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James E. Ryan
Expertise
- Education Law
- Constitutional Law
- Local Government Law
- Land use law
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Virginia
- Virginia State Bar
Professional Experience
- President
- University of Virginia
- - Current
- George M. Kaufman Presidential Professor; Professor of Law; Professor of Education.
- Dean of the Faculty of Education
- Harvards Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
- -
- Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, 2014-2018; Professor of Education, 2013-2014.
- Law Clerk, Justice William H. Rehnquist
- United States Supreme Court
- -
- Law Clerk, Judge J. Clifford Wallace
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Education
- University of Virginia School of Law
- J.D. (1992)
- Honors: Alumni Award for Academic Excellence, given to student who graduates first in class; Traynor Award, given to two graduates who have produced the best written work; Thomas Marshall Miller Prize, given by faculty to an “outstanding and deserving” graduate; Dillard Scholarship, three-year merit scholarship covering full tuition and expenses; Virginia Rugby.
- Yale University
- B.A. (1988)
- Honors: Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Associations
- Bars of Virginia
- Member
- Current
- United States Supreme Court
- Member
- Current
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Website
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