Faculty - University of Virginia School of Law

CONTACT
amc6z@virginia.edu
(434) 924-3520
Room WB387

ASSISTANT
Delores Clatterbuck

SUBJECTS
Criminal law and procedure, feminist jurisprudence, rape, women's issues, criminal investigation, gender and the law

Anne M. Coughlin

Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Professor of Law
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1984
M.A., Columbia University, 1979
B.A., Tufts University, 1978

Anne M. Coughlin is the Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. She taught at Vanderbilt Law School from 1991-95, and she joined the University of Virginia faculty in 1996 after visiting during the 1995-96 academic year. Her primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, feminist jurisprudence and law and humanities. She is co-author of a casebook on criminal law, and she has written a number of articles exploring the intersections among criminal law, criminal procedure and feminist theory, as well as essays concerning the connections between law and literature.

In 1999, Coughlin received an All-University Teaching Award, one of the University's highest honors for excellence in teaching, research and service. She is co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers Supreme Court Evaluation Committee and of its Amicus Committee. Coughlin received her J.D. from New York University School of Law. At NYU Law School, Coughlin won numerous awards, and she served as managing editor for the New York University Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Scholarship Profile: At the Intersection of Criminal Law and Feminist Jurisprudence (Virginia Journal 1999)

Publications

Book:

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (with Richard J. Bonnie, John C. Jeffries, Jr. & Peter W. Low) (Foundation Press, 3d ed. 2010).

Articles:

"Interrogation Stories," 95 Va. L. Rev. 1599 (2009).
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“Representing the Forbidden,” 90 Cal. L. Rev. 2143 (2002).
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"Whose Honor? Whose Revenge?: Comments on Figueredo's 'Blame, Retribution and Deterrence'," 8 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 253 (2000).
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"I’m in the Mood for Law" (reviewing Binder & Weisberg, Literary Criticisms of Law), 53 Stan. L. Rev. 209 (2000).
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"Writing for Justice Powell," 99 Colum. L. Rev. 541 (1999).
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"C’est Moi," 83 Minn. L. Rev. 1619 (1999).
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"Sex and Guilt," 84 Va. L. Rev. 1 (1998),
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"Sex and Self-Governance," 29 McGeorge L. Rev. 17 (1997).
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"From White Slaves and Domestic Hostages," 1 Buff. Crim. L. Rev. 109 (1997).
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"Regulating the Self: Autobiographical Performances in Outsider Scholarship," 81 Va. L. Rev. 1229 (1995).
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"Excusing Women," 82 Cal. L. Rev. 1 (1994).
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Current Courses

All Courses

In the Media

"Women in Combat: Obstacles Remain as Exclusion Policy Ends" (NPR - Morning Edition, 05/15/2013)
"Women in Combat Victor Unclear as Roles Debated" (The Daily Progress, 02/16/2013)
"Military Personnel and Experts Discuss Women in Combat" (C-SPAN, 02/01/2013)
"Women and the Draft" (The Volokh Conspiracy, 01/26/2013)
"Pentagon Lifts Ban on Women in Combat" (The Irish Times, 01/25/2013)
"How Will Women Change the Military?" (Minnesota Public Radio, 01/25/2013)
"Do Women Have a Constitutional Right to Serve in Military Combat?" (Constitution Daily, 01/24/2013)
"Not So Fast: Women on Frontlines 'Distracting' Say Critics" (NBC News, 01/24/2013)
"Widespread Praise, But Some Doubt, Over Women in Combat" (The Los Angeles Times, 01/24/2013)
"Pentagon Lifting Ban on Women in Combat" (KCRW/To The Point, 01/24/2013)
"Pentagon to Lift Ban on Women in Combat" (The Virginian-Pilot, 01/24/2013)
"Women in Combat: Will They Have to Register for the Draft?" (The Christian Science Monitor, 01/23/2013)
"Women Allowed in Combat: Will That Mean It's Less Safe for Men?" (The Christian Science Monitor, 01/23/2013)
"Department of Defense Lifts Ban on Women in Combat" (NBC29, 01/23/2013)
"Lawsuit Questioned Constitutionality of Ban on Women in Combat" (NPR, 01/23/2013)
"Analyst: Barring Women From Combat Positions 'Sexist,' 'Humiliating'" (The Voice of Russia, 11/29/2012)
"ACLU Files Suit to Allow Women in Combat Positions" (NPR, 11/27/2012)
"Female Soldiers Fight in Court for Right to Combat Positions" (The Seattle Times, 10/16/2012)
"Female Soldiers Fight Pentagon in Court for Combat Positions" (Los Angeles Times, 10/11/2012)
"Women on the Front Lines" (To The Point/KCRW, 07/05/2012)
"Women in Combat: U.S. Military on Verge of Making it Official" (Christian Science Monitor, 07/02/2012)
"Pride, Optimism Mark U.Va. Rally for Sullivan" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 06/24/2012)
"Bristow Army Reservist Files Suit Over Ban on Women in Combat" (Inside NoVa, 05/30/2012)
"Constitution Check: Do Women Have a Constitutional Right to Serve in Military Combat" (Constitution Daily, 05/29/2012)
"Two Female Army Officers Sue to Reverse Combat Ban" (Associated Press - Appeared in The New York Times, Fox News, ABC News, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Huffington Post and The Austin American-Statesman, 05/25/2012)
"Lawsuit Challenges Combat Exclusion for Women" (Air Force Times, 05/25/2012)
"Women in Combat Sue Military Over Ban on Combat Roles" (The Los Angeles Times, 05/25/2012)
"UVA Law Group Files Federal Suit on Limits of Women in Combat" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 05/24/2012)
"George Huguely Trial Jury Deliberations: Will George Huguely Go Free?" (ABC News, 02/21/2012)
"Jury to Deliberate in George Huguely's Murder Trial" (ABC News Radio, 02/19/2012)
"George Huguely Trial: Defense Says Yeardley Love Suffocated After Drinking" (ABC News, 02/15/2012)
"Judge Declines to Make Huguely Evidence Easier to See, Hear" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 02/13/2012)
"Huguely Case: Different Charges, Different Legal Strategies” (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 02/12/2012)
“HUGUELY TRIAL: Malice aforethought” (C-Ville, 02/08/2012)
"Trial Begins in Death of UVA Lacrosse Player" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/06/2012)
"Final Motions: Judge Allows Graphic Photos in Huguely Trial" (The Hook, 02/04/2012)
"UVA Prepares for George Huguely's Trial for the Murder of Yeardley Love" (Washington Post, 02/03/2012)
"Women In Combat: Opening Up A Legal Front" (TIME, 12/23/2011)
"UVA Law Team Fights for Equality for Women in Combat" (Charlottesville Daily Progress, 12/04/2011)
“UVA Law Students Fight for Women in Combat” (WINA, 11/29/2011)