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Subject Area(s): Constitutional law, administrative law, interstate commerce, electoral law, civil procedure, legal theory, campaign finance reform, affirmative action, Internet law

All Courses: Administrative Law, Administrative Law Theory and Practice, Civil Procedure, Current Legal Ideas (Seminar), Cyberlaw/Internet law, Regulation of the Political Process, Seminar in Ethical Values

Current Course(s): Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (Yr), Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (Yr), Media And The Courts (Sc), Civil Procedure (F,L)

In the Media:

• "Supreme Court 101 in Session at High Court" (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" (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)
• "New Ban on Gay Unions to Begin/Homosexuals Set to Protest" (The Washington Times, 06/30/2004)
• "Gays Fear New State Law Banning Civil Unions Could Go Much Further/Some People Say the Law Could Be Used to Invalidate Wills, Joint Bank Accounts, Insurance Benefits, Business Agreements and Even Medical Directives" (The Roanoke Times , 06/27/2004)
• "Campaign Finance Ruling Gives Deference To Congress" (Fulton County Daily Report, 12/16/2003)
• "Shifting Ground: A Campaign Ruling Gives Congress Great Deference" (National Law Journal, 12/15/2003)
• "Campaign Finance Law Called 'Case Study In How To Legislate'" (Star Tribune, 12/12/2003)
• "Dan Ortiz Discusses the Need to Reform Political Gerrymandering" (Weekend All Things Considered, 12/07/2003)
• "Democrats Pin Hopes on High Court in Redistricting" (The Hill, 09/24/2003)
• "The Hill: House Dems Pin Redistricting Hopes on Supreme Court" (U.S. Newswire, 09/23/2003)
• "Fretting Over U.S. Data Collection" (National Law Journal, 06/02/2003)
• "Bolick, et al. V. Danielson, et al." (Legal Times, 06/02/2003)
• "Bolick, et al. V. Danielson, et al." (Legal Times, 06/02/2003)