IMPACTFUL SCHOLARSHIP. DISCIPLINED FACULTY. PRINCIPLED LEADERS.

Villanova Law is home to innovative and outstanding faculty who are dedicated to both education and legal scholarship. Learn more about their work.

FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP HIGHLIGHTS, 2021-2024

At Villanova Law, our dedicated faculty members are as committed to impactful scholarship as they are to providing a rigorous legal education for our students. The following faculty members have published in the primary journals of the top 50 law schools from 2021-2024, with more forthcoming publications in the next year.

Todd Aagaard
Professor of Law

Featured publications

24/7 Clean Energy. University of Colorado Law Review (2023)
Compensating Regulatory Losers. University of Illinois Law Review (forthcoming in 2025)

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Brenner Fissell
Professor of Law

Featured publications

Against Criminal Law Localism. Maryland Law Review (2022)
Rightsizing Local Legislatures. Utah Law Review (2023)
Police-made Law. Minnesota Law Review (2024)
The Military's Constitutional Role. North Carolina Law Review (forthcoming in 2024/25)

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Jennifer O’Hare
Professor of Law

Featured publications

Don't Forget the "G" in ESG: The SEC and Corporate Governance Disclosure. Arizona Law Review (2022)
Corporate Governance Guidelines: How to Improve Disclosure and Promote Better Corporate Governance in Public Companies. Florida State University Law Review (2022)
Continuing Education for Directors of Public Companies. Florida State University Law Review (2024)

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Alvin Padilla-Babilonia
Assistant Professor of Law

Featured publications

Sovereignty and Dependence in the American Empire: Native Nations, Territories, and Overseas Colonies. Duke Law Journal (2024)
The Imposition of Constitutional Rights. Michigan Law Review (forthcoming in 2025)

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Teressa Ravenell
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development and Professor of Law

Featured publications

Unidentified Government Officials. Texas Law Review (2022)
Policing Symmetry. North Carolina Law Review (2021)

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Itay Ravid
Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar

Featured publications

Judging by the Cover: On the Relationship Between Media Coverage on Crime and Harshness in Sentencing. Southern California Law Review (2021)
Progressive Algorithms. UC Irvine Law Review (2023 with A. Haim)
The Future of Roe and the Gender Pay-Gap: An Empirical Assessment. Indiana Law Journal, (2023 with J. Zandberg)

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Michael Risch
Vice Dean and Professor of Law

Featured publications

Procedural Posture and Social Choice. Minnesota Law Review (2023)
Worse Than Human? Arizona State Law Journal (2021 with D. Bambauer)
Canceling Appellate Precedent. Florida Law Review (2024 with L. Tucker)

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Ana Santos Rutschman
Professor of Law

Featured publications

Promoting Vaccine Innovation. Ohio State Law Journal (2022 with M. Eyal-Cohen)
Protecting Sub-Patentable Innovation: The Case for Codified Liability Rules. UC Davis Law Review (2024 with J. Reichman)
A Theory of Genetic Dimensions in the Law. Indiana Law Journal (2024 with L. Vertinsky and Y. Heled)

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Chaim Saiman
Professor of Law and Chair in Jewish Law

Featured publications

The Law Wants to be Formal. Notre Dame Law Review (2021)
Is Insurance a Just Contract or Just a Contract? Maryland Law Review (2024)

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Emily Stolzenberg
Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar

Featured publications

Properties of Intimacy. Maryland Law Review (2021)
Nonconsensual Family Obligations. BYU Law Review (2022)
Tribes, States, and Sovereigns' Interest in Children. North Carolina Law Review (2024)

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHTS

Brenner Fissell

“In the criminal law of local governments, low-level offenses have a big impact on people’s lives that you just don’t see at the state level.” — Brenner Fissell, Associate Professor of Law MORE...

Brett Frischmann

“We’re on a slippery slope toward a world in which more and more of our lives, of who we are and who we can be—as individuals and collectively—is managed and governed by supposedly smart techno-social systems.” — Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics MORE...

Won Kidane

“Living abroad and working within another legal system is extremely eye-opening. Our program gives students exposure to international law and foreign law matters.” — Won Kidane, Professor of Law & Director of the International Entrepreneurship Program in South Africa MORE...

Preston Jordan Lim

“One thread that runs through all of my work is a deep respect for legal diversity and comparativism.” — Preston Jordan Lim, Assistant Professor of Law MORE...

Teressa Ravenell

“Successful scholarship is about forging relationships with other scholars and the community as a whole.” — Teressa Ravenell, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development & Professor of Law MORE...

Ana Santos Rutschman

“I look forward to bringing more health law and policy speakers to our campus. Contributing to a dialogue around health issues is what I really value.” — Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law MORE...

Christine Speidel

“By amplifying the voices of low-income taxpayers and bringing their concerns to the attention of policymakers, I hope to mitigate the barriers they face and improve the system overall.” — Christine Speidel, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Federal Tax Clinic MORE...