (2007)
Once and Future Copyright, 81 Notre Dame L. Rev. 167 (2005)
Re-Reifying Data, 80 Notre Dame L. Rev. 163 (2004)
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Surprising Success?, N.Y.U. L. Sch. Ctr. for Research in Crime & Just., Occasional Paper in Crime & Just. (1999) (with Goldsmith)
How Much Should Mind Matter? Mens Rea in Fraud and Theft Sentencing, 10 Fed. Sentencing Rep. 136 (1997)
Bar Admissions
Virginia; District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, and District of Columbia Circuits, and various U.S. District Courts.