Phone: (434) 924-3520

E-mail: amc6z@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Criminal law and procedure, feminist jurisprudence, rape, women's issues, criminal investigation, gender and the law

All Courses: Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Criminal Law, Gender and the Law (seminar), Law and Literature (seminar), Ethical Values (seminar)

Current Course(s): Marriage In Law, Culture, And The Imagination, Criminal Law (A, I, K), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Criminal Investigation, Law And Public Service, Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr)

In the Media:

• "Fugitive Says Life on Run was Full of Loneliness, Loss and Lies" (The Virginian-Pilot, 08/02/2009)
• "Suffolk Shop Owner Won't Face Charges for Killing Burglar" (The Virginian-Pilot, 07/17/2009)
• "Police: Man Killed in Suffolk Break-in Had No Gun" (Virginian-Pilot, 06/23/2009)
• "Father's Suit Over Fatal Crash Dismissed" (Roanoke Times, 05/14/2009)
• "Animal Rights Groups Want Vick to Serve Nearly 5 Years" (Virginia Gazette, 12/19/2008)
• "Critics Want to Shut Down Virginia Bird Breeders" (WVTF-FM Roanoke, 07/23/2008)
• "Jailed Man Invokes Self Defense" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 07/14/2008)
• "Pharmacy Owner Accidentally Shot Self" (Roanoke Times, 07/03/2008)
• "Police use Craigslist in Sex Sting" (Roanoke Times, 06/21/2008)
• "Virginia Beach Police Officer's Conviction Dismissed by Judge" (Virginian-Pilot, 06/04/2008)
• "Why Drug Dealers are Charged with Murder when Users Overdose" (WCAV-TV 19 News, 05/08/2008)
• "Cobb Ex-official claimed Racial Bias" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 03/16/2008)
• "Attorney: Va. Law Violates Constitution" (News-Virginian (Waynesboro), 03/11/2008)
• "Infant Death Trial: Day Two" (NBC29, 01/25/2008)
• "Boy, 15, Enters Plea to Sex Battery Charges" (Roanoke Times, 11/28/2007)
• "Vick Could Escape State Charges" (UPI, 10/04/2007)
• "Vick Does Have Some Options in Surry Case" (Newport News (VA) Daily Press, 10/04/2007)
• "Vick's Virginia Trial Date Will be Set Nov. 27" (Associated Press , 10/03/2007)
• "Vick Is Indicted On State Charges: QB Could Face Additional Jail Time" (Washington Post, 09/26/2007)
• "Vick Indicted on Va. Charges" (Baltimore (MD) Sun, 09/26/2007)
• "Vick Indicted on Va. Charges" (Baltimore Sun, 09/26/2007)
• “Surry’s Turn to Indict Vick” (Newport News Daily Press, 09/26/2007)
• “Groups Want Stiff Sentence for Vick / A Sentence of Four Years and Nine Months Would Signal That the Risks of ‘This Blood Sport Involve More than a Slap On the Wrist,’ Animal-Welfare Groups Write” (Newport News Daily Press, 09/14/2007)
• "NFL's Vick Agrees To Plead Guilty" (Washington Post, 08/21/2007)
• "Local Charge Against Vick is Unlikely" (Daily Press (Newport News, VA), 08/16/2007)
• "Pressure Mounting on Vick as Remaining Co-defendants Agree to Plea Guilty" (Associated Press , 08/14/2007)
• "Feds Might Have More Cards in Vick Case" (Newport News (VA) Daily Press, 07/22/2007)
• "3 Norelli Cases: How Would You Decide?" (The Charlotte (NC) Observer, 06/24/2007)
• “Duke Case Is a Lesson on Justice” (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 06/22/2007)
• "Fixes Can Start New Problems" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 04/24/2007)
• "Clerical Error Leads to Development Possibility" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 04/23/2007)
• "Why Did Alleged Killer Get Bail?" (Cape Cod (Mass.) Times, 04/14/2007)
• "Authorities To Review Baby Case/Meeting Slated Today To Evaluate Probe Of Claimed Dumping" (DNRonline.com, 04/13/2007)
• "Does War on Drugs Treat All Equally?" (Roanoke Times, 08/13/2006)
• "Gender-Bender/As Courts Grapple with Same-Sex Marriage Laws, A New Twist Emerges: How Do You Define Man and Woman?" (Richmond Style Weekly, 07/19/2006)
• "Signs Suggest Claude Allen Plea Deal/Former White House Aide's Trial on Theft Charges Postponed" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 06/30/2006)
• "Sex Harassment Cases Tread Rough Landscape" (Denver Post, 06/04/2006)
• "Suit Over Alleged Rape Settled/Billie Scott Reagan Jr. Took the Unusual Step of Suing a Woman Who Said He Had Raped Her. He Claimed Malicious Prosecution, Defamation and Duress" (The Roanoke Times, 01/14/2006)
• "Man Cleared in Rape Sues Accuser" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 12/14/2005)
• "Jacques Case Shows Juries Can Surprise" (Waynesboro News Virginian, 08/08/2005)