Phone: (434) 243-8546

E-mail: dlaycock@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Bill of Rights, Church and state, Damages, Declaratory Judgments, First Amendment, Injunctions, Remedies, Religion and law, Restitution, Supreme Court, Tort reform, Vouchers (school)


Current Course(s): Remedies, Civil Liberties Survey, Remedies Ii

In the Media:

• "Supporters of Gay Marriage Rally Downtown" (The Daily Progress, 03/27/2013)
• "Family Sues to Force Sex Offender to Buy Their Home" (The Morning Call, 03/16/2013)
• "Protecting Religious Liberty in an SSM Country" (Religion News Service, 03/04/2013)
• "First Amendment Defense Signaled in Sex Abuse Case" (The Associated Press, 02/20/2013)
• "The Conscience of a Corporation" (The New York Times, 02/11/2013)
• "Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Jeopardy?" (CardHub, 01/31/2013)
• "A Flood of Suits Fights Coverage of Birth Control" (The New York Times, 01/26/2013)
• "At Stanford, Clinical Training for Defense of Religious Liberty" (The New York Times, 01/21/2013)
• "Critics Wary of Catholic Teaching Hospital for New UT Medical School" (Austin American-Statesman, 12/08/2012)
• "ACA Now Faces Contraception Test" (Politico, 11/19/2012)
• "Texas Cheerleaders in Court Over Biblical Football Banners" (The Wall Street Journal, 10/01/2012)
• "Newspaper ad says Barack Obama will 'force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers'" (PolitiFact, 09/23/2012)
• "Clause for Concern" (Cavalier Daily, 09/16/2012)
• "John Walker Lindh: Let Me Pray" (The Daily Caller, 08/29/2012)
• "Wake Up Call: Christianity In The Locker Room" (WNRN, 08/19/2012)
• "In Vatican Victory, Judge Rules Priests Are Not Employees In Oregon Sex Abuse Case" (The Associated Press, 08/01/2012)
• "Why DeMint's Call For States To Block Health Care Exchanges Won't Work" (TPM, 06/28/2012)
• "The Supreme Court Puts Limits on Commerce Clause. But Will It Matter?" (The Washington Post, 06/28/2012)
• "Fears of 'Creeping Sharia'" (National Review Online, 06/13/2012)
• "Shariah Charade: The Bogus Threat of Shariah Law" (The Chicago Tribune, 06/10/2012)
• "Preach the Children Well: Employment Lawyers Puzzle over ‘Ministerial Exception’" (ABA Journal, 06/01/2012)
• "Approaches to Religious Liberty Have Developed Over Time" (The Catholic Sun, 06/01/2012)
• "Navigating the Ten Commandments legal quagmire in Giles County" (The Roanoke Times, 05/14/2012)
• "Opinion: Illinois Would Not Vote To Ban Gay Marriage" (5 NBC Chicago, 05/09/2012)
• "Constitution's Assembly Clause Underutilized, Author Argues at AEI Panel" (The Blog of LegalTimes, 05/09/2012)
• "Teacher Fired by Catholic School Over IVF" (NBC Nightly News, 04/27/2012)
• "JOBS Act Will Be Holiday For Fraudsters: Seven And A Half Things To Know" (The Huffington Post, 04/05/2012)
• "Chrysler’s Newfound Immunity" (The Volokh Conspiracy, 04/05/2012)
• "Chrysler Got Legal Shield in Chapter 11 " (Wall Street Journal, 04/04/2012)
• "Broccoli Mandates and the Commerce Clause" (The New York Times, 03/30/2012)
• "Does Practicing Christianity in UVA's Locker Room Violate the Constitution?" (C-Ville, 03/27/2012)
• "Vindication for Challenger of Health Care Law" (The New York Times, 03/26/2012)
• "Stakes Are High for Church as ‘Failure to Report’ Case Unfolds Against Kansas City Bishop" (The Associated Press, 03/25/2012)
• “Free Exercise of Religion and Insuring Contraception” (Author) (EerdWord, 03/19/2012)
• "Rick Santorum Isn't Crazy" (The New York Times, 03/05/2012)
• "Archdiocese Defends Gay Firing" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/03/2012)
• "Supreme Court Avoids Talking About God in School" (Deseret News, 02/24/2012)
• "Affirmative Action Attacked Again" (The Western Courier, 02/24/2012)
• "Obama's Defense of Religion" (The Chicago Tribune, 02/23/2012)
• "Obama's Defense of Religion" (Reason Magazine, 02/23/2012)