Daniel R. Ortiz
Michael J. and Jane R. Horvitz Distinguished Professor of Law;
Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law;
Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
J.D., Yale Law School, 1983
M.Phil., Oxford University, 1980
B.A., Yale University, 1978
Daniel Ortiz, who came to Virginia in 1985, has a wide variety of interests. A Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude Yale graduate, he earned a triple major in mathematics, English and history, the arts and letters. Now as a member of the Virginia law faculty, he teaches constitutional law, administrative law, electoral law, civil procedure and legal theory. In 1992 he received the Z Society Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Virginia. He served as the Harrison Foundation Research Professor in 1992-95, the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor in 1996-99, and the Joseph C. Carter, Jr., Research Professor in 2000-03.
After graduation from Yale, Ortiz spent two years on a Marshall Scholarship at Oxford University, where he completed a Master of Philosophy degree in English studies. Then he returned to Yale for law school and received his J.D. in 1983. He clerked for Judge Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. He was a visiting professor at the University of Southern California in 1991 and 1994-96 and at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1999.
Scholarship Profile: On Democracy: Fair Elections are Freedom's First Bulwark (Virginia Journal 2001)
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In the Media
- "How Much Does a Big Supreme Court Case Like Gay Marriage Cost?" (Marketplace, 03/25/2013)
- "Justices Hear Argument on Which Employees Qualify as Supervisors for Title VII Purposes" (Bloomberg BNA, 12/03/2012)
- "Supreme Court Turns to Workplace Harassment" (AFP, 11/27/2012)
- "Supreme Court Weighs Who Qualifies as Workplace Supervisor" (Los Angeles Times, 11/27/2012)
- "Supreme Court To Look At Who Is A 'Supervisor' In Harassment Cases" (NPR, 11/26/2012)
- "Job-Supervisor Harassment Rules Confound U.S. High Court" (Bloomberg Businessweek, 11/26/2012)
- "Court: Who Counts as a Supervisor?" (The Associated Press, 11/26/2012)
- "U.S. Supreme Court Examines Role of Supervisor in Workplace Suits" (CNN, 11/26/2012)
- "Supreme Court Hears Case Asking: Who's a Boss?" (NPR, 11/26/2012)
- "In Harassment Case, Who Qualifies as a Supervisor?" (The Washington Post, 11/26/2012)
- "Supreme Court Struggles Over Workplace Harassment Standard" (Reuters, 11/26/2012)
- "Supreme Court: When is an Employer Liable For Harassment?" (CBS News, 11/26/2012)
- "Justices Consider Definition of Supervisor in Job Discrimination Case" (The New York Times, 11/26/2012)
- "Supreme Court To Consider Workplace Harassment Rules" (Reuters, 11/23/2012)
- "Supreme Court 101 in Session at High Court" (The Associated Press, 02/28/2012)
- "Dam panel gets creative to beat new election law" (Staunton News Leader, 11/17/2011)
- Judge Rules Against Corporate Campaign Contribution Ban" (The Associated Press, 05/27/2011)
- "Obama Administration Fights to Save Healthcare Law" (Reuters, 05/10/2011)
- "Health Care Law Gets Day in Court" (USA Today, 04/14/2011)
- "Guarnieri Decision Due in June" (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 03/24/2011)
- "Court Delves Into History in Rare Petition Case" (First Amendment Center, 03/23/2011)
- "Pentagon Halts Enforcement of Gay Ban amid Legal Challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy" (The Miami Herald, 10/15/2010)
- "How to Win an Argument" (UVA Magazine, 03/01/2010)
- "Law School Clinic at U.Va. Readies Case For Supreme Court" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/10/2010)
- "11th-hour Applications Flood Registrars' Offices" (The Roanoke Times, 10/22/2008)
- "Supreme Court Argument Report: Pre-emption, Arbitration and Litigation" (Law.com, 10/07/2008)
- "Law Firms Help Clinics Get Students to Supreme Court" (Law.com, 04/11/2008)
- "Suit Could Unleash Surge of Money in 2008 Presidential Race" (New York Sun, 02/15/2008)
- "Law Students Help Clarify the Meaning of 'Use'" (C-ville Weekly, 12/18/2007)
- "Law Students Get Supreme Experience" (C-ville Weekly, 10/19/2007)
- "UVA Law Students' Case Picked by Supreme Court" (Charlottesville Daily Progress , 04/30/2007)
- "Control for Senate up in Virginia Air" (Newsday AM New York, 11/08/2006)
- "Republicans Got a Thumpin' / Rumsfeld, Hastert Step Aside" (MarketWatch, 11/08/2006)
- "Virginia Court of Appeals Rules ABC Stores Can Exclude Out-of-State Wine Producers" (Roanoke Times, 10/10/2006)
- "Virginia Court of Appeals Rules ABC Stores Can Exclude Out-of-State Wine Producers" (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 09/18/2006)
- "Small Wineries Are Feeling Boxed In" (The Roanoke Times, 05/29/2005)
- "Senate Panel Advances Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban" (Associated Press, 01/25/2005)
- "Couple Feels Forced to Leave" (The Free Lance-Star, 01/09/2005)
- Discussion of legislation making it illegal for gays to marry or enter into civil unions in Virginia (NBC 29 News, 07/02/2004)
- "Gay Rights Backers Rally in City" (The Daily Progress, 07/01/2004)