Corinna Barrett Lain

Professor of Law
Biographical Profile
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Office: Room 218
Tel. (804) 289-8738
Fax (804) 289-8992
clain@richmond.edu

Prof. Lain's Social Science Research Network page

Courses Taught: Appellate Advocacy; Children and the Law; Civil Procedure; Criminal Procedure; Domestic Violence Seminar; Evidence

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1996)
Roger and Madeline Traynor Prize for the best written work by a graduating student
Order of the Coif
Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review
Best Oral Advocate Award (Section Honor), First Year Oral Arguments

B.A., College of William & Mary (1992)
Summa Cum Laude (class rank: 3/1253)
Phi Beta Kappa

U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officers' Academy (1988)
Distinguished Honor Graduate (class rank: 1/132)
Academy Student Commandant

Professional Experience

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Assistant Professor, 2002-2005
Associate Professor, 2005-2008
Professor, 2008-present
Acting Associate Dean, Spring-Summer 2008
Recipient of 2006 Distinguished Educator Award
Founder, Virginia Junior Faculty Forum
Founder, Richmond Law Faculty Colloquy Series
Founder, Richmond Law Teaching & Scholarship Workshop Series

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's Office, Richmond, VA,
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, 1997-2000
Recipient of 2001 Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services Victim Assistance Award

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Denver, CO
Judicial Clerkship in chambers of Judge John C. Porfilio, 1996-97

U.S. Army, Savannah, GA/Darmstadt, Germany, 1985-89

Featured Publications

The Unexceptionalism of "Evolving Standards," 57 UCLA Law Review 365 (2009).

Deciding Death, 57 Duke Law Journal 1 (2007).

Furman Fundamentals, 82 Washington Law Review 1 (2007).

Countermajoritarian Hero or Zero? Rethinking the Warren Court's Role in the Criminal Procedure Revolution 152 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1361 (2004).

Accuracy Where It Matters: Brady v. Maryland in the Plea Bargaining Context, 80 Washington University Law Quarterly 1 (2002).

Media Highlights

The New Case Against The Death Penalty, The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2009. Available at http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0511/p09s01-coop.html

WRVA Richmond Radio Interview on Baze v. Rees (constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection procedure), Jan. 8, 2008. (MP3 format).

Video Presentation on the Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, September 2007. (QUicktime format) .

Bar Admissions

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