FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Villanova Law faculty are teachers, scholars and leaders. Regularly quoted by top-tier media, our faculty are experts in their fields, while also committed to the success of our students. Villanova Law faculty don’t just teach law; they shape it.

 

2024–25 Vol. 3

Leslie Book

Andrew Brandt

David Caudill

  • In the Media: Interviewed for “Judges Should Be Discerning Consensus, Not Evaluation Scientific Expertise” on the Excited Utterance podcast on October 28.
  • Presented “Ethical Contours in Perkins-Valdez's Novel, Take My Hand” at Washington & Lee Law and Literature Seminar in Lexington, Virginia on November 1.
  • Authored the chapter "Ethics: Law and Literature as an Ethical Enterprise" in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature (Edward Elgar Publishing), published on January 9.

Steven L. Chanenson

  • Participated in a closed drug sentencing roundtable with the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, DC on November 20.
  • Elected co-chair of the Voices of the Commonwealth Committee, part of the transition committee for Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday, on January 15.
  • Presented “Sentencing Commissions: A Snapshot from the Keystone State” at the New York State Justice Task Force on February 10.
  • Presented “What Pennsylvania is Learning From Scandinavia About Corrections” with Jordyn Hyatt ’08 at the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Midyear Meeting in Pittsburgh on February 21.
  • In the Media: Interviewed for “Why Are US Attorneys Resigning from Office” on KYW Newsradio on February 23.
  • Presented “The Scandinavian Prison Project: Nordic-Inspired Correctional Reform in Pennsylvania” at the Symposium on Prison Research and Innovation hosted by the Urban Institute in Washington, DC on March 20.

Michelle Madden Dempsey

Michael Moreland

Michael Risch

Tuan Samahon

  • Presented “Special-Purpose Disclosure: Accessing the Government’s X-Files” at the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law faculty workshop on March 26.

Ana Santos Rutschman

 

 

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