UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL
OF LAW
19RICHMOND WAY
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23173
Telephone: (804) 289-8740
Fax: (804) 289-8992
URL: http://www.law.richmond.edu
ABA Approved Since 1928
The University of Richmond School of Law, formally The
T.C. Williams School of Law of the University
of Richmond, was founded in 1870 as a
constituent school of the Universityof Richmond. The Law School
is located on the university campus, which is about six miles from the center
of the city of Richmond
and is often said to be one of the loveliest campuses in the country. The Law School
building was renovated and expanded in the early 1990's resulting in a facility
which is both state of the art and gracious.
The LawSchool is fairly small;
it has a student body from across the nation and abroad of less than 500 and a
full‑time teaching faculty of 30. The School continues to be at the
forefront of the use of computer and information technology in legal education.
Richmond was
the first law school in the country to require that its entering students have
laptops. Each student currently has a commodious carrel in the library with
network connections and wireless access. Faculty offices, classrooms and other
spaces throughout the LawSchool are connected to
the University network via hardwired connections and wireless access. Faculty
and students are also able to access the University's network from their homes,
enabling them to access readily a large number of licensed databases and the
Internet generally. Faculty increasingly have incorporated the use of
technology into their courses and have developed electronic teaching materials
for use by students.
The LawSchool's curriculum balances
traditional courses with a lawyering skills program and several in‑house
clinical programs. This combination provides both an intellectual and a
practical approach to the study of law. Richmond
is the state capital, as well as the base of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit and of a Federal Reserve District. Due to its location in this
city, the Law School is able to offer an extensive
range of clinical externship placements with a wide range of judicial and
governmental entities. In addition, there is an International Business Practice
Course in which law students and MBA students work together in small groups to
prepare legal and business solutions to international business or trade issues
brought to the clinic by publicly and privately held corporations located in Virginia.ÂA four semester (the two semesters of the
first and second year) Lawyering Skills Program is required. This program
provides in depth training in the various skills of legal research and writing,
oral and written advocacy (pre‑trial, trial and appellate) and
interviewing, counseling and negotiation. The aim is to teach these skills in
an integrative way. Another noteworthy aspect of the first year curriculum is
the opportunity for first year students to select a course that is intended to
introduce them to basic notions of administrative law and regulation.
The Law School has numerous joint degree programs,
including the JD/MBA program offered in conjunction with the university's Business
School and the JD/MSW (Master of Social Work), JD/MURP (Master of Urban
Planning), JD/MPA (Master of Public Administration) and JD/MHA (Master of
Health Administration) programs offered in conjunction with Virginia
Commonwealth University, a publicly supported university located in Richmond.
In addition, students are allowed to devise, in conjunction with the relevant
department in the university, a joint program in areas of their interest, such
as a joint JD/Masters in Biology.
Four journals are currently published at the Law School,
the Law Review, the Journal of Global Law and Business, Journal
of Law and Technology, and Journal of Law and the Public Interest.
The latter two of these are published only in electronic form. The Journal
of Law and Technology was the first solely "on‑line" legal
journal in the country.
Dean:
John G. Douglass (804) 289‑8183
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs:
W. Clark Williams (804) 289‑8740
Associate Dean for Student Services and Administration:
Kristine M. Henderson (804) 289‑8740
Associate Dean for External Relations:
Roberta O. Sachs (804) 287‑1855
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services:
Timothy L. Coggins (804) 289‑8218
Associate Dean for Admissions:
Michelle L. Rahman (804) 289‑8191
Financial Aid:
Michelle Rahman (804) 289‑8191
FULL TIME FACULTY
JOHN G. DOUGLASS, (Dean, Professor of Law), born Lynchburg, Virginia, April 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Virginia and Districtof Columbia. Education: Dartmouth
College (B.A., 1977); Harvard Law School
(J.D., 1980). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. Email:
jdougla2@richmond.edu
MARGARET IVEY BACIGAL, (Clinical Professor & Director, Clinical
Placement Program), born Greensboro,
North Carolina, June 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia. Education:
Mary Baldwin
College (B.A., 1973); University of Richmond (J.D., 1979). COURSES:
Clinical Program, Domestic Violence Seminar and Family Law. Email:
mbacigal@richmond.edu
RONALD J. BACIGAL, (Professor of Law), born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1943; admitted to bar,
1967, District of Columbia; 1985, Virginia. Education: Concord College
(B.A., 1964); Washington &Lee University
(J.D., 1967). COURSES: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. Email:
rbacigal@richmond.edu
KELLEY H. BARTGES, (Clinical Professor & Director, Delinquency
Clinic), born Fitchburg,
Massachusetts, November 28, 1958; admitted to
bar, 1985, Virginia.
Education: Converse College (B.A., 1980); Clemson
University (M.Ed., 1982); University of Richmond (J.D., 1985). COURSES:
Clinical Program (Juvenile Law). Email: kbartges@richmond.edu
W. WADE BERRYHILL, (Professor of Law Emeritus), born Arkansas,
September 2, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Arkansas;
1979, Virginia.
Education: Arkansas State University
(B.S., 1964); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1972); Columbia University
(LL.M., 1976). COURSES: Real Property, Environmental Law. Email:
wberryh@richmond.edu
PAUL MATTHEWS BIRCH, (Computer Services Librarian), born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Wisconsin. Education:
University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1976; M.A., 1982; J.D.,
1982). COURSES: Legal Research. Email:
pbirch@richmond.edu
WILLIAM HAMILTON BRYSON, (Blackstone Professor of Law), born Richmond, Virginia, July 29, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia. Education:
Hampden‑Sydney College (B.A., 1963); Harvard
University (LL.B., 1967); University of Virginia
(LL.M., 1968); CambridgeUniversity (Ph.D., 1972).
COURSES: Equity, Legal History, Virginia Civil Procedure. Email:
hbryson@richmond.edu
TARA CASEY, (Director, Pro Bono Services),
born New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia. Education:
University of Virginia
(B.A./B.A., 1994); Washington University ‑ St. Louis (J.D., 1999). Email:
tcasey@richmond.edu
HENRY LAWRENCE CHAMBERS JR., (Professor of Law), born Washington, D.C., March 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 1991,
Virginia; 1992, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia
(B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). COURSES: Criminal, White Collar,
Employment Discrimination, Evidence. Email: hchamber@richmond.edu
TIMOTHY L. COGGINS, (Associate Dean for Library and Information Services
and Professor of Law), born Conway, North Carolina, December
7, 1948. Education: North Carolina
Wesleyan College
(B.A., 1972); Simmons College (M.S., 1974); North Carolina CentralUniversity School
of Law (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Legal Research, Advanced Legal
Research. Email: tcoggins@richmond.edu
CHRISTOPHER A. COTROPIA, (Associate Professor of Law), born Dallas, Texas, February 21, 1974; admitted to
bar, 2000, California; 2001, District of Columbia; 1999, U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.E.E., 1996;
B.S.Comp.E., 1996); University of Texas Schoolof Law (J.D., 1999). COURSES:
Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Property, Cyberlaw. Email:
ccotropi@richmond.edu
JOEL B. EISEN, (Professor of Law & Director, Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center of
Environmental Law), born Reading,
Pennsylvania, February 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1987,
District of Columbia. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(B.S.C.E., 1981); StanfordLaw School
(J.D., 1985). COURSES: Property, Environmental Law, Energy Law,
Urban Environmental Law. Email: jeisen@richmond.edu
JESSICA ERICKSON, (Assistant Professor), born Brunswick, Maine, October 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia. Education:
Amherst College
(B.A., 1998); HarvardLaw School
(J.D., 2002). COURSES: Corporations, Civil Procedure, Securities
Litigation. Email: jerickso@richmond.edu
DAVID FRISCH, (Professor of Law), born New York, New York, April
5, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Florida; 1976,
Rhode Island.
Education: University of Pennsylvania
(B.S., 1971); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1975); Yale UniversitySchool of Law (LL.M.,
1980). COURSES: Secured Transactions, Commercial Paper, Sales and
Leases, Contracts. Email: dfrisch@richmond.edu
JAMES GIBSON, (Associate Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property
Institute), born Summit, New Jersey,
October 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Virginia; 1999, District of Columbia. Education:
Yale University
(B.A., 1991); Universityof Virginia (J.D., 1995).
COURSES: Intellectual Property, Computer Law, Copyright Law. Email:
jgibson@richmond.edu
MARY L. HEEN, (Professor of Law), born
September 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1979, California;
1981, Alaska; 1982, NewYork; 1986, Massachusetts;
1997, Virginia (Associate). Education: Yale
University (A.B., 1971); Harvard University
(M.A.T., 1972); University of California at
Boalt Hall (J.D., 1978); New YorkUniversity (LL.M., 1987).
COURSES: Federal Income Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Tax Policy,
Legislation. Email: mheen@richmond.edu
AZIZAH Y. AL HIBRI, (Professor of Law), born Beirut, Lebanon, January 14, 1943. Education:
American University
of Beirut (B.A., 1966); Wayne
State University
(M.A., 1968); Universityof Pennsylvania (Ph.D.,
1975; J.D., 1985). COURSES: Securities Regulation, Corporations,
Corporate Finance, Islamic Jurisprudence. Email: aalhibri@richmond.edu
ANN CRANSTON HODGES, (Professor of Law), born Winston‑Salem, North Carolina, July 11, 1951; admitted to
bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: University
of North Carolina (B.S.I.R., 1973); University of Illinois (M.A., 1974); Northwestern
University (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Feminist Legal Theory, Labor
Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Alternate Dispute Resolution,
Public Sector Labor and Employment Law, Nonprofit Organizations. Email:
ahodges@richmond.edu
JOYCE MANNA JANTO, (Deputy Director, Law Library), born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania. Education:
Clarion State
University (B.S., 1978); University of Pittsburgh
(M.L.S., 1982); Universityof Richmond (J.D., 1989).
COURSES: Legal Research, Professional Responsibility. Email:
jjanto@richmond.edu
J. RODNEY JOHNSON, (Professor of Law Emeritus), born Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia. Education:
William & Mary (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1967); New York University
(LL.M., 1970). Email: rjohnson@richmond.edu
JOHN PAUL JONES, (Professor of Law), born Nyack, New York, March 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1980, California;
1986, Virginia. Education: Marquette
University (B.A., 1969); University of San Diego
(J.D., 1980); YaleLaw School
(LL.M., 1982). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law,
Admiralty Law. Email: jjones@richmond.edu
CORINNA BARRETT LAIN, (Professor of Law), born Great Falls, Montana, August 17, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996,
Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1992); University of Virginia (J.D., 1996). COURSES:
Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Children & the Law, Domestic
Violence, Appellate Advocacy, Trial Advocacy. Email:
clain@richmond.edu
GARY CHARLES LEEDES, (Professor of Law Emeritus), born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1934; admitted to bar, 1962, Pennsylvania. Education:
University of Pennsylvania
(B.S., Economics, 1960); Temple
(LL.B., 1962); Harvard (S.J.D., 1972). Email:
gleedes@richmond.edu
SHARI MOTRO, (Associate Professor of Law),
born New York, New York,
January 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, NewYork. Education: Yale
University (B.A., 1995); New York University School of Law
(J.D., 2001). COURSES: Tax, Trusts & Estates. Email:
smotro@richmond.edu
DANIEL T. MURPHY, (Professor of Law), born Birmingham, Alabama,
October 23, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, New York;
1972, New Jersey; 1979, Virginia. Education: Villanova University
(B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968); ColumbiaLaw School
(LL.M., 1969). COURSES: International Law, International Trade,
European Union Law, Comparative Law. Email: dmurphy@richmond.edu
KRISTEN OSENGA, (Assistant Professor of Law),
born DeKalb, Illinois,
June 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia;
2001, District of Columbia.
Education: University of Iowa (B.S.E., 1994); Southern Illinois
University (M.S., 2001); University of Illinois
College of Law (J.D., 2000). COURSES:
Patent Law, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, International Intellectual
Property Law, Property. Email: kosenga@richmond.edu
JOHN RUSTON PAGAN, (University Professor), born Little Rock, Arkansas, August 4, 1951; admitted
to bar, 1979, Arkansas; 1982, Virginia; 1984, District of Columbia; 1996, New
York. Education: College of William and Mary (A.B., 1973); University of Oxford
(M.Litt., 1975); Harvard University (J.D., 1978); University of Oxford
(D.Phil., 1997). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Legal
History. Email: jpagan@richmond.edu
EMMELINE PAULETTE REEVES, (Associate Professor for Academic Success), born Fort Hood, Texas,
November 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia
(B.A., 1992), University of Virginia Schoolof Law (J.D., 1996). Email:
epaulett@richmond.edu
NOAH SACHS, (Assistant Professor of Law),
born New Haven, August 1, 1971; admitted to bar,
2000, New York; 2002, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University
(B.A., 1993); Princeton University (M.P.A., 1999); Stanford LawSchool (J.D., 1999). COURSES:
Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Torts, Administrative Law.
ROBERT EDWARD SHEPHERD, JR., (Professor of Law Emeritus), born Richmond, Virginia, September 22, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Virginia; 1976, Maryland.
Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1961); Georgetown University LawCenter (1962 & 1963).
Email: rshepher@richmond.edu
JONATHAN K. STUBBS, (Professor of Law), born Gloucester, Virginia,
August 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia.
Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1974); University
of Oxford (B.A., 1976); Yale Law School (J.D., 1978); Harvard
University (LL.M., 1979); Harvard Divinity School
(M.T.S., 1990). COURSES: Contracts, Professional Responsibility,
Human Rights, Jurisprudence. Email: jstubbs@richmond.edu
PETER NASH SWISHER, (Professor of Law), born Oxford, England,
January 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, California;
1978, Virginia.
Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1966); Stanford
University (M.A., 1967); Hastings College
of Law, University of California
(J.D., 1973). COURSES: Family Law, Insurance Law, Torts. Email:
pswisher@richmond.edu
CARL WILLIAM TOBIAS, (Williams Professor of Law), born Petersburg, Virginia, January 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia; 1976, Montana.
Education: Duke University (B.A., 1968); University of Virginia
(LLB, 1972). COURSES: Torts, Products Liability, Constitutional
Law. Email: ctobias@richmond.edu
ADRIENNE ELAINE VOLENIK, (Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Disability
Law Clinic, Acting Dir. of National Center for Family Law), born Berea, Ohio, December 8, 1946; admitted to bar,
1974, Maryland; 1975, Missouri; 1987, Maine; 1996, Virginia. Education: Marietta College
(B.A., 1968); Universityof Maryland (J.D., 1974).
COURSES: Clinic, Children and the Law. Email: avolenik@richmond.edu
SALLY HILL WAMBOLD, (Technical Services Librarian), born Norfolk,Virginia, February 11, 1947. Education:
Old Dominion
University (B.A., 1969); University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (M.S.L.S., 1979). Email:
swambold@richmond.edu
WILLIAM CLARK WILLIAMS, JR., (Associate Dean and Professor of Law), born Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1979, Virginia.
Education: Brown University (B.A., 1971); Vanderbilt University
(J.D., 1974). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Conflict
of Laws, Evidence. Email: cwilliam@richmond.edu
GAIL F. ZWIRNER, (Head of Access Services, Law Library), born Camden,New Jersey, September 21, 1952. Education:
Juniata College
(B.A., 1974); The Catholic Universityof America (M.S.L.S.,
1992). COURSES: Legal Research. Email:
gzwirner@richmond.edu