Phone: (434) 924-3572

E-mail: jryan@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Law and education, desegregation, school finance/vouchers, school choice, constitutional and civil rights law, land use planning, Supreme Court, torts, race and the law

All Courses: Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law Scholarship and the Scholarly Process (seminar), Environmental Justice (seminar), Land Use Law, Law & Education, Local Government Law, Torts, and Schools, Race and Money

Current Course(s): Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Comparative Education Law And Policy, Constitutional Law (B,L)

In the Media:

• "Experts Explore New Segregation In Schools" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 03/15/2013)
• "Texas Among 10 States Facing Lawsuits Over Education Funding" (The Washington Post, 01/02/2013)
• "Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Arguments" (Lawyers.com Blog, 10/11/2012)
• "Romney's School Surprise" (Author) (The New York Times, 05/29/2012)
• "Legal Issues Still Murky on Online Student Speech" (Education Week, 01/25/2012)
• "Brief of the Week: Free speech, schools and the Web" (The National Law Journal, 11/30/2011)
• "Justice Thomas Holds Firm Views on Youths' Rights" (Education Week, 10/17/2011)
• "Kendall: How Progressives Take Back the Constitution" (Huffington Post, 06/14/2011)
• "Education Book: Vanishing Act" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/28/2011)
• "Calvin C. Green, Plaintiff in Va. Desegregation Case, Dies at 79" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/18/2011)
• "U.S. Secretary of Education Appoints Members of Equity and Excellence Commission" (U.S. Department of Education, 02/17/2011)
• "The Nixon-Obama Compromise" (The New Republic, 01/04/2011)
• "Back to School" (The Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/30/2010)
• "Education Matters" (WGTD, 12/13/2010)
• "Remembering Green: New Kent's Civil Rights Milestone" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 11/07/2010)
• "When a Diploma Is Not Enough" (Richmond Magazine, 11/01/2010)
• "Argument Recap: Court Attempts to Parse Meaning of 'Except' Clause" (SCOTUSblog, 10/06/2010)
• "UVa Professor Argues Law Clinic Case Before Supreme Court" (The Daily Progress, 10/04/2010)
• "Required Reading" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 09/05/2010)
• "James J. Kilpatrick: Pen of Fire" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 08/16/2010)
• “Do Kagan, Roberts Actually Agree?” (Politico.com, 08/04/2010)
• "What Kagan Should Say" (Slate, 06/08/2010)
• "Socioeconomic Integration: It’s Legal, and It Makes Sense" (co-author) (Education Week, 06/14/2008)
• "Fixing Education Policy" (author) (Slate.com, 04/01/2008)
• "Say Something!" (author) (Education Week, 01/22/2008)
• "Supreme Court Forum Discusses Changes in the Court's Decision-making" (Harvard Law School News, 11/29/2007)
• "The Dissenter" (New York Times Magazine, 09/23/2007)
• "Conservative Judges, Liberal Crisis" (The American Spectator, 08/08/2007)
• "How Liberals Can Take Back the Court" (co-author) (The New Republic, 08/06/2007)
• "Originalist Sins/The Faux Originalism of Justice Clarence Thomas" (co-author) (Slate, 08/01/2007)
• "Money, Not Race, Fuels New Push to Buoy Schools" (New York Times, 06/30/2007)
• "Guest Blogger: Seattle Schools and Bakke" (ACS Blog, 06/29/2007)
• “Divided Court Rejects Using Race to Classify Students/Ruling May Call Into Question Roanoke's Attendance Zones” (Roanoke Times, 06/29/2007)
• "N.C. Schools Found Success by Balance" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 11/11/2005)
• "Commentary: The Evolution of Conservatism/ Should the Supreme Court Clear the Way for School Choice?" (National Review, 02/27/2004)
• "Bill Would Lift SOL Rule for Graduation" (The Washington Post, 01/25/2004)
• "When Reform Goes Awry / Professor Says U.S. Is Ripe to Reap Unintended Consequences from Well-Intended Legislation" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/25/2004)
• "State Must Better Prepare Its Students" (author) (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/21/2004)
• "The Neutrality Principle" (author) (Education Next, 09/01/2003)
• "Commentary: Sit In For School Equality" (author) (The Washington Post, 05/19/2003)