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Margaret Ivey

Clinical Professor of Law Emerita
Curriculum Vitae

  • Profile

    Professor Margaret Ivey retired as Director of the Law School’s Clinical Placement Program and Clinical Professor of Law in 2020. She writes in the area of family law and offered an upper level domestic violence seminar. Professor Ivey is the immediate past chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Commission on the Needs of Children, a former member of the Virginia Bar Association’s Board of Governors and Community Service Council, has served as chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar Section on Education of Lawyers, and was a member of the Judicial Administration Task Force of the Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century. Professor Ivey is also a member and past president of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Poverty Law Center.

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    • Awards

      Virgina Bar Association Robert E. Shephard, Jr. Award (2015)


      University of Richmond Story Award for Public Service (2003)


      Mary Baldwin College Service to Community Award (1992)

    • Presentations

      Presenter, "Clinical Pedagogy and Beginning Quest for Resilience and Dignity," 39th Annual Conference on clinical Legal Education, Baltimore, (May 2016)


      Presentations Prior to 2019

    • Memberships

      Member, American Association of Law Schools Clinical Legal Education Section


      Member, American Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Bar Association City of Richmond


      Member, Clinical Legal Education Association


      Fundraising Volunteer , Legal Aid Justice Center and Central Virginia Legal Aid Society


      Member, Virginia Bar Association Commission on the Needs of Children (1987 - present)


      Chair, Virginia Bar Association Commission on the Needs of Children (2009 - 2020)


      Invited Participant, Chief Justice’s Pro Bono Summit


      Invited Participant, RISE for Youth Campaign for Juvenile Justice


      Chair, VSB Section on the Education of Lawyers Nomination Committee


      Invited Participant and Reporter, 20th Anniversary Conclave on the Education of Lawyers


      Member, Reporters Committee, 20th Anniversary Conclave on the Education of Lawyers


      Member, VSB Rakes Leadership in Education Award Nomination Committee


      Member, VSB Rakes Leadership in Education Award Nominations Committee


      Member, VSB Rakes Leadership in Education Award Nominations Committee


      Member, VSB Section on the Education of Lawyers Nomination Committee


      Invited Guest, Greater Richmond Bar Foundation Pro Bono Challenge Review


      Vice-Chair, Virginia State Bar Core Competencies Committee (2010 - 2011)


      Co-Chair, John C. Kenney Pro Bono Award Committee (2006 - 2011)


      Member, Bar Association of Richmond Pro Bono Committee (2000 - 2011)


      Member, The Virginia Bar Association Pro Bono Task Force


      Invited Participant, Virginia Bar Association Leadership Conference, Young Lawyers Task Force


      Member, Nominating Committee, Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers


      Member, VSB Section on the Education of Lawyers Nomination Committee


      Vice-Chair, Virginia Bar Association Community Service Council (2008 - 2009)


      Member, Board of Governors, Virginia Bar Association (2006 - 2009)


      Chair, Outreach Committee, Virginia Bar Association Community Service Council (2006 - 2009)


      Law School Outreach Committee, Virginia Bar Association Community Service Council (2005 - 2009)


      Executive Committee, Virginia Bar Association Community Service Council (2004 - 2009)


      Invited Participant, American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar


      Member, Nominating Committee, Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers


      Member, VSB Section on the Education of Lawyers Nomination Committee


      Member, Judicial Administration Task Force, Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century: To Benefit All to Exclude None (2005 - 2005)


      Outside Reviewer of Scholarly Work for Tenure Applicant, Regent University School of Law


      Member, Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar Section on Education of Lawyers (1998 - 2004)


      Member, Bar Association of Richmond Planning Committee


      Chair, Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar Section on Education of Lawyers (2001 - 2003)


      Member, Abandoned Baby Study Group


      Editor, Education & Practice, published by the Virginia State Bar, Section on Education of Lawyers (1996 - 2000)

    • Bar Admissions

      Virginia


      United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia


      United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

    • Professional Experience

      Clinical Professor of Law Emerita (2020 - present)
      University of Richmond School of Law


      Director of Clinical Placement Program and Clinical Professor of Law (2004 - 2020)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Associate Clinical Professor of Law (1997 - 2000)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Assistant Clinical Professor of Law (1994 - 1997)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Administrative Director, Clinical Placement Program, and Adjunct Professor of Law (1990 - 1994)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Adjunct Professor, Women Studies Program (1989 - 1990)
      University of Richmond, Richmond, VA


      Associate (1985 - 1988)
      Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, VA


      Assistant Dean (1981 - 1984)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Associate (1979 - 1981)
      Bell, Lacy & Baliles, Richmond, VA

  • Publications
    Books

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2021-2022) (Thomson Reuters) (with Ronald Bacigal et al.) (2021).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2020-2021) (Thomson Reuters) (with Ronald Bacigal et al.) (2020).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2019-2020) (Thomson Reuters) (with Ronald Bacigal et al.) (2019).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2018-2019) (West) (with Ron Bacigal) (2018).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2016-2017) (West) (with Ron Bacigal) (2016).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2014-2015) (West) (with Ron Bacigal) (2014).

    Virginia Practice Series: Jury Instructions (2013-2014) (West) (with Ron Bacigal et al.) (2013).

    Journal Articles

    When Racists and Radicals Meet, 38 Emory Law Journal 1145 (with Ron Bacigal) (1989).

    Criminal Prosecutions in Environmental Law: A Study of the "Kepone" Case, 12 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 291 (with Ron Bacigal) (1987).