Associate Dean Jack Preis teaches and writes in the areas of federal courts, civil rights litigation, and civil procedure. His scholarship, which focuses on constitutional rights and remedies, has appeared in the Virginia Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, and Wake Forest Law Review, among other venues. While a professor, Dean Preis has argued before the Ninth Circuit, the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court in constitutional remedies cases. Before joining the Richmond Law faculty in 2008, Dean Preis served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brooklyn Law School and Washburn University School of Law.
Presenter, "Supreme Court Update," Institute for Federal Judicial Law Clerks, University of Richmond (Oct. 2016).
Moderator, "Equity in the Federal Courts," AALS Annual Conference, New York (Jan. 2016).
Keynote Speaker, "Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom Under Law"; Oliver Hill Day, Richmond, Va. (May 2015).
Speaker, "We Are Always Team Teaching," Legal Ed Igniting Law Teaching Conference (2015).
Task force on Special Conservators of the Peace, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (Sept 2014).
Qualified Immunity and Fault, 93 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1969 (2018).
Jurisdictional Idealism and Positivism, 59 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1413 (2018).
Do Civil Rights Remedies Deter Police Misconduct? A Review of John Rappaport, How Private Insurers Regulate Public Police, Jotwell (2018).
Calculating Damages in an Uncertain World: A Review of Tun-Jen Chiang, The Information-Forcing Dilemma in Damages Law, Jotwell (2017).
The Dormant Commerce Clause as a Limit on Personal Jurisdiction, 102 Iowa L. Rev. 121 (2016).
How the Federal Cause of Action Relates to Rights, Remedies and Jurisdiction, 67 Fla. L. Rev. 849 (2015).
In Defense of Implied Injunctive Relief in Constitutional Cases, 22 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 1 (2013).
The False Promise of the Converse-1983 Action, 87 Ind. L. J. 1697 (2012).
Constitutional Enforcement by Proxy, 95 Va. L. Rev. 1663 (2009).
Alternative State Remedies in Constitutional Torts, 40 Conn. L. Rev. 723 (2008).
Reassessing the Purposes of Federal Question Jurisdiction, 42 Wake Forest L. Rev. 247 (2007). [SSRN] [HEIN]
Jurisdiction and Discretion in Hybrid Law Cases, 75 Univ. Cin. L. Rev. 145 (2006).
In Search of the Great Academic Novel. PrawfsBlawg (Sept. 2016).
The Next Personal Jurisdiction Issue for the Supreme Court. PrawfsBlawg (Sept. 2016).
The Possible Relationship Between Course Design and the Curve. PrawfsBlawg (Sept. 2016).
Reality, Experience, Video, and the Law. PrawfsBlawg (Sept. 2016).
Which Part of the Constitution Prohibits Wrongful Detention? PrawfsBlawg (Sept. 2016).
Family leave is a win-win (Richmond Family Magazine)
Tue., Oct. 30, 2018
Gavin Grimm cases starts over? (Newsradio 1140 WRVA)
Tue., Mar. 7, 2017
As Trump rolls back transgender bathroom rights, supporters and opponents sound off (HealthDay)
Thu., Feb. 23, 2017
Op-ed: The folly of bathroom bills (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Mon., Jan. 9, 2017
Op-ed: Magna Carta's rule of politics (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sat., Jun. 20, 2015
It may be legal for these police officers to racially profile you in Virginia (The Washington Post)
Wed., Mar. 4, 2015
Correspondent of the Day (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sat., Aug. 10, 2013
'Simple apology' and man tells rape accuser he would drop lawsuit (CBS 6)
Tue., Aug. 6, 2013
Removal before service not allowed (Virginia Lawyers Weekly)
Fri., Mar. 8, 2013
Interview on Bloomberg Law (Bloomberg Radio)
Sat., Nov. 24, 2012
