Julia D. Mahoney

  • John S. Battle Professor of Law
  • Joseph C. Carter, Jr., Research Professor of Law

Julia D. Mahoney teaches courses in property, government finance, constitutional law and nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Yale Law School, she joined the University of Virginia faculty as an associate professor in 1999 and is now John S. Battle Professor of Law. She has also taught at the University of Southern California Law School and the University of Chicago Law School, and before entering the legal academy, practiced law at the New York firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Her scholarly articles include works on land preservation, eminent domain, health care reform and property rights in human biological materials.

Education

  • J.D.
    Yale Law School
    1987
  • B.A.
    Barnard College
    1984

Book Chapters

Markets, Religion and Moral Deliberation, in Democracy, Religion, and Commerce: Private Markets and the Public Regulation of Religion, Routledge, 25–38 (2023).
Commentary on Kelo v. City of New London, in Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions, Cambridge University Press, 179–197 (2021).
Doctors, Lawyers, and the Classics: Reading for Ethical Values (with Marcia D. Childress), in What Should I Read Next?, University of Virginia Press, 140–144 (2008).
Property Rights in Human Tissue (with Pamela Clark), in Property Rights Dynamics: A Law and Economics Perspective, Routledge, 138–153 (2007).
Should We Adopt a Market Strategy to Increase the Supply of Transplantable Organs?, in The Ethics of Organ Transplantation, Elsevier Science, 65–88 (2001).

Articles & Reviews

Cedar Point Nursery and the End of the New Deal Settlement, 11 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal 43 (2022).
Federal Courts and Takings Litigation (with Ann Woolhandler), 97 Notre Dame Law Review 679–714 (2022).
A Radical Original Meaning (reviewing Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit) Law and Liberty (2021).
The New Separation of Ownership and Control: Institutional Investors and ESG (with Paul G. Mahoney), 2021 Columbia Business Law Review 840–880 (2021).
‘ESG’ Disclosure and Securities Regulation (with Paul G. Mahoney), 44 Regulation 10–12 (2021).
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid: Takings Litigation and the Future of the Regulatory State, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, 2021 ALI-CLE 197 (2021).
Foreword: Sustainability in the City, 45 William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review 627–635 (2021).
Restructuring United States Government Debt: Private Rights, Public Values, and the Constitution (with Edmund W. Kitch), 2019 Michigan State Law Review 1283–1328 (2019).
Beyond Nature? Genomic Modification and the Future of Humanity (with Gil Siegal), 81 Law & Contemporary Problems 195–214 (2018).
Foreword: Altruism, Community, and Markets (with Kimberly D. Krawiec & Sally L. Satel), 81 Law & Contemporary Problems 1–8 (2018).
America’s Exceptional Safety Net, 40 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 33–39 (2017).
The Struggle for America's "Fiscal Soul" (reviewing Edward D. Kleinbard and Michael D. Tanner, We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money (Kleinbard) / Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis (Tanner)) New Rambler (2016).
Takings, Legitimacy, and Emergency Action: Lessons from the Financial Crisis of 2008, 23 George Mason University Law Review 299–318 (2016).
Benefit Corporations and the Public Interest, Rivanna Investments Newsletter (2015).
Altruism, Markets, and Organ Procurement, 72 Law & Contemporary Problems 17–35 (2009).
Land Preservation and Institutional Design, 23 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 433–449 (2008).
Kelo’s Legacy: Eminent Domain and the Future of Property Rights, 2005 Supreme Court Review 103–133 (2005).
Lawrence Lessig’s Dystopian Vision, 90 Virginia Law Review 2305–2333 (2004).
The Illusion of Perpetuity and the Preservation of Privately-Owned Lands, 44 Natural Resources Journal 573–599 (2004).
Perpetual Restrictions on Land and the Problem of the Future, 88 Virginia Law Review 739–787 (2002).
The Market for Human Tissue, 86 Virginia Law Review 163–223 (2000).
Review of Poser, International Securities Regulation (reviewing Norman S. Poser, International Securities Regulation: London's. "Big Bang" and the European Securities Markets) 31 Virginia Journal of International Law 761–772 (1991).

Reports & Datasets

Proposal on Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors [File No. S7-10-22] (with Lawrence A. Cunningham et al.), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2022).
U.S. Federal Circuit Amici Curiae Brief in Jenkins v. US, No. 22-01378 (with Ilya Somin) (2022).

Op-Eds, Blogs, Shorter Works

DICTA: Tyler v. Hennepin County, MN: History, Tradition, & the Meaning of Property, 75 Virginia Law Weekly 1 (April 19, 2023).
Who keeps the engagement ring after a breakup? 2 law professors explain why you might want a prenup for your diamond (with Naomi R. Cahn), The Conversation (March 23, 2023).
A Common Good Constitutionalist Feminism?, Law and Liberty (August 24, 2022).
Title IX and the Future of Education: Reform or Overhaul?, Law and Liberty (April 20, 2022).
Letter: Free speech is a fundamental U.Va. value (with Paul G. Mahoney, Jason S. Johnston & et al.), Cavalier Daily (April 5, 2022).
The New Separation of Ownership and Control: Institutional Investors and ESG (with Paul G. Mahoney), CLS Blue Sky Blog (April 20, 2021).
Conservation Easements: A Perpetual Problem?, Capital Ideas (November, 2019).
Takings Claims in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation Blog (April 8, 2016).

Current Courses

Monetary Constitution Seminar
Nonprofit Organizations
Property
Property, the Police Power and Emergencies
Seminar in Ethical Values (YR)

All Courses

Constitutional Law
Corporations
Cultural Property
Family Law
Feminism and the Free Market
Nonprofit Institutions
Property
Seminar in Ethical Values

IN THE NEWS

03/22/2023
Who Keeps the Engagement Ring After a Breakup? 2 Law Professors Explain Why You Might Rant a Pre-Nup for Your Diamond (The Conversation)
02/24/2023
A Strong & Positive Force for Academic Freedom: An Interview With Professor Julia Mahoney (Academic Freedom Alliance)
08/24/2022
A Common Good Constitutionalist Feminism? (Law & Liberty)
06/30/2022
Supreme Court Conservatives Flex in Term Full of Controversial Cases (Roll Call)
06/30/2022
Supreme Court Reins in EPA’s Power Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions (West Virginia Record)
06/23/2022
Proposal on Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance)
04/20/2022
Title IX and the Future of Education: Reform or Overhaul? (Law & Liberty)
04/20/2022
Why Do Critics Claim That the SEC Has Over-Reached With Climate Risk Disclosures? (Forbes)
04/05/2022
LETTER: Free Speech Is a Fundamental U.Va. Value (The Cavalier Daily)
02/01/2022
[LIVE] Feddie Night Fights: Overturning Roe? (The Federalist Society)
12/13/2021
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument Webinar: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (The Federalist Society)
11/30/2021
Roe v. Wade on the Line as Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Rights Case (ABC News)
11/28/2021
Fetal Viability, Long an Abortion Dividing Line, Faces a Supreme Court Test (The New York Times)
11/18/2021
Courthouse Steps Pre-Argument Webinar: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (The Federalist Society)
11/11/2021
Showcase Panel I: Social Activism and Corporate Leadership [2021 NLC] (The Federalist Society)
08/06/2021
Knick, Federal Courts, and Regulatory Takings (Jotwell)
06/29/2021
Unlike Some Hunting Dogs, ‘Right To Retrieve’ Debate Keeps on Coming Back (Virginia Mercury)
04/20/2021
The New Separation of Ownership and Control: Institutional Investors and ESG (The CLS Blue Sky Blog)
01/06/2021
Police Powers and the Pandemic (The Federalist Society)
12/13/2020
Ep 22 ft. Julia Mahoney & Ed Kitch (Clauses & Controversies)
10/13/2020
Entertaining the Unthinkable in Tax Policy: Should the U.S. Restructure Its Debt? (Forbes)
09/08/2020
Supreme Court Round Up - Fall 2020 (The Federalist Society at UVA Law)
06/12/2020
Civil Liberties and COVID-19 (The Federalist Society)
04/24/2019
University’s New Public Service Awards Highlight Faculty Outreach (UVA Today)
11/29/2018
Questioning the Go-Slow Approach to Human Germline Modification (Jotwell)
01/04/2016
The Struggle for America's 'Fiscal Soul' (The New Rambler)
08/15/2007
Difficult Decisions (Roanoke (VA) Times)
01/08/2006
Commentary: Private Conservation Shouldn't Be Subsidized (Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette)
03/26/2005
Easements Prove to Be a Sweet Way to Save Land, Taxes in Maryland (The Baltimore Sun)
12/21/2003
Developers Find Payoff in Preservation/Donors Reap Tax Incentive By Giving to Land Trusts, But Critics Fear Abuse of System (The Washington Post)
10/12/2003
Pushing the Sprawl Back: Landowners Turn to Trusts (New York Times)
09/12/2001
More Families Adopting Lasting Limits to Preserve Land (The New York Times)

AT UVA LAW

Supreme Court Roundup, 2021 Term
Sizing Up the Supreme Court Term
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Libby Baird ’19 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Behind the Scholarship: Can the U.S. Declare Chapter 11?
Can the U.S. Declare Chapter 11?
Julia Mahoney Among Faculty Recipients of Provost Awards for Public Service
The Due Process Clause: Its Original Meaning and Future Application
Two Professors Elected to American Law Institute
Media Tip Sheet: UVA Law Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court Decisions
Faculty Analyze Future of Corporate Governance Regulations
Federalist Society Student Symposium to Focus on Poverty and Inequality
Austin Raynor '13 to Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
"Health Care Reform: What it Means for the Market, the Constitution and You"
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