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Tenured faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law through its history.

UVA Law Faculty through History

Lomax, John Tayloe (1826-1830)

Davis, John Anthony Gardner (1830-1840)

Howard, Nathaniel Pope (1840-1841)

Tucker, Henry St. George (1841-1845)

Minor, John Barbee (1845-1895)

Holcombe, James P. (1852-1861)

Southall, Stephen Osborne (1866-1884)

Gilmore, James Houston (1885-1896)

Lile, William Minor (1893-1932)

Minor, Raleigh Colston (1893-1923)

Dabney, Walter Davis (1895-1899)

Graves, Charles Alfred (1899-1927)

Dobie, Armistead Mason (1907-1939)

Eager, George Boardman, Jr. (1911-1942)

Ribble, Frederick Deane Goodwin (1921-1966)

Neff, Harold Hopkins (1924-1927)

Dillard, Hardy Cross (1927-1970)

Nash, Charles Patterson (1927-1967)

Glenn, Garrard (1928-1949)

Buckler, Leslie Hepburn (1929-1956)

White, William Henry, Jr. (1936-1951)

Ritchie, John, III (1937-52, 1972-74)

Underwood, Oscar Wilder, Jr. (1940-1950)

Farmer, Frances (1942-1976)

Redden, Kenneth R. (1944-1988)

Boyd, T. Munford (1946-1970)

Spies, Emerson George (1946-1985)

Alford, Neill H., Jr. (1947-1974, 1976-1990)

Woltz, Charles Killian (1947-1979)

Rhinelander, Laurens Hamilton (1948-1980)

Gregory, Charles Oscar (1949-1967)

Caplin, Mortimer Maxwell (1950-61, 1965-88)

Cowen, Martin Lindsey (1951-1964)

Priest, A.J. Gustin (1953-1978)

McCoid, John C., II (1957-1994)

Meador, Daniel J. (1957-1994)

Mearns, Edward Andrew, Jr. (1958-1967)

McFarland, Carl (1959-1975)

Manson, Peter Clark (1960-1988)

Speidel, Richard Eli (1961-1977)

Wadlington, Walter J. (1963-2003)

Bergin, Thomas F. (1964-1992)

Currier, Thomas Scholars (1964-1971)

Davison, Charles M., Jr. (1964-1979)

Kellogg, Marion Knight (1964-1975)

Low, Peter W. (1964-2014)

Schotland, Roy Arnold (1964-1970)

Woodard, Calvin (1964-1994)

Cohen, Edwin Samuel (1965-1985)

Willrich, Mason (1965-1979)

Turnbull, Albert R. (1966-2002)

Lilly, Graham (1967-2007)

Scalia, Antonin (1967-1974)

Folk, Ernest Linwood, III (1968-1989)

Mashaw, Jerry Louis (1968-1976)

Paulsen, Monrad G. (1968-1979)

Whitebread, Charles Howard, II (1968-1981)

Kneedler, Harry Lane, III (1969-1986)

Lillich, Richard Bonnot (1969-1996)

McKee, William St. John (1969-1983)

Merrill, Richard A. (1969-2007)

Schwartz, Warren F. (1970-1979)

Shapo, Marshall S. (1970-1978)

Gellhorn, Ernest Albert (1971-76, 1979-82)

Henderson, Stanley Dale (1971-2005)

Hetherington, John A. C. (1971-1995)

Hoffman, P. Browning (1971-1979)

McCulloch, Frank W. (1971-1976)

Dooley, Michael P. (1972-2012)

Graetz, Michael J. (1972-1979)

Macneil, Ian R. (1972-1974)

Saltzburg, Stephen A. (1972-1990)

Waggoner, Lawrence W. (1972-1974)

BeVier, Lillian (1973-2010)

Scott, Robert E. (1973-2006)

Wilkinson, J. Harvie, III (1973-1984)

Perlman, Harvey S. (1974-1983)

Goetz, Charles John (1976-2006)

Robinson, Glen O. (1976-2008)

Wenger, Larry B. (1976-2002)

Thompson, Samuel C., Jr. (1977-1981)

Walker, W. Laurens (1978-2011)

Levmore, Saul (1980-1998)

O'Connell, Jeffrey (1980-2012)

Scott, Elizabeth S. (1981-2006)

O'Neil, Robert M. (1985-2007)

Roin, Julie A. (1985-1998)

Stuntz, William J. (1986-2000)

Klarman, Michael (1987-2008)

Jackson, Thomas H. (1988-1994)

Karlan, Pamela S. (1988-1998)

Case, Mary Anne (1990-1999)

Kraus, Jody S. (1990-2010)

Gillette, Clayton P. (1992-2000)

Triantis, George (1993-99, 2001-06)

Wax, Amy L. (1994-2001)

Adler, Barry (1994-1996)

Levinson, Daryl J. (1996-2002)

Magill, M. Elizabeth (1997-2012)

Blasi, Vincent (1998-2009)

Cushman, Barry (1998-2012)

Mnookin, Jennifer (1998-2005)

Ryan, James E. (1998-2013)

Long, Clarisa (1999-2005)

Sanchirico, Chris William (1999-2003)

Bradley, Curtis A., Jr. (2000-2005)

Smith, Stephen F. (2000-2009)

Sprigman, Christopher (2005-2013)

Brown-Nagin, Tomiko (2006-2012)

 

Former Faculty, A to Z

Neil Alford

Neil Alford

1947 - 1974, 1976 - 1990

Tom Bergin

Tom Bergin

1964 - 1992

Lillian BeVier

Lillian BeVier

1973 - 2010

Vincent Blasi

Vincent Blasi

1998 - 2009

T. Munford Boyd

T. Munford Boyd

1946 - 1970

Curtis Bradley

Curtis Bradley

2000 - 2005

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

2006 - 2012

Leslie Buckler

Leslie Buckler

1929 - 1956

Mortimer Caplin

Mortimer Caplin

1950 - 1961, 1965 - 1988

Mary Anne Case

Mary Anne Case

1990 - 1999

Edwin S. Cohen

Edwin S. Cohen

1965 - 1985

M. Lindsey Cowen

M. Lindsey Cowen

1951 - 1964

Thomas Currier

Thomas Currier

1964 - 1971

Barry Cushman

Barry Cushman

1998 - 2012

Walter Dabney

Walter Dabney

1895 - 1899

John Anthony Gardner Davis

John Anthony Gardner Davis

1830 - 1840

Charles M. Davison

Charles M. Davison

1964 - 1979

Hardy Cross Dillard

Hardy Cross Dillard

1927 - 1970

Armistead Dobie

Armistead Dobie

1907 - 1939

Michael Dooley

Michael Dooley

1972 - 2012

George Boardman Eager

George Boardman Eager

1911 - 1942

Frances Farmer

Frances Farmer

1942 - 1976

Earnest Folk

Earnest Folk

1968 - 1989

Ernest Gellhorn

Ernest Gellhorn

1971 - 1976, 1979 - 1982

Clayton Gillette

Clayton Gillette

1992 - 2000

James Houston Gilmore

James Houston Gilmore

1885 - 1896

Gerrard Glenn

Gerrard Glenn

1928 - 1949

Charles Goetz

Charles Goetz

1976 - 2006

Michael J. Graetz

Michael J. Graetz

1972 - 1979

Charles Graves

Charles Graves

1899 - 1927

Charles O. Gregory

Charles O. Gregory

1949 - 1967

Stanley Henderson

Stanley Henderson

1971 - 2005

John Hetherington

John Hetherington

1971 - 1995

Browning Hoffman

Browning Hoffman

1971 - 1979

James Holcombe

James Holcombe

1852 - 1861

Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson

1988 - 1994

Pamela Karlan

Pamela Karlan

1988 - 1998

Marion Kellogg

Marion Kellogg

1964 - 1975

Michael Klarman

Michael Klarman

1987 - 2008

Harry Kneedler

Harry Kneedler

1969 - 1986

Jody Kraus

Jody Kraus

1990 - 2010

Daryl Levinson

Daryl Levinson

1996 - 2002

Saul Levmore

Saul Levmore

1980 - 1998

William Lile

William Lile

1893 - 1932

Richard Lillich

Richard Lillich

1969 - 1996

Graham Lilly

Graham Lilly

1967 - 2007

John Lomax

John Lomax

1826 - 1830

Clarissa Long

Clarissa Long

1999 - 2005

Peter Low

Peter Low

1964 - 2014

Ian Macneil

Ian Macneil

1972 - 1974

M. Elizabeth Magill

M. Elizabeth Magill

1997 - 2012

Peter Manson

Peter Manson

1960 - 1988

Jerry Mashaw

Jerry Mashaw

1968 - 1976

John McCoid

John McCoid

1957 - 1994

Frank McCulloch

Frank McCulloch

1971 - 1976

Carl McFarland

Carl McFarland

1959 - 1975

William McKee

William McKee

1969 - 1983

Daniel Meador

Daniel Meador

1957 - 1994

Edward Mearns

Edward Mearns

1958 - 1967

Richard A. Merrill

Richard A. Merrill

1969 - 2007

John B. Minor

John B. Minor

1845 - 1895

Jennifer Mnookin

Jennifer Mnookin

1998 - 2005

Charles Nash

Charles Nash

1927 - 1967

Harold Neff

Harold Neff

1924 - 1927

Jeffrey O'Connell

Jeffrey O'Connell

undefined - undefined

Robert O'Neil

Robert O'Neil

undefined - undefined

Monrad Paulsen

Monrad Paulsen

1968 - 1979

Harvey Perlman

Harvey Perlman

1974 - 1983

A.J. Priest

A.J. Priest

1953 - 1978

Barry Adler

Barry Adler

1994 - 1996

Kenneth R. Redden

Kenneth R. Redden

1944 - 1988

Laurens Hamilton Rhinelander

Laurens Hamilton Rhinelander

1948 - 1980

Frederick D.G. Ribble

Frederick D.G. Ribble

1921 - 1966

John S. Ritchie

John S. Ritchie

1937 - 1952, 1972 - 1974

Glen O. Robinson

Glen O. Robinson

1976 - 2008

Julie Roin

Julie Roin

1985 - 1998

James E. Ryan

James E. Ryan

1998 - 2013

Stephen Saltzburg

Stephen Saltzburg

1972 - 1990

Chris Sanchirico

Chris Sanchirico

1999 - 2003

Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia

1967 - 1974

Roy Schotland

Roy Schotland

1964 - 1970

Warren Schwartz

Warren Schwartz

1970 - 1979

Elizabeth Scott

Elizabeth Scott

1981 - 2006

Robert E. Scott

Robert E. Scott

1973 - 2006

Marshall Shapo

Marshall Shapo

1970 - 1978

Stephan F. Smith

Stephan F. Smith

2000 - 2009

Stephen Southall

Stephen Southall

1866 - 1884

Richard Speidel

Richard Speidel

1961 - 1977

Emerson Spies

Emerson Spies

1946 - 1985

Christopher Sprigman

Christopher Sprigman

2005 - 2013

William Stuntz

William Stuntz

1986 - 2000

Samuel Thompson

Samuel Thompson

1977 - 1981

George Triantis

George Triantis

1993 - 1999, 2001 - 2006

Henry St. George Tucker

Henry St. George Tucker

1841 - 1845

Al Turnbull

Al Turnbull

1966 - 2002

Oscar Underwood

Oscar Underwood

1940 - 1950

Walter Wadlington

Walter Wadlington

1963 - 2003

Lawrence Waggoner

Lawrence Waggoner

1972 - 1974

Laurens Walker

Laurens Walker

1978 - 2011

Amy Wax

Amy Wax

1994 - 2001

Larry Wenger

Larry Wenger

1976 - 2002

William White

William White

1936 - 1951

Charles Whitebread

Charles Whitebread

1968 - 1981

J. Harvey Wilkinson

J. Harvey Wilkinson

1973 - 1984

Mason Willrich

Mason Willrich

1965 - 1979

Charles Woltz

Charles Woltz

1947 - 1979

Calvin Woodard

Calvin Woodard

1964 - 1994