Alberto B. Lopez
Professor of Law
Profile

Alberto Lopez is an expert in property and wills and trusts and publishes regularly in those fields. He previously taught at Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.  In addition to his undergraduate and law degrees, Lopez has a Master of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctorate (J.S.D.) of the Science of Law from Stanford Law School. 

Bar Admissions
Indiana (inactive)
Professional Experience
Professor of Law (2011-present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.
Professor of Law (2002-11)
Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky.
Visiting Associate Professor of Law (2007)
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Lousiville, Louisville, Ky.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (2001-02)
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
Publications
Books
Integrating Spaces: Contemporary and Historical Cases on Race and Property Law (with Alfred L. Brophy and Kali N. Murray)(under contract with Aspen).
Articles
Kelo-Style Failings, 72 Ohio St. L.J. 777 (2011).
A Revaluation of Cy Pres Redux, 78 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1309 (2010).
Revisiting Kelo and Eminent Domain’s “Summer of Scrutiny,” 59 Ala. L. Rev. 561 (2008).
Shelley v. Kramer, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (2008).
Weighing and Reweighing Eminent Domain’s Political Philosophies Post-Kelo, 41 Wake Forest L. Rev. 237 (2006).
The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002, Encyclopedia of Major Acts of Congress (2003).
Equal Access and the Public Forum: Pinette’s Imbalance of Free Speech and Establishment, 55 Baylor L. Rev. 167 (2003).
Focusing the Reparations Debate Beyond 1865 (reviewing RECONSTRUCTING THE DREAMLAND: THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921. By Alfred L. Brophy. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. pp.187. $27.50), 69 Tenn. L. Rev. 653 (2002).
$10 and a Denim Jacket? A Model Statute for Compensating the Wrongly Convicted, 36 Ga. L. Rev. 665 (2002).
Racial Profiling and Whren: Searching for Objective Evidence of the Fourth Amendment on the Nation’s Roads, 90 Ky. L. J. 75 (2002).
40 Yeas and 5 Nays – The Nays Have It: Morrison’s Blurred Political Accountability and the Defeat of the Civil Rights Provision of the Violence Against Women Act, 69 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 251 (2001).
Laidlaw and the Clean Water Act: Standing in the Bermuda Triangle of Injury in Fact, Environmental Harm, and “Mere” Permit Exceedances, 69 U. Cin. L. Rev. 159 (2000).
Law Faculty Directory
Education
J.S.D., Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif. 2006
J.S.M., Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif. 1999
J.D., Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind. 1998
Cum Laude, Dean's List, Dean's Tutorial Society
M.S., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. 1995
Biological Sciences
B.S., Rose-Hulman Insttute of Technology, Terre Haute, Ind. 1991
Class Honors, Dean's List
Contact Information
(804) 287-1814
(Mobile)
(804) 289-8683 (Fax)
Areas of Expertise
Property Law
Wills and Trusts