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): Criminal Law (A,B,I), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Trials Of The Century: Litigation, Criminal Investigation, Family Law, Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr)

In the media:

• "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)
• "Deaf-Mute Unfit for Trial?" (Hampton Roads Daily Press, 07/18/2005)
• "Experts Call Jury Sentence 'Compromise' in U. Virginia Student's Trial" (The Cavalier Daily, 11/12/2004)
• "Cost to Try Burrow Likely Was 'Extensive'/Two Law Professors Say They Don't Think the Cost of a Federal Prosecution Is a Sum That Is Typically Calculated" (Roanoke Times, 10/12/2004)
• "Suit Alleging Sexual Abuse by Priest Is Dismissed/Judge Rules Statute Of Limitations Expired" (Virginian-Pilot, 10/02/2004)
• "Sniper Prosecutors Want Judge Off Case, Citing Improper Probe" (The Washington Post, 09/10/2004)
• "ID, Please?/Simple Question, Big Implications" (author) (The Washington Post, 03/28/2004)