Faculty
Dean, University of Richmond School of Law
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Civil Procedure
- Conflict of Laws
- Land Use
- Legal Education
(804) 289 1779
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Property
- Land Use Planning
- Real Estate Transactions
- Housing Law
(804) 484 1626
Blackstone Professor of Law
Specialties:
- English Legal History
- Virginia Legal History
- Virginia Procedure and Practice
- Equitable Remedies
(804) 289 8196
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Director, Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service
Director, Bridge to Practice Fellowship Program
Specialties:
- Pro Bono Legal Services
- Public Service Work
- Contemporary Public Policy Issues
(804) 287 1207
Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Voting Rights
- Employment Discrimination
- White Collar Crime
- Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
(804) 289 8199
Assistant Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Psychology & Law
(804) 662 3035
Associate Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Director of Academic Success Program
Specialties:
- Adult Education
- Academic Success Skills
- Uniform Bar Exam
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Sentencing
(804) 287 6473
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Legal Analysis & Writing
(804) 289 8856
Dennis I. Belcher Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Empirical Legal Studies
- Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Professional Responsibility
- Computer Law
(804) 484 1574
Director of Professional Identity Formation
Associate Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Professional Identity Formation
- Leadership
- Public Service
- Intimate Partner Violence
(804) 662 3176
Rebecca Crootof
She/Her
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- TechLaw
- Public International Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Torts
(804) 662 3048
Ashley R. Dobbs
She/Her
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Director, Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic
Specialties:
- Intellectual Property
- Transactional Law
- Government Contracts
- Animal Law
(804) 289 8921
Assistant Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Constitutional Law
- Supreme Court
- Constitutional History
- First Amendment
- Reconstruction
Joel B. Eisen
He/Him
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Energy Law
- Administrative Law
- Law of Clean & Renewable Energy
- Environmental Law
(804) 287 6511
George E. Allen Chair in Law
Specialties:
- Bankruptcy
- Contracts
(804) 289 8922
Nancy Litchfield Hicks Professor of Law
Director, Richmond Law & Business Forum
Specialties:
- Corporate Law
- Corporate Governance
- Securities Regulation and Litigation
(804) 289 8322
Sesquicentennial Professor of Law
Co-Director, Intellectual Property Institute
Specialties:
- Intellectual Property
- Copyrights & Trademarks
- Law & Technology
- Contracts
- Professional Responsibility
(804) 287 6398
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Public International Law
- International Arbitration
- International Dispute Resolution
- International Economic Law
- International Investment Law
- Human Rights
- Sovereignty
(804) 484 1654
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Family Law
- Children and the Law
- Civil Procedure
- Legal Regulation of Reproduction/Abortion/Reproductive Technologies
(804) 287 6688
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Tax Law
- State and Local Taxation
(804) 662 3071
Associate Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Contracts & Commercial Law
- Race and the Law
- International and Comparative Law
- Constitutional Law
- Law and Political Economy
- Law and Political Theory
- Atrocities
- Personhood and Citizenship
(804) 287 6887
Director of Public and Instructional Services
Specialties:
- Law Librarianship
- Legal Research
- Professional Responsibility
(804) 289 8223
Assistant Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Federal Courts
- Constitutional Law
Corinna Barrett Lain
She/Her
S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Constitutional Law
- Death Penalty
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
(804) 289 8738
E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law
Specialties:
- Constitutional Law
- Religious Liberty
- Freedom of Speech
- Supreme Court
- Legal History
- Reconstruction
(804) 289 8046
Director of Bibliographic Services
Specialties:
- Legal Research
(804) 289 8221
Catalog/Systems Librarian
Specialties:
- Cataloging Library Resources
- Integrated Library Systems
(804) 289 8226
Julie E. McConnell
She/Her
Director, Jeanette Lipman Children's Defense Clinic
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Youth Delinquency and Child Development
- Clinical Legal Education
- Elder Law
- Criminal Law
(804) 289 8205
Luke Norris
He/Him
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Civil Procedure
- Labor Law
- Employment Law
- Civil Justice
- Complex Litigation
- Law and Political Economy
(804) 287 6450
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Patent Law
- Antitrust
- Legislation and Regulation
(804) 289 8112
Director, Access to Justice Clinic
Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Civil Legal Aid
- Poverty Law
- Eviction Defense
- Public Benefits
- Community Lawyering
(804) 287 1248
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Civil Procedure
- Federal Courts
- Civil Rights Litigation
(804) 289 8682
Director, Bar Preparation Program
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Academic Skills and Success
- Virginia Bar Exam
- Agency and Partnership
(804) 287 6472
Professor of Law
Director, Robert R. Merhige Jr. Center for Environmental Studies
Specialties:
- Environmental Law and International Environmental Law
- Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Regulation
- Climate Change
- Transboundary Pollution
(804) 289 8555
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Legal Analysis & Writing
- Restorative Justice
- Antiracist Legal Pedagogy
(804) 287 6326
Associate Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Tax Policy
- Tax Law
- Law & Economics
(804) 662 3081
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Legal Analysis & Writing
- Law & Literature
- Mindfulness
(804) 287 6585
Director of Externships
Associate Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Contact: (804) 662 3109
Roger V. Skalbeck
He/Him
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services
Co-Director, Intellectual Property Institute
Specialties:
- Law Librarianship
- Technology in Legal Practice
- Copyright Law
- Intellectual Property
- Comics + the Law
(804) 289 8218
Professor of Law
Jennifer & Samuel Tarry Research Scholar
Co-Director, University of Cambridge Summer Program
Specialties:
- Corruption | Human Rights | Megasports
- Bribery in International Business
- Corporate Compliance
- Contracts
(804) 289 8203
Associate Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Property
- Environmental Law
- Land Use and Zoning
(804) 289 8211
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Race and the Law
- Constitutional Law
- Human Rights Law
(804) 289 8812
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Legal Analysis & Writing
- Health Law
(804) 289 8466
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Trusts and Estates
- Family Law
- Charitable Giving
- Legal History
- Property
- Law & Literature
(804) 287 1814
Founding Director, Institute for Actual Innocence
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Wrongful Convictions
- Actual Innocence Commissions
- Post-Conviction Remedies
(804) 289 8921
Williams Chair in Law
Specialties:
- Federal Courts and Judicial Selection
- Constitutional Law
- Torts
- Product Liability
(804) 287 6440
Laura Webb
She/Her
Associate Dean of Student Success
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Specialties:
- Legal Analysis & Writing
- Mindfulness
- Rhetoric
(804) 289 8801
Assistant Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Constitutional Law
- Family Law
- Civil Rights
- American Legal History
- Race and the Law
- Education Law and Policy
(804) 662 3135
Professor of Law
Specialties:
- Workplace Diversity
- Education Law & Policy
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal Ethics
(804) 662 3053
