Julia D. Mahoney

Julia D. Mahoney is the John S. Battle Professor and Hunton Andrews Kurth Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she teaches courses in property, constitutional law, government finance and nonprofit organizations. She has also taught at the University of Southern California Law School and the University of Chicago Law School. Before entering the legal academy, she practiced law at the New York firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Her current research interests include eminent domain, the delegation of government power to private entities and freedom of thought in higher education. She has published widely in scholarly journals and other outlets. Among her recent works are “The Emerging Law and Political Economy Movement” (with Todd J. Zywicki), “State Standing After Biden v. Nebraska” (with Ann Woolhandler), “Takings and Implied Causes of Action” (with Ann Woolhandler and Michael Collins) and “With A Little Summer Work, College Administrators Can Set the Stage for Civil Disagreement in the Fall” (with Mary Kate Cary).

A graduate of Yale Law School, Mahoney is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves as an adviser to the Restatement of Property. She is also a founding member of the Academic Freedom Alliance and serves on the board of advisers of the New Civil Liberties Alliance.