Faculty

Dr. Azizah Y. al-Hibri is a Professor, Emeritus at the University of Richmond School of Law where she taught for twenty years. She is the first Muslim woman to become tenured in an American law school. Dr. al-Hibri is a former professor of Philosop...

Margaret Ivey Bacigal is a Clinical Professor of Law at the University or Richmond School of Law. She directs the school’s Clinical Placement Program and teaches a Domestic Violence Seminar and Family Law. Professor Bacigal is a member of the Virgi...

Bacigal teaches criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence. In addition to his teaching, he serves as reporter of criminal decisions for the Virginia Court of Appeals. He holds a B.S. from Concord College and an LL.B. from Washington & Lee Univers...

Courses Taught: Environmental Law; Environmental Law & Policy; Land Use Planning; Law & Religion; Ocean and Coastal Law; Property; Real Estate Transactions; Secured Creditors

Paul Birch is Computer Services Librarian, a position which combines academic technology support and web development. He also teaches first-year Legal Research and provides assistance at the library reference desk. Mr. Birch also administers e-mail f...

Courses Taught: Legal History; Remedies; Virginia Procedure and Practice

In Memoriam.

Heather Casey is the Reference and Research Services Librarian.  She assists patrons with reference and research questions, performs other duties within the Reference Department, and is involved in maintaining the Law Library’s Special Collections...

Henry L. Chambers, Jr., teaches employment discrimination, evidence, criminal law and related courses. His research is beyond simple categorization as he published articles and essays on issues as varied as evidentiary issues in employment discrimina...

Associate Dean Timothy Coggins manages the Law School’s library and technology operations in addition to his teaching responsibilities. He teaches Legal Research in the first-year Lawyering Skills program and an upper-level, elective Advanced Legal...

Suzanne Corriell is the Head of Reference & Research Services in the Muse Law Library.  She manages operations of the Reference & Research Services department and oversees the Law Library's Special Collections and participation in the Federal Deposi...

Cotropia received a B.S. degree in both electrical engineering and computer engineering from Northwestern University. He received a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served as editor of the Texa...

John Douglass is Professor of Law at the University of Richmond, where he has taught Criminal Law, Evidence, Criminal Procedure, litigation skills and trial advocacy. He also served as dean of the law school from 2008-11. His principal academic publi...

Courses Taught: Lawyering Skills

Professor Joel Eisen focuses his teaching and scholarship on the Smart Grid, renewable energy, and energy and climate change in China. His article, Residential Renewable Energy: By Whom?, was honored as one of the top four environmental law articles ...

Professor David G. Epstein, an expert in bankruptcy law and an award-winning teacher, is the George E. Allen Chair Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. Most recently, Professor Epstein taught at Southern Methodist University...

Professor Jessica M. Erickson teaches Corporations and Civil Procedure at the University of Richmond School of Law. Her research focuses on issues relating to corporate governance and securities regulation. Prior to joining the faculty in 2007, Profe...

From 1976 through mid-2002, with the exception of a little over a year at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., Bill Fisher litigated complex commercial cases as an associate and then a partner at the firm of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now P...

Courses Taught: Sales; Payment Systems; Secured Transactions; International Sales; Contracts I & II

Professor Gibson’s teaching and research focuses on intellectual property law and new technologies. His scholarship has appeared in the Yale Law Journal, the Virginia Law Review, the UCLA Law Review, and elsewhere. He is founder and director of the...

Meredith Johnson Harbach teaches Family Law and Children and the Law. She joined the Law School from NYU’s Lawyering Program, where she taught for four years and acted as the Program’s Associate Director for the last two. Her recent scholarship h...

Professor Heen’s teaching and research focus on tax law, federal legislative policy issues, and sex discrimination. Her articles have appeared in North Carolina Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, Ohio State Law Journal, and elsewhere. In Spring 2009...

Professor Hodges’ teaching and research interests focus on labor and employment law, feminist legal theory and nonprofit organizations. Her recent scholarly publications explore public sector labor and employment law, the intersections of labor and...

Melanie Holloway is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills IV. She created and teaches a skills-based course in Contract Drafting. Outside the classroom, Professor Holloway counsels clients on intellectual property matte...

Courses Taught:  Professional Responsibility; Legal Research

Subjects Taught: Wills; Trusts; Future Interests; Fiduciary Administration; Elder Law

In addition to teaching at Richmond, Professor Jones has been a consultant to the World Bank, a visiting scholar at the CIA, and a legal advisor to Albania. He has written about collisions at sea, ship interdiction, treasure salvage, oil spills, admi...

Governor Tim Kaine is a lifetime public servant who served as the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2006 until January 2010, as Lieutenant Governor from 2002-2006, and as Mayor of Richmond from 1998-2001. He was elected Chair...

Courses Taught: John Marshall Scholars Program

Professor Lain teaches a variety of courses emanating from her experience as a former prosecutor, including criminal procedure, evidence, children and the law, and a domestic violence seminar. She also teaches the first-year civil procedure course. A...

Professor 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,...

Professor Margolin teaches and is the Director of the Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic, which represents low-income families in the city of Richmond. A recognized leader in family law and foster care issues, most recently Professor Margolin was awar...

Julie McConnell is an assistant clinical professor and the director of the Children's Defense Clinic. She is a 1999 graduate cum laude of the University of Richmond School of Law. Prof. McConnell was the supervising assistant commonwealth’s attorne...

Courses Taught: Federal Income Taxation; Wills & Trusts; Information Design and the Law; Marriage, Money, and the Law; Narrative Design and the Law

Courses Taught: Comparative Law; Corporations; International Law; International Business Transactions; Law of the European Economic Community

Amy O’Connor is the Technical Services/Digital Resources Librarian in the Muse Law Library. She manages the Law Library’s digital resources, performs other Technical Services Department duties, and assists faculty, students, and other users at th...

Kristen Jakobsen Osenga teaches intellectual property courses, including Patent Law, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, and International Intellectual Property. She joined the law school in 2006, after teaching two years as a Visiting Assistant Pr...

Courses Taught: Constitutional Law; Civil Rights; Federal Courts; Sexual Orientation and the Law; Torts; Legal History; Colonial America

Dean Wendy Collins Perdue is a prolific scholar of civil procedure and conflict of laws, as well as land use and public health. Her publications include two case books as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. Before joining the Univers...

Professor Preis joined University of Richmond School of Law in the fall of 2008. Preis earned a B.S. from Cornell University, after which he spent three years trading commodities for Archer Daniels Midland, Co. He then obtained a J.D. from Vanderbilt...

Courses Taught: Agency and Partnership

Professor Robinson is a national expert in education law and policy with an emphasis on the federal role in education. Her scholarship examines how the federal role in education could be reshaped to ensure equal educational opportunity, and has appea...

Courses Taught: Legislative Advocacy; Mediation Advocacy

Professor Noah Sachs is a nationally-known expert in environmental law, and he directs the law school’s Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies. In 2009, Professor Sachs was named the University of Richmond’s "Rising Star Professo...

Professor Strong received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Virginia, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center as an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow.  He practiced both as a federal prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney in ...

Courses Taught: Contracts; Human Rights; International Law; Jurisprudence; Legal Writing; Professional Responsibility

Swisher holds a B.A. from Amherst College, an M.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from University of California's Hastings College of Law. He has taught at University of Richmond since 1974, moving through the ranks from assistant professor to b...

Courses Taught: Labor Law; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Labor Law in a Global Economy; Civil Procedure

Courses Taught: Torts; Products Liability; Constitutional Law

Professor Volenik received her B.A. from Marietta College and her J.D. from the University of Maryland. Her career has been devoted to advocating on behalf of children. She is a former director of the American Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Pro...

Professor Walker’s teaching focuses on mentoring first year students through their transition to law school by offering classes on skills unique to a legal education. Professor Walker also is a long time adjunct faculty member in the second year la...

Kevin C. Walsh teaches and writes in the areas of federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and complex litigation. His scholarship explores the doctrines that define—and delimit—the scope of federal judicial power. Professor Walsh graduated from...

Williams holds a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University, where he served on the Vanderbilt Law Review. He teaches civil procedure, conflict of laws, evidence and federal jurisdiction. In addition to teaching, he serves as as...

Gail Zwirner is Head of Access Services in the library, a position that oversees the functions of Circulation, Reserves and Interlibrary Loan. She also teaches first-year Legal Research and provides assistance at the library reference desk. Ms. Zwirn...