Wendy Collins Perdue
Dean, University of Richmond School of Law
Professor of Law
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Profile
A recognized leader in legal education, Dean Wendy Collins Perdue is Past President of the Association of American Law Schools and a former Vice President of Order of the Coif, the legal education honor society. She has held a number of other significant positions within legal education and the bar, including the Editorial Board of the Journal of Legal Education and the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association. Dean Perdue’s scholarship spans a number of areas including civil procedure, conflict of laws, land use and public health. Her publications include two case books and numerous articles and book chapters, and her scholarship has appeared in the Virginia Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, Washington Law Review, and the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, among other venues. Before joining the Law School as Dean in 2011, she was an Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Presentations
"Supplemental Jurisdiction: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," The Jurisprudence and Legacy of the Honorable Joseph F. Weis Jr, University of Pittsburg Law School (March 2023)
Presenter, "The Dean's Suite & Beyond: A Panel on University Leadership," Female Leadership in Academia, Washington & Lee School of Law (October 2019)
Panelist, "Engaging Key Constituencies," Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership, Villanova Law School (August 2019)
Presenter, "," SAPLA Conference, Campbell University Law School (March 2019)
Presentations Prior to 2019
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Memberships
Former President and Committee Member, AALS Executive Committee
Member, Duke Law School Board of Visitors
Member, Virginia Bar Association Board of Govenors (2013 - 2014)
Vice President, Order of the Coif (2009 - 2011)
Executive Committee Member, Order of the Coif (2006 - 2009)
Chair, AALS Section on Conflict of Laws (2008 - 2008)
Member, Lexis/Nexis, Law School Publication Advisory Board (2005 - 2007)
Member, AALS Nominations Committee (2005 - 2005)
Chair, AALS Membership Review Committee (2002 - 2004)
Member, ABA Section on Legal Education, Committee on Law School Administration (2002 - 2004)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Legal Education (2001 - 2004)
Executive Committee Member, AALS Section on Civil Procedure (1999 - 2001)
Chair, AALS Section on Civil Procedure (2000 - 2000)
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Professional Experience
Dean & Professor of Law (2011 - present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAAssociate Dean for the J.D. Program (2010 - 2011)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DCAssociate Dean for Graduate Programs (2005 - 2011)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DCVice-Chair (1998 - 2007)
Montgomery County Planning Board, Montgomery County, MDAssociate Dean for the J.D. Program (1999 - 2004)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DCAssociate Dean for Research (1998 - 1999)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DCAssociate (1979 - 1982)
Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DCLaw Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy (1978 - 1979)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Presentations
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Publications
Books
Civil Procedure: Cases, Material & Questions (Carolina Academic Press 8th) (with Richard Freer et al.) (2020).
Conflict of Law: American, Comparative, International, Cases & Materials (West Academic Publishing 4th) (with Symeon Symeonides) (2019).
Journal ArticlesBuilding Bridges, 67 Journal of Legal Education 655 (2018) (2018 AALS Annual Meeting Presidential Address).
Harry L. Carrico and the Ideal of the Lawyer-Statesman, 47 University of Richmond Law Review 759 (2013).
Litigating Federal Health Care Legislation and the Interstices of Procedure, 46 University of Richmond Law Review 691 (2012).
What's Sovereignty Got to Do with It - Due Process, Personal Jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court, 63 South Carolina Law Review 729 (2012).
Assessing Competencies for Obesity Prevention and Control, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 37 (with Alice Ammerman et al.) (2009) (Summer Supplement).
Improving Legal Competencies for Obesity Prevention and Control, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Supplement 76 (with Sheila Fleischhacker et al.) (2009).
Obesity, Poverty and the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, 15 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy 821 (2008).
A Legal Framework For Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases, 29 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 139 (with George Mensah et al.) (2005).
Aliens, the Internet, and "Purposeful Availment": A Reassessment of Fifth Amendment Limits on Personal Jurisdiction, 98 Northwestern University Law Review 455 (2004).
Legal Frameworks for Chronic Disease Prevention, 32 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (with George Mensah et al.) (2004).
Smart Growth for Community Development, 32 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 27 (with Carol Maclennan et al.) (2004).
Public Health and the Built Environment: Historical, Empirical and Theoretical Foundations for an Expanded Role, 31 The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 557 (with Larry Gostin et al.) (2003).
The Built Environment and its Relationship to the Public's Health: The Legal Framework, 93 American Journal of Public Health 1390 (with Lesley Stone et al.) (2003).
A Reexamination of the Distinction between "Loss-Allocating" and "Conduct-Regulating" Rules, 60 Louisiana Law Review 1251 (2000).
The Sources and Scope of Federal Procedural Common Law: Some Reflections on Erie and Gasperini, 46 University of Kansas Law Review 751 (1998).
Conflicts and Dependent Sovereigns: Incorporating Indian Tribes into a Conflicts Course, 27 University of Toledo Law Review 675 (1996).
Legal Lore: Sin, Scandal, and Substantive Due Process, 18 Litigation 41 (1992).
Sin, Scandal, and Substantive Due Process, 18 Litigation 41 (1992).
The New Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute--Flawed But Fixable, 41 Emory Law Journal 69 (1992).
Personal Jurisdiction and the Beetle in the Box, 32 Boston College Law Review 529 (1991).
Finley v. United States: Unstringing Pendent Jurisdiction, 76 Virginia Law Review 539 (1990).
Manipulation of Futures Markets: Redefining the Offense, 56 Fordham Law Review 345 (1987).
Sin, Scandal, and Substantive Due Process: Personal Jurisdiction and Pennoyer Reconsidered, 62 Washington Law Review 479 (1987).
Can a Competitor Bring Suit to Stop a Merger (85-473), 1986-1987 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 108 (1986).
Book ChaptersPersonal Jurisdiction and the Beetle in the Box, in Jurisdiction and Private International Law (2014).
Obesity, Poverty and the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunity, in Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader (University of California Press) (Lawrence Gostin, ed.) (2010).
The Story of Shaffer v. Heitner: Allocating Jurisdictional Authority Among the States, in Civil Procedure Stories (2008).
Building Healthy Cities: Legal Frameworks and Considerations, in Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods and Practice (S. Galea et al., eds.) (2005).
The Story of Shaffer v. Heitner: Allocating Jurisdictional Authority Among the States, in Civil Procedure Stories (2004).
Recent Developments in Federal Jurisdiction and Pleading, in Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2003 (2003).
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, in Oxford Companion to American Law (2001).
Book ReviewsReview: Law, Universities, and the Challenge of Moving a Graveyard, 50 University of Richmond Law Review 3 (2015).
TextbooksProcedure and Private International Law (ed.) I & II (Edward Elgar Publishing) (2017).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (2016).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (2012).
Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Symeon Symeonides et al.) (2012).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (2008).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (2005).
Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Symeon Symeonides et al.) (2003).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (2001).
Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Symeon Symeonides et al.) (1998).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (1997).
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (with Richard Freer) (1996).
Instructional MaterialsCumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2010).
Cumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2009).
Cumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2008).
Cumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2007).
Cumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2006).
Cumulative Supplement to R. Casad & W. Richman, Jurisdiction in Civil Actions (3d ed.), (with W. Richman) (2005).
Magazines/Trade PublicationsIdeas for Law Students and Recent Graduates Entering the Real World, 61 Virginia Lawyer 57 (December 2012).
Newspaper ArticlesReflecting on 150 Years of Richmond Law, (Richmond Times Dispatch) (2020).
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In the News
Need More Free Legal Education? This New Library Can Help (Relativity)
Thu., Nov. 12, 2020University of Richmond law school celebrates 150th birthday (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sat., Oct. 10, 2020UR Law School Provides Pro Bono Services For Low Income Seniors (Urban Views Weekly)
Fri., Jan. 24, 2020'State of legal education is excellent,' says new law school association president (Yahoo Finance)
Wed., Jan. 2, 2019How you can help solve the access to justice problem (Relativity)
Wed., Nov. 28, 20184 barriers blocking access to justice (and how to help break them)
Thu., Nov. 8, 2018What type of salary you can expect with your law degree (US News)
Thu., Jul. 26, 2018As one of Kennedy's few female clerks, law dean recalls her job - and her son's - with the Justice (Law.com)
Thu., Jun. 28, 2018Legal education in 'perilous moment' as leaders gather to examine its future (Law.com)
Thu., Apr. 12, 2018Proposed student loan changes may deter law applicants (US News)
Wed., Feb. 14, 2018Proposed changes to student loans worry Law School Association's new president (Law.com)
Thu., Jan. 4, 2018Getting to know: Wendy Collins Perdue with the University of Richmond School of Law (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Fri., Dec. 29, 2017The best small cities for law school graduates (GoodCall)
Wed., Jun. 10, 2015Law schools see sharp drop in enrollment (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sun., Feb. 22, 2015The subtle brilliance behind Richmond Law's dumb ad (The Wall Street Journal)
Tue., Jul. 2, 2013Funeral held for former chief justice of state's high court (Richmond Times-Dispatch and Individual.com)
Sun., Feb. 3, 2013Is getting a J.D. a good investment? (PreLaw)
Sun., Apr. 1, 2012What is law school for, anyway? (The National Law Journal)
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